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Originally posted by jsea:
Saw this posted on another board... the last line seems to indicate that Galaxy and Mercury will be getting treatments similar to what was done with Century, in 2008 and 2009, respective

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I am surprised MERCURY's SF-drydock, they are only adding balconies to the aft of the ship. I thought they would atleast take out the bar on the aft top deck and carve out some sky suites.

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Originally posted by Malcolm @ cruisepage:
...however the following mini-cruise on CENTURY after her incomplete renovation probably put some Brits of Celebrity for life!

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Quite possibly, but in the big scheme of things I don't think it will matter much. Just about every line has had disastrous cruises, usually fresh out of a dry-dock or from the ship being built. It seems it's unavoidable. Cunard probably has the worst track record but they seem to be doing just fine. I'm sure Celebrity will too. It's not an excuse by any means, and it shouldn't happen, but the fact remains it does for a variety of reasons.

Anyone who has cruised often should know that poor cruises can happen. Hopefully they also realize it's not typical of the line they are sailing on. I think just about every cruise line today offers a pretty good experience, and I've tried most of them. No line can afford to provide a consistently poor experience as the competition is simply too great. They would be out of business rather quickly.

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Originally posted by sealeg claude:
Good afternoon,
Yes, CENTURY's revitalization was incomplete by the time she resumed service in the spring....and work was still being done during her fall Transat !!!

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No doubt about this. I think it was for a variety of reasons. It seems the time alloted for these major refits is never enough. Each day the ship is out of service is lost revenue, so the pressure is on the shipyard to complete the work in the fewest amount of days. In addition I think the shipyards often underestimate the time actually required to help them win the contract. Of course the cruise line is going to pick the yard that can promise to complete all the work to a specified standard, in the least amount of time and at the lowest price.

Another factor could be that Royal Caribbean/Celebrity has never used Fincantieri before. There could have been some communication and procedural issues that had to be ironed out which may have also caused delays.

It will be interesting to see if RCI uses Fincantieri in the future, which could be an indication of how satisified they were with the work on CENTURY.

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Originally posted by 6263866:
I notice that 'Classic Celebrity' ships, Horizon, Mercury..etc, are quite a bit different from their new generation ships, not including Mille Class. [..]

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Which new generation ships?
If we leave Xpedition and Quest aside, there is 'only' the Century, Galaxy & Mercury and the Millenium class.

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Originally posted by casavaha:
After Celebrity spends the money
for upgrades on Journey and Quest there will not
be anything left for Mercury or Galaxy.

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I doubt if Celebrity are short of money being owned by RCI, the number two cruise line.

If they were short of money newbuilds would not be on the books!

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Originally posted by casavaha:
After Celebrity spends the money
for upgrades on Journey and Quest there will not
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Originally posted by casavaha:
But I do not see any big rush by X to redo Mercury and Galaxy.

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The fact that Celebrity is a ‘premium’ cruise line and that 'Galaxy' and 'Mercury' have not been state-of-the-art for a decade, I would have though that by 2008 and 2009 they will be in need of a major refit.

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