? re: Antigua and Tortola...

[MamaParrotHead]

Both are pier (not tender) ports, right? So there wouldn't be any issues with weather and not being able to dock, correct? Just wondering if there's need for a "Plan B". Thanks!

[Ykgorbie]

Yes, both are pier.

[Ykgorbie]

....ALTHOUGH, I have heard that sometimes severe winds will hamper a pier dock. Never happened to us though.

[gail811]

We had really rough seas sailing into Tortola, but it was very calm when we docked. Tours to the Baths were cancelled, but we had booked with a private catamaran and made it with no problems. And as others stated, both are piers.

[Crusin Hogs]

Tortola is a great stop , My favorite port to go to. We had no excurissions

planed , There are open air tours busses outside the gate , $20.00 per person , about a 3 hr tour we saw the whole island , stopped at a beach,went to the mountian top restraunt , Had a great time

We rode with Greg's tour Co

[beachgal58]

We walked outside the gate on Tortola and crammed into a van, 10 of us from the ship. It was our first time to this port so being with others from the ship was a comfort. They took us to a beach I cant remembr how much but at the beach it was $10 for 2 chairs, right on the water and there were rest/bar/shops right behind. The beach was full of cruisers.

Antigua, we docked right at the pier where all the tourist crap is. We booked a snorkel/catamaran exc thru the ship, it was right there for us.

I dont like booking thru the ship but it was our first time to Antigua. When we returned, we walked thru all the shops, they are all right there.

Cindy

[zqvol]

Both are pier (not tender) ports, right? So there wouldn't be any issues with weather and not being able to dock, correct? Just wondering if there's need for a "Plan B". Thanks!

 

 

Tortola can be either. I have tendered and docked there. It depends on how many ships are there, Carnival does not have first rights to the dock at Tortola.