Tenders

[Goldeye]

My DW and myself are going on our first cruise, a much belated honeymoon cruise(inside passage), on the Zuiderdam Sep9/06. We were wondering what ports, if any, will be tender ports or where we could possibly find this out. In the mean time, I'm having a hard time even sleeping with the anticipation of our cruise in a week and a half.

[Copper10-8]

My DW and myself are going on our first cruise, a much belated honeymoon cruise(inside passage), on the Zuiderdam Sep9/06. We were wondering what ports, if any, will be tender ports or where we could possibly find this out. In the mean time, I'm having a hard time even sleeping with the anticipation of our cruise in a week and a half.

You should not encounter any tendering at all. Both Skagway and Ketchikan are "docking" ports

Congratulations on your marriage, enjoy and have an awesome cruise!:)

[grannynurse]

Sitka is a tender port. In some ports docking is limited and the larger ships must tender. You may want to check www.cruisecal.com (http://www.cruisecal.com) to see how many ships are in port with you and what time you dock. The information about dock vs tender(anchor) is in your document booklet with the itinerary information, and on the HAL website under destinations where your cruise itinerary is found. Tender ports are designated by a subscripted number which you will find in the legend at the bottom of the page.
GN

[SnorkelBear]

I like my Tenders with Honey Mustard dipping sauce. At least the chicken ones.

Sorry, I tried to not post that one, but I just couldn't let it go. I started to twitch. :D If you can't have fun, what is there?

[Krazy Kruizers]

Welcome to the boards.

And enjoy your cruise on the Zuiderdam in Alaska.

Checked your ports, you should not be doing any tendering in any of them.

[Love Cruises]

My DW and myself are going on our first cruise, a much belated honeymoon cruise(inside passage), on the Zuiderdam Sep9/06. We were wondering what ports, if any, will be tender ports or where we could possibly find this out. In the mean time, I'm having a hard time even sleeping with the anticipation of our cruise in a week and a half.
We were in Sitka in May of this year and were tendered in. The OESTERDAM was there at the same time, also tendering the pax to shore.

You are going to have such a good time on the Zuiderdam for your Alaska cruise. Congratulations on your marriage and enjoy every minute of your belated honeymoon!!!!

[Copper10-8]

All good info but according to HAL's itinerary, on this cruise Zuiderdam is not going to Sitka. She's going to Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan. Those are "docking" ports - anybody ever tendered in there?

[dakrewser]

All good info but according to HAL's itinerary, on this cruise Zuiderdam is not going to Sitka. She's going to Skagway, Juneau and Ketchikan. Those are "docking" ports - anybody ever tendered in there?

Nope, we've always docked at those. Only Sitka and Icy Point Strait have been tender ports on our visits to Alaska.

[hammybee]

I like my Tenders with Honey Mustard dipping sauce. At least the chicken ones.

Sorry, I tried to not post that one, but I just couldn't let it go. I started to twitch. :D If you can't have fun, what is there?

Only 43 posts and it seems as though you have been here forever.

[hammybee]

I like my Tenders with Honey Mustard dipping sauce. At least the chicken ones.

Sorry, I tried to not post that one, but I just couldn't let it go. I started to twitch. :D If you can't have fun, what is there?

And might those tenders be finger licken good? Where then, might one be inclined to stick those fingers?

[Copper10-8]

Nope, we've always docked at those. Only Sitka and Icy Point Strait have been tender ports on our visits to Alaska.

Never been to Icy Point Straits Dave, where's that?

[SnorkelBear]

Thanks Hammy........I think.

Just scouring for info on our upcoming HAL cruise (First time on HAL) and trying to spread a little mirth along the way.:o I am amazed at how serious some of these threads get. Cruising is supposed to be fun.

[Krazy Kruizers]

John

In 2003 we had to tender in Juneau the first week we were there - end of August.

[Krazy Kruizers]

John

Here is what I wrote about Icy Straight Point when we returned:
Icy Straight Point
This was a new port for us. We have done several Alaskan cruises.

We chose to do the Whale Watch & Marine Mammal Safari. I highly recommend this tour. It is a 10 minute tender ride from the ship to the dock. It was recommended on our tickets that we should allow 45 minutes to get ashore. The daily program advised people to allow 1 hour to get ashore. All tours met shore. Being in a suite we did not have to go to a lounge to get tender tickets. We left our cabin at 9:30, got on the tender at 9:35, tender left at 9:40 and we were at the pier at 9:50. Our tour wasn't until 11 AM.

It was a slow start at first, and we thought we had wasted our money. But 45 minutes after the tour began we began to see lots of whales, sea lions, a couple of otters and dozens of eagles. The boat that we were on had 3 decks - 2 closed and 1 open. Some people tried to stay outside but the rain and wind eventually drove everyone inside. Our captain get moving from one area to another - the best area was at Adolphus Point - this was where we saw the most whales and eagles. This was supposed to have been a 2 hour cruise but it ended up being 3 hours - we didn't mindhttp://www.*********************/forum/images/smilies/thumb.gif . On the trip back snacks were offered - on each plate was a huge ball of salmon mousse (looked as though they used an ice cream scoop). There were several platters of 3 kinds of cheeses and tons of packages of crackers. You were given a fork and knife so that you could either eat the mousse by itself or spread it on the crackers. There was free coffee, tea or hot chocolate available the entire time. We chose to purchase a glass of wine to go with our mousse and cheeses.

We were scheduled to leave at 6 but at 6:20 our captain announced that we were waiting for the last tender to return. After that the ship headed to Adolphus Point. Since we had the 5:30 dinner, we quickly finished dinner and by 7:15 we were on our verandah (port side) watching the whales again. Our captain actually stopped the ship for several minutes. When we saw that the ship was turning, we quickly headed up to the Crow's Nest (now about 8 PM) and got seats on the starboard side. Again our captain stopped the ship until 8:30 for lots more whale watching - also got to see a couple of sea lions. The eagles had settled down for the night.

[Krazy Kruizers]

2nd part

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When you get to the dock each person is given a small chip of cedar wood with a note about putting them in the fire for good luck. The fire pit is an area down on the beach.

At the pier there is a special building where all the tours meet. There is a museum and several shops all contained in a large building. The retail shops include: ISP Company store; Soap and Candle shop; Fire & Ice; Icy Straight Lumber; Southeast Artworks; Gut-sh-wu; Alaskan Gift shop; Wild With Nature; Carey's Handmade Glass Beads; Salmon shop; Hoonah General Store.

In the museum section of the building there are 2 shops: Arctic Spirit Gallery & Hoonah High School (items made by the students to be sold). You can buy tiny plush animals that can be canned with a special "Salmon" label.

There are 2 restaurants: Cookhouse right at the dock and the Timberhouse which is further down the beach from the fire pit. After all we had to eat on our tour we were too full to try one of the restaurants.

There is also a Native Theatre where the shows are put on.

There was a free shuttle (at least it was free on our cruise) to take you from the dock area to the village of Hoonah itself. We got back so late from our tour that we didn't get to go to the village. Since we were going to be there on our south bound cruise as well, we figured that we would do that the second week. Unfortunately it was pouring the second week (way worse than the first week) and with DH taking so many medications and blood thinners we didn't want to risk him getting wet and sick.

So we do have that to look forward to on a future Alaskan cruise.

[Copper10-8]

Thanks Yonnie!:)

[Goldeye]

Thanks for the info. Hope to see you all on a Holland America CC cruise sometime in the future. Happy Trails to everyone.

[Krazy Kruizers]

Goldeye

Enjoy your Alaskan cruise.

[hammybee]

Thanks Hammy........I think.

Just scouring for info on our upcoming HAL cruise (First time on HAL) and trying to spread a little mirth along the way.:o I am amazed at how serious some of these threads get. Cruising is supposed to be fun.

Cruising is fun. It's the people who are not:)

[packercruising]

First cruise and you hit the bulls eye! Have a great time! :)