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jeremya
First Class Passenger
Member # 5699

posted 03-19-2013 11:18 PM

Hello and good evening.

I saw that the beginning of the ship refit of Destiny has begun and the one photo posted to the cruise news article.

I did not find a webcam link on Carnival - I was hoping to see some feed from the refit? Are there any sources out there covering the rebuild that we can take a look see?

Just wondering ...

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dmwnc1
Cruise Director
Member # 3785

posted 03-20-2013 05:59 AM

No web cam that I am aware of.

Here's a video released a week ago showing some of the beginning works...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NAi02Yo7uhk

I've also found some pictures here and there on the internet by doing a Google search under several different descriptions as Carnival Destiny, Carnival Sunshine, Fincantieri, Trieste, etc.

HERE is a recent picture with her and her 'barracks ship'

And a blog with some a few pictures:

http://sergiocruises.blogspot.com/2013/03/trabalhos-no-interior-do-carnival.html

As of yesterday they have cancelled her first two post-refit cruises. This was received yesterday from a friend who was booked on her:

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DEIx15x8
First Class Passenger
Member # 14958

posted 03-20-2013 08:00 AM

It's always a shame when the first sailings for a ship (new or post refit) get canceled since most who are on those did it to be the first. But I'm glad Carnival did it. I hope they promote this a little bit and give more detailed explanations of what the changes are. Two weeks is enough to do a full drydock so I'm sure they'll have a lot of new safety enhancements and redundancies on her. She'll likely set sail as the safest ship in there fleet.

Edit: Just looked at those dates again, 12th and 26th are canceled so this is way more than 2 weeks, it's 23 days.

[ 03-20-2013: Message edited by: DEIx15x8 ]

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Malcolm @ cruisepage
Cruise Director
Member # 301

posted 03-20-2013 09:21 AM

That's ironic , Carnival's video and press releases boasted how they were doing: "... there most major refit ever, in only 49 days"

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Frosty 4
First Class Passenger
Member # 5826

posted 03-20-2013 11:05 AM

What's the old saying??--"haste makes waste".
LOL.
F4

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steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 03-20-2013 01:25 PM

I have pictures of the demolition while I was on the trans Atlantic but I am to dumb to know how to post them. Anyhelp getting them off my Card and onto this site?

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steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 03-20-2013 09:29 PM

Public Home > CARNIVAL DESTINY's Demolition

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-20-2013 09:50 PM

CARNIVAL DESTINY's Demolition

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FL_Cruiser64
First Class Passenger
Member # 13706

posted 03-21-2013 09:51 PM

quote:
Originally posted by dmwnc1:
HERE is a recent picture with her and her 'barracks ship'

Is that the old 'Song of America' in the picture? Or what's her name now? Olympia something?

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jeremya
First Class Passenger
Member # 5699

posted 03-21-2013 11:02 PM

Yup, that's the older Song Of America. She is now, or was a Thompson ship. Not sure where she is headed after this assignment.

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Salaison
First Class Passenger
Member # 4722

posted 03-22-2013 11:45 AM

quote:
Originally posted by jeremya:
Yup, that's the older Song Of America. She is now, or was a Thompson ship. Not sure where she is headed after this assignment.

Louis Olympia and hopefully she is headed for the "beach" lol just kidding

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-22-2013 01:15 PM

LOUIS OLYMPIA is super. Probably outlast CARNIVAL DESTINY/SUNSHINE

I sailed her last July, see this thread.

Many thanks for the great photos steeplechase, it's interesting to see the work taking place. Were the passengers made aware before the cruise that this was going to happen? A lot of disruption and unusable areas.

Pam

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steeplechase
First Class Passenger
Member # 4056

posted 03-22-2013 06:05 PM

We were not made aware, but were watching the cruises before us and they were sanding the deck weeks before we boarded. They never really cut off any usable deck space as they worked in small areas on different days.They would use a couple of the elevators for moving mostly deck chairs. Alot of deck chairs were thrown away we watched as some of the dock workers carried them home with them once we got to Spain. The rest were put away on deck 6&7 forward and wrapped. There were only 2000 passengers onboard to begin with. They had an open Bar night giving away top shelf,only lasted an hour but probaly one of the greatest nights of the cruise.

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PamM
First Class Passenger
Member # 2127

posted 03-25-2013 10:29 AM

The perks of the job - as many deck chairs as you can carry

Pam

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Salaison
First Class Passenger
Member # 4722

posted 04-15-2013 12:00 PM

From the AIS...C. Sunshine seem to be on the move

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rd77
First Class Passenger
Member # 2117

posted 04-15-2013 03:25 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Salaison:
From the AIS...C. Sunshine seem to be on the move

Yeah, they moved her around at the yard, a lot of the work is already done:

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Salaison
First Class Passenger
Member # 4722

posted 04-15-2013 03:48 PM

Kool...saw her steaming out earlier and now she seem to be anchored.

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 04-16-2013 12:19 PM

quote:
Originally posted by rd77:
Yeah, they moved her around at the yard, a lot of the work is already done:

I'm shocked. . Are they really going to leave the area above the bridge like that?!

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avalon1025
First Class Passenger
Member # 5383

posted 04-16-2013 12:22 PM

Not attractive! I wonder why they didnt just take off the whole area above the bridge and make her more aligned to her newer sister ships

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Waynaro
First Class Passenger
Member # 3484

posted 04-16-2013 12:29 PM

quote:
Originally posted by avalon1025:
Not attractive! I wonder why they didnt just take off the whole area above the bridge and make her more aligned to her newer sister ships

It's all about increased revenues with balcony and suites cabins.

They should have rebuilt the upper structure like her new sisters. I think someone outdid the NORWEGIAN EPIC....

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