joandian Posted January 15, 2016 #226 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I'm not entirely familiar with Royal's history with Northern European itineraries, but I'm looking at doing a cruise that stops in Ireland/Scotland. Any indication that the ship that leaves from Amsterdam will make this itinerary? If not, I may have to look into Celebrity, MSC or Princess. We looked for one after a TA in 2014 and ended up jumping over to Celebrity Infinity for a British Isles cruise. We enjoyed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 15, 2016 #227 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Ovation of the Seas is now showing visiting a few times Sydney Ports 7 December 2017 to 18 February 2018. Other names in Sydney 17/18 season are Radiance/Voyager and Explorer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted January 15, 2016 #228 Share Posted January 15, 2016 That's not true. ;) For 2017, Vision is listed in Amsterdam between May and July - so I'd reckon she offers a cruise to the British Isles in 2017. First part is true. Second part ok: maybe she comes back to North Europe and maybe she will offer not just the standard 12 day Baltic cruise pattern that is missing since Brilliance left Harwich. Some more variety incl. Norway, Island and British Isle would be great. We will see in March! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstewie23 Posted January 15, 2016 #229 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Are we expecting RC to release itineraries from May/June 2017 through April/May 2018? 2019? How far out are we expected to see? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted January 15, 2016 #230 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Are we expecting RC to release itineraries from May/June 2017 through April/May 2018? 2019? How far out are we expected to see? Only 1 years worth, until April 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jstewie23 Posted January 15, 2016 #231 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Only 1 years worth, until April 2018. Thanks. Thought that was the case. I guess I will have to wait a little longer to plan Alaska 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cot427 Posted January 15, 2016 #232 Share Posted January 15, 2016 We looked for one after a TA in 2014 and ended up jumping over to Celebrity Infinity for a British Isles cruise. We enjoyed it. Thank you for the info! The last time RCI offered a British Isle cruise was on Vision from Copenhagen about three years ago. As there are no indication for an RCI ship in Amsterdam that might go around Britain I would go with Silhouette. She offers better itenaries. Yeah I figured as much since I don't remember seeing itineraries for a while. I did see some of the Celebrity itineraries and they were intriguing. MSC has a good itinerary to the British islands from Hamburg. 12 days, 6 ports of call and at least 10 hours in every one of them. I agree - I did some research and saw that the itineraries are released on their European website but not US, but I was able to see the sample itineraries which look amazing! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 15, 2016 #233 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Only 1 years worth, until April 2018. So it's 12 months of releases, but a two year window. I guess that makes sense compared to last time. I never really paid attention until last year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisenfever Posted January 15, 2016 #234 Share Posted January 15, 2016 So it's 12 months of releases, but a two year window. I guess that makes sense compared to last time. I never really paid attention until last year. I think there's a problem with your signature dates for Jewel :D Jewel of the Seas 10/27/2016 Jewel of the Seas 11/6/2017 Jewel of the Seas 11/18/2016 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted January 15, 2016 #235 Share Posted January 15, 2016 I think there's a problem with your signature dates for Jewel :D Jewel of the Seas 10/27/2016 Jewel of the Seas 11/6/2017 Jewel of the Seas 11/18/2016 Thanks, I rarely see them. I blame Royal, those were supposed to be Rhapsody, I had to change them one at a time as they kept cancelling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted January 15, 2016 Author #236 Share Posted January 15, 2016 First part is true. Second part ok: maybe she comes back to North Europe and maybe she will offer not just the standard 12 day Baltic cruise pattern that is missing since Brilliance left Harwich. Some more variety incl. Norway, Island and British Isle would be great. We will see in March! Have a look here - Vision of the Seas calls at Amsterdam between 09 th of May, and 02nd of July, 2017: http://www.ptamsterdam.nl/nl/cruises-portal I reckon that she indeed offers some varied itineraries - for example the 12 night Arctic Circle itinerary Brilliance offered in 2012 from/to Amsterdam, and maybe one/two cruises to the British Isles when cruising from Amsterdam. After her Amsterdam season she could switch to Hamburg IMHO for several Norway cruises - RCCL already announced that a ship out of Hamburg in 2017 is considered. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suzyluvs2cruise Posted January 15, 2016 #237 Share Posted January 15, 2016 Have a look here - Vision of the Seas calls at Amsterdam between 09 th of May, and 02nd of July, 2017: http://www.ptamsterdam.nl/nl/cruises-portal I reckon that she indeed offers some varied itineraries - for example the 12 night Arctic Circle itinerary Brilliance offered in 2012 from/to Amsterdam, and maybe one/two cruises to the British Isles when cruising from Amsterdam. After her Amsterdam season she could switch to Hamburg IMHO for several Norway cruises - RCCL already announced that a ship out of Hamburg in 2017 is considered. We'd really like to see some varied itineraries like have been done in the past. Fingers crossed.....:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
atanac Posted January 18, 2016 #238 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Does anyone know when I might find Canada/New England cruises for 2017? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MADflyer Posted January 18, 2016 #239 Share Posted January 18, 2016 Does anyone know when I might find Canada/New England cruises for 2017? Canada/NE sailings usually come early in the deployment release and could appear as early as mid-February or as late as the end of March. It would seem they are running on schedule and will have them out right after they release the short Caribbean and together with the longer Caribbean sailings. RCI should release the schedule for deployment soon which will give the estimated date of release. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted January 19, 2016 Author #240 Share Posted January 19, 2016 Does anyone know when I might find Canada/New England cruises for 2017? Usually it's one of the first deployments that goes on sale - so expect it between mid of February and mid of March, if RCCL is going to release it's new cruises by the same pattern they have done in the past years. Furthermore, the Canada/NE deployment should be VERY prectictable - Anthem from Cape Liberty, Serenade from Boston, and Grandeur from Baltimore - I hardly believe there will be any Québec sailings again... :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 21, 2016 #241 Share Posted January 21, 2016 Ovation of the Seas of the Seas is having a season after Australia in Hong Kong from 16 February 2017. Info from cruise terminal Hong Kong schedule. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pspercy Posted January 22, 2016 #242 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm interested in SA - 'round the Horn but I think Royal is leaving that to =X=. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted January 22, 2016 #243 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I decided to go check out the Sydney port schedule to see if the Voyager & Explorer would be there and when in spring 2018, and things seem kind of weird. Voyager is shown as being in Sydney on March 11, 16, 20, 23, 27, April 2, 5, 16. Either those dates are placeholders for another ship, or the Voyager is doing a lot of 3 & 4 night cruises from Sydney which just seems bizarre to me. What do the experts think? :confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Virtopia Posted January 22, 2016 #244 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'd like a nice fall transatlantic as I'll be booking my first one in 2018. I'd be happy with about 3 European ports and 3 Caribbean islands. Already got my deposit ready! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 22, 2016 #245 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I decided to go check out the Sydney port schedule to see if the Voyager & Explorer would be there and when in spring 2018, and things seem kind of weird. Voyager is shown as being in Sydney on March 11, 16, 20, 23, 27, April 2, 5, 16. Either those dates are placeholders for another ship, or the Voyager is doing a lot of 3 & 4 night cruises from Sydney which just seems bizarre to me. What do the experts think? :confused: Maybe Ovation is staying a full season before returning to China, Aussies love short cruises but that seems a few too many visits for Voyager. In March and April we are in Autumn not Spring here in Australia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted January 22, 2016 #246 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'd like a nice fall transatlantic as I'll be booking my first one in 2018. I'd be happy with about 3 European ports and 3 Caribbean islands. Already got my deposit ready! The itineraries that will come out in March won't go that far out - only through about April of 2018. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shipfriend_max Posted January 22, 2016 Author #247 Share Posted January 22, 2016 I'm interested in SA - 'round the Horn but I think Royal is leaving that to =X=. Sadly, same as Central America with Panama Canal, it's very unlikely to see RCCL doing one of thatt cruises... :( Seems they are not getting the ships full on those sailings - although they are showily stating they cannot offer any Mexico Riviera and West Coast sailings, since they are not beloning to the "low-cost-segment"... :rolleyes: Disappointing - just disappointing, since NCL, in the same market segment, seems to be succesful on those itineraries without any showy and cheeky comments... :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruzin-K Posted January 22, 2016 #248 Share Posted January 22, 2016 (edited) Maybe Ovation is staying a full season before returning to China, Aussies love short cruises but that seems a few too many visits for Voyager. In March and April we are in Autumn not Spring here in Australia. Sorry. Of course I know it's Autumn there, but I'll be cruising in my Spring. Lol. Hopefully, April will have nice weather down there. Last time, I was there in your Spring and it rained a lot :( Sent from my SGH-M919 using Tapatalk Edited January 22, 2016 by Cruzin-K Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pspercy Posted January 22, 2016 #249 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Thank, yes it's NCL Sun that I'm looking at now... Wish I could get away short notice, they have $399 insides on one Feb'16 sailing☺ Sent from my Lenovo TAB 2 A8-50F using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeNKim Posted January 22, 2016 #250 Share Posted January 22, 2016 Without reading the entire thread cause I am at work.....shhhhhh Anyone thing Royal will do the UK, Ireland? Thank you Kim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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