Changes to ships when transitioning to new market?

[SRQbeachgirl]

Is there anything they typically do to a ship when they transition from one market to another? The Spirit's last Australian sailing is an 18 night cruise ending in Honolulu on April 10, 2020. She makes her first Alaska sailing on April 20 from Vancouver (ending in Seattle, where she will home port). Any idea if there will be any changes to the ship during those 10 days between sailings (April 10 - 20)? For instance, I'm wondering if they will change out the electrical plugs in the cabins - they changed them over to 230V when she moved to Australia, so I'm curious if they will change them back to 120V (or if I need to buy an adapter before our May 2020 cruise). 

 

[Illbcruzn4life]

13 minutes ago, SRQbeachgirl said:

Is there anything they typically do to a ship when they transition from one market to another? The Spirit's last Australian sailing is an 18 night cruise ending in Honolulu on April 10, 2020. She makes her first Alaska sailing on April 20 from Vancouver (ending in Seattle, where she will home port). Any idea if there will be any changes to the ship during those 10 days between sailings (April 10 - 20)? For instance, I'm wondering if they will change out the electrical plugs in the cabins - they changed them over to 230V when she moved to Australia, so I'm curious if they will change them back to 120V (or if I need to buy an adapter before our May 2020 cruise). 

 

 

The ship will still be in use from April 10th to April 20th .

 

I guess they would still be able to get outlets changed over with pax onboard if they worked around them.

 

[SRQbeachgirl]

7 minutes ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

 

The ship will still be in use from April 10th to April 20th .

 

I guess they would still be able to get outlets changed over with pax onboard if they worked around them.

 

 

I've checked both the Australian website and the US website and can't find any sailings between the arrival in Honolulu on April 10 and the Vancouver sailing on April 20,, which is why I wondered if they would be making some changes during those 10 days.

Edited December 27, 2019 by SRQbeachgirl

[Illbcruzn4life]

1 minute ago, SRQbeachgirl said:

 

I've checked both the Australian website and the US website and can't find any sailings during the April 10 - 20 timeframe, which is why I wondered if they would be making some changes during those 10 days.

 

I found a sailing leaving Honolulu on April 10th and getting to Vancouver on the 20th. It hits 4 ports in Hawaii and the rest are days at sea.

[SRQbeachgirl]

1 minute ago, Illbcruzn4life said:

 

I found a sailing leaving Honolulu on April 10th and getting to Vancouver on the 20th. It hits 4 ports in Hawaii and the rest are days at sea.

 

Thanks! I must have missed it.

 

So...I guess I should play it safe and buy an adapter...

[Illbcruzn4life]

Just now, SRQbeachgirl said:

 

Thanks! I must have missed it.

 

So...I guess I should play it safe and buy an adapter...

 

better safe than sorry. Enjoy your cruise.🙂

[WLHyatt]

We were on the first cruise after the Legend came over from Australia one year. There are two outlets in the room, one american style and one european style. I don't think they changed anything out between sailings. Maybe the Australians use plug adaptors full time on cruises?

 

According to Carnival's Australian site, they have either 3 prong Australian plugs or adaptors with additional adaptors for sale.

 

https://help.carnival.com.au/app/answers/detail/a_id/73/kw/electric

[Essiesmom]

Chances are they still have the 110v US outlets, just changed out the EU outlets for the Australian ones.  But there is a board here for Australia/New Zealand, and you might ask there what she currently has:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/forum/564-australia-new-zealand-cruisers/

 

This is NOT the ports of call board.  EM

[Ameena02]

I'm going on the April 10 sailing out of Honolulu, it is sold out.  That's why it isn't showing up.  

[WorkerBee74]

On 12/27/2019 at 1:57 PM, SRQbeachgirl said:

 

I've checked both the Australian website and the US website and can't find any sailings between the arrival in Honolulu on April 10 and the Vancouver sailing on April 20,, which is why I wondered if they would be making some changes during those 10 days.

 

It's definitely sailing April 10-20 because I'm on it too 😉  It's sold out.  It is actually due in port on April 9 in Honolulu (looks like 2pm from https://hawaii.portcall.com/#!?tab=2), and leaves at 11pm April 10.  So there's turnaround time there.  They do have to change things like the casino for US ports, and also they do some different things for food too.

Edited December 30, 2019 by WorkerBee74