Star Princess - odd course

[runnerodb83]

anyone know what the issue is with the Star? She seems to have turned 180 around this morning on her NB coastal itinerary.

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/details/ships/9192363/vessel:STAR_PRINCESS

[luv2kroooz]

There are posts on the Princess Cruises facebook page and John Heald's facebook page that indicate the ship is without power.

Edited May 5, 2014 by blcruising

[runnerodb83]

There are posts on the Princess Cruises facebook page and John Heald's facebook page that indicate the ship is without power.

 

super....now im really looking forward to boarding on friday :mad:

 

of course it could be worse, the westerdam lost power in port on saturday...not quite sure how that happens.

[runnerodb83]

looks like the following tugs might be enroute to assist if necessary:

PACIFIC AVENGER

OCEAN GUARDIAN

[CruiseAdict218]

Anyone know the present weather conditions, it shows her at 2.9 knots, assuming that is probably wind pushing her around?

 

Hopefully all gets restored soon.\

 

*Edit: She's picking up speed.*

Edited May 5, 2014 by CruiseAdict218

[luv2kroooz]

Looks like all is OK on marinetraffic and the ship is northbound again!!

[runnerodb83]

well she is picking up some speed, but shes now going with the wind, so it could be that.

[runnerodb83]

the wind is heading to the NW, and the current to the SE, and shes up to 10knots now, so thats probably a good sign.

the crown is very far out west, presumably to get out of the chop that seems to be centered off the coast of Lompoc, precisely where the star is.

Edited May 5, 2014 by runnerodb83

[CoronaCRZR]

Seems like she is doing approx. 10 knots.....going North again, hope they got her fixed.

[runnerodb83]

Seems like she is doing approx. 10 knots.....going North again, hope they got her fixed.

 

princess just replied to a message i sent them saying power has been restored.

[Astro Flyer]

princess just replied to a message i sent them saying power has been restored.

That's good but if there's going to be a power loss then off the CA coast was better than the time we had it in the middle the Pacific. ;)

[runnerodb83]

That's good but if there's going to be a power loss then off the CA coast was better than the time we had it in the middle the Pacific. ;)

 

very true

[Sillyjilly]

Just got off the Star on Sunday. There was one day where we lost most power, but got it back within 5 minutes. Whew!

[dmwnc1959]

I wonder what the cause of this power outage was? Seemed like it only lasted about 90 minutes. Hope it doesn't delay their arrival into SF too much.

 

:D

[poolreader]

I had just checked on the Star earlier, because I would like to go to Alaska and my hubby does not want to fly. We could drive to San Francisco. Both the May 9th and 12th sailings are no longer available to book, and they were a few hours ago.

[dmwnc1959]

That can't be good, unless it's sold out. And it's convenient that there's a shipyard in SF 'just in case'.

[trbarton]

Please keep us posted about what's happening with the Star.

 

Tom:)

[runnerodb83]

I had just checked on the Star earlier, because I would like to go to Alaska and my hubby does not want to fly. We could drive to San Francisco. Both the May 9th and 12th sailings are no longer available to book, and they were a few hours ago.

 

the 9th voyage has been reliably sold out for some time now.

[Belle]

The 12th was almost sold out

5 days ago.

 

So don't these 2 cruises are closed

because of power or noro.

[O2Bcrusin]

I had just checked on the Star earlier, because I would like to go to Alaska and my hubby does not want to fly. We could drive to San Francisco. Both the May 9th and 12th sailings are no longer available to book, and they were a few hours ago.

 

The May 12th sailing had been sold out for about a week now but looks like it may be available again.

Edited May 6, 2014 by O2Bcrusin

[diversmom]

STarting to think, I should quit reading these posts. We are doing the round trip from

San Francisco to Alaska on the Star. June 14. I don't want to hear it is losing power.

yikes...

[Nightowl11]

Yikes is right!!! We are doing the June 14th also. So two weeks with having power issues and four weeks with noro (see post - Star Princess--great crew but Norovirus sucks on May1st) ? I hope they fix everything before we get on. There are 4 more sailings before us (May 9th, May 12th, May 23rd and June 3rd) so I am definitely watching these threads. Plenty of time, right?

[SadieN]

And this is why I have a puny flashlight attached to my lanyard.

[dmwnc1959]

Star Princess (docked) and Crown Princess at San Francisco

 

 

(Images courtesy of Don Strickler @ http://webmarin.com)

 

:D

Edited May 6, 2014 by dmwnc1959

[Cruiserkenn]

It is going to be OK. The Star ran great, to and from Hawaii, in March. I did think I heard and felt an engine hesitate or sputter, once or twice, but it kept going.

 

No problem.

 

Princess won't go if they aren't confident in the ship. They have fantastic engines and backup generators, according to the "Technical at Sea" talk onboard. Do attend Technical at Sea if you get the chance.

 

Having said this, I do like the idea of a flashlight. I have a pocket sized Maglite in my backpack :). With fresh Duracell batteries:)

 

Bon voyage! :)

Edited May 6, 2014 by Cruisin'Rabbit