Dry dock question

[Kkross]

How long do they typically last?

[Clarea]

How long do they typically last?

Depends on what is needed to be accomplished. Allure had one that lasted a week recently. Oasis will be in dry dock for 2 weeks. The Vision class ships were in dry dock even longer, I think about 4 weeks.

[3dog]

How long do they typically last?

 

It depends on what needs to be done, but typical "scheduled" dry docks are about 2 weeks.

[Kamloops50]

How long do they typically last?

 

Some are as long as five weeks.

 

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[Kkross]

So nothing "major". Painting? Maybe carpet change? General maintenance type stuff.

 

Thanks

[David1951]

Voyager heads to dry dock for around 5/6 weeks next month in Singapore for "refurbishment "

[OKC Cruisers]

So nothing "major". Painting? Maybe carpet change? General maintenance type stuff.

 

 

 

Thanks

 

 

Are you asking about a specific ship?

 

Navigator was in last January for only a few weeks and got new cabins, new dining venues, a flowrider and many other upgrades. They can do quite a lot in a short time!

 

 

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[cruisenfever]

We just returned from Explorer on Saturday and we were told by the Captain that she will be in dry dock for 42 days early next year.

[Kkross]

Nope, Just wondering. How often ships get "makeovers" and how long it takes. :)

[Clarea]

Nope, Just wondering. How often ships get "makeovers" and how long it takes. :)

I believe a ship is required to have a dry dock at least every 5 years, just for ship maintenance. This may not include any "makeovers".

[chengkp75]

CC'ers tend to intermingle the term "drydock" and "refurbishment".

 

Every ship is required to drydock twice in 5 years, but the intermediate can be an underwater survey done by divers with video. Most cruise ships go this way. So, every 5 years there will be a "maintenance" drydock where the technical department (engineering) has the critical path. These will typically be 14 days, unless something major has to be done. Really all of the equipment onboard can and is maintained year round by the crew, with assist from visiting tech reps, including major overhauls of the engines. The drydocking is for painting the hull, maintenance of propellers, pods, rudders, stabilizers and thrusters, as well as the sea water systems in the engine room. At this time, the flag state and classification societies do their surveys of major and underwater systems.

 

During these "drydockings", the refurbishment team from corporate will plan on doing things like sanding and recaulking the teak decks, recoating pools, and carpet and upholstery renewals. There may be some décor changes, like changing dining venue motifs, but nothing major, and their time line is subordinate to the technical department.

 

A "refurbishment" usually means that the ship is getting major changes (Carnival's Funship 2.0) to activities (flow riders), dining venues (moving them around the ship), adding cabins, etc. Depending on how much work is to be done, this can take 2-4 weeks, and the refurbishment department has priority on the timeline. These can actually be done without "drydocking" the ship, but are scheduled at the same time just to minimize the out of service time.

 

To give an example from my experience, when we reflagged the Norwegian Sky to the Pride of Aloha, we had a 21 day window to change the entire ship's motif from Caribbean to Hawaiian. Every piece of upholstery was changed, every yard of carpet was changed, and we removed the casino completely and replaced it with a Hawaiian cultural center and conference rooms. Something few think about when they see refurbishments onboard is the need to change the signage everywhere onboard. Since we changed the name of every venue onboard, this ran nearly the full time, and we found a couple of signs that were missed afterwards. We had the full crew onboard, as well as about 1000 contractors living onboard. The shipyard only dealt with the technical aspects of the drydocking, NCL's refurbishment teams (upholsterers, carpet layers, painters, carpenters) flew in to do the rest, along with some specialist contractors from Europe who deal in cruise ship interior design work.