Bajansailor
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We currently have 4 cruise ships based here - this Marinetraffic map shows them.
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
The two Royal Caribbean ships have been here for many months now, since soon after the pandemic started.
The two Celebrity ships arrived a couple of days ago from Miami - other ships have also sailed here non stop from Miami in the past, but that was when we were one of the few places open for airlifting pax and crew to return home.
Hence I am wondering now why these Celebrity ships decided to make the long trek down here now?
I had survey jobs on the two Royal Caribbean ships last year - both of them are now down to a bare bones skeleton crew of approx 80 on each vessel. All of the hotel staff have been sent home a long time ago now.
All of the crew remaining on board are now occupying passenger cabins with balconies, one person per cabin, and they eat in a passenger restaurant that is open air on deck - the mess rooms are closed.
It was quite erie really being on such a huge ship with so few people around = all of the pax areas were literally 'mothballed'.
Although a maintenance team visits every passenger cabin (that is not in use) on a weekly basis to test the systems - every loo is flushed, every water tap is tested - and this takes them all day.
They still have to keep the whole ship air conditioned, as otherwise it would deteriorate and everything would become mouldy very quickly if the a/c was turned off.
MarineTraffic: Global Ship Tracking Intelligence | AIS Marine Traffic
The two Royal Caribbean ships have been here for many months now, since soon after the pandemic started.
The two Celebrity ships arrived a couple of days ago from Miami - other ships have also sailed here non stop from Miami in the past, but that was when we were one of the few places open for airlifting pax and crew to return home.
Hence I am wondering now why these Celebrity ships decided to make the long trek down here now?
I had survey jobs on the two Royal Caribbean ships last year - both of them are now down to a bare bones skeleton crew of approx 80 on each vessel. All of the hotel staff have been sent home a long time ago now.
All of the crew remaining on board are now occupying passenger cabins with balconies, one person per cabin, and they eat in a passenger restaurant that is open air on deck - the mess rooms are closed.
It was quite erie really being on such a huge ship with so few people around = all of the pax areas were literally 'mothballed'.
Although a maintenance team visits every passenger cabin (that is not in use) on a weekly basis to test the systems - every loo is flushed, every water tap is tested - and this takes them all day.
They still have to keep the whole ship air conditioned, as otherwise it would deteriorate and everything would become mouldy very quickly if the a/c was turned off.
