princevaliantus Posted September 22, 2018 Report Share Posted September 22, 2018 Original link: https://cruisefever.net/royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-upgrade-schedule-2019-2021/ Royal Caribbean continues to upgrade their fleet of 25 cruise ships with many of the cruise line’s ships being enhanced last year and this year. The cruise line is currently in the middle of a $900 million renovation program (Royal Amplified) of their cruise ships. When cruise ships go into dry dock, they receive routine hotel maintenance (new beds etc) and cosmetic upgrades in public areas that include lighting, new carpet, tile work, and wall coverings. Also, the dry dock gives cruise lines time to work on parts of the ships that are under the water line (azipods, propellers etc). Royal Caribbean has been adding incredible new features including the Skypad, thrilling waterslides, laser tag, and escape rooms that is part of the Royal Amplified upgrades. The enhancements allow Royal Caribbean to offer a wider variety of specialty restaurants and features to their cruise ships. Mariner of the Seas and Independence of the Seas were the first two Royal Caribbean cruise ships to receive the Royal Amplified upgrades. The schedule for Royal Caribbean dry dock enhancements and upgrades for 2019-2021 is as follows: January 3 – February 23, 2019 – Navigator of the Seas September 22 – November 23, 2019 – Oasis of the Seas September 10 – October 17, 2019 -Voyager of the Seas January 20 – February 22, 2020- Freedom of the Seas 2020 -Explorer of the Seas 2020 – Allure of the Seas 2021 – Liberty of the Seas 2021 – Adventure of the Seas Rose City Cruiser, coneyraven, rjac and 4 others 6 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Nice, we're on Freedom March '20 --- Can't wait to see all of this. mom2mybugs 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 I added a link back to Cruise Fever to properly attribute their work. Not a knock on you @princevaliantus I just wanted to make sure they got credit for the work (although you did mention them in the post title). All too often my blog posts are copied and pasted elsewhere. KristiZ, cruisestuff, markinct and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baked Alaska Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 Hmmmmm. I thought Radiance was hitting dry dock in 2019. After further research, I'm a confused Baked Alaska. Pippa_OceanTime 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted September 24, 2018 Report Share Posted September 24, 2018 6 hours ago, Baked Alaska said: Hmmmmm. I thought Radiance was hitting dry dock in 2019. After further research, I'm a confused Baked Alaska. Radiance may have an upcoming dry dock. All ships undergo a 'technical' dry dock every five years. This is for underwater marine purposes. Scraping growth off the hull. Repainting the hull with special antifouling paint, polishing props, replacing bearings and seals, etc. Often they will do some work in passenger areas during dry dock but that is secondary. The Royal Amplified program piggy backs on that for Voyager and Freedom class. Radiance class is not currently forecast to get Amped. That doesn't mean they won't do a dry dock on Radiance. Rather it won't get Amped. They may still replace some carpet and things like that. Many people associate passenger area improvements with dry dock but that is off slightly. They float a ship out of water in a dry dock strictly for technical maintenance. Passenger area improvements are sometimes done while a dry dock is underway simply because there are no guests on board. markinct, coneyraven and Baked Alaska 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VACruiser Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 On 9/24/2018 at 8:23 AM, coneyraven said: Nice, we're on Freedom March '20 --- Can't wait to see all of this. I am on the Freedom on March 8th 2020 to the ABC islands. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted September 25, 2018 Report Share Posted September 25, 2018 Just now, Tim B. said: I am on the Freedom on March 8th 2020 to the ABC islands. March 29th for us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lupinsmum Posted July 14, 2019 Report Share Posted July 14, 2019 On 9/24/2018 at 5:05 PM, Baked Alaska said: Hmmmmm. I thought Radiance was hitting dry dock in 2019. After further research, I'm a confused Baked Alaska. Yes I though Quantum was going in in November 19 also Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Teresa Woods Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 I would love to know when will Granduers get a upgrade,and are there any other ships that can leave from Baltimore ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Grandeur, I believe, is scheduled for a DryDock early 2021...... as for other ships .... only Vision and Radiance Class ships can fit under the bridges. (Key & Bay) --- although, there is regular debate regarding Radiance Class, at last check, they will fit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fonemanbob Posted July 16, 2019 Report Share Posted July 16, 2019 Guided missile destroyers and submarines. Fuzzywuzzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pippa_OceanTime Posted July 24, 2019 Report Share Posted July 24, 2019 Radiance is getting a face lift in Sept 2020 in Singapore... Just before she comes down under to be home porting out of Brisbane!!!! I hope she gets some good things... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kathleen Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 Will Explorer when it is redone in 2020 be like the new,y revamped Independence.now? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted July 26, 2019 Report Share Posted July 26, 2019 9 hours ago, Kathleen said: Will Explorer when it is redone in 2020 be like the new,y revamped Independence.now? My guess would be that it would be more like Mariner & Navigator since they are the same class (Voyager) as Explorer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DTibby Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 My husband and I have booked a cruise on Freedom of the Seas for April 26th, 2020...this will be our 3rd time on this ship. Wondering if the rooms will be updated with the scheduled dry dock in the beginning of 2020. Does anyone know if any information has been released as to what exactly is being done? TIA Diane Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 48 minutes ago, DTibby said: My husband and I have booked a cruise on Freedom of the Seas for April 26th, 2020...this will be our 3rd time on this ship. Wondering if the rooms will be updated with the scheduled dry dock in the beginning of 2020. Does anyone know if any information has been released as to what exactly is being done? TIA Diane Welcome to the boards! As soon as the changes/updates are announced, @Matt will have a blog post about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzywuzzy Posted July 31, 2019 Report Share Posted July 31, 2019 Can't wait to see the reports from blog members as they hit the seas on these refreshed vessels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LetsTryThisPlace Posted August 1, 2019 Report Share Posted August 1, 2019 On 9/25/2018 at 12:38 PM, Tim B. said: I am on the Freedom on March 8th 2020 to the ABC islands. I'll be on the same sailing looking forward to the fresh upgrades Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KathyC Posted August 3, 2019 Report Share Posted August 3, 2019 On 7/31/2019 at 3:01 PM, Fuzzywuzzy said: Can't wait to see the reports from blog members as they hit the seas on these refreshed vessels. We're on Oasis third sailing after, and then again on Allure third sailing after. Totally not planned, but happy anyway! mworkman 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Srp431 Posted February 22, 2020 Report Share Posted February 22, 2020 March22 for us . Looking forward toABC islands on FOTS coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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