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You tender and go by bus to the North Cape. Issue is that big ships like Preziosa have a high chance to skip ports like Spitsbergen and North Cape due to weather and it is very crowded with so many people. I would do those beautiful ports with much smaller ships.

I would consider Celebrity Eclipse from Amsterdam.

According to the official Royal schedule Europe 2025 is published, any additiional ship (e.g. Jewel) would be an unexpected and late change, I doubt it.

I trust 2025 will also be changed soon, step by step…

Why did they change this? If I understand it correctly all stops in Dubrovnik and Kotor are now gone so no more Adria visits beside Split for big ships. This is a big change for the future!

It is not that pretty clear as they can not simply retire all smaller ships without having at least some replacements that are required for many itineraries and ports.

A broken coffee machine is not really a dry dock topic and I trust on Icon they will break down from time to time in some months as well due to extensive use....

Biggest is not best per se. I am not sure how many frequent travellers would agree that those are the best ships in the World….

In general it is vice versa, Biscaya is much more rocky than the North Sea and there sre no waves at all in the Fjords.

The smaller cities and ports in Norway are much easier to navigate with a baby, sure a more relaxed experience. Spain/France ports are more industrial and cities are bigger and more crowded.

This time frame is just for standard technical refurbishments and some cleaning/replacements as you mentioned above. Why do you ask for removing public space and adding more cabins? Are not enough people on board now? Cutting a ship in half and lengthen it takes some months and has never been done for such a big ship, will not happen.

My point was that people with later departures than Athens are not in danger and I agree that a lot can happen until May.

A cargo ship needs about ten days more from Indian Ocean to Gibraltar compared to standard schedule via Suez, not ten days.

The trip around Africa takes additional about ten days. If your understanding would be correct the trip from Dubai to Athens around Africa would be much faster which is impossible.

No worries! If they have to go from Dubai to the Med around Africa on May 9 they simply have to cancel the next 11 day cruise from Athens to Istanbul on May 27. With this adjustment they will be back on UWC schedule for all June departures and later starting with June 7 from Istanbul. They will not make more adjustments than needed.

Do one in Winter or at least between October and March. Cunard and P&O offer some from Southampton.

The answer is no, not all the same, and please look into your cruise planer to find details for your specific voyage.

When did Radiance visit Greenland? Not in the past ten years I guess?

Of course it is more cramped on the monsters, especially when more than 7000 people try to get in and out or gather at the same events.

It is summertime now in that part of the World so best possible weather you can get...

Every segment in Europe is nearly sold out and hence remaining cabins are very expensive.

Poor dog, why do they do this to him? He should have a life as a dog and not as a mascot prisoned on a noisy crowded ship.

There is no relation between currently available cabins and what you could get via Royal Up program, every location is possible.

Try to think outside America. All those Oasis and Quantum class ships are e.g. too big for many European ports and areas. And Celebrity Edge class ships are much bigger than Vison or Radiance. If Royal continous with big ships only they shoot themselves out of many destination markets but maybe this is ok for them and the way they want to go. For sure they will lose many customers who prefer interesting and diversified destinations but yes, they can fill the ships with others... For sure we will not book anymore standard 7 night Caribbean, Alaska or Med cruises just because of another new monster ship that has a bigger waterslide or some more pay restaurants.

A Freedom Class would not be able to stop at many ports of the World Cruise, simply too big.