Princess Cays Fire

[Colo Cruiser]

1 hour ago, PrincessCruisesPR said:

Hello cruisers,

 

We will resume calls to Princess Cays, Bahamas, with the first scheduled call by a Princess vessel on February 4. No Princess Cruises itineraries were impacted by this incident.

 

A fire on January 28 damaged several operations buildings on the south side of the island, but no guest-facing facilities were impacted except one of several available public restrooms. All guest facilities have been inspected, and reported safe and operational. In the staff-only operations areas, work is already underway to restore the affected buildings and equipment.

 

There were no guests at Princess Cays at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

 

If you have any questions, please call 1-800-Princess or contact your travel professional.

 

We hope to welcome you onboard soon!

Thanks for the update!!  

[BoDidly]

One place we have never made it to, Thanks for the updates .

[RDC1]

53 minutes ago, Loonbeam said:

It seems that while the buildings were badly damaged the power equipment itself may not have been (not officially confirmed but reports indicate the generator itself did not suffer anything other than cosmetic and needing some lines replaced).  Or at least not total loss of capacity, which is what I originally thought.

 

Have not heard if water system itself sustained damage but that can be worked around more easily.

 

 

The generator is actually a backup.  If you look at detailed pictures of Princess Cay there are power lines entering the facility and there is a transformer located above the little market area of a kind that would be needed for commercial step down, but not for locally generated power..  After all Princess Cay is not located more than a mile from Bannerman  Town which is certainly on island power.

[gatour]

11 hours ago, RDC1 said:

The generator is actually a backup.  If you look at detailed pictures of Princess Cay there are power lines entering the facility and there is a transformer located above the little market area of a kind that would be needed for commercial step down, but not for locally generated power..  After all Princess Cay is not located more than a mile from Bannerman  Town which is certainly on island power.

I was wondering if it could be a back up generator or a secondary generator.

 

30 years ago, made a week long visit to Negril jamaica.  Several times all of the hotels/restaurants/etc lights went out, except for the larger hotels, which had generators that kicked in.

[Host CJSKIDS]

19 hours ago, PrincessCruisesPR said:

Hello cruisers,

 

We will resume calls to Princess Cays, Bahamas, with the first scheduled call by a Princess vessel on February 4. No Princess Cruises itineraries were impacted by this incident.

 

A fire on January 28 damaged several operations buildings on the south side of the island, but no guest-facing facilities were impacted except one of several available public restrooms. All guest facilities have been inspected, and reported safe and operational. In the staff-only operations areas, work is already underway to restore the affected buildings and equipment.

 

There were no guests at Princess Cays at the time of the fire, and no injuries were reported. The cause of the fire is currently under investigation.

 

If you have any questions, please call 1-800-Princess or contact your travel professional.

 

We hope to welcome you onboard soon!

Thanks for taking the time to come and post!!  Great to read the good news and have it come right from Princess. 

[Loonbeam]

22 hours ago, RDC1 said:

The generator is actually a backup.  If you look at detailed pictures of Princess Cay there are power lines entering the facility and there is a transformer located above the little market area of a kind that would be needed for commercial step down, but not for locally generated power..  After all Princess Cay is not located more than a mile from Bannerman  Town which is certainly on island power.

Yep, I was not aware of that at all, so my total assessment was wrong, based on incorrect severity of damage...

 

[hockeyguru32]

In the video the gentleman said the reverse osmosis building was affected. Was that just for the staff quarters or what ships guests and entire area of the princess cays would be using? If so there would the drinking water be ok? I for one would be very leary of the drinking water. Bottled water and no ice I guess?

Edited February 4, 2019 by hockeyguru32

[fishin' musician]

It looks like the Regal is there! 

[OCruisers]

14 minutes ago, fishin' musician said:

It looks like the Regal is there! 

 

Great News!  

[john_galt]

Good to see Princess Cays from the Regal bridge cam.

 

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[Colo Cruiser]