Rare uktog Posted July 9, 2020 #26 Share Posted July 9, 2020 10 minutes ago, Grandma Cruising said: That’s my understanding, but I may be wrong. I am afraid your understanding is wrong. It was posted on another thread here and confirmed elsewhere, currently only one is a warm layover. They are getting the others ready for cold which is a lot of work - doors and windows sealing, cabins stripped etc etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted July 9, 2020 #27 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Yes, Quest is warm and Journey and Pursuit will be cold. Phil 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobal Posted July 9, 2020 #28 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) 23 minutes ago, uktog said: They are getting the others ready for cold which is a lot of work - doors and windows sealing, cabins stripped etc etc Indeed it is a lot of work - I just read this interesting article explaining some of the work and even mentioning Journey (apologies if it's been posted elsewhere on this board) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/coronavirus-travel-what-happens-to-cruise-ships-during-covid-19?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews Edited July 9, 2020 by Bobal 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare uktog Posted July 9, 2020 #29 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Just now, Bobal said: Indeed it is a lot of work - I just read this interesting article explaining some of the work (apologies if it's been posted elsewhere on this board) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/coronavirus-travel-what-happens-to-cruise-ships-during-covid-19?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews It’s a very interesting read which further confirms why I believe it will be early 2021 before things start and that’s without a special Scottish winter. I read from an engineers post last week it takes 4-6 weeks to get set up for a cold lay up. So coming back from it is probably double. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
excitedofharpenden Posted July 9, 2020 #30 Share Posted July 9, 2020 29 minutes ago, Bobal said: Indeed it is a lot of work - I just read this interesting article explaining some of the work and even mentioning Journey (apologies if it's been posted elsewhere on this board) https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-07-08/coronavirus-travel-what-happens-to-cruise-ships-during-covid-19?utm_campaign=news&utm_medium=bd&utm_source=applenews Thanks for that link. I hadn't seen it before. As uktog says, cannot see things moving anywhere until next year. Phil 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowglobe Posted July 9, 2020 Author #31 Share Posted July 9, 2020 (edited) Interesting article. Puts into serious doubt all of Azamara’s early-to-mid 2021 itineraries in the Southern Hemisphere, IMO. Edited July 9, 2020 by snowglobe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodaxe Posted July 9, 2020 #32 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Excellent article really puts things into prospective, cruising is in more trouble than many people realize. I can see lots of ships will never sail again and certainly not this year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandma Cruising Posted July 9, 2020 #33 Share Posted July 9, 2020 Thanks for putting me right - I must have misread something somewhere. As others say, it seems unlikely that Journey or Pursuit will sail again this year. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baynanno1 Posted July 10, 2020 #34 Share Posted July 10, 2020 "Cold layups are seen as advantageous only in the event of an outage stretching to many months. When they’re ready to set sail again, the restart can take weeks to months.” 😪 If Journey and Pursuit are going into cold layup, surely it is time to notify all those on cruises affected by that for the rest of this year they will not be sailing? 🤔 Meanwhile, stay well everyone . . . hopefully 2021 will be a much better year! 🙏 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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