Which are tender ports?

[sjde]

Are Halifax, St John or Sydney tender ports? Thanks.

 

Sue

[BaumD]

Halifax and St. John , both are docked at a pier. No idea about Sydney

[SJNB]

Sydney docks also.

I think Bar Harbour, Maine tenders

[jimcat]

What is a tender port?

 

Thanks

[Flyer]

I think Sydney is a deep water pier so it probably docks.

 

Jimcat,

 

A tender port is one that the ship will anchor off shore and "tender" the passengers to shore via a small boat. Usually one of the lifeboats or sometimes a contracted boat.

 

Flyer

[tennis837]

Bar Harbor is a tender port.

[jimcat]

Thanks all for the tender port replies.. one question then, since bar habor is one of our ports.. and we are going to be taking a shore excursion.. how easy is it to get to and fro the ship? Lets say we take a morning tour and then want to go back to the ship to have lunch and freshen up before we take another tour?

 

Thanks

[BaumD]

Not sure how long a Tender ride it is in Bar Harbour but I would allow 60 to 90 minutes for the round trip transfer plus an hour or so for lunch. The tender ride will probably only be 10 minutes or so, but you will have to wait for the next tender (they usually run every 15-20 minutes), wait for 100 or so people to board, travel to the ship, then wait for 100 people to disembark.