Viking Polaris

[ropomo]

I see that Viking Polaris has been docked in Freeport, Bahamas since April 12. I assume for repairs related to the rogue wave incident. Just curious, has the April 18, 2023 sailing from Ft. Lauderdale to Toronto been cancelled? I assume there is still adequate time to make it to Ft. Lauderdale from Freeport for tomorrow's sailing if the work is completed today.

[TayanaLorna]

Could it be due to the 24 inches of rain FL had and subsequent clean up.

[ropomo]

3 hours ago, TayanaLorna said:

Could it be due to the 24 inches of rain FL had and subsequent clean up.

Port Everglades web site indicates all operations are normal.

 

[Heidi13]

5 hours ago, ropomo said:

I see that Viking Polaris has been docked in Freeport, Bahamas since April 12. I assume for repairs related to the rogue wave incident. Just curious, has the April 18, 2023 sailing from Ft. Lauderdale to Toronto been cancelled? I assume there is still adequate time to make it to Ft. Lauderdale from Freeport for tomorrow's sailing if the work is completed today.

 

Affirmative, they are making permanent repairs to the vessel after the Drake Passage incident.

 

It is just over 80 miles, so with arrival/departure it can easily be accomplished dock to dock in under 6 hrs. The vessel also has no pax to disembark, so embarkation could start immediately upon arrival.

 

They could sail from the shipyard at 06:00-07:00 tomorrow morning and easily make the sailing from Fort Lauderdale.

[ropomo]

I do notice that Port Everglades does not have the Viking Polaris on the schedule for tomorrow.

[lcand1923]

Viking sent an email on January 23 advising passengers on the April 18 sailing that they were being moved to the Octanis cruise which sailed on April 13.  We had until January 31 to accept or reject the offer.