Sun Princess skipping ports

[Kinkacruiser]

The current cruise (Singapore - Fremantle) missed out on Kuala Lumpur this morning and the following one (Perth - Sydney) will miss Yorky's Knob (Cairns).

Word is a faulty generator?? Has anyone heard from someone on the ship?

You'd think that the dry dock would have sorted any issues out :rolleyes:.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

The current cruise (Singapore - Fremantle) missed out on Kuala Lumpur this morning and the following one (Perth - Sydney) will miss Yorky's Knob (Cairns).

Word is a faulty generator?? Has anyone heard from someone on the ship?

You'd think that the dry dock would have sorted any issues out :rolleyes:.

 

Hj Anna,

Stu , Kiwi-cruisers and his family are on board. They were given a letter on embarkation that advised due to technical difficulties...(faulty generator) they could not maintain full speed . KL was therefore cancelled and everyone received a $100 OBC.

 

editing to add..

just checked Marine Traffic AIS and they are in the Malacca Straits and cruising along at a very healthy 20.5 knots. Thats not going slow...

Edited April 23, 2016 by Kiwi Kruzer

[KirkNC]

Hate to hear that, is it something they can fix onboard?

[Kinkacruiser]

Thanks David. Hopefully the problem is fixed ...well, for the time being anyway.

[Brisbane41]

Nothing irritates me more about cruise lines skipping ports because of faulty or broken engine parts. It is dishonest and if the ship is broken and ports cant be completed and all it ends up doing is embarkation and disembarkation then the whole cruise should be cancelled and ship sent for immediate repairs.

[Kiwi Kruzer]

I just checked Marine traffic AIS and they are racing along at 20 knots off the coast of Singapore .

Does it take 2 days to get to Bali?

I think they could do it in 1 day.

At the rate they are going they might arrive in Bali a day early.. :):)

Wonder if they cancelled KL a bit too early?:rolleyes:

[Opua Kiwi]

Singapore to Bali 900 nm; so 2 days.

 

They will at least have a nice afternoon view of the Singapore skyline.

[clairebearinaus]

An article posted on the Princess board says that the ship will be skipping a port on its next cruise too, so the engine problem must be a tough one to fix.

Edited April 24, 2016 by clairebearinaus

[Kinkacruiser]

An article posted on the Princess board says that the ship will be skipping a port on its next cruise too, so the engine problem must be a tough one to fix.

 

 

Aware of those two missed ports (KL and Yorkey's), but so far she's doing OK. Touch wood that it's the last of the missed ports.

As David mentioned , maybe a premature decision to cut ports on the 2nd cruise (Frem - Syd)

[CruiseCriticAUeditor]

Cruise Critic wrote a news story about it. Princess Cruises emailed us a statement yesterday, which you can read here: http://www.cruisecritic.com.au/news/news.cfm?ID=6977

[Kinkacruiser]

Many thanks. I should ready your thread more often.

[NSWP]

These Sun Class ships, Sun/Sea/Dawn are 20 or more years old now, hence the issues like engine problems.

[WaveSplasher]

Isn't this the ship that was late arriving at the Singapore Terminal after the Ship's Drydock session?

 

Wonder if whether it could be the same reason?..Hmmm

[CruiseCriticAUeditor]

Many thanks. I should ready your thread more often.

 

Yes you should! :)

[Kiwi Kruzer]