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Jewel to Brisbane is my guess. Being a financial partner in the new cruise terminal means that Royal will home port a ship there. Jewel is a good size for that market and also for the ports she would call at (mostly Pacific islands).

Royal have been promoting heavliy in Sydney of late.

 

 

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Royal are apparently not a partner anymore in the new Brisbane Cruise Terminal.

Now just Carnival and Port of Brisbane.

 

 

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geoff2802

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Royal are apparently not a partner anymore in the new Brisbane Cruise Terminal.

Now just Carnival and Port of Brisbane.

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Well that's interesting. Do you have a source you can share?

 

 

 

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Royal are apparently not a partner anymore in the new Brisbane Cruise Terminal.

Now just Carnival and Port of Brisbane.

 

 

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Apparently the ACCC will make a decision in April about this - unfair advantage.

Carnival want first pick of 100 days, this being up to 4 days per week.

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banzaii

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Apparently the ACCC will make a decision in April about this - unfair advantage.

Carnival want first pick of 100 days, this being up to 4 days per week.

Don't forget Carnival also want right of veto over a 2nd berth at the terminal!

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Thanks for sharing. Maybe Royal wasn't prepared to stump up enough cash to secure preferential booking access.

The ACCC's draft decision indicates they will accept Carnival's request for preferential booking in return for financial commitment to the project, but will not allow first right of refusal for access to any future second berth.

https://www.accc.gov.au/media-release/draft-decision-on-port-of-brisbane-and-carnival-agreement

This might cool Royal's enthusiasm about committing a ship to Brisbane, but I believe they will anyway given that Sydney OPT is fully utilised and there is no committed plan for a third terminal in or near Sydney.

 

 

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Sydney currently has 4 ships: Ovation, Explorer, Voyager and Radiance. We know Explorer is leaving.

Guesses: Ovation and Radiance continue the current Sydney - Alaska seasonal pattern.

Quantum replaces Voyager in Sydney. (Spectrum goes to China).

Jewel comes to Brisbane (second guess is Voyager). If this is right, where would she go in the northern summer? Alaska? Singapore?

Australia would still have 4 ships in total with a slight increase in capacity (roughly 500 pax).

 

 

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Won't be Voyager as she is replacing Mariner in Singapore full time from the end of April 2018.

 

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Won't be Voyager as she is replacing Mariner in Singapore full time from the end of April 2018.

 

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As far as I know, Voyager's deployment beyond March 2019 has not been announced, so she could easliy be moved or shared seasonally.

 

 

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At what time is the press conference?

 

645 Eastern on Royal Caribbean International’s corporate FB page. They mention it there.

 

Here’s what Millie Q says:

Friends! Big things are on the way from Royal Caribbean International! Tune in to Royal's FB at 7pm EST to catch all the adventure. EDIT: 6:45PM there's a sneak peek.

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645 Eastern on Royal Caribbean International’s corporate FB page. They mention it there.

 

Here’s what Millie Q says:

Friends! Big things are on the way from Royal Caribbean International! Tune in to Royal's FB at 7pm EST to catch all the adventure. EDIT: 6:45PM there's a sneak peek.

 

Could the announcement be something to do with Australia / Asia. Currently it is 5 am in Sydney and 2 am in NYC, so that would make it a 10am announcement for Sydney. Parts of Asia are 2-3 hours behind Sydney.

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Could the announcement be something to do with Australia / Asia. Currently it is 5 am in Sydney and 2 am in NYC, so that would make it a 10am announcement for Sydney. Parts of Asia are 2-3 hours behind Sydney.

 

 

 

No it’s about «*a big new feature*»

 

 

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