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Celebrity Edge showing on the Adelaide cruise ship schedule for 09-10 April 2024. Leads me to think it will be in AU for  our 2023/24 cruise season, then the AK 2024 cruise season.

Just checking Adelaide Port Schedule and Celebrity Edge is showing in port 9 and 10 April 2024

This afternoon, for a brief period Darwin Ports had an entry for Celebrity Edge. It show arrival for 01 December 2023. This leads to a question is Celebrity Edge relocating to AU for our summer and then Alaska for their cruising season. Thoughts?

Darwin ports is showing 2 interesting ship visitis in 2023/24 

1st one is the unnamed Lady ship of Virgin Cruise lines. Her arrival date is Sunday 26 November 2023. There is also anther entry for Friday 05 April 2024.

The other entry of interest is Celebrity Edge on 1st December 2023. That has now disappeared.

Also Melbourne ports have a number of ship doing turnarounds as TBA's

Will be very interesting to see how AU/NZ ship movements unfold in coming years.

Cruise New is reporting that P&O Australia has no confirmed restart plan. 

Will be interesting when the next round of cancellations starts.

Cruise Capacity Restart Projections for the Major Companies by the End of 2021 - Cruise Industry News | Cruise News

1 minute ago, wolfcathorse said:

no, I got tired of changing ghost captains every 10 weeks. When does Wonder start sailing?

wolfcathorse, Wonder of the Seas has her first sea trails on 22-25 August.

Pacific Encounter is currently in Limassol, while Pacific Adventure/Golden Princess is currently in the Suez Canal enroute to Trieste Italy. Pacific Explorer is in Manila.

Carnival Splendor at sea with Dubai as its destination along with Spirit.

It seems that Pacific Explorer will be the start up ship if the suspension is lifted in December, as it is the only one in the region. 

58 minutes ago, taglovestocruise said:

Some of us are hoping it follows Mariners path when it came to LA 12 years ago. Around the horn, three legs and 31 days.  We have 2 cabins booked for Jan 2022

She is in the Pacific already currently in the Straits of Malacca. Her next port of call is Yeosu Korea.

Australia's deployment for Ovation of the Seas: From Cruise Weekly 04 August 2021

RCI pivots to domestic-only season Royal Caribbean International (RCI) has updated its Australian summer season to domestic-only. Ovation of the Seas will sail from Sydney starting 13 Dec through 31 Mar 2022, offering a mix of two- to 10-night domestic sailings visiting some of the country’s most famous cities and regions. The ship will offer guests a raft of short breaks and voyages, with 24 sailings from Sydney visiting ports such as Eden, Hobart, Adelaide, Brisbane, Port Douglas, Kangaroo Island, Airlie Beach, and Cairns. Available to book from tomorrow, guests can also enjoy scenic excursions of the Great Barrier Reef, Willis Island and New South Wales’ South Coast. The new season means Ovation’s current sailings from Sydney from 27 Oct to 10 Apr 2022 have been cancelled, as have Serenade of the Seas’ sailings from Sydney from 24 Oct to 27 Feb 2022. All impacted guests and travel partners will be contacted and advised of their options. Guests will automatically be issued a future cruise credit to the value of 125% of their fare to use on future sailings. However, guests are also able to opt for a full refund, or to lift & shift to an applicable summer 2022-2023 sailing, if preferred. “We continue to encourage and assist federal and state governments to establish a clear pathway for the return of cruising, and hope that by Dec we will have guests holidaying with us once again,” said RCI Vice President & Managing Director Australia & New Zealand Gavin Smith (pictured). “While Sydney manages its ongoing lockdown, several factors make us hopeful that domestic cruising will return this summer, from rapid advances in COVID-19 research, technology and an emphasis on swift vaccine distribution.” 

Source Cruise Weekly 04 August 2021

Carnival had a number of ships (Princess and Seabourne) hanging around Cyprus last year, possibly cheaper port/anchorage fees. Also Pacific Adventure / Golden Princess is heading that way also

53 minutes ago, Ondine said:

 

Not looking good for us.  Does anyone know if Golden/Adventure underwent any transformation while in Singapore.  P&O are keeping quiet on this.  They will have to make some announcement soon surely.  So sad.

According to Marine Traffic and Equasis she is still known as Golden Princess. Marine Traffic is shown her underway to Suez. 

Marine Traffic is showing Golden Princess/Pacific Adventure heading off to Suez with arrival date of 09August. Interesting that both P&O and Carnival AU based ships are heading further away from our shores. Pacific Explorer is now heading to Port Klang, Malaysia.

I can not see them sendng both ships down. As mentioned before Ovation on the West Coast, but with Navigator in the Indian / Pacific area now, they will need to release some new itinaries soon for advance booking.  The only ship I can forsee coming here is Serenade, for the short season, as she has a drydock in Singapore in March. 

Now for RC to do the same, or are they helpfull something may change.

1 hour ago, IMSYDNEYAUS said:

As I said, it raises many questions.  Crew transfer, sounds the most plausible transferring crew from Asia to other Carnival Corp brands in Europe.  As they have just ‘Australianised’ Star Princess it’s not a product or brand that is well known to non Australian / New Zealand markets.

Interestingly, Diamond and Sapphire Princess are heading to Cyprus. They are due in Cyprus on 08August.

Interestingly, Diamond and Sapphire Princess are heading to Cyprus. They are due in Cyprus on 08August.

10 minutes ago, Thrak said:

They haven't cancelled the January 2022 Sapphire Princess cruises to Australia, New Zealand, and Tasmania. I have to wonder if they are hoping to keep those in place but limit them to "local" cruisers only. I was hoping for a move over cruise offer for 2023 but it looks like if/when they cancel me I'll be limited to a refund or 110% FCC.  Rather than the FCC I think I'd just ask for my FCD to be restored. Maybe they would give me an extension on it. Probably not.

Interestingly, currently Diamond and Sapphire are heading to Cyprus, according to Marine Traffic.

On marine traffic Navigator is heading to Colombo, Sri Lanka. Heading though the Suez to get to the West Coast.

From Jervis Bay, the shore excursions could be to the historical town of Berry or Kangaroo Valley. I agree regarding Huskisson. There is a nice golf course at Vencentia. Also the whale watching cruise from Huskisson. These are just some suggestions of what may be offered from Jervis Bay.

Have just posted in RC forum. It will be interesting to see when the ship is actually handed over to RCG, if they actually hold off on the handover to early 2022 or if after sea trails. I think it will do a short Singapore season still.

Crew Center is reporting that Wonder of the Seas will depart on her first sea trails from 22-25 August, with her maiden cruise still from Shanghai in March 2022

Crew Center is reporting that Wonder of the Seas will depart on her first sea trails from 22-25 August, with her maiden cruise still from Shanghai in March 2022

25 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Limassol Cyprus is the current destination For Radiance and Navigator. 

And Harmony is there already!

Interesting, Harmony is currently in Limassol, where Radiance is heading to and due in 19 July and Navigator is heading in that direction and due in 21 July. Maybe crew change?

2 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

Harmony ,radiance and navigator will meet in cypress.

Swapping crew?

I was wondering the same thing!