My husband and I previous did a few Royal Caribbean cruises (pre-pandemic). Our last cruise was summer 2019 (Brilliance - Iberian), we stopped as we bought a campervan and have spent lots of time travelling in that. However we are thinking of returning to Cruising in the next few years.
We live in Bournemouth which is basically about 30 minutes drive from Southampton so it makes sense to sail from there to keep the costs down. I turn 50(!!!!) in 2025 so fancy doing the Norwegian Fjords again, our first ever cruise was on Indy in 2013 and where my husband proposed so it would be nice to return.
I was originally looking at going on P&O Iona but then started looking at videos of RCI cruises and have come full circle again. All of our cruises have been Royal except for a short 2 night (booze cruise) on Celebrity Silhouette so it makes sense really to stick with Royal as we are only 20 points from Diamond status.
Anyway......Does anyone know or have a rough idea when Royal release their Summer 2025 schedule for sale? Also, it has been so long since I have looked into any of this, is immediate release the absolute best time to book? Presuming the ship will still be Anthem, or do we think they might swap in something different? Hoping to book a balcony midship (we went on Ovation Inaugural sailing and that's what we had then and it was perfect) but if the money was right I would happily take a junior suite (double points means we are closer to diamond obviously) plus it's a suite, so you know!!
Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this 🙂 Thanks