Flvirgo41 Posted November 12, 2011 #1 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Just curious. In Ft. Lauderdale, which side of the ship (port or starboard) do you embark/disembark from and what deck do you enter on? Looking around online, it appears to be starboard on Deck 3 Promenade around exterior glass elevators, correct? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted November 12, 2011 #2 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Depends which side the ship is tied up to, although it seems to usually be the port side. It can be either. The deck can also vary, but I believe it is deck 1, 2 or 3.You can actually board right into the Atrium, or on to the outside promenade. Technically you can also board onto lower levels as well, but you don't usually see that at FLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catl331 Posted November 12, 2011 #3 Share Posted November 12, 2011 IIRC every time we have embarked or disembarked a Vista/Sig ship at pier 26 it has been on the Lower Promenade next to the glass elevators. Sometimes port, sometimes starboard. I think when we boarded once at pier 29 it was onto the promenade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare terrydtx Posted November 12, 2011 #4 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The last couple of weeks on the web cam at FLL the Eurodam seems to dock with the bow facing south which puts the Starboard side facing the mainland. When she leaves she backs out to the main channel and then turns to exit the harbor. I believe that is the case today as she is in FLL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted November 12, 2011 #5 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The crew goes in on the A Deck. Pax go in on the Main Deck or LP and sometimes on the Promenade Deck itself. I think Tide figures into this whole thing. Now port or starbord depends on whether the ship pulls in or backs in and the Harbor Master makes that call. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 12, 2011 #6 Share Posted November 12, 2011 More often than not, HAL ships are docked starboard to the dock in Port Everglades. Yes, of course, it varies but of the dozens of times we have cruised out of Port Everglades, always in a port side cabin, we are almost never to the dock. Deciding factors might be loading stores, ship maintenance, bunkering, pilots instructions, harbormaster, other ships in port and probably a ton I haven't thought of. (winds, currents, and who knows whatever else. :D ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted November 12, 2011 #7 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The last two MS Zuiderdam ports of call in Port Everglades She has pulled in one week and backed in another. Same was true last year in Tampa. The MS Ryndam did it differently every other week. Practice? Tides? Harbor Master? I don't know why? Maybe Copper could fill us in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbsey Posted November 12, 2011 #8 Share Posted November 12, 2011 The last two MS Zuiderdam ports of call in Port Everglades She has pulled in one week and backed in another. Same was true last year in Tampa. The MS Ryndam did it differently every other week. Practice? Tides? Harbor Master? I don't know why? Maybe Copper could fill us in. It might also have to do with on going care and maintenace issues like which side is getting the chipping, scrapping and pressure washing.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aliaschief Posted November 12, 2011 #9 Share Posted November 12, 2011 It might also have to do with on going care and maintenace issues like which side is getting the chipping, scrapping and pressure washing.... Maybe, Good thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sail7seas Posted November 12, 2011 #10 Share Posted November 12, 2011 Ships alternate port and starboard when they are painting. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmyinCT Posted November 12, 2011 #11 Share Posted November 12, 2011 we disembarked on Deck 2, Starboard. However, last Saturday when we embarked, it was on the Port side (same Pier) So, as a poster above noted, it seems they may alternate sides. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbsey Posted November 12, 2011 #12 Share Posted November 12, 2011 She came out by the Stern tonight (and more than an hour late), so she was tied to the Starboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flvirgo41 Posted November 13, 2011 Author #13 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Thanks everyone. So, the key learning is...I'm going on a cruise! Who cares how it's parked. :D Seriously, I just try and get my bearings before getting on the ship. Sounds like there are so many variables, there's no way to predict. Also, I'm a sucker for a sense of arrival. Some ohs and ahs coming onboard. Was on the Oasis last year and it did create quite an impression coming into the Royal Promenade. Looking forward though to a totally different experience on the "E." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CruiserBruce Posted November 13, 2011 #14 Share Posted November 13, 2011 Getting your bearing should be what is fore vs aft, what is port vs starboard. Those things, on a ship, have nothing to do with land. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flvirgo41 Posted November 26, 2011 Author #15 Share Posted November 26, 2011 For anyone interested out there, I'll answer my own question since I just came off the Eurodam today. Embarkation: Entered port side on Deck 3/Promenade. Actually walked on the Promenade for a bit and then entered at midship elevator lobby. Disembarkation: Exited starboard side on Deck 2/Lower Promenade. Walked right on the gangway at midship elevator lobby on that deck. It appears from the postings here that there are several possible embarkation/disembarkation scenarios depending on multiple variables, so there's no consistent docking pattern. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Himself Posted November 26, 2011 #16 Share Posted November 26, 2011 For anyone interested out there, I'll answer my own question since I just came off the Eurodam today. Embarkation: Entered port side on Deck 3/Promenade. Actually walked on the Promenade for a bit and then entered at midship elevator lobby. Disembarkation: Exited starboard side on Deck 2/Lower Promenade. Walked right on the gangway at midship elevator lobby on that deck. It appears from the postings here that there are several possible embarkation/disembarkation scenarios depending on multiple variables, so there's no consistent docking pattern. Variety is the spice of life!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Essiesmom Posted November 27, 2011 #17 Share Posted November 27, 2011 February 2010: Westerdam port side, Zuiderdam starboard side Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_in_Spain Posted November 27, 2011 #18 Share Posted November 27, 2011 February 2010: Westerdam port side, Zuiderdam starboard side Where was this photo taken from? Was is hotel Hyatt Pier 66? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boytjie Posted November 27, 2011 #19 Share Posted November 27, 2011 Where was this photo taken from? Was is hotel Hyatt Pier 66? I would guess from an airplane. ;) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
English_in_Spain Posted November 27, 2011 #20 Share Posted November 27, 2011 I would guess from an airplane. ;) Yes, how stupid of me :o. It is probably too high for the hotel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Typhoon1 Posted November 27, 2011 #21 Share Posted November 27, 2011 You never know which side of the ship will be tied to the pier. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ASIWISH Posted November 27, 2011 #22 Share Posted November 27, 2011 February 2010: Westerdam port side, Zuiderdam starboard side This is my least favorite picture.... I spend 114 nights in Miami last year on business, traveling from Chicago to Miami, usually on a Sunday. I hated to look down at those lucky cruisers getting ready to leave on their cruises when we flew down the coast towards Miami.... Happy for them, but sad for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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