Tendering vs. water shuttling

[4cats4me]

Currently onboard Royal Princess.  

They are now referring to a tender as a water shuttle. LOL

Wondering if “water shuttle” is being used fleetwide now?

Haha. 

[skynight]

I think yes. It was used on the Caribbean Princess in August. 

[TM]

"Water Shuttles" were used when we did the Norwegian Fjords and British Isles out of Southampton in August on 2 different Princess ships.  First time we had ever heard tenders referred to as water shuttles.  We thought maybe it was just a term used because we were sailing from the UK.

[Tak8]

It sounds classy.  

[voljeep]

water shuttles if provided by 3rd parties ?

[hobbyfarmer2]

Our rural home is not served by roadside hydrants so the fire department employs water shuttle trucks as a source of water for the jumpers.  I guess a water shuttle can move people or water.  You gotta love the English language.

[cherylandtk]

I think it is a corporate ‘mandate’ sort of thing. John Heald went on about it last year on his blog, making fun of the new terminology.

[Hlitner]

It is kind of similar to a small room being called a "suite."

 

Hank

[Bdnclc]

Star was using water shuttles on cruise just did last week of September.  Initially I thought that was ship preference versus fleet wide.  Those with British or European accents sound better than North American accents I think 😉

[Guest arowe6]

This made me laugh way more than it should have. 
 

I work in marketing, so I love it!

 

But as a normal traveling human, my first thought was “This is so dumb.”

 

Andrew 🙂

[scott4020]

I think it started with Carnival last year.

[Colo Cruiser]

7 hours ago, 4cats4me said:

Currently onboard Royal Princess.  

They are now referring to a tender as a water shuttle. LOL

Wondering if “water shuttle” is being used fleetwide now?

Haha. 

Yes it's the new term.  🙄

[CruiseVA]

Caribbean Princess in July to Quebec City - yes, as we all sort of made fun of the term. Actually it is more descriptive, what's a "tender"?

[Times Prince]

It may be a terminology thing, but there are some ports where the port requires Princess to use their shuttles, which usually carry more people than tenders.

[Times Prince]

1 minute ago, CruiseVA said:

Caribbean Princess in July to Quebec City - yes, as we all sort of made fun of the term. Actually it is more descriptive, what's a "tender"?

A tender is a type of lifeboat that shares use as a means to get passengers ashore.  If you wander the Promenade deck on Caribbean Princess you will note some of the lifeboats have catamaran type (dual) hulls which provide increased stability.  Those are the tenders.

[Colo Cruiser]

2 minutes ago, Times Prince said:

A tender is a type of lifeboat that shares use as a means to get passengers ashore.  If you wander the Promenade deck on Caribbean Princess you will note some of the lifeboats have catamaran type (dual) hulls which provide increased stability.  Those are the tenders.

Water Shuttles........😁

[4cats4me]

7 hours ago, voljeep said:

water shuttles if provided by 3rd parties ?

NoPe. 

[4cats4me]

1 hour ago, Times Prince said:

It may be a terminology thing, but there are some ports where the port requires Princess to use their shuttles, which usually carry more people than tenders.

Actually, they’re referring to their own tenders in the Patter, and the town shuttles here in Cabo hold fewer people than the Princess tenders.  

[4cats4me]

1 hour ago, arowe6 said:

This made me laugh way more than it should have. 
 

I work in marketing, so I love it!

 

But as a normal traveling human, my first thought was “This is so dumb.”

 

Andrew 🙂

 

Exactly, Andrew! Your reviews have cheered me up made me laugh over tge years. So glad I finally could return the favor.  😂

[2 cruises a year]

9 hours ago, 4cats4me said:

Currently onboard Royal Princess.  

They are now referring to a tender as a water shuttle. LOL

Wondering if “water shuttle” is being used fleetwide now?

Haha. 

 

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[Guest arowe6]

12 minutes ago, 4cats4me said:

 

Exactly, Andrew! Your reviews have cheered me up made me laugh over tge years. So glad I finally could return the favor.  😂

oh stoppppp 🙂

 

Brad and I are booked on the 12/8 Regal sailing. The snark will be in full force soon enough...

 

Andrew 

[2 cruises a year]

Tendering vs. water shuttling.

Purser's Desk vs. Passenger Services Desk. 

For some reason someone has to change things.

I still go to the Purser's Desk, and tender ashore.

[Potstech]

So will they be shuttling water back and forth also?  In the navy a water or fuel shuttle was used to bring these items to the ship for delivery.

[Daniel A]

I just checked a future booking I have and for Princess Cays the itinerary states Water Shuttle Required.  I mentioned this in another thread, but when searching cruises, the itineraries don't show if Tenders (err... Water Shuttles) are required for any of the ports.

[jasbo49]

I think it makes more sense to the first-time cruiser. I sure didn't know what a tender was the first time I heard the word.

 

Water shuttle? Pretty easy to figure out.

 

Jim