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My cruising experience just got better with that great news!!!

11 hours ago, Velseg said:

As said before, I have a cruise booked on may 5th, they send me email saying my cruise is still planned, aquatheater is the only thing in discussion, tomorrow the'll send another email about progress, so if your cruise is after mine you dont have to be afraid.  Feel free to call them and confirm

thank you for the update.

11 hours ago, twangster said:

Welcome to the message boards!

I understand your sentiments as someone who had their sailing cancelled from this event.  I was supposed to board yesterday.  We would be heading towards San Juan on a sea day today with 13 more nights ahead of us.  

Having followed this closely my gut feeling is that May 5th will go as planned.  She has proven she is capable of cruising at normal cruise speed several days in a row on her way across.  The work in the dry dock below the water line will proceed quickly now, it will be done in a few days, likely by Friday or maybe Saturday.  Since they have another week they may do a few more things below the water line like painting just because they can.

The work on the handful of guest balconies and railing on deck 15 is minor and won't take long to repair.  

The only question is the functionality of the Aqua Theater.  There have been Caribbean cruises where the Aqua shows were all or partially cancelled due to weather.  That's unfortunate but it's the weather.  You may miss an Aqua show.  Unfortunate but accidents happen.  On the other hand maybe repairs to the theater are progressing well and it is too soon to notify guests they will miss the show.  

With the exception of the Aqua theater and aft area the rest of the ship was untouched.  She is still the great ship she that we both booked.

Enjoy your cruise!

Thank you very much for your response.

11 hours ago, twangster said:

Welcome to the message boards!

I understand your sentiments as someone who had their sailing cancelled from this event.  I was supposed to board yesterday.  We would be heading towards San Juan on a sea day today with 13 more nights ahead of us.  

Having followed this closely my gut feeling is that May 5th will go as planned.  She has proven she is capable of cruising at normal cruise speed several days in a row on her way across.  The work in the dry dock below the water line will proceed quickly now, it will be done in a few days, likely by Friday or maybe Saturday.  Since they have another week they may do a few more things below the water line like painting just because they can.

The work on the handful of guest balconies and railing on deck 15 is minor and won't take long to repair.  

The only question is the functionality of the Aqua Theater.  There have been Caribbean cruises where the Aqua shows were all or partially cancelled due to weather.  That's unfortunate but it's the weather.  You may miss an Aqua show.  Unfortunate but accidents happen.  On the other hand maybe repairs to the theater are progressing well and it is too soon to notify guests they will miss the show.  

With the exception of the Aqua theater and aft area the rest of the ship was untouched.  She is still the great ship she that we both booked.

Enjoy your cruise!

11 hours ago, KathyC said:

First, welcome to our boards!  

Second, this is a fan blog and not Royal Caribbean.  Unfortunately Royal does not read these posts.  You're best contacting them directly.  They are very responsive on both Facebook and Twitter. 

Thank you very much for the information I do appreciate it.

So here it goes, this is our first time on a cruise ship and it just so happens we've been planning this for over 2 yrs as we're celebrating our 25th and we hear about this accident. What I would like to know is there anyone from royal Caribbean updating the status? considering they have cancelled April 7th 14 and the 21st cruising dates but the ship did not enter the dry dock until the 22nd of April in spain and from viewing the pictures there is a lot of work on the rear of the ship that needs to be done. For those of us travelling in May and what about those who have decided to travel 2weeks in advance and then take the cruise ship out of Barcelona how do you notify these people who are already on holidays? Oh by the way you cruise has been cancelled...... royal Caribbean needs to step up and notify travelers and be honest. If they were planning 1 month to repair the ship like they previously mentioned that it was going to be in a dry dock April 2nd and it's now April 22nd then that would mean May 5th, 12th and 19th should be cancelled now. Do the right thing royal, notify people now and not later. Also why is it so difficult to find on your web site about these updates? What are you hiding? Your reputation? This should be right underneath "press release " I hope to see a response from royal Caribbean soon.