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Tendering at Grand Cayman
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Hi - I've never been on a cruise before. I understand that you have to tender at Grand Cayman. Could someone please explain to me the process of tendering at Grand Cayman? I believe the ship is at Grand Cayman from 7am-4pm. What time would we have to be back to the pier to tender back?
We are wanting to do the Stingray and Island tour through Nativeway Watersports, and the tour goes from 10am EST - 2pm EST. I'm assuming that would be enough time, but just want to make sure before I book the tour! !
Thanks so much.
We are wanting to do the Stingray and Island tour through Nativeway Watersports, and the tour goes from 10am EST - 2pm EST. I'm assuming that would be enough time, but just want to make sure before I book the tour! !
Thanks so much.
TTC since June 2012
Re: Tendering at Grand Cayman
tendering just means that the ship can't dock at the port, so you have to take one of the lifeboats from the ship or a contracted port ship from your cruise ship to the dock. usually, if you have a cruise line scheduled tour, your ticket will tell you when to be where (ex. 8:15am in the theatre), and a cruise staffer will tell you when they're ready for you to disembark to the tender. then there will be people waiting for you at the pier. if you book independently, then they will usually announce general disembarkation. there's usually a sign when you disembark as well as a blurb in the ship's daily newsletter that tells you when the last tender will be leaving the dock to come back.
if the ship arrives and is ready at 7am, which they seem to usually be good about being on time, then you should be able to disembark soon after that so a 10am tour would be fine. i don't know whether 4pm means that the ship leaves at that time, which would mean everyone back on board by 3:30, or whether that's when everyone has to be back. but either way, 2pm sounds like plenty of time. if the tour is through the cruiseline, then they will wait for you if the tour is delayed for some reason. (that's happened to us before!)
Native way is normally very good about getting you back on time. Though they can seem very disorganized at times. Captian Marvin's is another outfit that does the tours and they seem more organized. Both do good tours that are nowhere as crowded as the ships tour.
You didn't say which line, normally the last tender is 30 mins to an hour before departure. However, everyone tends to line up at the last minute so the last tender is when they are done with the line of people waiting for the tenders. Last tender could be posted for 330, but you could still be in line waiting to get on the tender boat. Don't count on the extra time, be in line before the last tender posted tender time.
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