How are the Magic's repairs coming??

[WDWLVR]

MIKEYMARS I have to disagree with you. Every other post from experienced cruisers do not agree with you. I, for one, have been cruising for 25 plus years and think that Disney is doing a great job and I've said so in a number of posts.

You are more than welcome to your opinion and if you prefer others ships than by all means cruise on them. Please do not however think that you speak for all experienced cruisers when you put Disney down.

 

[rcdisneyfam]

I agree with most, Disney does a great job. We were on Eastern last May and they painted the dark blue on the bottom of the ship in St Maarten one day and the other painted the other side of the ship when we were at St. Thomas. Always scraping and painting. I even said it kind of was smelly (paint smell) one day that they are always doing something to spiff up the ship. Can't wait to go on the next one.....66 days and counting!!!

 

[I Luv Disney Cruise]

that there are others out there that felt as magical and impressed as I did and still do. Only 3 weeks and 3 days till I go on the first Western 7 day cruise on the Magic!

 

[Thumper1]

We went on the Wonder in October 2000 and the Magic in December 2001 and I don't remember seeing anything amiss with the upkeep. I will say the parks aren't as spiffy as they used to be, but I thought that the ships were in great shape. Maybe there are just different levels of awareness.

 

[Pugdog007]

Like Mikey, I too am quite the perfectionist, ok picky. I also noticed that on the Wonder last Sep, my stateroom could use some work. Carpets/chair soiled, really dirty grout in shower, etc. I like things to be "perfect." It went into drydock the week after I sailed, so I had hoped the staterooms would have received some much-needed attention.

 

[Renee']

Mickeymars......Have you let anyone at DCL know of your findings? Disney has always seemed to highly regard the opinions of their guests and I think they'd like to hear your opinions. You are an experienced cruiser and can compare their ship to other lines. We are Disney lovers - 4th cruise on the Magic is in September. We feel the ship is gorgeous but honestly I can see Mickeymars' point. Our verandah on every cruise has had some rust, nothing overpowering but noticable. We did make a mental note but never complained as it was the only thing we did noticed. Since we're not experienced cruisers (only cruised on the Magic) we don't have anything to compare to but I'm sure DCL encourages both positive and negative feedback as the cruise industry is highly competitive and I'm sure they don't want to lose any edge. I don't think any of the Disney lovers on here should take offense to Mickeymars' statements, corrective criticism can be a good thing.

 

[mmouse37]

I have sailed on 5 other cruise lines, Carnival, Princess, RCCL, Norwegian and Celebrity. I have also sailed 5 times on Disney, both the Magic and the Wonder. Compared to other cruise lines I found that Disney is at par or above in the maintenance dept. I sailed on the Maiden voyage of the Magic back on 7/30/98 and just sailed again this past Feb. I think the ship looks just as good as she did in the beginning. I do belive Disney takes great pride in keeping up appearances.

Everytime I would walk on deck, day or night, there was always several crew members down on their knees or standing up sanding, varnishing, painting, cleaning plexiglass, vacuuming, shampooing carpets, powerwashing, etc.

I do agree that the veranda's are in need of some maintenance, but overall DCL really does keep up with the competition. I have seen much worse conditions on other cruise lines with ships about the same age.

MJ

 

[mikeymars]

>>I, for one, have been cruising for 25 plus years and think that Disney is doing a great job and I've said so in a number of posts.<<

>>Compared to other cruise lines I found that Disney is at par or above in the maintenance dept.<<

Interesting. This is the first DIS thread I've ever been on regarding this specific subject (and I've seen in the range of 8-10 of them) where other experienced cruisers stated DCL is as good as or better than the industry when it comes to maintenance. Ergo, per what I've seen historically, these appear to be minority opinions, but then again maybe they aren't, who knows? Neither I nor anyone else here can possibly claim to have read every post ever put up discussing this subject.

Whatever, I stand by my point: I saw levels of unrepaired wear on the Magic that were far beyond anything I have seen on the Celebrity Zenith or Millennium, the Carnival Inspiration, The Holland American Rotterdam, The RCCL Majesty of the Seas....yada yada yada. Again, I'm not stating the Magic was a dump, but was its overall condition up to that of the other ships I just mentioned? No.

Perhaps the real basis of the debate revolves around PugDog's insightful observation: some of us are hyper-picky perfectionists (with all the good and bad that comes with that) and some of us aren't. Or stated differently: what bothers some may be irrelevant to others. Fine, to each their own.

 

[DreamsDoComeTrue]

Enough already, guys! Sheeesh! Getting back to the original subject... the fire damage repair???... here is the site that Kelly had asked for. Port Canaveral Web Cam. Large view.
The first Sat back after the fire, a crane was visible at the damage site. Otherwise, it's hard to make out much.

 

[kellyb2000]

Thanks - I could look at that picture for hours!!! September 21st cannot get here soon enough!

 

[mikeymars]

Originally posted by DreamsDoComeTrue
Getting back to the original subject... the fire damage repair?

It would appear this question has in essence already been answered. The quick hit, "patch and paint" cosmetic band-aid stuff was done within days of the fire, and now we are into a workless lag period while DCL waits for repair parts to arrive. For what it's worth, an article on the Cruise Critic page (which gave no specific source) said repairs wouldn't be "completed" until late May at the earliest.

 

[LiLgOoFyQt4EvA]

I was on the Magic March 23-March 30. My mom told me about the fire, it looks pretty good. The pipes are still a little burnt.