NauticalOne Posted December 9, 2011 #1 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Hello all, the DW and I were out on Ruby last week and had an absolutley great time. The crew, ship, food and weather were all great (seas a little rough the final sea day, but no big deal). I heard she is going into drydock real soon (maybe even next week) and was curious if anyone knows where she does that. I am assuming it is somewhere on the east coast, but doubt it is near Fort Lauderdale. Just curious. -Glenn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilovhywd Posted December 10, 2011 #2 Share Posted December 10, 2011 The drydock is in the Bahamas - per Ron Goodman - Cruise Director on the Crown this past week and moving over to the Ruby. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad of a singer Posted December 10, 2011 #3 Share Posted December 10, 2011 The drydock is in the Bahamas - per Ron Goodman - Cruise Director on the Crown this past week and moving over to the Ruby. Yes, she sails later sunday afternoon to Freeport, Bahamas where she will be dry docked probably sometime monday. Probably ...possibly one hell of a party for some workers sunday night as they could be given the "run" of the ship at the discretion of the captain. My DD Geneviève, Princess singer on board told me that, this morning while talking to her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chil-laxin Posted December 10, 2011 #4 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Why is she going to dry dock?!?:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare TracieABD Posted December 10, 2011 #5 Share Posted December 10, 2011 General maintanance. Spit and polish.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chil-laxin Posted December 10, 2011 #6 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Ah thanks..I was thinking WHAT could they be doing?!?! Thinking about taki g her in dec 2012, we are considering our suite choices for our 10 yr Ann!?! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CA Posted December 10, 2011 #7 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Why is she going to dry dock?!?:)All ships go into dry or wet dock every 2-3 years. It's like taking your car in for a tune-up and detailing. They scrape and re-paint the bottom of the ship, clean the propellers and thrusters, perform maintenance on the engines, update navigational, operational and entertainment electronics, etc. The buffet usually gets new carpeting and sprucing up, deep clean the cabin carpeting, that sort of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shogun Posted December 10, 2011 #8 Share Posted December 10, 2011 Hi All New paints on the market the last few years, reduce drag etc saves fuel, prevents sea growth etc most ships getting this treatment. yours Shogun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad of a singer Posted December 11, 2011 #9 Share Posted December 11, 2011 ;)The crew shore leave ends at 11 am. The ship is scheduled to leave Fort Lauderdale at noon for the Bahamas. Apparently the dry dock starts later today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smooth_toaster Posted December 11, 2011 #10 Share Posted December 11, 2011 ;)The crew shore leave ends at 11 am. The ship is scheduled to leave FortLauderdale at noon for the Bahamas. Apparently the dry dock starts later today. Thanks for the update. I've had the online port webcam up for a few hours now! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gelo7 Posted December 11, 2011 #11 Share Posted December 11, 2011 Good information. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dad of a singer Posted December 11, 2011 #12 Share Posted December 11, 2011 She's finally leaving port a little over an hour late. Taxis where hard to come by at 10.35 this morning. Hopefully nobody is awol ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bill0021 Posted December 11, 2011 #13 Share Posted December 11, 2011 ahh so that is why they were loading 20' containers onto the deck by the pool this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRUZER2012 Posted December 11, 2011 #14 Share Posted December 11, 2011 All ships go into dry or wet dock every 2-3 years. It's like taking your car in for a tune-up and detailing. They scrape and re-paint the bottom of the ship, clean the propellers and thrusters, perform maintenance on the engines, update navigational, operational and entertainment electronics, etc. The buffet usually gets new carpeting and sprucing up, deep clean the cabin carpeting, that sort of stuff. Thanks for the info. As you can see I am on this ship later this month. It will be so nice to be on the Ruby so soon after her drydock. I see you a lot on the boards. You certainly are a font of information on lots of things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynwar Posted December 12, 2011 #15 Share Posted December 12, 2011 We're looking forward to our cruise on January 22, 2012. This will be the second time-we sailed on her for her inaugural in2008. It will nice to have the ship "like new" again. Thanks for the info, everyone. Lynne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NotACruiserYet Posted December 13, 2011 #16 Share Posted December 13, 2011 I too, was on the last cruise before drydock. We were told carpet was one of the things they were replacing. Sure enough, they were already loading it onboard as we were leaving the ship! Speedy devils! :eek: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onthesea10 Posted December 14, 2011 #17 Share Posted December 14, 2011 Hi..she going to Freeport,Bahamas, they gonna finished on Dec22..start sailing 7 days cruise to Caribbean.You Know evrey new Machine needs some repairs, to keep every thing on order.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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