Mechanical Problems on the Liberty of the Seas? Can someone confirm?

[NDiamond]

I just read that there were mechanical problems on the Liberty of the Seas; can someone please confirm? From what I read, the ship is set to sail at 10pm.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2183661&goto=newpost

 

*And please do not jump down my throat for asking. I have every right to inquire. Thanks!:)

[majarosh]

Yup. Cabin directly above the MIAMI UNDERWATER MAINTENANCE Company...in wet suits since 1230..WHEN WE walked onto the ship. Shops on board closed...bars open.

 

Local sherrif's office escorted 2 individuals OFF the ship about 7 pm or so.

[luv2cruiserccl]

In port

 

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[perditax]

See the roll call thread too. They said two people were escorted off the ship.

[majarosh]

Written by yours truly

[BillB48]

They must have gotten things wrapped up because as of 2 minutes ago she was off the Keys between Islamorada and Marathon Key at a 19.1 knot clip.

[chengkp75]

They must have gotten things wrapped up because as of 2 minutes ago she was off the Keys between Islamorada and Marathon Key at a 19.1 knot clip.

 

Not much they could have gotten done in 10 hours, except a polishing of the propellers or a routine underwater inspection. Little late in the drydock rotation for a UWILD inspection, but perhaps they are experiencing marine growth fouling in their sea intakes and wanted a look, or their performance was dropping and wanted to see whether the props needed polishing. Could be the initial work for thruster repairs, though with the sea days in the schedule, doing one of these in service becomes very difficult to schedule.

Edited March 20, 2015 by chengkp75

[BillB48]

for a UWILD inspection, .

 

 

Had to look that one up... had not seen that one before:)!

[chengkp75]

Had to look that one up... had not seen that one before:)!

 

Sorry, not one of CC's more common acronyms!

 

Given that she's only 7 years old, they can still do UWILD's as intermediate surveys, but her last drydocking was Jan '11 (early, less than 4 years) so the UWILD window would have been June '13 at the latest, and she's now due for drydocking again in Jan '16. There's a couple of other reasons to have the divers down, but without cranes and a lot more time, I don't see anything serious about this, especially since they notified passengers in advance of the late sailing. This was scheduled.

[ChipLondon]

Yes you certainly do have the right to enquire, just as we have the right to ask why you start a new thread out of an existing thread, did you not like the info on the other one you quoted ?

 

And please don't jump down my throat, i have the right to inquire :rolleyes:

 

I just read that there were mechanical problems on the Liberty of the Seas; can someone please confirm? From what I read, the ship is set to sail at 10pm.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2183661&goto=newpost

 

*And please do not jump down my throat for asking. I have every right to inquire. Thanks!:)

[BillB48]

Sorry, not one of CC's more common acronyms!

 

 

At least it wasn't one military's acronyms... they don't always buy vowels! Thinking about it now, there does seem like many times I have seen Miami Diver trucks and vans dockside either on arrival or departure in south Florida. Makes perfect sense,, no doubt a lot of resources for that type of work in the area.

[Cindy]

I just read that there were mechanical problems on the Liberty of the Seas; can someone please confirm? From what I read, the ship is set to sail at 10pm.

 

http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=2183661&goto=newpost

 

*And please do not jump down my throat for asking. I have every right to inquire. Thanks!:)

 

You also have every right to start multiple threads on the same topic. It doesn't mean you're going to get more, different, or better answers.

[chengkp75]

At least it wasn't one military's acronyms... they don't always buy vowels! Thinking about it now, there does seem like many times I have seen Miami Diver trucks and vans dockside either on arrival or departure in south Florida. Makes perfect sense,, no doubt a lot of resources for that type of work in the area.

 

Miami Divers are one of the specialty dive outfits that do work for cruise lines. On a ship in Hawaii, we needed to overhaul a thruster, in water. The Rolls Royce tech set up to have an entire team from Miami Divers fly out and spend the week doing the work. That was pretty interesting. We would travel from port to port with thruster propeller blades chained off in the thruster tunnel, and when we got to port, they would take them out and hang them from hoists on the side of the ship so they could get in to work. Before sailing every day, I had to witness a video survey of all the bits and pieces tied off down there, to determine that nothing would come adrift and either get lost, or go through the propellers.

 

UWILD inspections will sometimes take more time than the ship can afford in one port call, so they can be done over consecutive turn-around port days (generally the longest port stays).

[BND]

Shops on board closed...bars open.

 

 

What's so unusual about that? On boarding day, shops are closed and bars are open. Standard operating procedure.

[majarosh]

Being that we were tied up at the dock till 1145 PM Folks (4 to be exact) walked off the boat. This was during a drug bust at apx 830 or so. The Miami Underwater Mtnce truck kept us gals entertained with PUSH UPS in between their individual dives ! Sorry. ..who needs a Chippendale show. .. WE had THE DIVERS FROM MIAMI.

[Paulette3028]

Being that we were tied up at the dock till 1145 PM Folks (4 to be exact) walked off the boat. This was during a drug bust at apx 830 or so. The Miami Underwater Mtnce truck kept us gals entertained with PUSH UPS in between their individual dives ! Sorry. ..who needs a Chippendale show. .. WE had THE DIVERS FROM MIAMI.

 

I am hoping that the Entertainment Team could provide you will some more entertaining things once you started sailing.....some of those bodies to watch when they do the Village People during the 70's show.

 

You were going to let me know who the Activity Manager is on board during your sailing.

Edited March 26, 2015 by Paulette3028

[majarosh]

Yeah...I have failed you....head under the covers