Explorer of the seas HEADING BACK to dry dock?

[proposal]

I'm not sure if this is standard or not but EOS has turned around and headed back to dry dock... I thought there was another ship scheduled to come in right behind it, maybe they had an issue or is this routine? 

[laflivluv]

Could be that they discovered a problem at sea and need to go back to Cadiz to fix something.

[proposal]

Kind of what I was thinking but I don't follow too many ships at dry dock, I wonder if this will delay their next sailing? 

[moposh]

I'm scheduled to sail on Explorer April 1.  I hope all is well.

[swoopy2110]

I'd get them to have a look at that blue coloured ship too that has decided to go rogue and started ploughing through land towards Malaga.

[bigeck]

Been on sea trials. Still showing Gibraltar on Ais

[Billy Baltic]

They’ve decided to add playmakers after all 😎

[colesc15]

1 hour ago, swoopy2110 said:

I'd get them to have a look at that blue coloured ship too that has decided to go rogue and started ploughing through land towards Malaga.

That's Royals newest ship that hasn't been released yet.. Tractor of the Land! Plowing a field near you in 2025. All speciality restaurants are corn infused specialities! Puts a real twist on "chair hogs"! 

Edited February 27, 2023 by colesc15

[tcneal]

I'm on March 12th sailing.  I hope this is routine.

[Morecruisesplz]

9 minutes ago, tcneal said:

I'm on March 12th sailing.  I hope this is routine.

Looked at it but price is crazy. Paint, slides maybe some new carpet? Not worth $800 or $900 increase from Jan prices.

[tcneal]

10 hours ago, bigeck said:

Been on sea trials. Still showing Gibraltar on Ais

Does anyone know why a port in Gibraltar would be needed?  Maybe it's a routine stop for supplies?  Just curious.  Don't follow too many Dry Docks.

[Spurschick]

Just hope they got rid of the moths. We had a great cruise last year on her with the exception of all the moths flying around the cabin. They spent multiple days trying to work out where they were coming from.

[bigeck]

1 hour ago, tcneal said:

Does anyone know why a port in Gibraltar would be needed?  Maybe it's a routine stop for supplies?  Just curious.  Don't follow too many Dry Docks.

Fuel in Gib is tax free. Cheapest place to get fuel in Europe. Even for cars in town. Still not as cheap as Us though.

Sailing into Gib is a sight with all the cargo and tankers in the bay. 

[twangster]

After a major modification like water slides they probably had to validate the weight and balance engineering.  If I'm not mistaken that involves some testing and equipment that would then need to be removed before returning to service. 

[shof515]

To me it looks like the captain is taking the ship for a test drive to make sure everything is in 10000% fully working order. Very similar to what your mechanic does when they finish repairing your car

 

now they confirmed everything is 10000% working order they can return to port to supply the ship with provisions for the transatlantic crossing

[laflivluv]

9 hours ago, shof515 said:

To me it looks like the captain is taking the ship for a test drive to make sure everything is in 10000% fully working order. Very similar to what your mechanic does when they finish repairing your car

 

now they confirmed everything is 10000% working order they can return to port to supply the ship with provisions for the transatlantic crossing

Explorer has departed Gibraltar after re-fueling. Appears to be heading west. 

[deliver42]

The Mariner will be taking it's place in dry dock.

[teddybear231]

18 hours ago, laflivluv said:

Explorer has departed Gibraltar after re-fueling. Appears to be heading west. 

Yup, looks like Explorer is now on her way to Miami! 🙂 

[RedIguana]

On 2/27/2023 at 2:06 PM, swoopy2110 said:

I'd get them to have a look at that blue coloured ship too that has decided to go rogue and started ploughing through land towards Malaga.

 

Edited March 1, 2023 by RedIguana
wrong port:)

[cruise1957]

On 2/28/2023 at 2:18 AM, bigeck said:

Fuel in Gib is tax free. Cheapest place to get fuel in Europe. Even for cars in town. Still not as cheap as Us though.

Sailing into Gib is a sight with all the cargo and tankers in the bay. 

Where are you in Fife, my cousin lives in Cupar?

[bigeck]

13 minutes ago, cruise1957 said:

Where are you in Fife, my cousin lives in Cupar?

I'm in Kinghorn. Cupar isn't far away.. I might kmow him

[cruise1957]

On 3/1/2023 at 4:34 PM, bigeck said:

I'm in Kinghorn. Cupar isn't far away.. I might kmow him

It's a her, Lin MacLean.

[bigeck]

6 hours ago, cruise1957 said:

It's a her, Lin MacLean.

Sory, don't know her.

If it was a him, I might have known him if he played golf

[cruise1957]

9 hours ago, bigeck said:

Sory, don't know her.

If it was a him, I might have known him if he played golf

Didn't think you would, hope you enjoy your golf, my dad played one of the courses at St. Andrews, it was on his bucket list. I was back to visit another cousin in Glasgow last year, and went through to Edinburgh. It was a great trip.