Tropicalgal2 Posted February 14, 2014 #526 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Vision is currently doing the final RCI Panama sailings from Colon and while she re-positions first to P.E. she then heads for winter to Tampa. No news, but was stated in press at one time that she would 'home-port' year round from Tampa. RC will NOT have any ships sailing out of Panama for the next few years. Panama was NOT happy when they were notified that RC was pulling out of Colon! Easy port for us! :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tropicalgal2 Posted February 14, 2014 #527 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Quantum would fit in the new locks, but might not fit under the Bridge of the Americas. Same problem that Voyager/Freedom/Oasis class would have with the new canal. Thanks Bob for the info. You would want to keep the Sky Arm down while going under the bridge, if there is any chance of it fitting in the first place. The clearance under the main span of The Bridge of the Americas is 61.3 m (201 ft) at high tide. The Centennial Bridge clearance is much higher: 80.0 m (262 ft) The new lock chambers will be 476.72m (1400 ft.) long, 54.86 m (180 ft.) wide and 18.26 m (60 ft.) deep, with each lock complex measuring more than a mile and a half in length. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 14, 2014 #528 Share Posted February 14, 2014 RC will NOT have any ships sailing out of Panama for the next few years. Panama was NOT happy when they were notified that RC was pulling out of Colon! Easy port for us! :( Yes, this is the FINAL season for RCI in Colon. They will leave their Pullmantur ship there and the way they marketed the Colon sailings they were actually competing with each other. I personally feel they did not handle the Panama embarking cruises very well. This should have been one of their best opportunities for Land/Sail tours and they offered almost nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted February 14, 2014 #529 Share Posted February 14, 2014 (edited) What can we expect today. Or is that it until next week. I'm waiting on Alaska Sent from my C6903 using Forums mobile app Edited February 14, 2014 by bigeck Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted February 14, 2014 #530 Share Posted February 14, 2014 What can we expect today. Or is that it until next week. I'm waiting on Alaska Sent from my C6903 using Forums mobile app Still waiting for May, 2015 - Freedom of the Seas sailing -- not posted at 10:45 AM. June - October, 2015 were posted yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted February 14, 2014 #531 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Still waiting for May, 2015 - Freedom of the Seas sailing -- not posted at 10:45 AM. June - October, 2015 were posted yesterday. Not sure about that one. Very strange Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted February 14, 2014 #532 Share Posted February 14, 2014 Not sure about that one. Very strangeWill keep checking and will post when May 2015 sailings are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folk Singer Posted February 14, 2014 #533 Share Posted February 14, 2014 That's a nice itinerary. I would regret losing St. Thomas on its own, but I'd take San Juan and St. Kitts over Nassau and St. Thomas. Looks rather inexpensive too. Come on Quantum May '15!!! Still waiting for ya. right on.:):) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbelle Posted February 15, 2014 #534 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Now showing again for the 1 June, 12 June and 22 June embarking in Istanbul. The 3 July cruise actually would leave from Istanbul and disembark in Rome and was posted in error. Thessaloniki is the first port of call, which did seem just a bit far, but http://sea-distances.com/ says you can do it for arrival at 10 am, if depart Istanbul at 5 pm the day before. Civitavecchia to Thessaloniki would take 2 full sea days at full speed to reach. They only have 2 sea days on the entire sailing, so it must embark from Istanbul. Will Royal have any ships going to Istanbul late July Early August? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 15, 2014 #535 Share Posted February 15, 2014 (edited) Will Royal have any ships going to Istanbul late July Early August? Currently no 'mass-market' cruise lines embarking in Istanbul that time of year, just small ship and up-market lines. Azamara has a 6 August Istanbul, 10 day Black Sea sailing scheduled. NCL currently has Spirit calling a couple of times during that period. Edited February 15, 2014 by MADflyer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbelle Posted February 15, 2014 #536 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Currently no 'mass-market' cruise lines embarking in Istanbul that time of year, just small ship and up-market lines. Azamara has a 6 August Istanbul, 10 day Black Sea sailing scheduled. NCL currently has Spirit calling a couple of times during that period. Mmm don't like the look of the Spirt. Looks very dark inside and the pool area looks horrible. I was hoping another cruise line would stop at Istanbul that is family friendly. I have my DS in tow. azamara is too posh for us and too expensive. Maybe Princess will have something that appeals. I do wish the port of Venice had a port calendar like the port of Rome, helps with the guessing game.:D Second choice is looking like the Adventure from Southampton heading towards Ibiza etc. RCL seem pretty expensive for next summer as always on their Southampton routes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ckelly14 Posted February 15, 2014 #537 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Celebrity had a great trip Venice to Istanbul on S-class in 2014. Hope they offer the same in 2015. Not sure I would classify them as "kid friendly", but it is certainly "mass market" Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Folk Singer Posted February 15, 2014 #538 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Still waiting for May, 2015 - Freedom of the Seas sailing -- not posted at 10:45 AM. June - October, 2015 were posted yesterday. will have a look. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbelle Posted February 15, 2014 #539 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Just found this. Royal Caribbean International's 2015 Canada/New England program offers departures from Baltimore, Boston, Québec City and Bayonne, N.J.'s Cape Liberty. From Baltimore, Grandeur of the Seas will alternate six-night Bermuda sailings with eight- and nine-night Canada/New England cruises that call at Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine; St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the autumn, Brilliance of the Seas will offer seven- and nine-night fall foliage cruises from Boston. And varied fall foliage cruises of 10 to 14 nights will operate on Serenade of the Seas, sailing between Québec City and Bayonne. Not sure if all of the details have already been shared. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherbelle Posted February 15, 2014 #540 Share Posted February 15, 2014 Just found this. Royal Caribbean International's 2015 Canada/New England program offers departures from Baltimore, Boston, Québec City and Bayonne, N.J.'s Cape Liberty. From Baltimore, Grandeur of the Seas will alternate six-night Bermuda sailings with eight- and nine-night Canada/New England cruises that call at Portland and Bar Harbor, Maine; St. John, New Brunswick, and Halifax, Nova Scotia. In the autumn, Brilliance of the Seas will offer seven- and nine-night fall foliage cruises from Boston. And varied fall foliage cruises of 10 to 14 nights will operate on Serenade of the Seas, sailing between Québec City and Bayonne. Not sure if all of the details have already been shared. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/10674-royal-caribbean-announces-2015-caribbean-summer.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted February 15, 2014 #541 Share Posted February 15, 2014 will have a look.May 2015 is up today for Freedom of the Seas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted February 16, 2014 #542 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Allure of the Seas is booked into Rome 08 and 14 May 2015. (not released for sale) Anthem of the Seas is booked into Rome 13 May 2015. http://www.port-of-rome.org/en/content/ship-arrivals-and-departures Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted February 16, 2014 #543 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Allure of the Seas is booked into Rome 08 and 14 May 2015. (not released for sale)Anthem of the Seas is booked into Rome 13 May 2015. http://www.port-of-rome.org/en/content/ship-arrivals-and-departures Correction. Allure of the Seas is booked into Rome 07 14 and 21 May 2015. (not released for sale) Anthem of the Seas is booked into Rome 13 May 2015. http://www.port-of-rome.org/en/conte...and-departures __________________ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 16, 2014 #544 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Vision of the Seas has shown up on the cruise calendar for Civitavecchia (Rome) and appears to arrive at end of April. Did not check the whole season, but does one 7 day following TA and then a series of alternating 12 day cruises. Looks like some good B2B or B2B2B possibilities. VI Vision of the Seas (Port prior / next port of call) 29 April AJACCIO (Corsica) / MESSINA 6 May LA SPEZIA / AMALFI 19 May LA SPEZIA / PIRAEUS 31 May LA SPEZIA / SALERNO 12 June / 24 June / 7 July / 18 July / 11 August LA SPEZIA / SALERNO 30 July / 23 August LA SPEZIA / PIRAEUS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 16, 2014 #545 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Legend of the Seas has shown up on the Civitavecchia port calendar for only one call the 13th of May, 2015, which would allow for a 14 day TA from Port Everglades on the 29th of May. This might be a MED stop prior to heading on a second repositioning cruise to Scandinavia. As she comes in from a Panama Canal Sailing, this would allow for a sailing from San Diego to Ft. Lauderdale to Rome to Copenhagen and then even do a Fjord or Baltic cruise. 13 May (port prior / next port) CANNES / PALMA DE MAJORCA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparkx Posted February 16, 2014 #546 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Vision of the Seas has shown up on the cruise calendar for Civitavecchia (Rome) and appears to arrive at end of April. Did not check the whole season, but does one 7 day following TA and then a series of alternating 12 day cruises. Looks like some good B2B or B2B2B possibilities. VI Vision of the Seas (Port prior / next port of call) 29 April AJACCIO (Corsica) / MESSINA 6 May LA SPEZIA / AMALFI 19 May LA SPEZIA / PIRAEUS 31 May LA SPEZIA / SALERNO 12 June / 24 June / 7 July / 18 July / 11 August LA SPEZIA / SALERNO 30 July / 23 August LA SPEZIA / PIRAEUS She's going to be based out of Barcelona apparently Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 16, 2014 #547 Share Posted February 16, 2014 She's going to be based out of Barcelona apparently Sent using the Cruise Critic forums app And you are basing that on what? RCI Director for Spain/France just gave big speech in Barcelona about Royal's commitment to Barcelona. I was not there, so do not know if he mentioned that. He has only confirmed Liberty is leaving and Allure is coming as far as I know. Barcelona is sure the best Embarkation port in Europe now. I was amazed at how nice Malaga was even, when sailed from there last month. Interestingly he confirmed that they would use Terminal A and Terminal B for the Allure turn-around sailings. Disembarkation will be from forward and aft with some luggage going aft and other numbers going forward. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted February 16, 2014 #548 Share Posted February 16, 2014 (edited) Formerly, LEGEND OF THE SEAS appeared in Civitavecchia/Rome every 12th day in the 2015 season, which indicated that she will do the 12 nighters from Barcelona. But now VISION is appearing every 12thday in Civitavecchia/Rome, so it seems RCI has changed the plans and VISION is going to offer the 12-night-Med cruises from Barcelona, which SERENADE offers in 2014... Except for 1x May, LEGEND is not showing up anymore in 2015... Maybe RCI offers the itineraries out of Malaga again - with LIBERTY!! :D :D Edited February 16, 2014 by celebrity_fan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted February 16, 2014 #549 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Except for 1x May, LEGEND is not showing up anymore in 2015... Maybe RCI offers the itineraries out of Malaga again - with LIBERTY!! :D :D Ok. With search down, I could not see that. I just noticed that Vision was news as they had pulled her out of Europe, after many Baltic seasons. I think Legend or another ship will head to Copenhagen/ Stockholm as those sailings sell well mid-summer on. If they send her to the MED first, she would get to Scandinavia when the season would really take off. All speculation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I-Cruiser Posted February 16, 2014 #550 Share Posted February 16, 2014 Ok. With search down, I could not see that. I just noticed that Vision was news as they had pulled her out of Europe, after many Baltic seasons. I think Legend or another ship will head to Copenhagen/ Stockholm as those sailings sell well mid-summer on. If they send her to the MED first, she would get to Scandinavia when the season would really take off. All speculation. I thought the Serenade was rumored to do the Copenhagen/Stockholm run? I prefer your speculation thought since it means Legend/Vision would have to do a Western Europe cruise to get from the Med to Northern Europe. Western Europe cruises are on my "must do" list.:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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