The Official Unofficial Journey Drydock Thread !

[Andy]

New lighting going up in Aqualina :

 

[Andy]

Pool Grill is gone..............The PATIO is taking shape :

 

[Andy]

Resurfacing of the Pool Deck in action :

 

[Andy]

Spa Suites taking shape as well :

 

[Andy]

Tile work on the Sunset Bar :

 

[Andy]

Sunset bar getting a new look :

 

[Andy]

Thalasso are in action :

 

[Andy]

Here's some fun facts from Captain Johannes :

 

28 Cooks making sure 1500 contractors and crew are well fed every day. Chef Fabio and his Team are doing an excellent job providing very tasty "Dry Dock Food".

 

SOME OF THE DAILY CONSUMPTION IS:

800 lbs / 360 kg of Potatoes

600 lbs / 270 kg of Meat

500 lbs / 225 kg of mixed Cabbage

500 lbs / 225 kg of Fish

1000 lbs / 270 kg of Fruit

150 lbs / 70 kg of Bacon

1500 Eggs

[Andy]

More fun facts from Captain Johannes :

 

By the time Dry Dock is over, we will have replaced approx. 15000 square meters / 160000 square feet of carpet.

 

Here's a photo of the new Casino carpet :

 

Edited January 19, 2016 by Host Andy

[wuppis]

I´ve never seen such as tasteful (is this the right word?) carpet in a casino, onboard a ship or in Vegas.

 

Looks really good.

[Lloyd555]

Liking this thread and all its photos. Thank you for sharing.

 

I am trying to follow the refurbishment of the Liberty of the Seas as well, but there's not much in photos coming from people on the ship like there is for the Azamara Journey. Hoping to at least catch a glimpse of the slide construction at the aft end of the ship. I have some friends here that are big water slide fans.

[Host Jazzbeau]

I´ve never seen such as tasteful (is this the right word?) carpet in a casino, onboard a ship or in Vegas.

 

Looks really good.

 

Yes, it's the right word -- and I agree with your opinion. Maybe they should have used this in the cabins and put that "scene of the crime" carpet in the casino!

[Andy]

From Journey's Twitter Feed - Photo of new Cruise sales manager area coming together :

 

[Andy]

From Heike Berdos - photo of the stage in the Cabaret Lounge :

 

[Lottie A]

I just got back from my worst cruise ever on a huge, glitzy, modern ship.

 

I am so happy to see these pics of Journey and her amazing transformation and I can't wait to be back on an Azamara ship very soon.

[tiggertom]

This is a fab thread, Andy, seeing the new ship appearing from the mess of the building site.

Can't wait to see her "in person" next month.

Thanks again for getting this information to us wherever we are. :D

[triona]

We can't thank you enough for the photo's and information on here. We were to sail on the Quest this April and were at the time very disappointed to learn of her refit. We decided to book the Journey for January 2017 as the ports of call were to our liking, we are now so glad that we did. After seeing the photo's I'm sure we will not be disappointed. Looking forward to seeing a lo more and also the live news for when she sets sail after refit. Once again a big thank you for all the information and photo's. Triona

[excitedofharpenden]

I just got back from my worst cruise ever on a huge, glitzy, modern ship.

 

I am so happy to see these pics of Journey and her amazing transformation and I can't wait to be back on an Azamara ship very soon.

 

Sorry you had a bad cruise Lottie. Costa? The transformation is looking really great. I'm particularly interested to see how The Patio (pool grill area) and poolside will look with the new ceiling and fans installed. I think it will be a very nice area of the ship.

 

Phil

[Lottie A]

Sorry you had a bad cruise Lottie. Costa? The transformation is looking really great. I'm particularly interested to see how The Patio (pool grill area) and poolside will look with the new ceiling and fans installed. I think it will be a very nice area of the ship.

 

Phil

 

Yes it was Phil. H probably told you? Never again!

The ship and suite were glitzy, but apart from that the Piu Gusto beverage package was the only good thing onboard! :D

I agree about The Patio area looking nice. We never used it much before but I think we will now.

[oliveau]

What a project - I hadn't realised how much was going to be renewed.

 

After 4 Az cruises I'd been tempted to try O, but now I feel guilty that I'd even contemplated 'desertion'.

[Yosemitephil]

Quite incredible at the pace these people are going but then I read today there are 1,500 contractors involved. It is a great way of seeing a transformation of a ship from bow to stern or stern to bow depending on your preference.

 

Pleased that we will be on the ship in February so soon after it is all completed, the luggage tickets and boarding instructions came today, we must be getting closer.

 

Phillip

[midwestchick]

Has anyone ever mentioned the cost involved in the refit? I'm sure the labor costs alone are staggering.

[Grandma Cruising]

I think the 1500 people was contractors and 400 crew - still a lot of people, and wages to be paid to both sets.

 

 

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[Hoyaheel]

In addition to the crew of 400 there will be 600 contractors from around the world working on the dry dock.

 

I think the 1500 people was contractors and 400 crew

 

I'm more inclined to believe it's around 1000 people total.

 

I think the 1500 number came from the galley - how many people they are feeding every day?

[Rabo]

Yesterday, Captain Johannes posted a picture with the caption "28 Cooks making sure 1500 contractors and crew are well fed every day"