View Poll Results: What is the longest you've ever waited for a tender?
Less than 10 minutes
5 26.32%
10-20 minutes
5 26.32%
20-30 minutes
0 0%
30 minutes - 1 hour
5 26.32%
1+ hours
4 21.05%
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Cruiser
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 245
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I was once forced to wait for tender in Cabo San Lucas for more than hour. But it was group of nice people with me and we were joking and laughing so it wasn't to bad after all.
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Cruising Machine
Location: Scotland
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 1,066
Frubals:2147483647
Activity:
Today:
Not long. About 20 mins max
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Ruby Princess 7th October 2009, Med and Transatlantic
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Looking for some sunshine
Past Cruises
School ship Devonia August 1963 Iberia and Morocco,
Airtours Carousel July 1996 Mediterranean,
Thomson Island Breeze July 1998 Mediterranean,
Airtours Seawing July 2000 Mediterranean,
Thomson Emerald July 2002 Adriatic,
Ocean Village July 2004 Mediterranean
Sun Princess Caribbean November 2005
Sea Princess Caribbean November 2006 Daughter's wedding
Splendour of the Seas Greece, Turkey and Croatia June 2007
Island Princess Panama Canal Transit February 2008
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Banned
Location: Edmond, OK
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 3,170
Frubals:141867
Activity:
Today:
maybe 10 to 20 minutes...........and that was coming back........now that we are diamond we get priority tender tickets which is a nice perk.
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Cruiser
Location: Ontario, Canada
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 202
Frubals:61268935
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Today:
Can't really complain that we've ever had to wait very long for a tender on either side
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Lorrie
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Carnival Inspiration, Sunbird 3 times, Costa Classica, Costa Atlantica,Celebrity Zenith
HAL Maasdam
Carnival Liberty
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Cruise-a-Lot
Location: Phoenix, AZ
Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 1,629
Frubals:3297266
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Today:
Only have tendered at one port so far - had priority tendering, so didn't have to wait more than a couple of minutes. Turned out to be a lot of fun, and the only thing to fear was those hard benches!
Got some good photographs of our ship from the tender, actually.
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Stormy
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Freedom of the Seas, November 2007 in
Gone Cruisin'
Past Cruises
Oosterdam April 2005
Oosterdam April 2006
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Super Cruiser
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Join Date: Apr 2005
Posts: 4,694
Frubals:746237377
Activity:
Today:
On the Carnival Legend in Belize, it took almost an hour.
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JV The 4 stages of cruising: planning, anticipation, experience and reflection. Coming up: HAL Westerdam(3/28/10), MSC Poesia(4/24/10) and Celebrity Millennium(9/17/10)
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Happy Sailing
Past Cruises
NCL Norway,
Celebrity Meridian,
Majesty Royal Majesty,
Costa Romantica,
Dolphin Ocean Breeze,
RCCL Majesty Of The Seas,
Carnival Paradise,
Celebrity Century,
Carnival Imagination,
Caribbean Princess,
Carnival Valor,
HAL Zuiderdam,
Carnival Legend,
Carnival Valor,
RCCL Enchantment Of The Seas,
Carnival Triumph,
Coral Princess,
Celebrity Century, Celebrity Century, Carnival Miracle, Norwegian Sun, Norwegian Pearl, Carnival Splendor,
RCCL Navigator Of The Seas,
Norwegian Jewel, Norwegian Sky, Norwegian Sky, RCCL JewelOf The Seas
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Almighty Cruiser
Location: South Carolina
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 14,570
Frubals:2147483647
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Originally Posted by jstducky
Yikes LuLu... that couldn't have been a pretty trip on the tender!
It's all FUNNY now!!!
You are right! When we finally returned to the ship, our older daughter (who took care of several of the ill who were also very frightened ) went DIRECTLY to the spa area to shower, TRASHED all of her clothes, and returned to the cabin in spa towels!
Bless their hearts ... so many were soooooooo VERY sea sick on that tender returning to the ship.
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LuLu ... Visit SOUTH CAROLINA Crown Princess Island Pricess B2B Ft.Lauderdale to Acapulco and back (total 20 days)
Past Cruises
OVER 40 (started young) Princess, Celebrity, RCCL, HAL, NCL, Costa, Disney, Carnival, Sitmar (Princess bought), and (a very long time ago) SS Bahama Star
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CLF Navigator
Location: Ft Lauderdale
Join Date: Feb 2006
Posts: 24,093
Frubals:2147483647
Activity:
Today:
About 2 minutes in Grand Cayman. One minute in Belize
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Almighty Cruiser
Location: West St Paul, MN
Join Date: Jan 2006
Posts: 5,453
Frubals:2147483647
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Today:
I said only 10 min but I forgot about getting back to the ship. As I recall one time it took quite a while and we were in the hot sun. Can't remember when or which ship.
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Carol
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Past Cruises
Emerald Princess Aug/Sept 08 Mediterranean
Star Princess Sept.07 Baltic
Sun Princess Jan, 07 Southern Caribbean
Sun Princess Nov, 05 Southern Caribbean
Celebrity Infinity Apr, 05 Hawaii
Grand Princess Mar, 04 Western Caribbean
Sun Princess Feb, 03 Panama Canal
Sea Princess Nov, 02 Southern Caribbean
Ocean Princess Jan, 01 Southern Caribbean
Majesty of the Seas Nov, 1999 Southern Caribbean
Regal Princess July 1995 Alaska
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Almighty Cruiser
Location: Oregon
Join Date: Jul 2005
Posts: 23,513
Frubals:2147483647
Activity:
Today:
Our cruise in Oct. on the Oosterdam was the first time I had ever tendered. We waited for around 30 minutes.
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. We don't usually plan to leave the ship until the all clear message is given and you can go without a ticket. The part we don't like is the line up, and being herded around like cattle
. But that's the worst of it, and you know it's going to happen so you just put up with it
Was a little nervous, because I didn't know what to expect and tend to get motion sickness. Turned out to be a lot of fun, and the only thing to fear was those hard benches! 
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