peety3 Posted May 14, 2015 #76 Share Posted May 14, 2015 What is the likelihood that the upgrades will include the Princess @ Sea messaging service? According to the Princess website yesterday, the Crown does not currently have this feature. My family will be on the Crown to Alaska next month and we are really hoping for a way to communicate amongst ourselves if we are off pursuing our individual interests. This is absolutely not drydock-specific. At most, installing new wireless access points might be done during dry/wetdock to make it easier to open up the ceiling tiles from the mounting location back to the wiring closet, but that too could be done underway. The messaging service would be something they'd load on a server. They could do that while in port, and then enable it on the fly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 14, 2015 #77 Share Posted May 14, 2015 They where doing the WiFi upgrades during our Feb 2015 cruise. Sent from my SGH-I317M using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IECalCruiser Posted May 14, 2015 #78 Share Posted May 14, 2015 We were on the Sapphire when they upgrades the TV's and added new access points. We had to walk around boxes of TV's, under open ceilings and over cables on the floor but it didn't really impact our cruise. They don't need a drydock for that work. A couple of years ago we were on the Sapphire when they added the Sports Court on the roof of Skywalker's during our one week cruise. On the next two cruises they converted the old Sports Court area to the new Sanctuary. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vickie_bernie Posted May 15, 2015 #79 Share Posted May 15, 2015 here is a current picture of the new paint job Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Upon A Time Posted May 15, 2015 #80 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Is there any indication what time she will leave the dry dock today and head for Seattle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colo Cruiser Posted May 15, 2015 #81 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Shiny colors. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yyjguy Posted May 15, 2015 #82 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Once upon a time: This information might be what you were looking for. Crown is coming out of the dry dock between 11:30 and 12:30. Once all the life boats are lifted back aboard she will move to out to Royal Road Anchorage F ( about 1 mile outside the harbour ) where she will remain until the Lloyds of London surveyors have finished with her classification certificate inspection, expect to be about 18:00. She then will sail out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca for Princess's own trials. I believe she is picking up the Puget Sound Pilot at 23:59 for the voyage down into Seattle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matcodixon Posted May 15, 2015 #83 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Afloat and just backed out of drydock Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Once Upon A Time Posted May 15, 2015 #84 Share Posted May 15, 2015 Once upon a time: This information might be what you were looking for. Crown is coming out of the dry dock between 11:30 and 12:30. Once all the life boats are lifted back aboard she will move to out to Royal Road Anchorage F ( about 1 mile outside the harbour ) where she will remain until the Lloyds of London surveyors have finished with her classification certificate inspection, expect to be about 18:00. She then will sail out into the Strait of Juan de Fuca for Princess's own trials. I believe she is picking up the Puget Sound Pilot at 23:59 for the voyage down into Seattle. Thank you very much for the information.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ididrtmhonest Posted May 15, 2015 #85 Share Posted May 15, 2015 This is absolutely not drydock-specific. At most, installing new wireless access points might be done during dry/wetdock to make it easier to open up the ceiling tiles from the mounting location back to the wiring closet, but that too could be done underway. The messaging service would be something they'd load on a server. They could do that while in port, and then enable it on the fly. No, it would not have to be done in drydock but if it did require new wiring and/or new access points in order to make the software happy, I know from experience that it is easier and faster to do that kind of work without extra pedestrians and "supervisors". Good to know it is more a matter of updating the web page info to include the Crown as one of the ships with that feature. Thanks to everyone who answered my question. This one, in particular, had been bugging me so I am happy to lay it to rest. :cool: Now I can go research my other 99 questions. :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 15, 2015 #86 Share Posted May 15, 2015 She currently about 5 miles west of Ogden pier . Esquimalt pilot just disembarked from the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamloops50 Posted May 16, 2015 #87 Share Posted May 16, 2015 She is approaching the pier in Seattle's Smith Cove cruise center. Sent from my SGH-I317M using Forums mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoveThisCruisingThing Posted May 17, 2015 #88 Share Posted May 17, 2015 I was on the Crown in December and she looked great to me! Not tired at all. Of course, I don't look for flaws... Me either. Was also on her in Dec and thought she was doing great. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimndallas Posted May 17, 2015 #89 Share Posted May 17, 2015 W Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lulubelle45 Posted May 18, 2015 #90 Share Posted May 18, 2015 From our local newspaper in Victoria http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/anatomy-of-a-cruise-ship-refit-by-victoria-shipyards-1.1938299 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ahhh Posted May 18, 2015 #91 Share Posted May 18, 2015 From our local newspaper in Victoria http://www.timescolonist.com/life/islander/anatomy-of-a-cruise-ship-refit-by-victoria-shipyards-1.1938299 Thank you for posting this! It was very informative. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcgratru Posted May 23, 2015 #92 Share Posted May 23, 2015 Anxious to hear from anyone going aboard about improvements /changes made in drydock? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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