Charles4515 Posted June 16, 2021 #1 Share Posted June 16, 2021 Really is a shame that the union action impacted this cruise visit. On the other hand I did not know they were tendering. I guess the Orion is too large to go through the cut. Tendering to St. Georges’s can be problematic. When HAL Veendam tried to tender it was often cancelled. The next season they gave up on tendering to St. George’s. https://www.royalgazette.com/tourism/news/article/20210616/biu-work-to-rule-torpedoes-cruise-ship-visit-to-st-georges/ 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jollyjones Posted June 17, 2021 #2 Share Posted June 17, 2021 It's an awfully long tender in from Murray's Anchorage to either Penno's Wharf or Ordnance Island in St George's harbour - I'd guess 30 - 40 minutes at least - and the bit from the ship to Town Cut could be pretty rough in poor weather. I'm a bit surprised that this was Viking's plan - probably they didn't know how much trouble the Veendam had. It's a shame there isn't a dock on the north shore of St George's island for a much shorter tender, but there isn't. I'd much rather visit St George's Town by bus from Hamilton than tender! (Or I like the Orange ferry from Dockyard but that isn't running right now) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
princeton123211 Posted June 17, 2021 #3 Share Posted June 17, 2021 7 hours ago, jollyjones said: I'm a bit surprised that this was Viking's plan - probably they didn't know how much trouble the Veendam had. I'm just surmising that having St George's on the itinerary looked less "stationary" than leaving it off from a marketing standpoint and let's be honest-- they have nothing but time on this cruise. 8 days when a normal stop from New York or Boston is 2.5 days. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim and Monika Posted June 18, 2021 #4 Share Posted June 18, 2021 (edited) From what I see, they have sea days between stops? When we sailed Oceania from NY to Bermuda our transit between St Georges and Hamilton was 6 am to 8 am if I remember correctly. The Viking sailing has sea days between each port stop. And Viking counts the day getting on and the day getting off as whole days. It's really a 7 day cruise, but I guess you are on the boat for "8 days". Edited June 18, 2021 by Jim and Monika Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barb Nahoumi Posted June 28, 2021 #5 Share Posted June 28, 2021 On 6/17/2021 at 7:03 AM, jollyjones said: It's an awfully long tender in from Murray's Anchorage to either Penno's Wharf or Ordnance Island in St George's harbour - I'd guess 30 - 40 minutes at least - and the bit from the ship to Town Cut could be pretty rough in poor weather. I'm a bit surprised that this was Viking's plan - probably they didn't know how much trouble the Veendam had. It's a shame there isn't a dock on the north shore of St George's island for a much shorter tender, but there isn't. I'd much rather visit St George's Town by bus from Hamilton than tender! (Or I like the Orange ferry from Dockyard but that isn't running right now) We take the ferry from Dockyard, when we are there on the Boston to Bermuda NCL ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
njhorseman Posted June 28, 2021 #6 Share Posted June 28, 2021 1 hour ago, Barb Nahoumi said: We take the ferry from Dockyard, when we are there on the Boston to Bermuda NCL ships. But the Dockyard-St. George's ferry has not been running during the pandemic so that is not currently an option. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Azulann Posted June 28, 2021 #7 Share Posted June 28, 2021 Viking Orion is back with tendering at St. George for June 22 cruise and those going forward. Got my Bermuda map for the Tourist bureau , so ready for my July 13 cruise exploring the island of Bermuda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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