ThePicketts
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Can anyone confirm that they have indeed postponed the Wonder 2015 referb?
Can anyone confirm that they have indeed postponed the Wonder 2015 referb?
Can anyone confirm that they have indeed postponed the Wonder 2015 referb?
All we can do for now is guess!
She does HAVE TO GO INTO DRY DOCK IN OCT 2013, in order to renew some certificates.
The big question is the refit and the duck tail. There are some options for her.
Wait until 2015/16, when the new PC locks are finished and then get the refit and duck tail
Go ahead and do the full refit in Oct 2013 (DCL can ask for a waver to hold off on the duck tail until 2015.
DCL could also ask for a special permit to go in the PC old locks, which she could just barely fit with the Duck tail.
So the bottom line is, we wait until they tell us their plans!
AKK
Disney has not publically confirmed anything. All we can do is speculate. Best to wait and see an official confirmation.
Don't you mean Oct 2014? The Magic will be refurbed this year.
ScottFamily2005 said:This was casual conversation with our head server last week:
Me: You know, for the Alaska itinerary they could really use some black-out curtains since we only get five hours of actual darkness in the north.
HS: Well, when they built the Wonder, they had no intention to take her to Alaska. This itinerary was added de to great customer demand.
Me: But isn't she heading into dry dock soon? They could do it then.
HS: That's TWO years away.
Idle dining room chatter, but more fodder for speculation!
Oh boy! Good insider information.
This was casual conversation with our head server last week:
Me: You know, for the Alaska itinerary they could really use some black-out curtains since we only get five hours of actual darkness in the north.
HS: Well, when they built the Wonder, they had no intention to take her to Alaska. This itinerary was added de to great customer demand.
Me: But isn't she heading into dry dock soon? They could do it then.
HS: That's TWO years away.
Idle dining room chatter, but more fodder for speculation!
Assuming it's true. The crew means well, but they sure pass on a bunch of unfounded rumors, as do the WDW bus drivers. (that's a real joke around here.)
The major refurb will probably happen after the new Panama Canal locks are finished, which is supposedly April 2015 but it's looking more like 2017. The Wonder is required by maritime law to have some work done by fall 2014. The question is how soon they'll go ahead and do a major refurb like the Magic will have this fall.
Thanks guys. I finally convinced my whole extended family to an Alaskan cruise in 2015. This will be the last chance for us all to have one more hurrah. I am therefore willing an Alaskan cruise.
YOU HAD A CREW MEMBER THAT WAS ALSO A WDW BUS DRIVER?????
He/she must know EVERYTHING
MIND BLOWN