Royal Caribbean’s Voyager of the Seas will want somewhat extra time earlier than she’s prepared to start out cruising once more.
Each 5 years (or much less), Royal Caribbean sends its cruise ships in for refurbishment to make sure they’re correctly maintained. Voyager of the Seas is in Cadiz, Spain to bear scheduled work.
Sadly, dangerous climate round Spain has delayed the work and extra time is required.
Friends booked on the transatlantic crusing returning the ship to the US obtained an replace their voyage has been pushed again by a day.
“On account of a delay in our present drydock operations brought on by hostile climate, Voyager of the Seas might be arriving in Barcelona one (1) day later than we initially deliberate,” an e mail to booked passengers learn.
The ship was initially scheduled to depart Barcelona, Spain on November 10, 2024.
As an alternative, Voyager will now depart Barcelona on Monday, November eleventh.
The change in departure date additionally means a change to the ship’s itinerary. Voyager will skip a go to to Valencia, Spain and as a substitute go to Palma De Mallorca on Tuesday, November twelfth. The remainder of the itinerary will stay unchanged.
Any pre-paid Royal Caribbean Worldwide shore excursions booked for Palma de Mallorca might be rescheduled primarily based on availability, and any excursions booked for Valencia might be robotically refunded to the unique type of cost.
Voyager of the Seas is scheduled to reach to Port Canaveral, Florida as initially scheduled on November 26, 2024.
Voyager will sail 4- and 5-night winter getaways on a diversified lineup of Jap and Western Caribbean cruises to The Bahamas, together with Excellent Day at CocoCay and Nassau; Cozumel; Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic and Labadee.
Compensation for the change
To make it as much as passengers, Royal Caribbean is providing some a reimbursement.
Royal Caribbean is offering:
- A refund of 1 (1) day of the Cruise Fare paid as an Onboard Credit score.
- A professional-rated refund as an Onboard Credit score in your day by day packages (Beverage, Eating, VOOM) and pre-paid gratuities.
- All Onboard Credit can be utilized anyplace onboard, and any remaining refundable quantities on the finish of the crusing might be refunded to the cardboard on file as much as 14 enterprise days from ultimate disembarkation.
For journey plans that should be modified, Royal Caribbean will cowl any air change payment as much as $200 USD for home journey and $400 USD for worldwide journey, per individual OR one (1) evening resort lodging, as much as $250 USD, per stateroom if wanted.
Royal Caribbean may also honor the unique quantity of nights within the crusing, because it pertains to Crown and Anchor Society factors.
“You’ll obtain loyalty factors for the unique sail nights, as a substitute of the nights sailed. For this crusing, you’ll nonetheless obtain 16 nights value of loyalty factors.”
Shipyard delays should not uncommon
The delay in return to service following scheduled upkeep work is just not extraordinary.
Generally, ships bear their routine work on schedule and return directly. However there have been conditions the place a delay in return to service has occurred.
In early 2019, Navigator of the Seas underwent a extremely anticipated Royal Amplification, which might add new water slides, eating places and experiences onboard.
The $115 million shipwide refurbishment was scheduled to be full by February 2019, however poor climate circumstances on the shipyard within the Bahamas precipitated delays to the progress of the ship’s outer decks.
A development crane collapsed on high of Oasis of the Seas whereas in drydock.
Royal Caribbean was pressured to cancel the subsequent three scheduled sailings that adopted to ensure that the ship to be totally repaired.