Tenders

[anniegb]

Today's silly question is:

 

How does the tendering system work in principle?

 

Can you reserve in advance?

 

I guess those using ships excursions will get prioirity but after that is it first come first served?

 

Annie

[reilly1]

If you are on a ship excursion, you will be taken from your designated meeting point to your tender.

 

If you want to explore the port on your own, you collect a tender ticket from a designated area (sometimes customer relations). It has a tender number on it and these are called in order over the ship speaker system. If you want off early, get up early and grab a ticket as soon as you can.

 

Colleen

[cruisestitch]

You cannot reserve in advance.

 

You go to a designated area, usually the theater as it's the biggest area on the ship, and are issued tender tickets. If you are a group of, say, six, not all six of you have to go. On person can get six tickets.

 

Celebrity tours usually get the first few tender slots, after that it will be first come first served, and you wait until your tender number is called to go down to the exit location on a lower deck.

 

Returning from shore, no tickets are needed and it is first-come, first-serve.

[willma]

We were in a suite and had priority tender tickets delivered to our room the night before, so we could get off early if we wanted to. I am not sure what other cabin or guest categories get priority tendering.

It is worth being in the queue for tickets early if you are not on a tour or priority. In Santorini some people did not get off the ship for a couple of hours after it had docked.

BTW there are no silly questions on here!!

[derf5585]

BTW there are no silly questions on here!!

 

Not for long

Is it now called tenderizing?:D

[anniegb]

Thanks everyone.

 

This is my first cruise on Celebrity.

 

Annie

[Freecall]

We were in a suite and had priority tender tickets delivered to our room the night before, so we could get off early if we wanted to. I am not sure what other cabin or guest categories get priority tendering.

It is worth being in the queue for tickets early if you are not on a tour or priority. In Santorini some people did not get off the ship for a couple of hours after it had docked.

BTW there are no silly questions on here!!

 

Were you on the Slhouette in early August by any chance.

 

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[Taxguy77]

Not for long

Is it now called tenderizing?:D

 

That took nine minutes. How long is long? :confused:Enjoying something it's short :), in the Dentist's chair it's a long time.:eek:

[RosieCanberra]

That took nine minutes. How long is long? :confused:Enjoying something it's short :), in the Dentist's chair it's a long time.:eek:

 

You know those boats are so anxious to get into the water they wait on Tenderhooks. boom tish:D

[derf5585]

You know those boats are so anxious to get into the water they wait on Tenderhooks. boom tish:D

 

 

So the lengths of wet cloth were stretched on wooden frames, and left out in the open for some time. This allowed them to dry and straightened their weave. These frames were the tenters, and the tenter hooks were the metal hooks used to fix the cloth to the frame. At one time, it would have been common in manufacturing areas to see fields full of these frames

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http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ont1.htm

[RosieCanberra]

So the lengths of wet cloth were stretched on wooden frames, and left out in the open for some time. This allowed them to dry and straightened their weave. These frames were the tenters, and the tenter hooks were the metal hooks used to fix the cloth to the frame. At one time, it would have been common in manufacturing areas to see fields full of these frames

from

http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ont1.htm

 

Thanks for the information, my remark was a play on words, I didn't mean to cause offence. Happy sailing.

[derf5585]

Thanks for the information, my remark was a play on words, I didn't mean to cause offence. Happy sailing.

 

I just wanted to know about the word

 

This is not tenderizing

 

[Kellie Poodle]

Serious Question:

 

Do Elite members get priority tender tickets delivered or do they have to ask for them?

 

Haven't been on a cruise where it mattered but will be on one in January.

[RosieCanberra]

I just wanted to know about the word

 

This is not tenderizing

 

 

I guess if we are getting into the tenders like that, the crowds on shore won't be too big. Excursions can be a real hassle to plan what you wear anyway, do you dress for stormy weather or for swimming?:eek:

[The Londoners]

Serious Question:

 

Do Elite members get priority tender tickets delivered or do they have to ask for them?

 

Haven't been on a cruise where it mattered but will be on one in January.

 

Hi, we were on the Eclipse last year and had problems tendering at Split as the port authority there apparently declined to provide any tenders so lifeboats were used. We enquirer about priority and were told that Elite members do indeed have priority.