Castaway Cay....why not tender when not able to dock?

[justmestace]

When I sailed on Princess cruise line they did indeed use the LIFEBOATS as tenders....they were lowered onto the water and passengers exited from the ship into the lifeboat and were tendered to the islands. This was at every port that needed tendering.

They used several at a time. The ones they used were the higher ones with a domed type ceiling. They were definitely the ship's lifeboats but were being used for tenders.

And...DCL routinely takes down their lifeboats and uses them in the various harbors when we are docked (not to tender passengers, but I assume to practice). I have seen this countless times on our 16 DCL cruises.

That's what they used when we were on the Caribbean Princess. But their lifeboats are much larger than Disney's....and rightly so, the ship is much larger.

 

[justmestace]

Not the best picture, but in the background you can see one of Princess' tenders at Princess Cays.

Quite a bit larger than DCL's.

 

[allears]

Hear, hear...thank you for responding with inarguable fact to the "Disney can do no wrong and anything they don't do can't be correct" crowd. Their denial sometimes drives me nuts, too!!!

Of course the poster already clarified what his position was, but as for some of us, it isn't denial or that Disney can do no wrong, its we're sure they have examined all of their options and chosen to do what they do. Myself, I figure since I don't run a cruise line or captain an cruise ship, they just might know more than I know, no matter how many cruises I take. That doesn't make us slaves to the "cult" or mean we're in denial.