griffinjam22 Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Anyone know why Symphony of the seas is currently headed across the Atlantic? Heymarco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reigert2008 Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 CruiseMapper.com says it’s en route to Cadiz, Spain. Not sure if that helps or not though. Heymarco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorbackhead Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Bring it back! im suppose to be on that one! PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Cadiz Spain has a dry dock suitable for an Oasis class ship. PPPJJ-GCVAB 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Symphony is headed to drydock: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/04/05/four-royal-caribbean-cruise-ships-will-get-dry-dock-work-spain PPPJJ-GCVAB and Matt 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Heymarco Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Did Symphony skip ahead a year on dry dock schedule? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Yes, at least a year. No word why. Heymarco 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffinjam22 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 33 minutes ago, twangster said: Symphony is headed to drydock: https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2021/04/05/four-royal-caribbean-cruise-ships-will-get-dry-dock-work-spain Awesome, thanks. Answers my Q. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Two possible reasons come to mind. 1) They may have elected to forego the normal in water botton survey that would be due around now and went for a full dry dock to reset the cycle and keep her in service for the next 5 years. Basically take advantage of the downtime to get a jump on the drydock cycle. 2) Something has raised a flag so they wanted to get it checked it now rather than risking a service interruption once a restart begins. If you are going on a long family vacation in the car sometimes you might do some routine maintenance before it's actually due. dr martini 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JimnKathy Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Being one of the Oasis class ships in the fleet, RCL is just getting Symphony ready to make some money once cruising starts again from Miami. griffinjam22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jill Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 I’m supposed to be on her in October, 4th time trying! Maybe she’s getting her Covid upgrades? Ventilation etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
griffinjam22 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 11 minutes ago, Jill said: I’m supposed to be on her in October, 4th time trying! Maybe she’s getting her Covid upgrades? Ventilation etc. Same here. Hoping to be cruising on her in October. Randomly checked yesterday and saw it headed away from the US and had a mini panic attack lol. Sounds like they are getting it good and ready for us to sail Jill 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Royal is tight on cash right now. With the price of shellfish at an all time high, the dry dock should provide an abundant barnacle harvest. JimnKathy, emmef and dr martini 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 40 minutes ago, AlmondFarmer said: Royal is tight on cash right now. With the price of shellfish at an all time high, the dry dock should provide an abundant barnacle harvest. No more escargot shortages. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlmondFarmer Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 Royal’s planning is uncanny. Bring the largest hulled cruise ship in the world to Spain at the start of peak Paella season. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted May 11, 2021 Report Share Posted May 11, 2021 1 hour ago, twangster said: No more escargot shortages. But that supply chain moves at a snail's pace. JimnKathy and emmef 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeFan Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 How long would this take? Would she be ready for July? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 hours ago, JoeFan said: How long would this take? Would she be ready for July? Unknown. Given we don't know why she is going in the drydock it's impossible to know how long she'll be in there. However drydocks are expensive so they don't park them in there for any longer than they have to. On the surface there should be ample time to drydock and get back in July but that's a guess. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dr martini Posted May 12, 2021 Report Share Posted May 12, 2021 Thanks for the post, and absolutely agree with above the most likely explanation would be to use the downtime to get her regular inspections and routine maintenance work done now. Otherwise Royal would be looking at a timeline where cruises come back online later this year or early next out of the US only then to send their largest, newest ship serving US passengers out of service and into dry dock later in 2022 when demand is crazy high and they need to be making money. Much better to get it all done now. As for COVID/ventilation changes or upgrades, she's a brand new ship compared to the rest of the cruising world and Royal has some great info right off the homepage about how often air is circulated around the ship, hard to imagine much would need to change there but who knows. IMO royal could do more to tell that story about fresh air and, indeed, fresh sea air being one of nature's best remedies. Fresh sea air and salt water have been a prescribed aid for people with a variety of conditions for as long as we humans have been trying to understand and take care of ourselves. Now it's just much a mental illness remedy as well, at least for me haha https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/10/14/how-royal-caribbean-will-circulate-air-its-cruise-ships-protect-against-coronavirus and griffinjam22 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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