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Been reading through the posts on this topic and just wanted to say a couple things. Alot of you seem surprised that the next group of people onboard were not told about the propulsion problems from a week before..........Of course they won't tell you. They will take the chance with it rather than letting you worry about it the whole cruise. Obviously the ship they took their chances and lost. Buy I guarantee you it was discussed with head office before the next departure and they would of told them to continue. This is not uncommon. These ships ships have little problems all the time that could potentially leave a ship dead in the water or some other breakdown. They will push it till it breaks or damn close to it. The way they look at it is it would cost much more to take the ship out of service for a week to repair it then to take their chances with it. I don't know maybe that ship didn't need to be taken out of service , maybe it just would of been a really expensive complicated fix. Here is a good example of not wanting to take the ship out of service..........Alaska 2003, an RCCL ship was on their way back to Vancouver in rough seas. They got a distress call from a sinking fishing boat. They went as fast as they could and rescued the fisherman but in the process the 15-20 foot seas at that speed damaged the propellers pod. The damage was not even noticed till 3 days later in Juneau, when she leaked oil into Juneau harbor. She ran on one engine after that for a bit, but the next people onboard had no idea of the problem. We even though we may have to drydock. Well it's been almost 2 years since that happened and it is still not fixed properly. They are waiting till the next scheduled drydock to fix it. (2006) For the last 2 years they have been putting divers (contractors) in the water to patch it up and keep it running close to normal. For the millions they are spending on this temporary patch work a few times a year it is still cheaper than drydock. Bottom line.......never be surprised with what you don't know about the ships.....there is so much you are not told!

<blockquote data-quote="Schooner" data-source="post: 874113"><p>Been reading through the posts on this topic and just wanted to say a couple things.&nbsp; Alot of you seem surprised that the next group of people onboard were not told about the propulsion problems from a week before..........Of course they won't tell you.&nbsp; They will take the chance with it rather than letting you worry about it the whole cruise.&nbsp; Obviously the ship they took their chances and lost.&nbsp; Buy I guarantee you it was discussed with head office before the next departure and they would of told them to continue.&nbsp; This is not uncommon.&nbsp; These ships ships have little problems all the time that could potentially leave a ship dead in the water or some other breakdown.&nbsp; They will push it till it breaks or damn close to it.&nbsp; The way they look at it is it would cost much more to take the ship out of service for a week to repair it then to take their chances with it.&nbsp; I don't know maybe that ship didn't need to be taken out of service , maybe it just would of been a really expensive complicated fix.&nbsp; Here is a good example of not wanting to take the ship out of service..........Alaska 2003,&nbsp; an RCCL ship was on their way back to Vancouver in rough seas.&nbsp; They got a distress call from a sinking fishing boat.&nbsp; They went as fast as they could and rescued the fisherman but in the process the 15-20 foot seas at that speed damaged the propellers pod.&nbsp; The damage was not even noticed till 3 days later in Juneau, when she leaked oil into Juneau harbor.&nbsp; She ran on one engine after that for a bit, but the next people onboard had no idea of the problem.&nbsp;&nbsp; We even though we may have to drydock.&nbsp; Well it's been almost 2 years since that happened and it is still not fixed properly.&nbsp; They are waiting&nbsp; till the next scheduled drydock to fix it. (2006)&nbsp; For the last 2 years they have been putting divers (contractors) in the water to patch it up and keep it running close to normal.&nbsp; For the millions they are spending on this temporary patch work a few times a year it is still cheaper than drydock.&nbsp; Bottom line.......never be surprised with what you don't know about the ships.....there is so much you are not told!</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Schooner, post: 874113"] Been reading through the posts on this topic and just wanted to say a couple things. Alot of you seem surprised that the next group of people onboard were not told about the propulsion problems from a week before..........Of course they won't tell you. They will take the chance with it rather than letting you worry about it the whole cruise. Obviously the ship they took their chances and lost. Buy I guarantee you it was discussed with head office before the next departure and they would of told them to continue. This is not uncommon. These ships ships have little problems all the time that could potentially leave a ship dead in the water or some other breakdown. They will push it till it breaks or damn close to it. The way they look at it is it would cost much more to take the ship out of service for a week to repair it then to take their chances with it. I don't know maybe that ship didn't need to be taken out of service , maybe it just would of been a really expensive complicated fix. Here is a good example of not wanting to take the ship out of service..........Alaska 2003, an RCCL ship was on their way back to Vancouver in rough seas. They got a distress call from a sinking fishing boat. They went as fast as they could and rescued the fisherman but in the process the 15-20 foot seas at that speed damaged the propellers pod. The damage was not even noticed till 3 days later in Juneau, when she leaked oil into Juneau harbor. She ran on one engine after that for a bit, but the next people onboard had no idea of the problem. We even though we may have to drydock. Well it's been almost 2 years since that happened and it is still not fixed properly. They are waiting till the next scheduled drydock to fix it. (2006) For the last 2 years they have been putting divers (contractors) in the water to patch it up and keep it running close to normal. For the millions they are spending on this temporary patch work a few times a year it is still cheaper than drydock. Bottom line.......never be surprised with what you don't know about the ships.....there is so much you are not told! [/QUOTE]