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Can someone please explain the process to tender in Bar Harbor? Do i need to get tender tickets in advance? I do not have priority status or a ship excursion. How much time should i allow for tendering? Thanks!

Also if you are coming from a Canadian port, and Bar Harbor is the first US port you arrive at you will need to go through Immigration - this takes place onboard ship before you can tender off. You need to allow a couple of hours for this on a Jewel class ship - longer for anything larger. Suite guests have their own separate process for this process that runs much faster.

As the first port of re-entry to the US, CBP tender out to the ship and they split up, to do a face-to-face inspection. US citizens were directed to the Bliss Lounge AFT and non-US nationals directed to Aqua MDR Mid - it was grouped on the basis of one's Muster Station, printed/listed on the Guest keycards - the flow was mostly managed by ship security/crew and not really CBP, as they're inside their "stations" - I'll skip over the details. Suite (Haven) guests might/could've been rushed and/or given special instructions and/or escorted to be ahead of everyone else ... not a bid deal for the Jewel/Dawn/Gem class ships - it moved rather quickly. Plantinum/Plus status were irrelevant in our case - no "Ambassadors" announced or recognized to be onboard our sailing.

Coming from Halifax, NS - scheduled arrival into Bar Harbor was 8 a.m. but we got in early - still took them a while to drop anchor, lower lifeboats & setup the tender platforms, etc. - first group was expected to report for the mandatory inspection by 8:30 a.m. They're at least 45 minutes ahead of schedule as we're heading to the MDR for a planned leisurely full sit-down breakfast at 8 a.m. and saw the herds in the lines, waiting but seemed to be moving well and by 9:15 a.m. - they're practically done with all the US citizens. By then, we had to rush out of our breakfast, up a few steps & go around the corner to get ours - done in less than 10 minutes - went back to finish up. (Approximate time for us, was 9:50 to 10 a.m.) By 9:30 - they're "paging" a few missing pax that hasn't reported to either Bliss or Aqua.

Once that's done & security swiped the keycards and do their sticker thing, everyone & anyone can proceed down to Deck 4's portside gangway area to board the next tender lifeboat to go ashore ... a short 10 minutes ride, loading up till full & getting off once at the pier, took much longer. We took our time & were on the 10:30 a.m. tender, where the CBP officers came along - mission accomplished & their work done, returning to shore too - we're on the waterfront by 11 a.m. on the hunt ... for lobsters.

If you do not have "status" and aren't booked on NCL shorex, and planning to just wing it and/or do things on your own, I would recommend not planning to be ashore before 10 to 10:30 a.m (some of the independent tours met at 10 a.m. - a bit too close for comfort, I knew of some that cancelled & moved theirs to a later time.) Tours that met/depart at 11 or 11:30 a.m. should be fine and those that leave at noon or 12:30 or 1 p.m. - no problems ... shouldn't take several hours for the mid-sized ships. Mega ships, that would be a different story & timeline on clearing 4,500 pax; and, or, if sea conditions and waves are a bit choppy, like when we're at Newport (the following week, the Dawn had to skip tendering & turn around to leave, after making their way into the R.I. harbor.)

As a matter of fact, I do not think they issued tender tickets at all ... but, I stand corrected, as we weren't in a hurry & were never advised of a priority option for us. Newport, RI - however - we're given specifics about how to use our priority status. Perhaps, slightly off-topic, we arrived later than scheduled due to the Right Whales in the area and tendering was slow compared to Bar Harbor, and while we weren't the first wave to rush ashore, we're like on boat #6 or #7 - and didn't hit dry pavement until 2 p.m. - NCL tour buses were still waiting for their shorex guests to check-in ...

mking8288, quick question. after reading the recent reviews here about tendering in Bar Harbor I rescheduled our Acadia NP excursion (booked independently) as I got concerned about a 930am tour departure time. We are now on a 1pm to 5pm tour. The last tender is scheduled for 530pm from what I can tell, was that right? Thinking this should be safe even if there is a little delay. Thanks.

I am on the Gem from Boston to Quebec. Bar Harbor is our first port, so no Customs issues. I was hoping to do a private excursion which begins at 9:30 (although they actually want us there at 9.) With a planned arrival time of 8, it sounds like that is not likely to work out for us since we do not have a suite or platinum status. Oh well, guess I better plan something else.

... I rescheduled our Acadia NP excursion (booked independently) as I got concerned about a 930am tour departure time. We are now on a 1pm to 5pm tour. The last tender is scheduled for 530pm from what I can tell ...

I watched the weather closely for updates and tuned to ship's Channel 2 for live navigational status & update. IMHO, an independent 9:30 am tour that met ashore is probably too risky/close to "my" comfort zone - especially not known where the ship might be dropping anchor on that day. Dawn was the one & only ship there but if there's a second one and whether it's by coin toss or sheer luck, coupled with choppy seas & windy conditions can wreck that quick tender to 20-30 minutes easily, even if CBP are quick, fast & efficient with their face-to-face inspection routines. It can be an extra "easy" 10 more minutes of walking time that you don't have - ask the tour operator what is their policy, procedures & recommendation - will they wait & hold up the bus for you (a full bus is probably 30 to 40 pax, my guestimate only.)

Some of the folks on the Dawn following us booked a 10 a.m. on their own & cancel/rebooked to a later tour. Weather forecast for BH was iffy for us and we simply didn't want to book any tours, just in case - visibility would've been poor on the higher elevations ... spend some of that money on a very nice lunch of lobster rolls & things in town, good for local business.

NCL's port agent is listed on the Freestyle Dailies - make a note of it (quick camera shot will do) to call & alert them, just in case if something like a flat tire or traffic jam is going to delay your dropoff past 5:25 p.m. - don't wait till 5:30 pm to try to find that important phone # or email info, call & alert them. Last tender, for us, was 5:30 (crew members given time off, had much earlier all abroad time ... like 2:30 p.m. instead, for off-duty crew) and we definitely saw a tender heading to shore to pickup their fellow crews & equipments & tents on the pier around 5:30 p.m.

Keep your eyes on tomorrow to see how things go, live/semi-live posts or trip reporting has been quiet thus far - nobody else posting or doing any update ... maybe, no news is good news. It's a short distance between Bar Harbor & Halifax, ship has plenty of time to make it there early, not just on time.

Tendering is going to get very interesting this Fall with the Escape, packed with 4,200+ pax and likely more, plus crew on duties. One of our BIL booked the MSC and going further north, overnighting in Quebec - that's going to be a nice one !

we were on the same 2016 cruise with DURN and agree that the weather was great. In Bar Harbor we booked Ollie's Trolley for our tour - did it independent of the ship I read here and on the Canada and New England ports of call pages about the C&I and tendering and not to schedule anything before 10:30 so we set our tour for 12:00 - thanks to being in a suite we were through C&I and down to the tender line and on shore by 9:30 or so. We also did some private taxi tours on this cruise - they did watch the timetables and waited for us even past the pre-arranged pick up time. I made sure that they had my cell phone number - I also got theirs so we could communicate if things went sideways.

Does the NCL tender arrive at the town pier? I am unable to find the address for it if it does. I have seen some reports that there is a steep hill and long walk from the pier to the town center and others that say the town pier is at the waterfront in the village.

As far as the streets in the area, yes there is an incline to them, but there not too bad and stores and restaurants are probably only a block or so from the waterfront and the crossing streets aren't steep.

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