figgy0223 Posted September 25, 2006 #1 Share Posted September 25, 2006 I'm new to St. Kitts and Grenada on my upcoming cruise. I was wondering if there are tendering ports or if the ship can dock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
itsjb1 Posted September 25, 2006 #2 Share Posted September 25, 2006 Both ports were docked in March 2005. May depend upon the number of ships in port. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katie333 Posted October 6, 2006 #3 Share Posted October 6, 2006 Interesting ... the Princess website tells me we will tender into Grenada but Mandoo (of Mandoo tours that we are going with) was surprised to learn that because they have just build a new dock. Also, according to cruisecal and the Grenada tourist website we are the only ship in port. Would a cruiseline ever choose to tender instead of dock? Of course, the Princess website could be wrong .... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyzoo Posted October 9, 2006 #4 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Cunard tells me that Queen Mary 2 tenders at St. Kitts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robtulipe Posted October 19, 2006 #5 Share Posted October 19, 2006 Cunard tells me that Queen Mary 2 tenders at St. Kitts. It's too large of a ship to dock at most Caribbean stops. We were in St. Thomas on Costa Mediterreanea last March and the Queen Mary 2 had to tender their passengers from outside the harbour as it was too large even to enter while we had a RCCI explorer class ship dock beside us. Bigger isn't always better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
judyzoo Posted October 19, 2006 #6 Share Posted October 19, 2006 It's too large of a ship to dock at most Caribbean stops. We were in St. Thomas on Costa Mediterreanea last March and the Queen Mary 2 had to tender their passengers from outside the harbour as it was too large even to enter while we had a RCCI explorer class ship dock beside us. Bigger isn't always better. I might even say that bigger usually isn't better, when it comes to ships. I think they're all getting entirely too big. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandcrab Posted October 29, 2006 #7 Share Posted October 29, 2006 We had the Q2 in last year and she had to stay off the dock in deeper water due to the fact that she demands a 15 foot buffer between her and the bottom. Grenada needs another 5 feet at their new dock. I understand they are going to deepen the dockside to fit the new mega cruisers coming out in 2008. All the other ships in service can dock there except the QM2 this year. Princess Line regularly uses the new Cruise Ship dock and terminal.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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