Tendering

[daisymay1960]

We will be on a southbound Alaska Cruise on the Millenium in August and realised we dont know what ports ( if any ) are tendered . My booking details dont mention any tendering , and it has just occured to me that this wont necessarily mean that there arent any !

[Happy Cruiser 6143]

We will be on a southbound Alaska Cruise on the Millenium in August and realised we dont know what ports ( if any ) are tendered . My booking details dont mention any tendering , and it has just occured to me that this wont necessarily mean that there arent any !

 

If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port.

 

[daisymay1960]

If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port.

 

 

 

 

I've checked the itinerary and it gave the ports but no mention docked of tendered, I will go and look again

[OCruisers]

If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not.

LuLu

[daisymay1960]

If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not.

LuLu

 

I went to check and site under maintenance:rolleyes:

 

 

I'm trying to remember ports, but brain dead at the moment

 

Icey straight ?

Ketchikan

[Northern Aurora]

If you'll list your ports of call here, someone will be able to tell you if they are tender ports or not.

LuLu

 

Icy Strait Point (Hoonah) will definitely be a tender port.

[olemissreb]

We did this cruise last year and the only port that was a tender port was Icy Strait Point. Tendering was easy though and not a long wait either heading to land or back to the ship.

[boogs]

If you're booked, go and look at your itinerary. It will specify either docked or tender for each port.

 

 

There is no need to visit the Celebrity we site. You should have received a booking confirmation via email with the details of your booking. This will include the reservation number, the dates, the price, what has been paid, and what is owed. It will list all dates with the port being visited, the times of arrival and departure, or if a sea day. It will say "Docked" or "Tender" for each port being visited.

Edited June 18, 2014 by boogs

[Ballard67]

So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me.

[boogs]

So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me.

 

Docking is when the ship pulls up to a pier and you walk straight off the ship via a gangway and onto land or transportation.

 

Tendering is when the ship anchors out in the bay or harbor and you reach the docks by small transfer boats. Often, these will be specialized life boats that double as tenders. Or, at ports the see many ships during the cruising season, they may have their own fleet of small boats that will come out to the ship to transfer passengers to shore. A temporary platform is attached to the side of the ship at a convenient doorway in the side of the ship and it is used as the ship's loading dock.

Edited June 18, 2014 by boogs

[fleckle]

We did this cruise last year and the only port that was a tender port was Icy Strait Point. Tendering was easy though and not a long wait either heading to land or back to the ship.

The same for the Millennium this year.

It docks at all the other Alaska ports.

 

[fleckle]

Just wanted to add for anyone going on the Millennium this summer, don't miss Jocka and Maria.

They are the best aerialists we have ever seen on a cruise ship.

[sparky-elpaso]

So we are new to cruising, tendering??, Dock??. So the difference?, I would love to hear any ones thoughts?. I apologize to the OP, but this has been a wonder to me.

 

Tenders are the larger lifeboats. This is RCL but they're all pretty much the same.

 

 

In most cases you go down a stairway to a platform to board the tender.

 

[daisymay1960]

Thanks for the replies , I had wondered if icy point was because we have picked a very early tour and had been reading that cruise booked tours get priority tendering . But guess the tour companies are well aware of cruise ship protocol