Tender to Grand Cayman

[gsarnow]

Several people wrote that it can take a couple of hours until your number is called to tender. Is that really the case? If so,

it seems almost impossible to do an excursion with anyone other than the cruise line.

[BND]

GC is a very short tender ride so they do get everyone off pretty quickly.  We've been twice.  Once with an excursion and once without and there was very little difference.  Also, they use actual tenders that hold more people than the lifeboats do so it does move pretty quickly.  Also, if they do numbers (not always on all ships for all tender ports) get there early and get a ticket if you want to get off early.

Edited September 29, 2019 by BND

[Baron Barracuda]

Several factors impact speed of tendering process.  First of course is size of your ship and number of passengers looking to disembark.  Number of other cruise ships in harbor is also a factor.  Being the 9th ship out greatly lengthens your tender runs.  Have also seen weather have a big impact at Grand Cayman.  When wind kicks up and seas get choppy it is difficult for tenders to operate.