Dug720
See the line where the sky meets the sea?
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- Feb 16, 2012
BINGO! The ship had already ceased all tender operations. They aren't going to just sit there with a platform down waiting for who knows how long for people who couldn't be responsible enough to tell their guide to return (at least one report, one of the "experienced" cruisers told the guide they needed to go back and the guide said that he could get them back within an hour and so the "experienced" cruisers relented).Had she already pulled in the floating dock used for tendering? What about the time and hazards of the crew responsible for tender operations? They can't likely be released from their duty station with the portal open. They likely have other duties besides tender operations.
"In communication with the port" also does not mean constantly. I'd guess the odds are high they gave them an ETA and missed it. Hence the passports being taken to the port authority.