Sun in drydock

Will be on her end of May, hope The Place (or whatever i't called) is in place... if not I will still go eat there with the limited "bar" food.

I do hope all the work is finished and you have a most enjoyable cruise.

Here's some recent news of the drydock work in progress...

• https://globalnews.ca/video/4119229/b-c-travelers-share-stories-of-hellish-cruise
  
• http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2018/04/articles/passenger-rights/norwegian-sun-ncls-panama-canal-fiasco-cruise/
  

The teak decking is coming up....he sent me a video at 1am and the noise was err....very noisy!!

found this online...

Last Published Date4/6/2018 5:29 PM

InformationNorwegian Sun is undergoing significant upgrades to public spaces & accommodations during a three-week dry dock in Victoria, BC from 3/31/18 to 4/18/18 and will re-enter service on 4/19/18.

Dining

• Four Seasons & Seven Seas Main Dining Rooms – Complete makeover of the main dining rooms including new dining room chairs, drapes and carpet
  
• Garden Café – New, contemporary design modeled off of Norwegian Gem to include new carpet and stone tile, reupholstered seating, updated food service stations with wood and mosaic fronts, new shades, tables and chairs
  
  • Entrance to be updated with new, decorative menu board
    
  • New canopy installed in the Garden Café extension area off the main pool
    

  [*]The Great Outdoors – Floor upgraded to Bolidt teak

  [*]NEW Los Lobos Cantina – Full transformation to Los Lobos Cantina, the popular casual Mexican restaurant found on Norwegian Dawn.

  • Replacing Las Ramblas Bar & Restaurant on Deck 12
    

  [*]Cagney’s Steakhouse - Light refresh to décor and furniture, including tables, chairs, drapes, carpet and buffet counter

  [*]La Cucina – New tables, chairs and drapes to freshen the space

  [*]Le Bistro - Light refresh to furniture, including new tables and chairs

  [*]Teppanyaki – Expanded dining area to accommodate double the capacity, as well as updated furniture, carpets, bar, maître-d station and light refresh to wall and ceiling finishes

Bars & Lounges

• Sports Bar – Sophisticated enhancements including new stone bar tops, table tops, chairs, bar stools and reupholstered seating and armchairs
  
• NEW Bliss Ultra Lounge - Complete makeover of space with new modern décor, furniture and finishes such as new banquette seating with partitions, high top and coffee tables, bar stools, chandeliers, wall sconces, laminates and wall coverings. Dance floor and stage converted into a sleek, wooden floor. New decorative entry way doors and ornamental ceilings
  
  • Replacing Dazzles on Deck 6
    

  [*]NEW Spinnaker Lounge - Refresh to include new carpet, lounge chairs, bar stools, tables, decorative tabletops, chandeliers and reupholstered banquette sofa. Walls and pillars to be clad with new wood laminate and windows outfitted with new curtain arrangements. Upgrade to roped handrails and back bar refurbished with a new stone top

  • Replacing Observation Lounge on Deck 12
    

Accommodations

• Soft refurbishments to cabins and suites including new carpet, artwork, headboards and loose furniture. The new look will align with Jewel class ships
  
• Future Teak added to all balconies
  

Public Spaces

• Main Pool – New Bolidt teak flooring around main pool and whirlpools
  
• Casino – Enhanced with new game tables, chairs, carpet and general outfitting changes
  
• Mandara Spa - Partial refurbishment to the reception area, beauty parlor, treatment rooms, changing rooms, sauna and relaxation area
  
  • Reception: Modernized with a new stone floor, 3D decorative wall behind reception and new décor
    
  • Beauty Parlor: Upgrades include a new stone floor, decorative roman blinds, ornamental partition, decorative mirrors at working stations and existing dome to be covered with silver leaf
    
  • Treatment Rooms: Rooms refreshed with new mosaic tiles, carpet, furniture, roman blinds, modern wall coverings, decorative mirrors and wall sconces
    
  • Relaxation Area: Relaxation enhanced by new beverage station, decorative roman blinds, wall coverings, and wall sconces
    
    • Changing Rooms & Sauna: Refurbishments to wall tiles, new stone flooring, and upgraded hardware
      

• Splash Academy - New soft flooring in main area, updated cabinetry and partition doors
  
• Theater – Refreshed with new seats and carpet
  
• Library – Carpet replaced
  
• Conference Rooms – Carpet replaced
  
• Photo Gallery - Upgraded to the all-white, “Apple Store” Photo Gallery concept
  
• Public Restrooms - New mosaic tile floor, vanities, hardware, decorative mirror, wall sconces, color schemes and area signs
  
• Stairs, Lifts & Lobbies - New lighting, carpet and sconces; to model the same décor as Gem and Dawn
  

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I was going to say that is a long drydock but they are doing a great improvement to the Sun.I guess I'm not sure what they are doing to the buffet as it is small to begin with. Where will Teppanyaki get extra room from? Sports Bar also small area.

Maybe take space from Moderno for buffet or Tepp? Seems there was some dead space in hall between sports bar and Moderno.

Booboochase - you are my hero!

Mine too!!! This is great info. Thank you !

They'll have a lot less work to do in drydock, since NCL began these renovations during the Sun's previous cruise, putting the passengers at substantial risk on top of ruining what for many was a once-in-a-lifetime cruise.

They'll have a lot less work to do in drydock, since NCL began these renovations during the Sun's previous cruise, putting the passengers at substantial risk on top of ruining what for many was a once-in-a-lifetime cruise.

And, will the work really be done? Or will the next cruise be impacted as well? Although I imagine to a much lesser extent given the poor publicity.

Any idea what would replace the observation area? I interested in the SA cruise going through the locks. The observation area would have been useful.

 

 

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I would wager it will be suites. The Sun only has 20 suites now.

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I was happy to finally find what their plans are and share it! I have never been on the Sun (or NCL), sounds like a lot of work is going to be done. It was awful for the people on that cruise during renovations, for sure. Not sure what NCL was thinking there!

According to the information posted above, it says that the Observation Lounge on Deck 12 will be Spinnaker Lounge with updated decor.

What I would like to know is are they going to leave the outside deck off the Observation Lounge as it is.

Are there any age restrictions to the

Are there any age restrictions to the

Spinnaker Lounge?

I was going to say that is a long drydock but they are doing a great improvement to the Sun.I guess I'm not sure what they are doing to the buffet as it is small to begin with. Where will Teppanyaki get extra room from? Sports Bar also small area.

 

Maybe take space from Moderno for buffet or Tepp? Seems there was some dead space in hall between sports bar and Moderno.

Seems there was some dead space in hall between sports bar and Moderno.

That was the Video Arcade.

The teak decking is coming up....he sent me a video at 1am and the noise was err....very noisy!!

Please keep us posted as to progress. Do you have any information as to whether any work is planned to be done during the April 19th cruise?

found this online...

 

Last Published Date4/6/2018 5:29 PM

InformationNorwegian Sun is undergoing significant upgrades to public spaces & accommodations during a three-week dry dock in Victoria, BC from 3/31/18 to 4/18/18 and will re-enter service on 4/19/18.

 

Dining

• Four Seasons & Seven Seas Main Dining Rooms – Complete makeover of the main dining rooms including new dining room chairs, drapes and carpet
  
• Garden Café – New, contemporary design modeled off of Norwegian Gem to include new carpet and stone tile, reupholstered seating, updated food service stations with wood and mosaic fronts, new shades, tables and chairs
  
  • Entrance to be updated with new, decorative menu board
    
  • New canopy installed in the Garden Café extension area off the main pool
    

  [*]The Great Outdoors – Floor upgraded to Bolidt teak

  [*]NEW Los Lobos Cantina – Full transformation to Los Lobos Cantina, the popular casual Mexican restaurant found on Norwegian Dawn.

  • Replacing Las Ramblas Bar & Restaurant on Deck 12
    

  [*]Cagney’s Steakhouse - Light refresh to décor and furniture, including tables, chairs, drapes, carpet and buffet counter

  [*]La Cucina – New tables, chairs and drapes to freshen the space

  [*]Le Bistro - Light refresh to furniture, including new tables and chairs

  [*]Teppanyaki – Expanded dining area to accommodate double the capacity, as well as updated furniture, carpets, bar, maître-d station and light refresh to wall and ceiling finishes

Bars & Lounges

• Sports Bar – Sophisticated enhancements including new stone bar tops, table tops, chairs, bar stools and reupholstered seating and armchairs
  
• NEW Bliss Ultra Lounge - Complete makeover of space with new modern décor, furniture and finishes such as new banquette seating with partitions, high top and coffee tables, bar stools, chandeliers, wall sconces, laminates and wall coverings. Dance floor and stage converted into a sleek, wooden floor. New decorative entry way doors and ornamental ceilings
  
  • Replacing Dazzles on Deck 6
    

  [*]NEW Spinnaker Lounge - Refresh to include new carpet, lounge chairs, bar stools, tables, decorative tabletops, chandeliers and reupholstered banquette sofa. Walls and pillars to be clad with new wood laminate and windows outfitted with new curtain arrangements. Upgrade to roped handrails and back bar refurbished with a new stone top

  • Replacing Observation Lounge on Deck 12
    

Accommodations

• Soft refurbishments to cabins and suites including new carpet, artwork, headboards and loose furniture. The new look will align with Jewel class ships
  
• Future Teak added to all balconies
  

Public Spaces

• Main Pool – New Bolidt teak flooring around main pool and whirlpools
  
• Casino – Enhanced with new game tables, chairs, carpet and general outfitting changes
  
• Mandara Spa - Partial refurbishment to the reception area, beauty parlor, treatment rooms, changing rooms, sauna and relaxation area
  
  • Reception: Modernized with a new stone floor, 3D decorative wall behind reception and new décor
    
  • Beauty Parlor: Upgrades include a new stone floor, decorative roman blinds, ornamental partition, decorative mirrors at working stations and existing dome to be covered with silver leaf
    
  • Treatment Rooms: Rooms refreshed with new mosaic tiles, carpet, furniture, roman blinds, modern wall coverings, decorative mirrors and wall sconces
    
  • Relaxation Area: Relaxation enhanced by new beverage station, decorative roman blinds, wall coverings, and wall sconces
    
    • Changing Rooms & Sauna: Refurbishments to wall tiles, new stone flooring, and upgraded hardware
      

• Splash Academy - New soft flooring in main area, updated cabinetry and partition doors
  
• Theater – Refreshed with new seats and carpet
  
• Library – Carpet replaced
  
• Conference Rooms – Carpet replaced
  
• Photo Gallery - Upgraded to the all-white, “Apple Store” Photo Gallery concept
  
• Public Restrooms - New mosaic tile floor, vanities, hardware, decorative mirror, wall sconces, color schemes and area signs
  
• Stairs, Lifts & Lobbies - New lighting, carpet and sconces; to model the same décor as Gem and Dawn
  

Thank you.

Latest news on refurbishment was posted at this Norwegian website on 4/6/2018.

http://ncl.force.com/nclhelp/articles/NCL_Internal/Norwegian-Sun-Dry-Dock-Enhancements

Highlights - There a major update across the board. Here is a few that everyone is talking about.

NEW Los Lobos Cantina – Full transformation to Los Lobos Cantina, the popular casual Mexican restaurant found on Norwegian Dawn.

• Replacing Las Ramblas Bar & Restaurant on Deck 12
  

Four Seasons & Seven Seas Main Dining Rooms – Complete makeover of the main dining rooms including new dining room chairs, drapes and carpet

Garden Café – New, contemporary design modeled off of Norwegian Gem to include new carpet and stone tile, reupholstered seating, updated food service stations with wood and mosaic fronts, new shades, tables and chairs

Accommodations

• Soft refurbishments to cabins and suites including new carpet, artwork, headboards and loose furniture. The new look will align with Jewel class ships
  
• Future Teak added to all balconies
  

After the Sun leave dry dock on April 19th, where does she head? What here summer time look like? I see the Norwegian Sun will be in Seattle on the 19th, a quick jump from Victoria. Where to after that??

KEN

Norwegian Sun Itineraries and Sailing Dates

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DepartingItinerary Name and PortsLength)Apr 19, 2018

18 Night Panama Canal from Seattle Cruise

Seattle, Washington to Port Canaveral, Florida

Ports: Seattle, Victoria, San Francisco, Cabo San Lucas, Acapulco, Puntarenas, Cruising the Panama Canal, Cartagena, Miami, Port Canaveral

18 Nights

After the Sun leave dry dock on April 19th, where does she head? What here summer time look like? I see the Norwegian Sun will be in Seattle on the 19th, a quick jump from Victoria. Where to after that??

 

KEN

18 day Panama Canal cruise, ending up in Orlando!

Once in Port Canaveral, She will do a series of 4 Night cruises to Cuba and 3 Night Cruises to the Bahamas.