Zuiderdam Dry Dock

[PegIra]

Anyone know when the Zuiderdam is scheduled for its next dry dock?

Peg

[IRL_Joanie]

Anyone know when the Zuiderdam is scheduled for its next dry dock?

Peg


Copied this yesterday from another CC member

only have information for 2010. I have listed the ships in alphabetical order.

Amsterdam: 8-day dry dock scheduled in San Francisco, CA (Dec 14 - Dec 21)
Prinsendam: 9-day dry dock scheduled in Freeport, Bahamas (Jan 5 - Jan 12)
Ryndam: 14-day dry dock scheduled in Freeport, Bahamas (Feb 7 - Feb 23)
Statendam: 16-day dry dock scheduled in Freeport, Bahamas (Mar 27 - Apr 10)
Westerdam: 10-day dry dock scheduled in Freeport, Bahamas (Apr 5 - Apr 13)

While some knowledgeable folks will argue the difference between dry dock and wet dock, I am using the terms from HAL's own spreadsheet. Either way, these ships are scheduled to be out of service during the stated times.

Zaandam: 15-day dry dock scheduled in San Francisco, CA (Jan 7 - Jan 19)
Zuiderdam: 8-day dry dock scheduled in Freeport, Bahamas (Mar 24 - Mar 30)

also "out of service" in 2010 for reasons other than refurbishment

Oosterdam (Feb 1 - Mar 1) and Statendam (Jan 13 - Mar 7) for the Winter Olympics in Vancouver, British Columbia
Noordam (June 9 - July 11) and Westerdam (June 10 - July 11) for the FIFA Charters related to the World Cup Soccer (Futbol) Events. Both of these ships also have Charters with One Ocean Club, a German backed company, as repositioning cruises to get to and from the necessary ports of call (before and after these posted dates).


Joanie

[texast518]

I was told by HAL March 22 for 10 days.

[trvlcrzy]

I was told by HAL March 22 for 10 days.

On March 22, 2010, Zuiderdam is scheduled to be at sea enroute to Ft. Lauderdale to offload passengers. On March 23, it will be in Ft. Lauderdale and then sailing at 2:00 pm to Freeport for the drydock.

This is from HAL's spreadsheet with fleet locations for 2010.

[texast518]

I dont guess their phone help are fully informed, off 2 days, but that was close enough for me, we dont sail until May 22. They were off 2 days on how long in dry dock, said 10 days, but still good enough for me.

[PathfinderEss]

According to Holland's web site sailing calendar, the Zuiderdam will be in dry dock in Jan 2010 for a few days and also April 2010. Below see the calendar, the powder blue indicates under construction and also means dry dock times for the rest of the fleet.

http://www.hollandamerica.com/images/img_hal_overlay_logo.gif (http://www.hollandamerica.com/main/Main.action)
http://www.hollandamerica.com/images/cruise-vacation-onboard/calendar_ph.gif

[wines60]

What will be done to the Zuiderdam in dry dock? Hope it is ready for our Apr. 20 trip!

[trvlcrzy]

I have the file DH and I use to create the "daily fleet finder" reports, and Zuiderdam is listed for 10-day Panama Sunfarer, sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale, for the entire month of January. The spreadsheet has the date the information was entered for this particular itinerary... July 8, 2009. Maybe the website calendar is older than that?

Of course, I can't testify that the Zuiderdam is really sailing out of Ft. Lauderdale this month... :eek: If only I had enough vacation time and money to go verify this information by sailing on this Panama Canal cruise! :D

[olefin32]

Hope it is ready for our Apr. 20 trip!

We do also. ;)

[ProfessorMom]

I'm also curious about what updates will be made during the drydock. I was looking at the "signature of excellence" updates listed on the website and it doesn't appear that the Zuiderdam is scheduled to receive any of those changes over the next year. Would this drydock just be a general freshening up?