springaussie

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

We might get Radiance then ??

For the 25-26 season ,only Anthem does one overnight in Hobart.

No Royal Caribbean ships that I can see visit Eden,Melbourne or Adelaide .it seems very odd because southern Australia is a popular destination. Certainly one of my favourite.

I doubt we will get another ship Chilli.

i realise all those ports will see little or no Royal 25/26 season. 
One of them may even do a world cruise.

Or Royal selling a Vision Class Ship. 

it will be easier to guess after Singapore goes on sale.

23 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

Serenade looks to have time between Tampa Los Angeles to go to Freeport .

That shoots down my theory then .

Serenade appears in Grand Cayman October 2025.

Serenade also has regular visits booked November 2025 till April 2026 in Sant Maarten. 
I can’t find Radiance in this period. 

16 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie

 

Can you work out if Radiance or Serenade are due for a dry dock around November next year?

I’m just thinking they might do it in Singapore.

Hi Chilli

Serenade March/April 2025

Radiance was in dry dock last month in Freeport.

Jewel is in dry dock in Brest France now.

( Limited internet up here for work on the Frazer Coast ATM)

1 minute ago, Chiliburn said:

Rome to Dubai, I would say a lot of people are transferring.

Was under the impression you were on Anthem right through Suez .

We did look at it.

From our research Petra could have been missed.

So decided not to do it. 

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

That cruise is filling up ,only a few junior suites left and standard cabins look well over half sold.

It was only released last week .

Which Sector Chilli?

I see one big wholesaler is selling packages Dubai to Brisbane on Voyager. 

53 minutes ago, geoff2802 said:

Yes.  I’ll be surprised if Royal don’t try to get revenue.  
They may well organise amd release a revenue repo via Africa and then have to cancel the leg ending in Dubai and come up with plan C.  A nightmare for the people dealing with it in Miami and for booked passengers.  
 

Princess and Virgin announced the replacement cruises in one go.

Why can’t Royal? 

I have the feeling in a few weeks the Media Section in Miami will come out bragging about an Anthem voyage from London to Dubai around Africa.

In the meantime cruisers who have been booked to go on the original cruise for a year will have made other arrangements. 
 

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

You may as well transfer to Voyager,if that actually happens.

Not a option.

We were only doing Southampton to Rome. 
 

9 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie

So what’s the verdict with your Anthem repositioning?

Will the new itinerary work for you?

We are just waiting to see what the others in the group are doing and looking at other options.

The Explorer option does look good.
I haven’t received anything from my USA Travel Agent yet. Just waiting for this email to arrive. 

1:02

7:32

About Your Upcoming Travels

Dear Guest,

We have all been closely monitoring the unrest in the Red Sea and were hopeful everything would settle down. Unfortunately, due to security risks and with the safety of our guests and crew top of mind, we've made the difficult decision that Anthem of the Seas will instead have to transit around the southern tip of Africa.

As a result, our October 14th, 2024, sailing onboard Anthem of the Seas has been

cancelled.

We're truly sorry for the impact that this has on your vacation plans. The time and effort you took to plan your cruise is important to us, so we've put together some alternate options that we hope will work for you and those in your party.

Option 1: Rebook our Explorer of the Seas 8-Night Greece, Cyprus & Turkey Voyage sailing on October 19th, 2024:

Sailing from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy and debarking in Athens (Piraeus), Greece and visiting:

• Santorini, Greece | Mykonos, Greece | Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey | Bodrum, Turkey |& Limassol, Cyprus

What you'll receive:

• Your original stateroom category price will either be protected at your original cruise fare rate or reduced to the current cruise fare rate (whichever is lower). This excludes taxes, fees, gratuities, and other non-cruise fare items.

If you were already paid in full and your cruise fare rate decreases, we'll provide you with a refund for any difference in pricing.

• To sweeten the offer, you'll receive a credit to spend onboard per
• $100 USD for Interior, Ocean View, and Balcony staterooms | 5200 USD
  for Suites
• Plus, an additional 550 USD for each third or more guest to spend onboard.
• And, you'll also be reimbursed for non-refundable, pre-purchased transportation change fees incurred (such as a flight, train ticket, or rental car).
• We'll cover up to $200 USD (E161) per guest for Domestic changes, or up to $400 USD (£321) per guest for international changes.
• Please email your receipts and booking information to RoyalGuestRelations@rcel.com for review,
• Include the following information in your email: Booking ID,
• Anthem 10/23/24, Guest Name, and the last four digits of the

5 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

So that looks like it’s gaining a few days from the cruise before the repo . How does that affect you?

Im hoping the Voyager repo,if it diverts to Capetown just goes straight to Brisbane and drops Singapore.

Something like the virgin ship but in reverse.

 

I will just sit tight and see what happens.  Who knows how long it will take for the actual cancellation to happen.

The problem is the replacement Royal Europe cruises are so far overpriced at the moment including the Trans Atlantic’s. 

Royal are making too much money off the Singapore to Brisbane Voyager repositioning November 2025 to change to this common sense schedule Cape Town to Fremantle. Getting to and from Caperown will be worse for Aussies then the current status of flights Oz to Honolulu. Singapore has heaps of daily flights to Australian cities. Voyager leaving Rome around 20 October 2025 looks a very possible scenario to take on time at Dubai. 

Anthem of the Seas appears on this Southampton schedule 10 October 2024 the day she is meant to be in Madeira. This is an extra date.

These are the current cruises. 

2 to 14 October Canary Island Cruise.

14 to 23 October Southampton to Rome

23 October to 7 November Rome to Dubai

7 to 21 November Dubai to Singapore. 
It looks  probable the Canary Island Cruise will be cut short and go elsewhere. Then depart Southampton 10 October 2024 for Dubai via Capetown.

https://www.southamptonvts.co.uk/Live_Information/Shipping_Movements_and_Cruise_Ship_Schedule/Cruise_Ship_Schedule/?source=122648

The number one advice I can give to people booking any portion of the Voyager repositioning from 20 October 2025 to 13 December 2025 including the one wayers to and from Ravenna. Don’t book anything that you cannot get your money back on. This includes airfares. accommodation and tours. 

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

This was the virgin ships itinerary,I think you can expect something like it.

 

I have the voyager repositioning through the Suez Canal booked and we have a plan B ready. At the moment we are going to fly home from Dubai but if it goes around the bottom of Africa ,We will fly home from Cape Town .

 

 

I agree chilli. . Voyager should have been coming to Oz on something similar via Cape Town and Fremantle. 
But by the sounds of it the Singapore to Brisbane sector has seen heaps of cabins sold.and I cannot see that changing while Voyager is still the ship for Brisbane. 
But good luck Royal to change things in a hurry for your Voyager repositioning. 

Chilli i just got the spam email to buy drinks packages, internet, speciality restaurants, tours etc for Anthem repositioning. 

2 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie

Any word on your repositioning cruise on Anthem Glen?

Things seem to be taking a turn for the worse in the Red Sea area.

 

Chilli nothing.

Us Anthem cruisers are still waiting to see what happens. 

Those Anthem cruises have been on the webpage more this week then other recent weeks. 
Surely it isn’t because of the Voyager cruises going on sale. 

I wish Royal would hurry up and do something with Anthem from Southampton to Singapore in October.

Another cruise line not going thru Suez. 
 

“Marla Cruises has announced the further cancellation of voyages in Asia and the Middle East for Marella Discovery 2, citing safety concerns for the troubled situation in the Red Sea.
 

At the moment, Red Sea tensions include increased pirate activity, including the use of drones, to attack various vessels. This has caused numerous cruise lines to cancel sailings in the region or reroute voyages around the west coast of Africa rather than risk attacks in the Red Sea.’

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie
A local big  cruise specialist has just overhauled its website and now lists Enchantment of the seas in its search engine for Australia.

Its got all of Anthems and Voyager but when you select Enchantment ?

 

Thanks Mate

Unless they are going to swap Radiance or Serenade onto Enchantment runs to free it up. 
it doesn’t make sense for now. 
Oz will need 3 ships when this Lelepa opens.  
Melbourne could be an option for Enchantment. 
 

Could Serenade and/or Radiance be getting used for Vision ships Royal are off loading?

19 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

They have Voyager coming through the Suez 

I know.

I think they are dreaming.

It should be coming via South Africa.

Just now, springaussie said:

Chilli Did you notice the 9 day Anthem South Pacifics take 3 sea days one direction and 2 the other way. 
Probably an emissions thing. 

58 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

Itineraries are the usual suspects and the prices are pretty obscene.

They are on Royal Caribbean website.

Chilli Did you notice the 9 day Anthem South Pacific take 3 sea days one direction and 2 the other way. 
Probably an emissions thing. 

46 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

I was thinking of flying into Frankfurt or something and a road or rail trip ending in Venice .Then the last Adriatic cruise that ends in Rome and b2b onto the repo.

Something like I would do Chilli.

if it was me try to have a plan B to get to Rome to sail on the 20 October if required. 

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

I think I will go ahead with it ,Singapore airlines have a pretty good refund policy.

 

If they change the repo they would have to drop a cruise or two.

Im just wondering if it would be in the Mediterranean or Brisbane.

What do you think?

20 October 2025 from Rome is my pick.

Cancel these 2 and run to Dubai via Capetown.

7-Night Italy & Croatia October 20, 2025 Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy • Naples/Capri, Italy • Sicily (Messina), Italy • Cruising • Bar, Montenegro • Dubrovnik, Croatia • Split, Croatia • Ravenna, Italy 7-Night Italy & Croatia October 27, 2025 Ravenna (Venice), Italy • Zadar, Croatia • Dubrovnik, Croatia • Kotor, Montenegro • Cruising • Sicily (Messina), Italy • Naples/Capri, Italy • Rome (Civitavecchia)

Can any travel agents see the Australian Deployment 25/26 in the system? 

Just now, springaussie said:

We are in that situation with Anthem.

I have  a refundable one way airfares booked to France.

Only doing Southampton to Civitavecchia.  
Our friends are booked to Singapore. Others are joining them in Civitavecchia and Dubai. But they have nothing booked except the cruise thru a USA TA.