Is Escape headed to drydock Oct 2020?

[Kathyrd]

On 8/23/2019 at 3:13 PM, Steff79 said:

we talking about spring 2021, there is tthe gap, before are now cruises. only the 4 days not in oct 2020

 

On 8/23/2019 at 2:11 PM, RedwingHockeyFan said:

Yes

 

April 10, 2021 - May 28, 2021. Just under 6 weeks.

We are booked on 4/16 TA

 

[RedwingHockeyFan]

10 hours ago, Kathyrd said:

 

We are booked on 4/16 TA

 

Yes, the TA wasn't listed when I made that post.

[blueslily]

Hmmm, so does anyone know the drydock dates, since the TA was added? Thanks! 

[romalley99]

On 8/17/2019 at 10:01 PM, PortFees45 said:

Is this really in the works? 

 

On 8/17/2019 at 10:22 PM, shof515 said:

for now, NO

 

but in the future in like 10-15 years, i wont be surprised.

 

On 8/17/2019 at 11:27 PM, BirdTravels said:

 

 

When we were on the Escape in April, we had dinner with one of the senior officers who talked about the the plans to add a go kart track as part of the dry dock project. At the time, the plans were undergoing engineering analysis to determine if they could remove/add the weight at the stern (i.e., ship stability). It was definitely an option that was being considered for the upcoming dry dock. 

 

Yes, it's in the works, and it's going to be pretty cool to see! 

[Suna]

Please tell me there isn’t going to be a go cart track .... there is so little outside space on the ships already. We just booked the Escape again for March 2020 ... one of the main reasons we chose to sail on her again is because my boys love the sports deck (that Bliss and Encore don’t have). Also not keen on all the new added items (karts and laser tag) that have an up charge.

[ColeThornton]

6 minutes ago, Suna said:

Please tell me there isn’t going to be a go cart track .... there is so little outside space on the ships already. We just booked the Escape again for March 2020 ... one of the main reasons we chose to sail on her again is because my boys love the sports deck (that Bliss and Encore don’t have). Also not keen on all the new added items (karts and laser tag) that have an up charge.

 

 

Are you driving to port in your time machine?   🙂

Edited September 2, 2020 by ColeThornton

[Suna]

3 hours ago, ColeThornton said:

 

 

Are you driving to port in your time machine?   🙂

LOL .... it's 2020, anything can happen!  .... OK  .... March 2022

 

[Sue Do-Over]

Surprised that they'd venture out across the ocean right after dry dock... no place to tie up if something isn't fixed right.  Maybe they'd just delay departure a day or two, and hustle west rather than meander.

 

We were on a Princess cruise the week before a dry dock.  The crew was literally dismantling areas as we sailed... One group was sorting the dining room chairs for cleaning, another was rolling up carpeting, all the artwork came down from the hallways, skirts off the beds, and all the booze in the mini-fridge was removed. 

 

We were the last ones in the casino.  The dealers were pulling the chip trays and card-shufflers were pulled and boxed.  All the chips were being stacked into trays to be cleaned.  Chairs/stools got dragged to one end of the room, and they started unplugging slot machines.  (We were on a hot streak at craps, so they let us play a little longer.)

 

We should NOT have been surprised that the stack of bundles of cash in the claw machine were FIRMLY taped together with double-stick tape.  Sure, a few bundles were loose, but the big stack was all one big chunk that they pulled apart - clearly heard the tape release from the plastic wrappings.  It didn't register with me until we were in the elevator that I'd heard it.  Sure won't put another buck in THAT machine!

[Sue Do-Over]

On 9/2/2020 at 12:58 PM, Suna said:

Please tell me there isn’t going to be a go cart track .... 

Anyone remember the episode of Undercover Boss, where the NCL guy was tasked with helping set up and tear down the 'ice' skating rink?  It was 60 or so 4x8' sheets of fiberglass which would be laid out, mopped with a slippery solution... mopped dry again and stacked back up after a couple of hours.

Crew member and 'guy' spent over an hour laying it out, for TWO guests, and another hour plus putting it all away.

He turned to the camera and said 'this was STUPID'... and that was the end of skating rinks.  I always wondered what they did with the hundred pairs of skates.

 

IMHO, while go-karts, coasters, climbing walls and rope courses are fun for a one ride, or maybe a few rides... most of us aren't spending our entire vacation on them.  What a waste of space, source of noise... They'd be better off installing them at the private islands and within the owned shopping areas at ports to make the real money.

[DanCait]

I was on NCL's website today and clicked on the current view from the bow, and noticed the Escape is currently in dry dock.  The Escape Activities page still shows the ropes course.  When I booked an RCL cruise, the ship was going to be changing features in dry dock, and they were on the website a year in advance of the dry dock.  Hopefully NCL would do the same, so this would mean the Ropes Course will still be on the ship!  Free activities like that are the only reason I'd ever go on a large ship, I prefer small ships otherwise.  I will see on my June cruise on Escape (if it's not cancelled and if I can fly to Europe!).

[Steff79]

1 hour ago, DanCait said:

  When I booked an RCL cruise, the ship was going to be changing features in dry dock, and they were on the website a year in advance of the dry dock.  Hopefully NCL would do the same, so this would mean the Ropes Course will still be on the ship!

 good joke,

at my getaway cruise after dry dock they didn´t told before the bad changes, they changed public space into vibe extra space ( extra pay area ). so the best place to be when you cuise into a fjord was closed to all. it was a bad weather cruise, nobody bought a pass. nobody did know that at the booking, they showed it at the same time as public space at their homepage.

i wrote here about->: click at Steff79 replied to a topic

 

 

Edited October 9, 2020 by Steff79

[dexddd]

I really would not put a ton of faith on NCL depictions.  Some things they get right, others not so much.  If it is room related and revenue related, yes.

 

Ten years later the floor plan of DOS on Star and Dawn reflects neither real layout.