Overnight stay in Cabo. Curfew?

[BigKarl]

I have been sailing for 35 years and have never had an overnight stay in a port until now.  Is there a Curfew to board the ship on the first night in port?

[mistertomatohead]

I'm going to be on Navigator of the Seas for the overnight Cabo cruise in September.  I'd like to know this as well. It's a tender so I have a feeling you either get back on the ship by a certain time or you are staying out until morning.

My booking confirmation says arrival 12:30 PM and departure 8 PM for the first day. The second day just says departure at 12:30 PM. Arrival is blank. I feel like we're getting shorted the second day. Also not clear if you can stay out the first day and when you can get back on the ship the second day? Some have said the ship sails away and comes back. More shopping and gambling for people onboard?

By the way, when you book the website says:

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3 - 4

Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

From 12:30 PM - 8:00 PM

Confusing? Misleading?

[mistertomatohead]

I just received the Vacation Documents email:

[Ray]

We had an overnight in Stockholm, we could come and go as we pleased at any time night or day.

[KenCP]

On 8/1/2022 at 8:43 PM, BigKarl said:

I have been sailing for 35 years and have never had an overnight stay in a port until now.  Is there a Curfew to board the ship on the first night in port?

There is no curfew.  We had an over night in Venice and you could return and leave when you ever wanted.  It is the same a hotel.  Security was there to check you off and back on the entire time.

I think Cabo would be the same. 

[twangster]

Since Cabo is a tender port it's assumed it will be like overnight stays in Maui which is also a tender port.  In Maui there is an hourly tender that goes back and forth all night long.  This is one of the first overnight stays in Cabo so it's not known exactly how they will perform the overnight tender service.  

[San Diego Garrett]

I'll be on that Cabo cruise and there is still a lot of confusion. It's the first overnight for the Navigator, so we are the guinea pigs. I keep hearing the last tender will be around 7:30pm of the first night in Cabo. You can spend the night in Cabo. The next day says we leave at 12:30 in the afternoon. It does make Day 2 in Cabo basically worthless.

[mistertomatohead]

I can see where that 8 PM comes in.  Maybe the ship really does sail away that first day and come back. What's the earliest you can get back on the ship the second day?

[mikepatr]

I'm on the Navigator on the 18th of September (Overnight Cabo) and I'm ready to go ahead and book a room at a local resort for the night to get more time in Cabo with less headache. The idea of possibly having to wait in line for a tender/coming back at 8pm or similar and then having to wait in line to get out early on day 2 is not very appealing.

How long would it take to tender 3000+ people anyway?

[twangster]

8 hours ago, mikepatr said:

I'm on the Navigator on the 18th of September (Overnight Cabo) and I'm ready to go ahead and book a room at a local resort for the night to get more time in Cabo with less headache. The idea of possibly having to wait in line for a tender/coming back at 8pm or similar and then having to wait in line to get out early on day 2 is not very appealing.

How long would it take to tender 3000+ people anyway?

How long it takes is directly a function of how many tenders are running.  Navigator can only use shore based tenders so it will be a matter of how many boats the local tender company operates.  

It doesn't look like there are any other ships in port so in theory Navigator has all of them if the local tender company chooses to use them all.  

[mistertomatohead]

On the ship now. The ship isn't leaving so the casino will be closed and they will tender throughout the night until the next day at 11:30am.

[mikepatr]

2 hours ago, mistertomatohead said:

On the ship now. The ship isn't leaving so the casino will be closed and they will tender throughout the night until the next day at 11:30am.

Thank you for the report!

[San Diego Garrett]

Yep, no need to book a hotel if you wanted to stay late in Cabo. Tenders running all night.

[Linda R]

When I have overnighted  on a ship you could come and go as your please, anytime.  Met some people who had friends at one port and they even stayed at their house overnight.  No problem.

[Agent]

Catch me on this ship on the 18th. I’ll be dressed up as Spider-Man 🕷