Plumbing on Ruby

[SwimCarrie]

We've sailed on Ruby a few times and the old girl had some plumbing issues. When we had an aft mini on Caribe deck, the plumbing went out for an entire day, and when we had a midship on Emerald deck, there was water dripping from the ceiling and a bucket to catch it. I saw a recent post about the plumbing and now I can't find it. Surely they had time to address this issue during the pause?

 

Anyone know how it is now? Especially on Caribe aft? 

 

Thanks!

[Cruise Raider]

Hmmm?  There are no mini suites on the Caribe deck on the Ruby.  And, the cabins midship on the Emerald deck are all ocean-view cabins.  Are you sure you have the right ship?  
 

BTW, there have been some recent plumbing problems on the Ruby,  we did have a mid aft cabin on the Caribe deck and had some issues with the toilet.  We also saw a leak in the piazza near the IC.  Everything was addressed very quickly for that problem.  We moved cabins for the issue in our Caribe deck cabin and didn’t experience any further problems in our new cabin, also Caribe aft but on the port side.  

[SwimCarrie]

12 minutes ago, Cruise Raider said:

Hmmm?  There are no mini suites on the Caribe deck on the Ruby.  And, the cabins midship on the Emerald deck are all ocean-view cabins.  Are you sure you have the right ship?  
 

BTW, there have been some recent plumbing problems on the Ruby,  we did have a mid aft cabin on the Caribe deck and had some issues with the toilet.  We also saw a leak in the piazza near the IC.  Everything was addressed very quickly for that problem.  We moved cabins for the issue in our Caribe deck cabin and didn’t experience any further problems in our new cabin, also Caribe aft but on the port side.  

We were in a Caribe midship obstructed view with the water leak and a port side aft mini suite, maybe on Dolphin then? Either way, bummed to hear there are still plumbing issues that are bad enough to need a cabin change. I'm booked in an aft port side balcony on Caribe this time, assuming the COVID on board doesn't throw a wrench in things. Hoping there won't be issues. Thanks for your reply. 

[Techwizardress]

In 2018, we were on the Ruby and noticed a terrible smell on deck 7.  I smelled like sewage.  

[chengkp75]

15 hours ago, SwimCarrie said:

We've sailed on Ruby a few times and the old girl had some plumbing issues. When we had an aft mini on Caribe deck, the plumbing went out for an entire day, and when we had a midship on Emerald deck, there was water dripping from the ceiling and a bucket to catch it. I saw a recent post about the plumbing and now I can't find it. Surely they had time to address this issue during the pause?

 

Anyone know how it is now? Especially on Caribe aft? 

 

Thanks!

Not sure if you think they would renew all the plumbing or not, but a leak in your overhead would be fixed by now, but with an older ship, that twists and flexes, new leaks can happen at any time.  When you say "the plumbing went out for a day", do you mean the water was shut off, or the toilets were down?  If the plumbing was turned off for a day, then they were doing what they were supposed to do, and repairing a leak in the system.  Again, new leaks cannot be predicted, and short of renewing the miles of piping onboard, will continue to happen, and could happen on any ship.

[Tonsoffun44]

Haven't been on any Princess ship but the 11 different ships 5 different cruise lines we have been on- they've ALL had some sort of plumbing issue onboard. Been lucky hasn't been in our personal cabin bathrooms but heard about others having issues in theirs or saw/smelled it in the public restrooms. Many times staff says "probably someone flushed something they shouldn't have AGAIN". 

[brisalta]

One thing I have noticed is sometimes the drips are not plumbing related but due to passengers leaving balcony doors open in a humid climate. This results in the moisture in the air condensing on the exterior surfaces of the HVAC ducts and then dripping on to and through gaps in the ceiling tiles.

Saw this happen on one trip to Mexico. People not only had the balcony doors wide open but also the door to the passage way wedged open. The people could not understand why there were drips. Eventually the HVAC failed due to the extra strain of attempting to cool Mexico. When we got back to port the first rig in line was towing a trailer with a new HVAC cooling unit.

[chengkp75]

13 minutes ago, brisalta said:

One thing I have noticed is sometimes the drips are not plumbing related but due to passengers leaving balcony doors open in a humid climate. This results in the moisture in the air condensing on the exterior surfaces of the HVAC ducts and then dripping on to and through gaps in the ceiling tiles.

Saw this happen on one trip to Mexico. People not only had the balcony doors wide open but also the door to the passage way wedged open. The people could not understand why there were drips. Eventually the HVAC failed due to the extra strain of attempting to cool Mexico. When we got back to port the first rig in line was towing a trailer with a new HVAC cooling unit.

This is what led to the reports of "sewage dripping off the walls" on the Triumph, the condensation was carrying all the collected dirt on top of the cabins down any crack available.

 

Not doubting what you saw at the pier, but an AC compressor for a cruise ship requires a large hole cut in the side to install.

[brisalta]

51 minutes ago, chengkp75 said:

This is what led to the reports of "sewage dripping off the walls" on the Triumph, the condensation was carrying all the collected dirt on top of the cabins down any crack available.

 

Not doubting what you saw at the pier, but an AC compressor for a cruise ship requires a large hole cut in the side to install.

 

How large a hole?

It would be interesting to see the construction drawings of the Grand Princess.

Edited March 30, 2022 by brisalta

[chengkp75]

3 minutes ago, brisalta said:

 

How large a hole?

It would be interesting to see the construction drawings of the Grand Princess.

Probably 4m x 4m (15' x 15').  Typically there is one compartment in the engineering spaces that is the "AC Equipment Room", that has 3-4 rotary AC compressors, each about 10' x 10' x 17', about 800 tons refrigerating capacity each, weighing about 15-20 tons.

[PescadoAmarillo]

Biggest current issue I’ve seen with the Ruby Princess is the horrendous smell of smoke in the entire Piazza coming out of the casino. It actually fills the midship elevators. 
 

 My bathroom sink drains kind of slow. And the latch on the bathroom door got stuck last night. The door wouldn’t latch and kept opening and closing, opening and closing and turning that hallway light on and off until I stuffed a washcloth in the door about midnight. Two technical guys fixed it already this morning. There is no stopping a man with a can of WD40. 

[chengkp75]

8 minutes ago, PescadoAmarillo said:

My bathroom sink drains kind of slow.

Ask for maintenance to come up and take the "rat" (hairball) out of the sink trap.