Dawn Princess broken?

[Liner]

HI.......just back today from the Dawn Princess. Feel like I'm still on the ship but never felt like I was swaying when on it! There were NO problems with any mechanics that we knew of. We were on time for every port and left on time. Great trip. I'll post a trip report after I catch up on some sleep.

 

Carolyn in St. Louis.....

 

Dawn Princess--20th Anniversary!

 

 

Rhapsody of the Seas....Friend trip!

 

Carnival Destiny....CC Groupie Reunion

 

 

 

 

 

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SS Carolyn

[karfest]

Carolyn- Thanks for the good news! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Sue, we still have that large closet available for a minimum charge if you just can't leave the ship! Tell work you came down with "turista!

John- send us a drink order- if there's any booze left on the last day we'll lower it down! We have a 12:20 flight out of LAX, what's your advice for time to get off the ship and how to get to the airport. I am looking at a limo service or cab, both seem to be about $50.00.

29 degrees here today- high of 90 in Acapulco.

 

Karen

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Dawn Princess April '04

[kendon]

Just got off the Dawn yesterday. The mechanics on board said they are operating on 3 engines and not the usual 4 engines. You wouldn't know it though as they were moving quickly from port to port. One thing to take note of is that actual port times differed from the times in the brochure. We missed an excursion that we booked with another company because the ship came in two hours late into Aruba. We have cruised with Princess three other times and felt that the quality overall is slipping, and the crew was not as entusiastic as they usually are. Too bad. We had fun all the same.

[Coral]

Kendon,

 

Did they indicate when the 4th engine would be fixed?

[dcourt]

Someone earlier in this thread said that they are dry docking the Dawn. When is that going to be? Does anyone know where? Does this mean we'll have like a new ship come November???

 

 

Nordic Empress 3/03

 

Star Princess 10/03

 

Legend of the Seas 9/04

Parents 60th Anniversary Cruise

 

Dawn Princess 11/04 Thanksgiving Cruise with Family

 

[kendon]

No date on dry dock, but they have a new engine on order.

[jayevee44]

According to the Princess website, the Dawn Princess finishes the Alaska season on September 13 in Vancouver and her next listed departure is September 19 from Los Angeles through the Panama Canal to Fort Lauderdale. I don’t see the normal three-day Coastal scheduled.

 

I am speculating that those six days will be divided between undergoing repairs and upgrades somewhere and sailing between Vancouver and Los Angeles. I hope this is correct as we are booked to sail on her first cruise after she arrives back in Fort Lauderdale and I would like to know that any problems will have been corrected.

 

Jim

 

Dawn Princess to W. Caribbean 10/4/04

 

 

Diamond Princess 2-Day Mexican Sampler 3/04

Star Princess to Alaska 7/03

Star Princess 3-Day Coastal 5/03

Sun Princess to Hawaii 1/03

Star Princess to Mexico 11/02

Sea Princess to Mexico 11/01

[jayevee44]

Reposting this again as the first appears to be lost.

 

According to the Princess website, the Dawn Princess finishes the Alaska season on September 13 in Vancouver and her next listed departure is September 19 from Los Angeles through the Panama Canal to Fort Lauderdale. I don’t see the normal three-day Coastal scheduled.

 

I am speculating that those six days will be divided between undergoing repairs and upgrades somewhere and sailing between Vancouver and Los Angeles. I hope this is correct as we are booked to sail on her first cruise after she arrives back in Fort Lauderdale and I would like to know that any problems will have been corrected.

 

Jim

 

Dawn Princess to W. Caribbean 10/4/04

 

 

Diamond Princess 2-Day Mexican Sampler 3/04

Star Princess to Alaska 7/03

Star Princess 3-Day Coastal 5/03

Sun Princess to Hawaii 1/03

Star Princess to Mexico 11/02

Sea Princess to Mexico 11/01

[Cruisin' Lisa]

I just booked my daughter and I for the 3 pacific coastal May 7 - 10 from LA to Vancouver. Although I haven't gotten confirmation yet, the price quoted to us was a steal --only $115 total of which about $100 of that were port taxes and fees. Am hoping that the Dawn sails fine without any trouble, but we will have fun anyway.

 

Lisa

 

Caribbean Princess 08/21/2004

Carnival Ecstasy January 2004

Carnival Ecstasy April 2003

Star Princess (Mexican Riviera) Christmas 2002

Royal Caribbean January 2000

NCL Windstar(Alaska) August 1995

[starsjohn]

The inside passage trips for the Dawn are not very demanding of the ships engines in terms of speed or distance. You definitely want to be in the slow lane to see all the beautiful scenery.

 

John

[gvre]

HI!

 

Norwegian Dream Mediterranean/Holy Lands 10/99

Carnival Holiday Ensenada 1/00

Renaissance R4 Tahiti 10/00

Renaissance R4 Tahiti 4/01

Windspirit Costa Rica 1/02

Windsurf Southern Caribbean 1/03

Tahitian Princess Tahiti 10/03

 

4/11/04 Dawn Princess Southern Caribbean Cruise

 

10/14/04 Tahitian Princess Polynesia/Cook Islands

 

12/23/04 Dawn Princess Western Caribbean Cruise

 

[BJS]

<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>We have cruised with Princess three other times and felt that the quality overall is slipping, and the crew was not as entusiastic as they usually are. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>

 

Got off Sunday after 14 days and never noticed any problems except for a slight vibration coming into San Juan the last day. Of our many Princess cruises we felt the crew were great infact some of the best over all dining staff we have had and a great cabin stewardess.

 

 

 

 

Future cruises: Sept.04 Star Princess x 2, Jan. 05 Diamond Princess

 

Past cruises:

04 Dawn Princess x 2

03 Grand,Sun,Tahitian,

Royal Princess x 2,Island Princess

01 Ryndam x 2

00 Sky Princess

79 Sitmar's Fairwind

[gopher's girl]

I just got off the Dawn yesterday and it was fine as far as I could tell the whole time. Not much rocking but we had really calm seas (knock on wood!). Hope the future Dawn passengers have a great time, I sure did!