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Exactly! He didn’t have them in the Icon thread either…. 🫢 Take it with a pinch of salt!

Yeah, knowing UK Royal they will charge you £2200pp for an inside cabin, but say hey look we’ll give you a flight for a £1. Forget to tell you that it’s almost always sold out and at the most inconvenient times! 😂 That way they’re helping you get to the point of embarkation at less cost, giving the illusion that it’s cheaper and easier, encouraging you to pay 3x the price for the cruise! It’s going to be their typical psychological games! Though having said all that, I’m still prepping my piggy bank as we speak! 😂

I don’t have access to Barcelona or Rome unfortunately. I imagine they have strong relationships with the cruise lines, hence why they only display those booked in the current year.

My gut is telling me that this will be purely for Icon 3, taking over Harmony from July. Everything else is already announced.

Le Havre, France - Port Bookings (Correct as of 08/10/24) Additional calls have been added for Liberty OTS. 30th May 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW* 13th June 2026 - Liberty OTS 19th September 2026 - Liberty OTS 20th September 2026 - Liberty OTS 22nd September 2026 - Liberty OTS 26th September 2026 - Liberty OTS 2nd October 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW* 9th October 2026 - Liberty OTS

New Voyager Sailings 3 new repositioning cruises have been revealed for Voyager on the 2025 Unique Sailings Flyer. They are not yet on sale. https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025_Unique_Sailings

Not places that don’t exist, but those that Royal don’t have suitable hardware to serve. The Captain hinted at a return to homeports in both South Africa and South America as part of this.

From Captains Corner on Anthem - Are there any plans to deploy larger ships out of the UK? This has been talked about for many years. We are building more larger ships and they need a home, and that’s not in Florida. It won’t be next year (Indy) or the year after (Liberty), but keep an eye out. There are plans to deploy our largest ships in new homes, but that’s all I can say at the moment.

From Captains Corner on Anthem - Project Discovery will be introduced by the end of the decade. Ships will be much smaller at around 100,000GT and primarily sail to new ports not covered by current ships, rather than replacing existing itineraries.

Unknown at present. She is heading to Europe for Dry Dock in March. There are currently no visible port bookings for Odyssey in place for Summer 2026 in any European ports, despite Explorer and Brilliance both being listed on the Athens schedule! 🤔

My money will be on Hero OTS. I would guess for Icon class, to suit Star/Icon names.

RCL Talent have just posted a casting call for a new musical - Back To The Future. Auditions are happening next month. I presume that this will be for Star, especially since it was heavily teased by Nick Weir before his departure.

Brisbane, Australia - Port Bookings (Correct as of 18/09/24) Lots of new calls added for Voyager OTS, beginning in October 2026 and ending in March 2027. It looks like Voyager potentially could be staying pacific side. However, there are currently no scheduled calls for January 2027. This could potentially allow time for dry-dock, if one is due. 30th October 2026 - Voyager OTS 6th November 2026 - Voyager OTS 13th November 2026 - Voyager OTS 20th November 2026 - Voyager OTS 27th November 2026 - Voyager OTS 30th November 2026 - Voyager OTS 4th December 2026 - Voyager OTS 12th December 2026 - Voyager OTS 20th December 2026 - Voyager OTS 28th December 2026 - Voyager OTS 19th February 2027 - Voyager OTS 26th February 2027 - Voyager OTS 6th March 2027 - Voyager OTS 22nd March 2027 - Voyager OTS

Le Havre, France - Port Bookings (Correct as of 18/09/24) Additional calls have been added for Liberty OTS. 13th June 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW* 19th September 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW* 20th September 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW* 22nd September 2026 - Liberty OTS 26th September 2026 - Liberty OTS 9th October 2026 - Liberty OTS. *NEW*

Just to confirm, Michelle is onboard and will take over on 8th September!

Katie Knowles leaves Anthem on 8th September. I believe Michelle Oliveira will take over, but await confirmation!

I think they will see how Disney Adventure (Ex-Global Dream) plays out in Asia. She is a similar size to Oasis/Icon, so will be a good thing for Royal to watch before making any firm decisions. However, if she performs well, I expect to see some fierce Royal competition within a few years.

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This video gives a good indication of the original plans in 2020. It will be interesting to see the difference between the planned amplification and the actual one.

When I say destination, I mean the next port of call or next destination, which in this case is Cadiz. The TA will not end there and will likely go to either Lisbon or Barcelona. Apologies for the confusion! 🙂

I think we will see Icon 4 in Late 27/Early 28 and Discovery from 2029.

What we have to remember is thatt when Icon was in the works, it was referred to as being smaller than Oasis, but bigger than Quantum (around 200,000 gt). Look how that turned out, something actually 25,000 gt heavier than the largest Oasis class. Despite what’s being reported, my gut is telling me it will be around edge-class size. X seem to be coping well with accessing a variety of ports with this platform, while brining in the $$$. I don’t think a carbon-copy will be shared between the brands, but the platform may well be, similar to how QC are an evolution of X’s Solstice Class.

Ponta Delgada, Azore Islands - Port Bookings (Correct as of 24/07/24) A new call added for Explorer, likely for her EB TA. Destination is marked as Cadiz. 7th March 2026 - Odyssey OTS 27th March 2026 - Harmony OTS 30th April 2026 - Explorer OTS. *NEW*

I can confirm that Anthem does have retractable funnels.

How much of an ‘amplification’ this is going to be though is yet to be seen. We’ll know more when Allure is done next year, but something’s telling me Jason’s tight pocket will have an impact. It’s still a freedom class though, which is yet again another year with a reduction in capacity for the UK market.