waltd Posted March 25, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Could anyone tell me if there is a dry dock scheduled for the Island Princess any time before Jan. 2021? Was curious if Princess will be updating the ship prior to the World Cruise. I'm not sure where to look to find the information. Thanks Joe 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
enfuego4cruising Posted March 25, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 25, 2019 Here is a link for the Princess fleet dry dock schedule. It is very informative, but it is unofficial. https://sites.google.com/site/princesscruisesfaq/ships/fleet-drydock-schedule Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
waltd Posted March 25, 2019 Author #3 Share Posted March 25, 2019 17 minutes ago, enfuego4cruising said: Here is a link for the Princess fleet dry dock schedule. It is very informative, but it is unofficial. https://sites.google.com/site/princesscruisesfaq/ships/fleet-drydock-schedule Thanks Doesn't look like anything new is scheduled for the Island on this website just yet. Maybe in the future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMGS247 Posted August 7, 2019 #4 Share Posted August 7, 2019 I'm reviving this old thread here in August rather than creating a new one. The linked schedule above shows a dry dock for Dec 6 through Dec 19th, and I've seen a brief mention of an upcoming dry dock mentioned in a youtube video as well, but Princess is selling a 10-day panama on the 6th and a 4-day Dominican getaway on the 16th. I'm booked for the 4-day on the 16th, which I could reconcile with the dry-dock schedule as a conservative dry-dock schedule and the 4-day basically a glorified road test, but the fact that it's scheduled for the 6th really has me scratching my head. Is there a dry dock coming up? Conflicting evidence. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peety3 Posted August 7, 2019 #5 Share Posted August 7, 2019 The 4-day cruise is likely a way to reset the schedule to days of the week that work better for the overall marketing of the ship - it shifts the subsequent 10-day cruise to not end right at Christmas (likely a terrible time to have cruise passengers flying into or out of the embarkation port). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steelers36 Posted August 8, 2019 #6 Share Posted August 8, 2019 6 hours ago, PMGS247 said: I'm reviving this old thread here in August rather than creating a new one. The linked schedule above shows a dry dock for Dec 6 through Dec 19th, and I've seen a brief mention of an upcoming dry dock mentioned in a youtube video as well, but Princess is selling a 10-day panama on the 6th and a 4-day Dominican getaway on the 16th. I'm booked for the 4-day on the 16th, which I could reconcile with the dry-dock schedule as a conservative dry-dock schedule and the 4-day basically a glorified road test, but the fact that it's scheduled for the 6th really has me scratching my head. Is there a dry dock coming up? Conflicting evidence. You have your years mixed up (and the website is wrong - I think that has been posted before???). The cruises you mention are in 2019. The dry-dock is in Nov 2020, over in Europe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMGS247 Posted August 8, 2019 #7 Share Posted August 8, 2019 17 hours ago, steelers36 said: You have your years mixed up (and the website is wrong - I think that has been posted before???). The cruises you mention are in 2019. The dry-dock is in Nov 2020, over in Europe. The fact that the website is wrong and the real drydock is in 2020 clears it up - thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmayson Posted September 21, 2019 #8 Share Posted September 21, 2019 I am booked on Princess Island for Europe Sept 21, 2020 through Oct 3, 2020, i hope the Nov 2020 dates are correct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loge23 Posted August 21, 2021 #9 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Ship cam shows the Island in dry dock today. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PMGS247 Posted August 23, 2021 #10 Share Posted August 23, 2021 On 8/21/2021 at 2:18 PM, loge23 said: Ship cam shows the Island in dry dock today. Wow 2 years since this original conversation...and apparently a 10 month delay on the original Nov 2020 dry dock schedule. I wonder what's on the to-do list. I would think updating to accommodate medallion would have to be #1 on the list with new protocols. The island was my last cruise. Didn't know it at the time but man am I glad we decided to jump on that little 4-day getaway back in December of 2019! Didn't think a ton of it at the time but we had no idea what was about to happen. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabin1 Posted August 24, 2021 #11 Share Posted August 24, 2021 I just emailed my PVP to see if she knows anything if she answers with any news will post. I am on Island in December 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishelleMcc Posted August 24, 2021 #12 Share Posted August 24, 2021 We are curious too! Thank you for any info you can share! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabin1 Posted August 24, 2021 #13 Share Posted August 24, 2021 (edited) 47 minutes ago, MishelleMcc said: We are curious too! Thank you for any info you can share! This is the answer I just received from PVP......................Sorry, no details released yet. I guess it is a secret............. Edited August 24, 2021 by rabin1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MishelleMcc Posted August 24, 2021 #14 Share Posted August 24, 2021 5 hours ago, rabin1 said: This is the answer I just received from PVP......................Sorry, no details released yet. I guess it is a secret............. I called our PVP and she said it should be in dry doc right now: (Aug 17 to Aug 31.) No detail on what is being done... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted August 25, 2021 #15 Share Posted August 25, 2021 On 3/25/2019 at 9:37 AM, waltd said: Could anyone tell me if there is a dry dock scheduled for the Island Princess any time before Jan. 2021? Was curious if Princess will be updating the ship prior to the World Cruise. I'm not sure where to look to find the information. Thanks Joe Island Princess is currently in dry dock #8 in Marseilles France. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceB Posted August 26, 2021 #16 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Wonder why what is being done is such a secret? Is this typical of a princess drydock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabin1 Posted August 26, 2021 #17 Share Posted August 26, 2021 16 minutes ago, JaniceB said: Wonder why what is being done is such a secret? Is this typical of a princess drydock? Doesn’t matter cruises are cancelled Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uspearls Posted August 26, 2021 #18 Share Posted August 26, 2021 4 minutes ago, rabin1 said: Doesn’t matter cruises are cancelled No need to be dismissive. I agree with JaniceB. I'm booked on her next year and I certainly am interested to know..... 5 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rabin1 Posted August 26, 2021 #19 Share Posted August 26, 2021 1 minute ago, uspearls said: No need to be dismissive. I agree with JaniceB. I'm booked on her next year and I certainly am interested to know..... Maybe do but your cruise wasn’t cancelled. Whatever Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaniceB Posted August 26, 2021 #20 Share Posted August 26, 2021 38 minutes ago, rabin1 said: Doesn’t matter cruises are cancelled Sorry cruises are cancelled but the Island Princess is in drydock right now so the dry docks are still going on. I just wondered why Princess doesn't post what the changes or new additions are. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loge23 Posted August 26, 2021 #21 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Seriously, I have to wonder if the Island is heading to the auction block. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
piper28 Posted August 26, 2021 #22 Share Posted August 26, 2021 Personally I'd guess they're not really making any significant changes, otherwise they would have made some announcements about it. I suspect this is more of a case where they had the opportunity to get it's routine drydock requirement out of the way when it wasn't being used for passengers anyways, so it just made sense to do it early. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribill Posted August 27, 2021 #23 Share Posted August 27, 2021 So what will the Island be doing after dry dock with no cruises scheduled for 8 months? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gbldcl Posted August 27, 2021 #24 Share Posted August 27, 2021 8 hours ago, caribill said: So what will the Island be doing after dry dock with no cruises scheduled for 8 months? and therein lies the 64 bazillion dollar question... We are scheduled for British Isles in July 2022 on Island and are now wondering if it will really happen? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loge23 Posted August 27, 2021 #25 Share Posted August 27, 2021 2 hours ago, gbldcl said: and therein lies the 64 bazillion dollar question... We are scheduled for British Isles in July 2022 on Island and are now wondering if it will really happen? Likewise. We're booked on the July 2022 Fire & Ice sailing. Not optimistic - about this ship or the cruise line for the matter at this point. About a year ago, we were discussing the cost of maintaining the inactive fleet. Here we are a year later and Princess has two (soon to be three) ships in service; one in Alaska and the other two out of Southampton. This company is hemorrhaging serious cash. Princess has had two new ships come out since the pandemic began: Enchanted and Discovery. Something has to go, and the Island and Coral (2003) are among their oldest in service now (the Caribbean Princess is now the oldest, 1998). Princess has all but ceded their Caribbean cruise business to Celebrity for now. Hope I'm wrong here, but this isn't looking too good for the Princess Cruises we all knew and loved. The latest cancellations really hit home for us - or I should say, kept us at home. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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