Yes that is our experience also. Tender to Athinios for ships tour , so no cable car journey up in the morning. We have taken two ships tours the last two summers and the cable car ticket was included in the ships tour.. The length of time to wait for cable car down is totally dependent on how many and how big the ships are. Both times we were on Azamara and never stopped walking, straight through ticket booth to the car and straight down. This was about 1.30pm for our return to the ship.