Who can name all the ports that have Tendering ?

[BigMember]

I've searched Cruise Critic, and phoned Carnival. Does anyone have a list they would share of which Ports require Tendering, and which Ports do not?

 

I understand that some ports can be very busy on a particular day, and tendering amy still be required. Does anyone know which posts this may happen to?

 

I've got bits and pieces, but would love a definitive list, and I'm sure others would too.

 

Thanks a million.

[wwinfl91]

Here is a link to something like 430 different ports, It has links to those ports and probably by going through them you ultimately could put together a list. The problem you get into is some ports like St Thomas it depends on how many ships are visiting that day whether you tender or dock. There are some that are tender only but more and more the more popular ones are putting in docks to handle 1 or 2 ships.

 

Almost forgot the link.

 

http://www.seacruisereviews.com/portsofcall.asp

 

Good luck in your quest.

[wwinfl91]

After I posted the above information I decided to check on my and my wife's memory and pictures of our cruises to see if I could figure out which ports we have visited are tender and which are docked ports. Here is my list.

 

Tampa Florida Dock

Grand Cayman Tender

Santa Thomas Guatamala Dock

Playa De Carmen Mexico Tender

Ft Lauderdale Florida Dock

St Maarten Dock (it was a tender only when we first went)

Half Moon Cay Bahamas Tender

Cozumel Mexico Dock

Ocha Rios Jamaica Dock (I think)

St Thomas USVI Dock or Tender depends

St John USVI Tender

St Kitts Dock

Dominica Dock

Martinque Dock

Trinidad Dock

San Francisco Ca Dock

Cabo San Lucas Mexico Tender

Acapulco Mexico Dock

Puntrencos Costa Rica Dock

Curaco Dock

Costa Maya Mexico Dock

Key West Florida Dock

San Juan Puerto Rico Dock

Dominican Republic Dock and Tender

Nassua Bahamas Dock

Barbados Dock

St Lucia Dock (I think)

Isla De Margarita Dock

Bonaire Dock

Aruba Dock

Barcelona Dock

Monte Carlo Tender

Livarno Italy Dock

Naples Italy Dock

Athens (Piraeus) Dock

Kusadasi Turkey Dock

Istanbul Turkey Dock

Venice Italy Dock

Jacksonville Florida Dock

Roatan Honduras Dock

Colon Panama Dock

Freeport Bahamas Dock

Charleston SC Dock

New York NY Dock

New London Ct Dock

Boston Mass Dock

Bar Harbor Maine Dock

Halifax Canada Dock

Sydney Canada Dock

Charlottetown Canada Dock

Quebec City Canada Dock

Montreal Canada Dock

Hilo Hawaii Dock

Kona Hawaii Tender

Kauai Hawaii Dock

Honolulu Hawaii Dock

Laihani Maui Tender

LA Ca Dock

Kings Wharf Bermuda Dock

Lisbon Portugal Dock

Vigo Spain Dock

Le Havre France Dock

Zeebrugge Belgium Dock

Harwich England Dock

 

I don't know if this was what you had in mind but it might be a start. As you can tell we haven't been to Alaska yet.

 

Have a great next cruise.

[IBEEMOM]

Add Belize City to the tendering list.

[big_duck]

Hey BM maybe you should have been more specific. :eek:

 

Great job.

[makeda]

thank you. good work

[BigMember]

wwinfl91

 

Great job. I'm a bit jealous too! Wow, that's a lot of ports.

 

Again, thanks.

 

 

Anyone else?

[BigMember]

Thought I would give the list a fluff:

[Bran8778]

Belize ---dont forget

[pacerzfan]

add Montego Bay, Jamaica Dock

[jimbug]

Here's the Alaska & Mexican Riviera ones (that we've visited) :

 

Seattle (dock)

Ketchikan (dock for 1st 3 ships, tender for others)

Juneau (same as Ketchikan, but I think only 2 can dock?)

Skagway (dock)

Victoria, B.C., (dock)

Puerto Vallarta (dock)

Mazatlan (dock)

Cabo San Lucas (tender only)

L.A. (dock)

Long Beach (dock)

[Hootsie]

Any port can be a tender. We tendered at Cozumel because there were so many ships in the port. You just never know.

[MortgageChick]

Devils Island is a tender port - we visited on our Amazon RIver cruise in 2/03

Lanzarote-dock

Funchal-dock

Gibraltar-dock

Casablanca - dock

[VentureMan_2000]

Dominican Republic......Both

St Thomas USVI..........Both

Acapulco Mexico.........Dock

Aruba...................Dock

Athens (Piraeus)........Dock

Bar Harbor Maine........Dock

Barbados................Dock

Barcelona...............Dock

Bonaire.................Dock

Boston Mass.............Dock

Charleston SC...........Dock

Charlottetown Canada....Dock

Colon Panama............Dock

Costa Maya Mexico.......Dock

Cozumel Mexico..........Dock

Curaco..................Dock

Dominica................Dock

Freeport Bahamas........Dock

Ft Lauderdale Florida...Dock

Halifax Canada..........Dock

Harwich England.........Dock

Hilo Hawaii.............Dock

Honolulu Hawaii.........Dock

Isla De Margarita.......Dock

Istanbul Turkey.........Dock

Jacksonville Florida....Dock

Kauai Hawaii............Dock

Key West Florida........Dock

Kings Wharf Bermuda.....Dock

Kusadasi Turkey.........Dock

LA Ca...................Dock

Le Havre France.........Dock

Lisbon Portugal.........Dock

Livarno Italy...........Dock

Martinque...............Dock

Montreal Canada.........Dock

Naples Italy............Dock

Nassua Bahamas..........Dock

New London Ct...........Dock

New York NY.............Dock

Ocha Rios Jamaica.......Dock

Puntrencos Costa Rica...Dock

Quebec City Canada......Dock

Roatan Honduras.........Dock

San Francisco Ca........Dock

San Juan Puerto Rico....Dock

Santa Thomas Guatamala..Dock

St Kitts................Dock

St Lucia................Dock

St Maarten..............Dock

Sydney Canada...........Dock

Tampa Florida...........Dock

Trinidad................Dock

Venice Italy............Dock

Vigo Spain..............Dock

Zeebrugge Belgium.......Dock

Cabo San Lucas Mexico...Tender

Grand Cayman............Tender

Half Moon Cay Bahamas...Tender

Kona Hawaii.............Tender

Laihani Maui............Tender

Monte Carlo.............Tender

Playa De Carmen Mexico..Tender

St John USVI............Tender

[laura2161]

I love this thread! Thank you, thank you! :)

 

Laura

[Steamboatin]

We have on more than one occassion tendered at a port that had docks available for cruise ships and still tendered into the city.

 

The reasons we tendered at the port with cruise vessel docks were:

1. Weather conditions were too bad to safely allow the cruise vessel to dock.

2. Once there were more cruise vessels in port than the port had docks to accomodate them.

3. Once a city was repairing its cruise vessel dock forcing all cruise vessels in port to tender in.

 

Thus cruise vessels visiting cities with cruise vessel docks still will tender passengers in under certain conditions.

 

Therefore, tendering is possible at any port at some point in time eventhough the city has cruise vessel docks.

[Bookbug53]

Just curious. What dock is used in Bar Harbor, Maine?

[wwinfl91]

I don't think cruise ships dock in Bar Harbor. I believe they all have to tender. When we were there I sure didn't see any dock big enough for a cruise ship.

 

By the way that was a mistake in my list above.

 

Have a great next cruise.

[Martinalut]

I didn't see Catalina Island. Last time I sailed, we tendered.

[cliffy97]

Added a few ports Dominican Republic......Both St Thomas USVI..........Both Acapulco Mexico.........Dock Aruba...................Dock Athens (Piraeus)........Dock Bar Harbor Maine........Dock Barbados................Dock Barcelona...............Dock Bonaire.................Dock Boston Mass.............Dock Catalina Island CA.............Tender Charleston SC...........Dock Charlottetown Canada....Dock Colon Panama............Dock Costa Maya Mexico.......Dock Cozumel Mexico..........Dock Curaco..................Dock Dominica................Dock Ensenada MX.............Both if more than 2 ships Freeport Bahamas........Dock Ft Lauderdale Florida...Dock Halifax Canada..........Dock Harwich England.........Dock Hilo Hawaii.............Dock Honolulu Hawaii.........Dock Isla De Margarita.......Dock Istanbul Turkey.........Dock Jacksonville Florida....Dock Kauai Hawaii............Dock Key West Florida........Dock Kings Wharf Bermuda.....Dock Kusadasi Turkey.........Dock LA Ca...................Dock Le Havre France.........Dock Lisbon Portugal.........Dock Livarno Italy...........Dock Martinque...............Dock Montreal Canada.........Dock Naples Italy............Dock Nassua Bahamas..........Dock New London Ct...........Dock New York NY.............Dock Ocha Rios Jamaica.......Dock Puntrencos Costa Rica...Dock Quebec City Canada......Dock Roatan Honduras.........Dock San Francisco Ca........Dock San Juan Puerto Rico....Dock Santa Thomas Guatamala..Dock St Kitts................Dock St Lucia................Dock St Maarten..............Dock Sydney Canada...........Dock Tampa Florida...........Dock Trinidad................Dock Venice Italy............Dock Vigo Spain..............Dock Zeebrugge Belgium.......Dock Cabo San Lucas Mexico...Tender Grand Cayman............Tender Half Moon Cay Bahamas...Tender Kona Hawaii.............Tender Laihani Maui............Tender Monte Carlo.............Tender Playa De Carmen Mexico..Tender St John USVI............Tender

[Bookbug53]

Added a few ports ......Dock Bar Harbor Maine....

 

No...Tender Bar Harbor, Maine