Trishlo73 Posted June 20, 2019 #1 Share Posted June 20, 2019 My husband and I are booked on the Miracle with our friends who turn Platinum on the cruise. We sail to Grand Cayman and Belize, which are both tender ports. How does priority tender service work for Platinum guests? We are doing a non Carnival excursion in Grand Cayman, and I will get up super early to get my our tender tickets, but do our Platinum friends need to get tender tickets like everyone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Schoifmom Posted June 20, 2019 #2 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Your Platinum friends will get a letter in their room detailing the procedures for your sailing. Typically, they will meet in a specific room and then be escorted to the first tender. I do believe that they are allowed to bring a certain number of guests with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller_KC Posted June 20, 2019 #3 Share Posted June 20, 2019 No they just go to the Platinum window at guest services and they will be escorted to the next tender. If it still works the same way, unlike the priority boarding, they will be able to take a couple of guests with them. No priority for the return tender. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted June 20, 2019 #4 Share Posted June 20, 2019 Yes. Everyone gets a ticket. We are platinum and chose not to get off early recently so we did not go to the specified room at 6:45. When we went to get off at 11:00 am we still had to go to the casino and get tickets to get off even though there was no wait. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted June 20, 2019 #5 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Miller_KC said: No they just go to the Platinum window at guest services and they will be escorted to the next tender. If it still works the same way, unlike the priority boarding, they will be able to take a couple of guests with them. No priority for the return tender. Just in Grand Caymen. They don't do it this way anymore. Platinums get a letter telling them where and when to meet for tickets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miller_KC Posted June 20, 2019 #6 Share Posted June 20, 2019 7 minutes ago, Miller_KC said: No they just go to the Platinum window at guest services and they will be escorted to the next tender. If it still works the same way, unlike the priority boarding, they will be able to take a couple of guests with them. No priority for the return tender. Just in Grand Caymen. They don't do it this way anymore. Platinums get a letter telling them where and when to meet for tickets. Sorry about the out dated information. We have avoided tenders on our last few cruises. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank12 Posted June 20, 2019 #7 Share Posted June 20, 2019 2 minutes ago, Miller_KC said: 7 minutes ago, Miller_KC said: No they just go to the Platinum window at guest services and they will be escorted to the next tender. If it still works the same way, unlike the priority boarding, they will be able to take a couple of guests with them. No priority for the return tender. Just in Grand Caymen. They don't do it this way anymore. Platinums get a letter telling them where and when to meet for tickets. Sorry about the out dated information. We have avoided tenders on our last few cruises. Don't blame you. We usually avoid tender ports also! By the way, I liked your (the old) way much better! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted June 20, 2019 #8 Share Posted June 20, 2019 52 minutes ago, Frank12 said: Just in Grand Caymen. They don't do it this way anymore. Platinums get a letter telling them where and when to meet for tickets. This has been our experience on recent cruises (getting a letter) to Belize and Grand Cayman. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maryred Posted June 21, 2019 #9 Share Posted June 21, 2019 17 hours ago, Schoifmom said: Your Platinum friends will get a letter in their room detailing the procedures for your sailing. Typically, they will meet in a specific room and then be escorted to the first tender. I do believe that they are allowed to bring a certain number of guests with them. 17 hours ago, Miller_KC said: No they just go to the Platinum window at guest services and they will be escorted to the next tender. If it still works the same way, unlike the priority boarding, they will be able to take a couple of guests with them. No priority for the return tender. Both procedures are true, and depend on the amount on board that are qualified for the priority status. In situations where there is a great number of priority eligible passengers a meeting point other than the GS desk will be used for the first hour or 2 of launches. After the backlog in the general boarding ticket distribution or waiting area dies down usually anyone can just head down to deck A or 1 to board, but if there is a small line once there sometimes there is a seperate section for priority passengers to line up at and board the tender first. 17 hours ago, Frank12 said: Yes. Everyone gets a ticket. We are platinum and chose not to get off early recently so we did not go to the specified room at 6:45. When we went to get off at 11:00 am we still had to go to the casino and get tickets to get off even though there was no wait. Never heard of Platinum+ passengers needing a ticket or sticker from the general tender distribution location to board outgoing tenders. Usually the color coded S&S card is your ticket. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sanmarcosman Posted June 21, 2019 #10 Share Posted June 21, 2019 18 hours ago, Frank12 said: By the way, I liked your (the old) way much better! We didn't. On the Miracle we went to the desk and was told " just go down to the gangway, there shouldn't be a line. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trishlo73 Posted June 21, 2019 Author #11 Share Posted June 21, 2019 19 hours ago, Schoifmom said: I do believe that they are allowed to bring a certain number of guests with them. Can anyone confirm that they are still permitted to bring 2 add'l guests? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jabberjaw070596 Posted June 21, 2019 #12 Share Posted June 21, 2019 I was on the Magic in February and was able to bring my parents for priority tender in Grand Cayman Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doggielover68 Posted June 22, 2019 #13 Share Posted June 22, 2019 On 6/20/2019 at 4:13 PM, Trishlo73 said: My husband and I are booked on the Miracle with our friends who turn Platinum on the cruise. We sail to Grand Cayman and Belize, which are both tender ports. How does priority tender service work for Platinum guests? We are doing a non Carnival excursion in Grand Cayman, and I will get up super early to get my our tender tickets, but do our Platinum friends need to get tender tickets like everyone else? Tendering on the Miracle is easy and fast. We are Platinum and got a letter telling us to go to a lounge. They didn't give us stickers as far as I recall. We got on the tender first and then they called a few tender sticker numbers to fill it up. No need to worry! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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