Saab4444 Posted May 31, 2020 #376 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Meyer will deliver Iona in second half of June, this is just 1.5 months delay. Odyssey could be ready with a similar delay but the question is if Royal wants her at that time or later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted May 31, 2020 #377 Share Posted May 31, 2020 I would think Royal would want her because she's a new class of ship for Florida and would boost bookings. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted May 31, 2020 #378 Share Posted May 31, 2020 (edited) 1 hour ago, Saab4444 said: Meyer will deliver Iona in second half of June, this is just 1.5 months delay. Odyssey could be ready with a similar delay but the question is if Royal wants her at that time or later. I think it would depend on the length of the delay. She is already heavily booked at premium prices. You don’t necessarily want to give up those bookings, plus the media and the exposure and positive note that it will project. Edited May 31, 2020 by Ourusualbeach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted May 31, 2020 #379 Share Posted May 31, 2020 41 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: I think it would depend on the length of the delay. She is already heavily booked at premium prices. You don’t necessarily want to give up those bookings, plus the media and the exposure and positive note that it will project. My point is that many posters assume Meyer is responsible for a big delay but this is not the case. They could even speed up now with e.g. overtime work now but cruise lines are asking for later deliveries.Hence the yard remains on short time work and does layoffs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted May 31, 2020 #380 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Iona is doing sea trials off Denmark. Maybe Odyssey will speed up now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis#1 Posted May 31, 2020 #381 Share Posted May 31, 2020 What date will Odyssey start sailing out of Florida? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted May 31, 2020 #382 Share Posted May 31, 2020 2 minutes ago, Dennis#1 said: What date will Odyssey start sailing out of Florida? Was supposed to be Nov. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted May 31, 2020 #383 Share Posted May 31, 2020 55 minutes ago, Saab4444 said: My point is that many posters assume Meyer is responsible for a big delay but this is not the case. They could even speed up now with e.g. overtime work now but cruise lines are asking for later deliveries.Hence the yard remains on short time work and does layoffs. The yard is allowed back at 100% of their workforce for capacity and then increase that with overtime.? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted May 31, 2020 #384 Share Posted May 31, 2020 Unless and until RCI and/or the yard says something official, it's all a guess when the ship will be done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chengkp75 Posted May 31, 2020 #385 Share Posted May 31, 2020 1 hour ago, Saab4444 said: My point is that many posters assume Meyer is responsible for a big delay but this is not the case. They could even speed up now with e.g. overtime work now but cruise lines are asking for later deliveries.Hence the yard remains on short time work and does layoffs. I agree that Meyer Werft will be responsible for about 2 months delay (see my comment about overtime below), and anything further than that would more likely be a "slow down" agreement with RCI. 24 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: The yard is allowed back at 100% of their workforce for capacity and then increase that with overtime.? I am not sure whether or not the yard is at full employment or not, but there are social distancing requirements which will slow things down on the job site (i.e. less people working closely together). Germany has some strange laws regarding overtime. I was in a shipyard once in Bremerhaven, and we had a boiler failure that was going to impact our float out date, and we asked the yard to put an additional shift on it. They said they had to go to the state or federal government to present why they wanted to give overtime to existing employees instead of hiring additional employees. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted June 1, 2020 #386 Share Posted June 1, 2020 4 hours ago, deliver42 said: I would think Royal would want her because she's a new class of ship for Florida and would boost bookings. That was more important pre Covid. Kind of like building a Terminal for Allure in Galveston, or heck, Amplified Allure plans. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare John&LaLa Posted June 1, 2020 #387 Share Posted June 1, 2020 3 hours ago, Saab4444 said: My point is that many posters assume Meyer is responsible for a big delay but this is not the case. They could even speed up now with e.g. overtime work now but cruise lines are asking for later deliveries.Hence the yard remains on short time work and does layoffs. Seems to be a lot of fires lately🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted June 1, 2020 #388 Share Posted June 1, 2020 6 hours ago, chengkp75 said: I agree that Meyer Werft will be responsible for about 2 months delay (see my comment about overtime below), and anything further than that would more likely be a "slow down" agreement with RCI. I am not sure whether or not the yard is at full employment or not, but there are social distancing requirements which will slow things down on the job site (i.e. less people working closely together). Germany has some strange laws regarding overtime. I was in a shipyard once in Bremerhaven, and we had a boiler failure that was going to impact our float out date, and we asked the yard to put an additional shift on it. They said they had to go to the state or federal government to present why they wanted to give overtime to existing employees instead of hiring additional employees. The law regarding overtime is pretty straight and clear. The works council needs to approve it, not the government. This is usually no problem but not reasonable if you do layoffs at the same time. Meyer could work faster now again even with implemented social distancing, but no need as all cruise lines ask for much later delivery. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis#1 Posted June 1, 2020 #389 Share Posted June 1, 2020 17 hours ago, Dennis#1 said: What date will Odyssey start sailing out of Florida? 17 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Was supposed to be Nov. 5 Thanks. Looking forward to our February 2021 cruise on the Odyssey. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tough as Leather Posted June 1, 2020 #390 Share Posted June 1, 2020 Lloyd555 I saw that you finally booked an Odyssey of the Seas cruise!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd555 Posted June 1, 2020 Author #391 Share Posted June 1, 2020 (edited) 53 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said: Lloyd555 I saw that you finally booked an Odyssey of the Seas cruise!! Yup. Looking forward to it! And going to CocoCay for the first time! Edited June 1, 2020 by Lloyd555 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted June 1, 2020 #392 Share Posted June 1, 2020 One thing is for sure, any changes to the inaugural date means more refunds and cancellations to process. Some delay is inevitable but once announced they've got more money to give back so I suspect they won't be in a hurry to announce a revised date. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yzfmik Posted June 1, 2020 #393 Share Posted June 1, 2020 1 hour ago, twangster said: One thing is for sure, any changes to the inaugural date means more refunds and cancellations to process. Some delay is inevitable but once announced they've got more money to give back so I suspect they won't be in a hurry to announce a revised date. I just hope they announce the delay prior to our final payment date. Yesterday I booked Oasis for November 4th....sadly I needed to go for my plan B 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ptod Posted June 2, 2020 #394 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, twangster said: One thing is for sure, any changes to the inaugural date means more refunds and cancellations to process. More importantly.....can I still get all the goodies from the inaugural sailing? I need more tchotchkes to dust! 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted June 2, 2020 #395 Share Posted June 2, 2020 4 hours ago, ptod said: can I still get all the goodies from the inaugural sailing? Don't assume anything which has been provided in the past will happen with Odyssey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lloyd555 Posted June 8, 2020 Author #396 Share Posted June 8, 2020 📷 Meyer Werft 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boatseller Posted June 8, 2020 #397 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Even if they manage to ship on time, I think the bigger issue is she'd be over booked given the expected capacity limits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dalee21860 Posted June 8, 2020 #398 Share Posted June 8, 2020 6 hours ago, boatseller said: Even if they manage to ship on time, I think the bigger issue is she'd be over booked given the expected capacity limits. any idea what the capacity limits are going to be ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tee & Chilli Posted June 8, 2020 #399 Share Posted June 8, 2020 No one knows of any capacity limits. People are speculating. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare twangster Posted June 8, 2020 #400 Share Posted June 8, 2020 Airlines stated they had capacity limits yet some flights are full with zero empty seats, middle seats are occupied. Launch is a long time away, only time will tell what or if capacity limits will apply. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Please sign in to comment
You will be able to leave a comment after signing in
Sign In Now