Which ports do we "tender" Maasdam 4/21/05

[TeresaJenkins]

Which ports do we "tender" Maasdam 4/21/05

Sat- Half Moon Cay, Bahamas
Mon- St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Tue- Antigua
Wed- St. Maarten, Netherlands Antilles
Thu- San Juan, Puerto Rico

Thank you for any help.

[JDee]

Tender at Half Moon for sure. Never been to Antigua. Usually at the piers at the other ports. If St. Thomas had a large number of ships visiting, it is possible to tender, but really has to be crowded before tendering....


Happy crusing....

[CDRMark]

Did the same itinerary in November and Maasdam was alongside in all ports except HMC.

HOWEVER

port loading was fairly light. Check out www.cruisecal.com (http://www.cruisecal.com/) for your dates.
Cheers
MarkB

[Krazy Kruizers]

Once you check cruisecal and determine how many ships will be with you at each port, then you will have a good idea whether you will be tendering or not.

You have a good chance of being at Crown Bay in St Thomas if 4 (including Maasdam) are scheduled to be there.

In January when we were on the Westerdam, both the Maasdam and Westerdam had to tender in St Maarten - there were 9 ships there that day.

Half Moon Cay is a definite tender port.

[CDRMark]

After re-reading my post it occurred to me that I had left out that important additional info.
Who gets to go alongside when there are more ships than berths is one of those mysteries (like upgrades!) that depends on clout and who gets in first among other variables.
Thanks for keeping me honest.
Cheers
MarkB

[TeresaJenkins]

Thanks for the information and the links guys!
Sincerely,