Tendering…it’s a bit of a mission unless you are savvy

14 years ago

Leading on from my last blog, I said i would talk about tendering.

When the ship cannot moor at the dock she will drop anchor and you will tender to the port.

Now as most of you know, when you tender you mostly use the lifeboats from the ship unless the port have their own.

The ship knows it is a nightmare transporting between 2000-4000 people to the shore so they do this in the fairest way possible by issuing tender tickets on the morning before the ship docks.

Now, as i was in Santorini on Splendour of the Seas there is a cable car which takes passengers up the mountain side. This holds 36 people at one time. So you work out the maths. There was a 3 hour queue to use the cable car.

You can always walk up the trail dodging the local transport taking about 45 minuites, or take a lift on the local transport a DONKEY! oh yes.

So my advice is if you want to get off the ship early then wake up early and grab a tender ticket otherwise you may only get half your day at the port!!!