Cozumel port questions

I'll post this over in the Cozumel boards if needed but honestly this area gets so much more traffic, so...

The day we are scheduled to be in Cozumel there are eight (8!) ships scheduled for port that day. I've been trying to figure out if we will dock or tender and my best guess is dock. My reasoning: It appears there are now 7 places where ships can dock in Cozumel (3 at Puerta Maya, and 2 each at International Pier and Punta Langosta). All but one ship is scheduled to arrive in port before or at the same time as our ship (8AM, last ship gets in at 10AM). Is it a reasonable assumption that this last ship will be the one to tender? It's the RCI Brilliance if that matters.

Any errors in my thinking that you can shed some light on?

Also, what is Cozumel like with this many ships in port? We're headed to Chankanaab - do they throttle the amount of people they let in?

TIA

What ship are you on? We’ve been in port at Cozumel with other Norwegian ships and tendered. Cozumel is prepared for a swarm of people - they handle them all the time.

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The Pearl. The Dawn is the only other NCL ship scheduled there for that day.

another thing to think about.you may not get off the ship while another is docking nearby on the same dock.happened between the breeze and ccl paradise late jan. 1 hr standing in the hallways.

Based on this week's schedule with Pearl docking at Puerta Maya, it is likely that Pearl will be the ship to tender.

Based on this week's schedule with Pearl docking at Puerta Maya, it is likely that Pearl will be the ship to tender.

Well dang. Why is this exactly? Something to do with how much each cruise line pays a port, maybe?

I don't know if they apply a logical rule of the Larger Ship gets the pier space to cause the least

inconvenience to the most people.

Smaller ships go float your dinghy and beach it.

Wonder if this is all because of the 2017 hurricanes disrupting cruising in the eastern Caribbean

and diverting the traffic to the western Caribbean ?

Having 9 or more cruise ships in port in one day is like the Port of Miami - business as usual !

NCL docks at Punta Langosta. The last time we were there with the Pearl, she was the one tendering.

The Dawn, Pearl and Disney Magic are all scheduled for Punta Langosta on the 20th. Somebody is going to have to tender. I’m going to guess it will be the Pearl since the Magic is coming in earlier.

Im on the Dawn for the 11th sailing and might be staying for the 18th one so I guess we will see. Maybe the Dawn and Pearl captains will flip a coin.

http://www.cruiseportinsider.com/cozumelschedule2018.html#mar

One of the NCL ships will be tendering. Pretty sure Carnival and Royal own the other two piers on the island, so they will not be tendering. Disney would not tender if they don't have to, my mom used to work for the cruise line and they pay a premium in a lot of ports to get the most ideal dock. 50/50 you'll be tendering in Cozumel!

Didn't there used to be a website with tender/dock schedules?

The Dawn, Pearl and Disney Magic are all scheduled for Punta Langosta on the 20th. Somebody is going to have to tender. I’m going to guess it will be the Pearl since the Magic is coming in earlier.

 

Im on the Dawn for the 11th sailing and might be staying for the 18th one so I guess we will see. Maybe the Dawn and Pearl captains will flip a coin.

 

http://www.cruiseportinsider.com/cozumelschedule2018.html#mar

Thanks for that link. I hadn't seen that port schedule site (so detailed!) before.

If you need supplies while in Cozumel..Mega is a great store, very walkable from the last port I was at. Easily seen just down the street.

We've been to Cozumel probably 10 times and I didn't even know Puerta Maya existed. I had to Google it. We've always docked at Punta Langosta except once at the International Pier.

check cruisetimetables.com. They have ports, ships, lines, arrival, departure, everything.