How soon to get in line for tender to meet an excursion?

[rocketlegs]

I've got an excursion in Grand Cayman that says to meet at 9:15. How soon should I get in line on the ship so that I get tendered over and meet on the dock on time?

[Molokai-Chuck]

If the tour is a NCL tour, you usually meet some where on the ship, then they take all down to the tender at the same time to be sure all for the tour are on the same tender boat.

[rocketlegs]

It's not an NCL Excursion.

[Demonyte]

You need to keep an eye on the Freestyle Daily the night before - the tender tickets for passengers not having priority (suite guests, other VIPs and people on NCL excursions) will be handed out probably early that morning in a place like library, pool deck, etc (place varies by the ship). It has been reported that on many occassions they start earlier than planned so you need to get there early if you want to be among the first ones to get off the ship. After you have the tender tickets, just listen to the announcements that will tell you when your ticket number is up for tendering.

 

In Grand Cayman they use local tenders and those boats are big so tendering process in whole is faster than it would when they use ship's own boats.

Edited January 16, 2014 by Demonyte

[NMLady]

It's not an NCL Excursion.

 

Get a tender ticket as soon as the tickets are available so that you are in one of the first tenders.