Caribbean Ports - Dock or Tender?

[Lord Haw Haw]

Am I wrong in thinking that something may be amiss in the description Explora is giving for the ports in the Caribbean?

 

From the below list of ports Deshaies and Quepos are the only ones requiring a tender? 

 

Any advice would be appreciated.

 

Miami USA

Key West USA

Spanish Town Virgin Gorda

Gustavia St Barths

St John Antigua and Barbuda

Deshaies Guadeloupe

Soufriers St Lucia

Bequia St Vincent and the Grenadines

Bridgetown Barbados

Roseau Dominica

Willemstad Curaco

Oranjestad Aruba

Cartagena Columbia 

Puerto Limon Costa Rica

Panama City Panama 

Quepos Costa Rica

San Jan Del Sur Nicaragua

Puerto Quetzal Mexico

Puerto Mexico

Cabo San Lucas Mexico

San Diego Mexico

Los Angles USA

 

[daleandrews]

Can't comment on all of the ports, but based on past cruises we have taken a tender will likely be used in Gustavia where piers accommodate large yachts but seldom cruise ships. Tenders will almost certainly be used in Bequia and Soufriers, which (unless things have changed) have no docking for ships larger than yachts.  I think that is likely true for Spanish Town also.

[ctjon]

There are also times when several ships are in port and all the docks maybe taken so tenders may be required.

[Henk123]

In our upcoming cruise it is in the intinerary . And it only say's as tender port

Deshaies (Guadeloupe), Frankrijk

Edited June 4, 2023 by Henk123