Caribbean Princess in Drydock

[pmallen]

CP in drydock as seen from the University of Portland campus yesterday.

[Steelers36]

Despite the many corrections posted on various threads here, the correct moniker - CB - just doesn't seem to stick.  Maybe Princess should rename since the original CP is no longer in the fleet.  😉

 

[kokopelli-az]

They are not going to be in dry dock very long.   The next sailing for the Caribbean Princess is an 18 day Panama Canal departing April 26 from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale.    Princess is having its Drop and Go With Great Pricing promotion for this sailing.

 

We're going to be on the Caribbean Princess June 11.   

[brisalta]

33 minutes ago, Steelers36 said:

Despite the many corrections posted on various threads here, the correct moniker - CB - just doesn't seem to stick.  Maybe Princess should rename since the original CP is no longer in the fleet.  😉

 

 

Changing the code would probably require a lot of software source changes.

[Tak8]

Hoping she will look shiny and new for me and the other passengers on May 14th.

[Ken the cruiser]

I just looked and there are still two aft-facing premium balcony cabins left. We've been through the Panama Canal twice and aft-facing cabins are the greatest IMHO when it comes to offering great views when going through the locks as well as the narrow passageways along the route.

[brisalta]

1 minute ago, Ken the cruiser said:

I just looked and there are still two aft-facing premium balcony cabins left. We've been through the Panama Canal twice and aft-facing cabins are the greatest IMHO when it comes to offering great views when going through the locks as well as the narrow passageways along the route.

 

Are you suggesting that they are removing aft facing cabins during dry dock?

[Ken the cruiser]

22 minutes ago, kokopelli-az said:

They are not going to be in dry dock very long.   The next sailing for the Caribbean Princess is an 18 day Panama Canal departing April 26 from San Francisco to Fort Lauderdale.    Princess is having its Drop and Go With Great Pricing promotion for this sailing.

 

We're going to be on the Caribbean Princess June 11.   

 

1 minute ago, brisalta said:

 

Are you suggesting that they are removing aft facing cabins during dry dock?

Sorry. I was actually referring to the above post with regards to the Drop and Go sale.

[Bgwest]

Seems the overdramatized rumors of a C virus outbreak as opposed to a dry dock were just that. 

[memoak]

Just now, Bgwest said:

Seems the overdramatized rumors of a C virus outbreak as opposed to a dry dock were just that. 

But there were some crew members in quarantine when the ship got here.  Not sure how many

[KevintheIrishDJ]

2 minutes ago, Bgwest said:

Seems the overdramatized rumors of a C virus outbreak as opposed to a dry dock were just that. 

They claimed they wanted to go to dry dock earlier!  Didn't happen

[chengkp75]

1 minute ago, KevintheIrishDJ said:

They claimed they wanted to go to dry dock earlier!  Didn't happen

Sigh.  As I stated earlier, just because it doesn't go into drydock earlier, doesn't mean they didn't start work earlier.  They arrived in the wee hours of the 8th, and were working during the transit from SF to Portland.  Too many here on CC confuse "drydock" with "shipyard".  A ship getting repairs in a shipyard is not in the drydock all the time.  You pay for the dock time by the day, so if work can be accomplished while afloat (anything that is not touching the water), it is cheaper to do it afloat than in dock, if possible.

[KevintheIrishDJ]

13 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Sigh.  As I stated earlier, just because it doesn't go into drydock earlier, doesn't mean they didn't start work earlier.  They arrived in the wee hours of the 8th, and were working during the transit from SF to Portland.  Too many here on CC confuse "drydock" with "shipyard".  A ship getting repairs in a shipyard is not in the drydock all the time.  You pay for the dock time by the day, so if work can be accomplished while afloat (anything that is not touching the water), it is cheaper to do it afloat than in dock, if possible.

As I stated before, they always start the work early.  We were on a cruise before drydock and work started almost immediately.  The smell and the noise were so bad, we had to stay in Skywalker to get away from it.

[chengkp75]

6 minutes ago, KevintheIrishDJ said:

As I stated before, they always start the work early.  We were on a cruise before drydock and work started almost immediately.  The smell and the noise were so bad, we had to stay in Skywalker to get away from it.

No, its actually pretty rare for the cruise line to start renovations during a revenue cruise, though it is more common to finish work on the first cruise after.  And, since they have a Panama Canal cruise for the first out of drydock, they have a further pressure to get the work started early and finish on time.  I doubt you had 8-10 9-yard dumpsters on the pool and sports decks for demolition material, which is what would happen for the few days they spent in SF, and for the two days up to Portland.  Nearly all cabin stewards were utilized carrying debris to the dumpsters, so they could not have been servicing passengers.  I don't buy the covid excuse.

Edited April 11, 2022 by chengkp75

[KevintheIrishDJ]

19 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

No, its actually pretty rare for the cruise line to start renovations during a revenue cruise, though it is more common to finish work on the first cruise after.  And, since they have a Panama Canal cruise for the first out of drydock, they have a further pressure to get the work started early and finish on time.  I doubt you had 8-10 9-yard dumpsters on the pool and sports decks for demolition material, which is what would happen for the few days they spent in SF, and for the two days up to Portland.  Nearly all cabin stewards were utilized carrying debris to the dumpsters, so they could not have been servicing passengers.  I don't buy the covid excuse.

Were you ever on a cruise prior to drydock?  There were entire sections of the ship closed off, for example the Casino. 

[chengkp75]

2 minutes ago, KevintheIrishDJ said:

Were you ever on a cruise prior to drydock?  There were entire sections of the ship closed off, for example the Casino. 

Yes, I have.  How many have you?  And, if this were the norm, then I'm sure they had to refund a lot of money to disgruntled guests, so why go to this trouble, let's just get the passengers off the ship and get the work started.

[KevintheIrishDJ]

17 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

Yes, I have.  How many have you?  And, if this were the norm, then I'm sure they had to refund a lot of money to disgruntled guests, so why go to this trouble, let's just get the passengers off the ship and get the work started.

One.  Why would I go on a second one.  We got no compensation.

[brisalta]

56 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

No, its actually pretty rare for the cruise line to start renovations during a revenue cruise, though it is more common to finish work on the first cruise after.  And, since they have a Panama Canal cruise for the first out of drydock, they have a further pressure to get the work started early and finish on time.  I doubt you had 8-10 9-yard dumpsters on the pool and sports decks for demolition material, which is what would happen for the few days they spent in SF, and for the two days up to Portland.  Nearly all cabin stewards were utilized carrying debris to the dumpsters, so they could not have been servicing passengers.  I don't buy the covid excuse.

 

On another thread passengers were complaining that sewage pipes were bursting on the Caribbean Princess prior to arrival at the Port Of San Francisco. Hence it makes sense that the ships journey to Vancouver was cancelled allowing the ship crew and any contractors to start major plumbing repairs without passengers on board prior to the actual physical dry dock in Portland.

[cruisingrob21]

A friend of a relative works at the shipyard and gave us a tour of the exterior works.  We were not allowed to tour onboard due to covid protocols (testing requirements etc).  Sounds like several crew were in isolation.

 

Edited April 11, 2022 by cruisingrob21

[Bgwest]

2 hours ago, memoak said:

But there were some crew members in quarantine when the ship got here.  Not sure how many

There are always going to be “cases” on board. It’s the new normal. We’d all best get used to it. 

[abqmommyof4]

I may be on the Caribbean sometime this summer….. ( still in the planning stage with a few people). 
 

[capriccio]

4 hours ago, cruisingrob21 said:

 Sounds like several crew were in isolation.

 

Some could have been crew who have recently joined the ship.  They go into isolation for 10 days according to crew on our Caribbean Princess cruise in January before being allowed to interact with the crew and passengers.  If they joined now or early in the dry dock process they should be out of isolation before the next cruise.

[vakamalua]

Will be on the Caribbean Princess in August.  Anyone know what is scheduled to be done during this dry dock in addition to fixing the sewage pipes(!) and overall maintenance?  Any updates to things like carpeting, soft goods in cabins, etc?

[IJustWantToGo36]

Why is it so difficult to think that was combined reasons.

The ship had COVID explosion, among the passengers and crew and they opted to go to drydock early (drydock meaning the ship might still be wet)

[Ken the cruiser]

I agree with you as there were probably multiple reasons for the 4 day Vancouver cruise cancellation, especially if a Canadian port(s) had serious issues with allowing the first ship back to their shores to dock with the high potential for multiple C19 cases onboard. 

 

I know there has been a variety of Caribbean ports, Cartegena comes to mine, that wouldn't even allow ships to temporarily dock, let alone disembark all of their passengers, for that very reason.