DRYDOCK------Diamond Princess

[Leslieswiger]

Does anyone know when the Diamond Princess enters her next drydock? Thanking you in advance and Happy Sailings.....Leslie Swiger:)

[AlaskaGolden]

Yes, it would be great if there were a list or web site which listed upcoming dry or wet docks for Princess ships!

[kendon]

How often can a ship be expected to go into dry dock as part of the preventative maintenance routine? The Diamond is fairly new.

[Captain Rhone]

Probably during her next visit to Asia (Fall 2008/9) as she went to Singapore for her last dry docking (Dec 10-20 2005).

[SeaDog-46]

As Diamond Princess was delivered in 2004 from Mitsubishi - she would be scheduled to dock 5 years later in 2009.

The docking in 2005 may have been for gaurantee work.

[chasetf]

Looks like a 6 day break in her schedule first week of May 08 when she is in LA. That may be a dry or wet docking.

[derf5585]

Looks like a 6 day break in her schedule first week of May 08 when she is in LA. That may be a dry or wet docking.

 

That is correct. Check out

 

Unofficial Princess Itinerary Spreadsheet

from

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=584626

[cruiser23456]

No, 2005 dry dock was for general maintenance (hull painting, engine overhaul and lots of other things) and for replacing the propellers as one was damaged by the crash in Victoria, B.C. Since then the aft section was shaking like a wet dog at full speed which really got better after dry dock...:D

 

Her sister Sapphire went to the same dry dock exactly one year later for more or less the same repairs (except for the propellers...)

 

As these ships (as well as all the other cruise ships) are constantly in operation they have to go to dry dock much earlier than after 5 years!