I haven't been on a Caribbean cruise in six years and I know a lot has changed since then. Can anyone tell me which of the following ports are ports you dock at versus being tendered into?<BR>Barbadoes<BR>St. Lucia<BR>St. Thomas<BR>St. Martin<BR>Tortola, BVI<BR>We are sailing on the Sea Princess. Thanks

Of your list St Maarten is the only one that is usually tendered in to. However if the weather is bad that can change

I believe Tortola is a tender port.

We docked in St. Martin in Oct. on Celebrity (not sure about Princess--sorry).

St. Martin used to be &quot;tender only&quot; but they have built a dock a mile or so away from &quot;downtown&quot;. I think most ships dock there now.

Just an added comment Patty, any port can be a tender port if there are more ships in port than there is dock space. Some ports have room for only two or three ships and often it's first come, first served. I have been on ships that could not tell you for sure even the night before if they would dock or have to tender.

St. Thomas has become so crowded that on many days there are ships that have to tender. If this happens you shore time will be cut down considerably.

PattyD--<BR><BR>You almost ALWAYS tender into ST.MARTIN due to the currents--In fact,out of 4 cruises to the area, only 2 were even able to tender==as the seas were too rough....<BR><BR>St.Thomas-Depending on HOW large your ship is, and who gets to port first determines if you tender.....<BR><BR>Tortola-You will tender<BR><BR>Barbadoes-Usually no tender needed<BR><BR>Have never been to St.Lucia-so can't answer you on that one////

St. Thomas is not determined by who get there first or size. <BR>Yes, the Norway always anchors because she is too large, but there is a published scheduled available a month ahead of time as to who docks where and who anchors.<BR>

Tortola is no longer a tender port, you dock unless there is a problem or too many ships

Docked in Tortola 2 weeks ago on another ship, NCL Dawn. There were also 3 other hips docked at the time, don't remember any tenders there at the time.

lol there weren't 3 other &quot;hips&quot; docked but 3 other SHIPS.