How do you find out which ports are tender

[Debs224]

We are travelling April 30 on Elation to San Juan, St. Thomas, Half Moon Cay and Grand Turk. Is there any way to find out what ports will be tender and which are just walk off? :)

[hnschipper]

I know from personal experience that San Juan and St. Thomas are not tender ports. Don't know about the other 2.

[Debs224]

Thanks for the reply. I'm pretty sure that Half Moon Cay is, but I can't find any info about Grand Turk since it is such a new port.

[nanbob]

Half Moon Cay is definitely tender and I believe Grand Turk is walk off...Carnival built the dock- it should be done by now. Please post a review when you return. We are sailing on the Elation in June. Thanks!

[zqvol]

San Juan and Grand Turk are for sure walk off ports, St. thomas likely is but might not be (I think that at the end of April of lot of ships have left for Europe so it will probably be a walk off too). HMC is a tender port.

[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 - not sure after Katrina

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

[Debs224]

Thanks so much. I found the website for Grand Turk's new cruise centre and it is definitely dock, not tender. :)

Looks like HMC is the only tender we are going to have.

[Hootsie]

Any port can turn into a tender port. When we were in Cozumel in 2004, the dock was full and we had to tender in. Three out of four of our ports were tendered. On our upcoming cruise, they are all docked........thank GOD! I hate the tendering process.

[bubbles1209]

Half Moon Cay is definitely tender and I believe Grand Turk is walk off...Carnival built the dock- it should be done by now. Please post a review when you return. We are sailing on the Elation in June. Thanks!

I would love to know that one also, our first cruise is also in June:)

[VentureMan_2000]

your welcome...

[cruzn buckeye]

Ever wondered what it would be like to ride in a CCL lifeboat?????

The tenders for HMC are exactly that! We found it to be quite fun!

There is a lot more room in those lifeboats than it seems by looking at them!

[zqvol]

Haven't been in carnival's but have been in another lines. They were smaller than Carnivals because the ship is smaller but I can tell you that they can get hot, stuffy and bouncy real quick. But, if ther eis a nice breeze and calm seas they are just like being in a nice boat on your local lake.

[crisp1]

In order to figure out whether it's tender or not, I usually give it a poke :)

3 of our 4 our tendered, GC always was, Cozumel never was but is for now, Belize is and Costa Maya isn't. And I'll verify all that in just over a week ;)

[MrLee]

Cozumel is definately a tender port. When I was there in December there was almost nothing left of the docks since the hurricane.

[Cuizer2]

Is there any way to find out what ports will be tender

 

Yes, stick a fork in it. :)

[Leo Jay]

How bad is the tendering process in actuality? Sounds like it would take a long time.

[bar10der421]

Ever wondered what it would be like to ride in a CCL lifeboat?????

The tenders for HMC are exactly that! We found it to be quite fun!

There is a lot more room in those lifeboats than it seems by looking at them!

 

Just got back from HMC and they now have two large double deck tenders there, DH estimates they held maybe 140ish people each. Made the tendering process go much faster, it was not bad at all. A few things have changed since we were there last, but it is still one of the best places a cruise ship could stop!! Absolutely beautiful!

[picruiser]

=Cuizer2]Yes, stick a fork in it. :)

 

You stole my reply!! Have fun!!:D