Royal tender schedule Cabo overnight

[red4u2]

Hi Everyone,     searched the boards and cannot find the answer.

Will be on the Royal in a few weeks for the 5 day Overnight Cabo cruise.

Arriving at 11am on a Monday and Depart at 1 pm Tuesday.

Does anyone know the last tenders times back to ship on Monday night ?     and more importantly what time in the morning on Tuesday the Tenders will start running back to the marina?       Trying to plan shore excursions with an outside company.

thank you!😀

[jondfk]

I was on two (B2B) Cabo overnights on Royal in October.  The shoreside tenders ran all night, on a very limited schedule during the wee hours, but they indeed operated all night long.  

 

You didn't ask, but I'll give you another tip or two as well.

 

- Early tenders were very (very, very) busy.  The ship finally went open tender about 3:30 after tender number 88 had been called. I suggest going ashore a bit later to avoid a long wait for a tender.  If you're traveling on an independent tour, booking before 4:00 probably means a lot of waiting to get ashore.  Most other ships leave the port by late afternoon leaving the town free for Royal passengers.

 

- If not looking for night life, going ashore the following morning might be wise.  There were no waits for tenders, and indeed no tickets needed, the following morning.

 

- If you insist on going ashore 'early' and independent be aware that distribution of tender tickets started at 7:00AM and that folks were lined up long before 6:00 to be 'first' in line.  I wasn't there for that purpose, just getting my first coffee of the day from the IC and wondering what all those people were lined up for . . . 

 

Enjoy

[red4u2]

5 hours ago, jondfk said:

I was on two (B2B) Cabo overnights on Royal in October.  The shoreside tenders ran all night, on a very limited schedule during the wee hours, but they indeed operated all night long.  

 

You didn't ask, but I'll give you another tip or two as well.

 

- Early tenders were very (very, very) busy.  The ship finally went open tender about 3:30 after tender number 88 had been called. I suggest going ashore a bit later to avoid a long wait for a tender.  If you're traveling on an independent tour, booking before 4:00 probably means a lot of waiting to get ashore.  Most other ships leave the port by late afternoon leaving the town free for Royal passengers.

 

- If not looking for night life, going ashore the following morning might be wise.  There were no waits for tenders, and indeed no tickets needed, the following morning.

 

- If you insist on going ashore 'early' and independent be aware that distribution of tender tickets started at 7:00AM and that folks were lined up long before 6:00 to be 'first' in line.  I wasn't there for that purpose, just getting my first coffee of the day from the IC and wondering what all those people were lined up for . . . 

 

Enjoy

Thank you so much for the info!!!     Exactly what I was needing!     First day going to wait for the rush to be over and maybe head to the Soundbar on Medano beach....Next morning leave the ship early for a 830 whale watch tour.

  Hopefully the big push will be over by then.

 

thank you again!😀

 

[5:00_Somewhere]

I want to thank you for this information also, jondfk. We are on the Star Princess in March-April and the itinerary indicates we overnight in Cabo.  Some people have suggested that the ship may actually not anchor in the harbor all night and will pull out ot sea at some point, but that would seem counterintuitive when the itinerary specifically states that we "overnight" there.  We have friends who have a vacation home in Cabo and are hoping to spend a good long time with them, very possibly into the wee hours, so would be nice if tenders continued running. 😉

[jondfk]

I've read that same lines do weigh anchor and sail out for a few hours, perhaps there is a port cost motivation?  Still, as you say, Princess explicitly states this is an overnight stay and folks have a reason to expect it will be as stated.  Rest comfortable that it was a genuine overnight stay - enjoy your evening out.

[Vexorg]

The main reason that a cruise line might want to sail out of port overnight would be to open the casino (since they presumably can't do so while in port) but the 5 night itinerary with only one port call presumably means there would be plenty of other opportunity for passengers to gamble.  Not sure what the port tariffs would look like in Cabo (especially since the ships don't actually dock there) but I would assume the port authority would rather keep the ships (and their passengers) in port for as long as possible and not make it prohibitively expensive to do so.  I'm sure there's accountants at CCL who run the numbers on these things and figure them out, but if the ship stays anchored and operating tenders overnight then there's probably a good reason for it.

[Colo Cruiser]

Been in Cabo on Princess for a lot of overnights.

Have never sailed out during the night.

The tenders ran all night long.

[5:00_Somewhere]

1 hour ago, Colo Cruiser said:

Been in Cabo on Princess for a lot of overnights.

Have never sailed out during the night.

The tenders ran all night long.

 

Thank you, that made my day. That's certainly what we're hoping for.