tendering in belize

[mbiegacz]

we are on the 4/26 sailing on the enchantment of the seas. we are scheduled to arrive at 7am and depart at 5pm. we are planning a day trip to ambergris caye via tropic air. the flights leave every half hour on the hour. do you think we would make it off the ship for the 8:30am flight. if not, how long does the tendering usually take. also what time does the last tender leave port to return to the ship. thanks.

[ebonybee]

Only one experience tendering in Belize. Of course, cruiseline arranged tours were first, also the suite passengers. We were in the first group and it was a slow and ardorous process. The tenders are local boats and they do not leave an empty seat on the tenders. Maybe it was our tender but we had a lot of elderly and people who needed assistance on it. Then it takes about 15 minutes to get to the pier and disembark(allow for time.) I would "guesstimate" that the airport is about a 15 min ride away-we saw the signs but didn't go there. Given all that, I would say you would be arriving at exactly 8:30 am.

9am would be safer!

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[sarab]

We have been to Belize once too and we were in the first group of tenders once all of the ship-arranged excursions had tendered in. We were also alittle late arriving, so we didn't actually get on the tender until 8:30. I couldn't figure out why our tour guide said the meeting time was 9 AM if the ship arrived at 7 AM, but he was right on the money...

Our ship left at 5 PM and the last tender was at 4:15 PM. Its about a 15 minute ride from the ship to the pier.