Tender ports Freedom of the Seas

[InfoNrs629]

This is my first time ever hearing of tendering (I've only cruised to the Bahamas before and neither port was a tender port).  Where do I find out if any of the ports on my upcoming cruise require this time of embarkation?  I am on Freedom of the Seas, June 9th, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Lucia and Barbados.

Thanks for any help!

[Ray]

99.9% certain none of the ports you mention requires tendering. 

[SPS]

33 minutes ago, InfoNrs629 said:

I am on Freedom of the Seas, June 9th, St. Martin, St. Kitts, Antigua, St. Lucia and Barbados.

I am traveling on Freedom in January to those exact same ports & my reservation lists each stop as "docked".

 

[InfoNrs629]

Learn something new every day. . . I never realized that's what the 'activity' part was referring to. . .

Thanks everyone!

[VACruiser]

SPS thanks for that reply as I am also on that exact cruise on FOS in Sep 2019 and it's nice to know there are no tender ports.

[Nay]

I’m a NEWBIE, our first cruise is in Feb 2019, Freedom to Southern Caribbean.

What is a TENDER port? Or Tendering??

Sorry for the the ignorance 

[Crusinjunky]

1 hour ago, Nay said:

I’m a NEWBIE, our first cruise is in Feb 2019, Freedom to Southern Caribbean.

What is a TENDER port? Or Tendering??

Sorry for the the ignorance 

It’s where the ship anchors out from the port and you take a “tender” (smaller boat) into the port. There will be several coming and going from ship to shore all day.