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Krazy Kruizers · 08-31-2008, 10:28 AM

Dry Dock Timeline & Sailing Schedule

Veendam: March 29-April 27, 2009 First Cruise: 20-day Panama Canal from Tampa to Vancouver, April 27, 2009
Rotterdam: Nov. 18-Dec. 16, 2009 First Cruise: 19-day Panama Canal holiday sailing roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, December 16, 2009
Ryndam: Jan. 16-Feb. 13, 2010
First Cruise: TBD
Statendam: March 26-April 23, 2010
First Cruise: TBD
Maasdam: Late 2010
First Cruise: TBD

nealberk · 08-31-2008, 11:28 AM

Hope they get the Veendam's problems with air and sewage fixed this time. To have such irritations on such a fine ship are annoying!

Yonnie, where is the dry docing taking place?

Krazy Kruizers · 08-31-2008, 01:07 PM

Don't know -- the places for the dry docks were listed.

Veendam -- when we sailed on her in March -- it was a HOT ship!! We had to have a fan in our Suite.

Sadly to say -- but each time the ships go in for one of these extensive dry docks to keep adding new features -- ait conditioning and plumbing is never addressed or worked on. Everything is just "jury-rigged".

nealberk · 08-31-2008, 01:14 PM

I know, all the new and fancy stuff but the basics often go ignored.

Krazy Kruizers · 08-31-2008, 02:25 PM

I checked through schedules -- as much as HAL has posted through the spring of 2010.

The ships end their cruises in Ft Lauderdale before the dry docks.

So it appears that the dry docks will be done in the Bahamas. HAL has had quite a few ships there in recent years for dry docks.