Westerdam Dry Dock

[nedspoint]

Does anyone know if the Westerdam is scheduled for dry dock in 2012?

[boards]

I believe it just came from a dry dock yesterday, so I the think is, yes it was and it is now completed. You will be happy to know that the horn still blows great.

[sail7seas]

She was supposed to be leaving dry dock now.

[rwams]

She is out of dry dock, departed yesterday for her repositioning cruise to Seattle.

[Copper10-8]

Westerdam was in dry-dock at the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, in Freeport from 16-25 APR 12 for standard maintenance & upkeep

[innlady1]

Does anyone know if the Westerdam is scheduled for dry dock in 2012?

 

It just came out of drydock yesterday. We all watched her sailaway, headed to Alaska...and her horn still is the champ!

[sugarcharlie]

l'll be on her in 4 weeks and was wondering what if anything special they did during the ten day drydock. I know they painted and changed some carpeting as well as all the mechanical maintenance required, but if anything else was done, maybe someone on her now can post an answer.

[innlady1]

I hope someone who is on board now will post photos.

[PathfinderEss]

She just came out of dry dock for 10 days. She sailed out of Port Everglades on Wednesday on her way to her summer home, Alaska.

[cruise crazed]

Does anyone know what kind of refurbishment was done during drydock. I am on the May 26th sailing an I was wondering if there was a noticeble change.

[mmr923]

@cruise crazed- come visit our roll call and join our meet and greet! See you soon!

[kazu]

Westerdam was in dry-dock at the Grand Bahamas Shipyard, in Freeport from 16-25 APR 12 for standard maintenance & upkeep

 

Love the new avatar Copper - so for us foolish people on the boards what is a standard maintenace and upkeep and when does it go beyond that? how many days for a drydock to really change a ship? Inquiring minds want to know - but if you choose not to share totally understandable;)

[rwams]

There are pictures and a write up on the Holland American blog...they redid the pool on the lido deck. Scroll down the page to the bottom. You can view at http://hollandamericanblog.com

 

Rick

[kazu]

There are pictures and a write up on the Holland American blog...they redid the pool on the lido deck. You can view at http://hollandamericanblog.com

 

Rick

 

Rick - for me that doesn't tell much - sorry - looking ahead to the Zuiderdam - I do hope they are going to overhaul the plumbing and the ac - of course they won't publish that on the blog - but it would be nice if they told us more of what they did to the ships:)

[Adoremus]

Glad they did not mess with the horn! Still the Champ!

[DutchByAssociation]

One of the more noticeable differences on this go around is the midship pool decking. If you think about the way Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam (after drydock) look, you should get the idea :)

[kelleherdl]

Yes the Lido Pool deck is now the rubberized faux teak deck. The most amusing was the new carpeting in the Lido. I think it is quite nice, but for four days new carpet fuzz was building up. No amount of vacuuming could keep up.

 

Dennis

[sugarcharlie]

Yes the Lido Pool deck is now the rubberized faux teak deck. The most amusing was the new carpeting in the Lido. I think it is quite nice, but for four days new carpet fuzz was building up. No amount of vacuuming could keep up.

 

Dennis

 

What else did they do Dennis? Any new decorating or color changes to the walls, hall carpeting etc? How about the furniture. I heard some of the cabin furniture and public room furnishings were getting a little worn out. I'm looking forward to boarding in a few weeks and hoping that she looks as new as the Eurodam that I sailed last month.

 

Thanks for letting us know.

[Himself]

One of the more noticeable differences on this go around is the midship pool decking. If you think about the way Nieuw Amsterdam and Eurodam (after drydock) look, you should get the idea :)

 

This is a real improvement. The Eurodam and the Nieuw Amsterdam decking near the midship pool is much better and safer than the midship decking on the other DAM ships.

[kelleherdl]

I had not sailed Westerdam prior to the last cruise, so my ability to note changes are pretty limited. The carpeting in Lido and elevator lobbies, and i think the bridge (I did take the tour). I was told on the tour that the biggest changes during dry dock were things you would not see but would notice if you were familiar with the ship from prior sailing. Major changes of the on-board telecommunications, including wireless internet speed. Some stage changes (several million according to the stage manager) in the Vista lounge, but things you would not normally notice like lighting. But to be honest I did not see a lot of new stuff. We had a Deluxe Veranda and no real changes there other than new linens.

 

Dennis

[kelleherdl]

Sad to say the nice new paint job took a hit going thru the canal. starboard bow took about a 10 foot long scraping of the paint job .

 

Dennis

[kelleherdl]

To Himself,

 

I would like to email you off-line about an incident on the Panama Canal Transit.

How best to do that?

 

 

Regards

Dennis