Tender tickets needed?

[minidonuts85]

Hello, 

Reading back on a post from Oct 2022, there was mention of getting tender tickets from the piano bar. Is that still necessary, as of recent experience, if we don’t have a ship tour booked? Or just go down and line up early? 
Didn’t see anything in the dailies posted by the darkest blue from June but did notice that a scheduled tender was earmarked for booked ship tours. We’d like to be aboard the first or second of the day. Thanks! 

[FlightMedic555]

No tickets needed. Just head down. 

[Tahitianbigkahuna]

Depends on how full the ship is ....

 

If it is pretty full they could require ... This has been the case about 1/2 the time over the last few years on our cruises. Ship excursions get priority if the ship is pretty full.

Edited July 31, 2023 by Tahitianbigkahuna

[TheDarkestBlue]

1 hour ago, minidonuts85 said:

Hello, 

Reading back on a post from Oct 2022, there was mention of getting tender tickets from the piano bar. Is that still necessary, as of recent experience, if we don’t have a ship tour booked? Or just go down and line up early? 
Didn’t see anything in the dailies posted by the darkest blue from June but did notice that a scheduled tender was earmarked for booked ship tours. We’d like to be aboard the first or second of the day. Thanks! 

 

Hi! 🙂 We never had a problem getting on the tender, there were no tickets on our sailing, easiest tendering ever! Not sure when you're going, but I think our sailing was pretty full, so if it's a sample of how it normally goes, I wouldn't worry about it, they were very timely and plenty of room. The tenders hold 120+ people and there are only 330 guests. It's not like on a large ship where you have to queue up, or go to the auditorium and listen for your number, nothing like that. I hope you have a great time! 

Edited August 1, 2023 by TheDarkestBlue

[minidonuts85]

Thanks everyone! Will get a sense of how full the ship is and if we hear of tickets, will get one or just head down. 
 

@TheDarkestBlue August 26! So excited! 
how you described the large cruise ship mess is our prior experience with the exception of Windstar which was pretty smooth. But small tenders. 

[FlightMedic555]

For clarity, we have never needed a ticket but there have been occasions when some people on line could not get on the tender as it was full.  As mentioned, the people on ship excursions get priority.