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How does one find out when a ship is going into or leaving dry dock? There seems to be some reasons not to choose a date just before or right after those times.

Best to ask on the specific cruise line's dedicated forum:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=9

 

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forumdisplay.php?f=22

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Dry-docking dates can normally be found from Google searches. If you have a specific cruise you are interested in, check the ship's schedule immediately before and after the cruise. If you find nothing for 2 or 3 weeks, it is probably dry-docking.

 

If you find a previous docking date, add 5 years and that will give you an estimate of the next scheduled docking.

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Dry dock is usually 1 or 2 weeks. Most ships go to Freeport and if you look way to the left from your cruise ship that you're on, you can see dry dock and wet dock. Dry dock is when they are out of the water and is the shorter time. Wet dock is when they stay in the water.

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Dry dock is usually 1 or 2 weeks. Most ships go to Freeport and if you look way to the left from your cruise ship that you're on, you can see dry dock and wet dock. Dry dock is when they are out of the water and is the shorter time. Wet dock is when they stay in the water.

 

Several items here need clarification. Yes, some ships go to Freeport...but there are other drydocking locations. Europe has them. West Coast of the US a couple. Singapore.

 

I would thing a wet dock is typically shorter than a dry dock.

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Dry-docking dates can normally be found from Google searches. If you have a specific cruise you are interested in, check the ship's schedule immediately before and after the cruise. If you find nothing for 2 or 3 weeks, it is probably dry-docking.

 

If you find a previous docking date, add 5 years and that will give you an estimate of the next scheduled docking.

 

Not necessarily. I could be that the ship has been chartered for that period.

 

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Not necessarily. I could be that the ship has been chartered for that period.

 

DON

 

You are correct, the absence of a cruise on the schedule could be a few reasons, including a private charter. That's why I suggested probably rather than definitely a dry-dock. If previous scheduled dockings can be found, extrapolation at 5 year intervals will eliminate other reasons for gaps in the schedule.

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