danv3

Echo that. I enjoy cruising on X, but the drink vouchers on RCI are 100x better than the "happy hour" arrangement on X. In addition to being limited to certain bars (and not the MDR), drinks also aren't available on night 1 (because reasons, I guess).

I think it's a time zone issue. When I look at the website, I see a lot of arrivals at 2:00 or 3:00 in the morning with departures at 12:00 or 1:00pm. I think they're displaying the times (and dates) localized to the viewer's time zone (I'm in US-Eastern), because surely most ships don't roll into port at 2:00am!

Nice! looks like I’m booking a cruise tomorrow!

Awesome, thanks. Can you see where the July 5 Apex sailing goes?

Where do you see them? I don't see them on the X site.

I was duped! Got all excited and then realized this wasn't new. 😞

They know that most people aren't tracking prices that closely and a special holiday "sale" will no doubt encourage more casual customers to book.

Disappointing to see the seeming abandonment of northern Europe. Does someone maintain a thread like this for Celebrity?

Disappointing if true re: Brilliance. Was really hoping it would have some northern sailings out of Amsterdam.

We stayed at the Radisson Blu Royal Viking in 2019. Not too far of a walk to the old town and super convenient for the express train to the airport.

Yeah, we're holding out hope for RCI or X, but may have to consider other lines too. That MSC one is intriguing for sure.

Not enforced in October. No one asked or checked.

Oh, OK. I thought those limitations started in 2026. Surprising that so many other lines remain willing and able to visit those ports in 2025.

Many other mainstream lines have those ports scheduled for 2025. Why would Royal be avoiding them? Fingers crossed for some better fjords itineraries out of Amsterdam.

The deployment schedule doesn't seem to reflect Europe being in two phases. https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf