MikeC1610 Posted March 18, 2019 #1 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Any ideas as to what the Big News is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandex Posted March 18, 2019 #2 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Yes I received this today. This week is the new deployment season, and rumours have been flying about an Oasis class ship heading to Aus 20/21. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Big_M Posted March 18, 2019 #3 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Also received it. However, Australian deployment isn't for another 3 weeks.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beatleman Posted March 18, 2019 #4 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Jandex said: Yes I received this today. This week is the new deployment season, and rumours have been flying about an Oasis class ship heading to Aus 20/21. I received this also. any idea which ship?. The opening of the new Brisbane Terminal would fit in with this time frame and RCI's hype😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeC1610 Posted March 18, 2019 Author #5 Share Posted March 18, 2019 2 hours ago, Jandex said: Yes I received this today. This week is the new deployment season, and rumours have been flying about an Oasis class ship heading to Aus 20/21. Whilst that would be MASSIVE News I doubt it would be the deployment of an Oasis Class Ship. I don't think any ports in Australia/NZ would be big enough to handle a ship of that size. After reading it again I think they might be deploying Adventure of the Seas to Aust/NZ. If I'm right I think that ship was recently refurbished? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #6 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Maybe Voyager Ovation and Radiance or Serenade from Sydney and The other from Brisbane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #7 Share Posted March 18, 2019 3 hours ago, Jandex said: Yes I received this today. This week is the new deployment season, and rumours have been flying about an Oasis class ship heading to Aus 20/21. Not going to happen. All Oasis class ships have already been deployed for the 2020-2021 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 18, 2019 #8 Share Posted March 18, 2019 41 minutes ago, MikeC1610 said: Whilst that would be MASSIVE News I doubt it would be the deployment of an Oasis Class Ship. I don't think any ports in Australia/NZ would be big enough to handle a ship of that size. After reading it again I think they might be deploying Adventure of the Seas to Aust/NZ. If I'm right I think that ship was recently refurbished? RC just announced that Adventure is going to Galveston, Texas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #9 Share Posted March 18, 2019 39 minutes ago, MikeC1610 said: Whilst that would be MASSIVE News I doubt it would be the deployment of an Oasis Class Ship. I don't think any ports in Australia/NZ would be big enough to handle a ship of that size. After reading it again I think they might be deploying Adventure of the Seas to Aust/NZ. If I'm right I think that ship was recently refurbished? She already has been deployed for the 2020-2021 season. Leaving only Oddyssey which is going to the US and Serenade, Ovation, Voyager and Radiance . However, Maybe Quantum or spectrum is leaving Asia. I Think all we know for sure is that Brisbane will have a RCI Ship in 2020-2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon007 Posted March 18, 2019 #10 Share Posted March 18, 2019 I'm just hoping it's new ports in the South Pacific or a few longer itineraries thrown in so we can shake things up a bit without having to fly home from somewhere. New ships are great, but when they keep going to the same places nearly every cruise (even less than before - whatever happened to Champagne Bay, Luganville? How about adding Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti on cruises other than just repos) it get a bit like groundhog day. Noumea again - great (not) - all you Aussies reading this know what I mean. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KAYTWO Posted March 18, 2019 #11 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Yep, and what about places like the Solomon Islands, Guam or places like that for a nice 3 week cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #12 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 minute ago, KAYTWO said: Yep, and what about places like the Solomon Islands, Guam or places like that for a nice 3 week cruise. Guam is not nice. Unless a military base takes your fancy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #13 Share Posted March 18, 2019 8 minutes ago, avalon007 said: I'm just hoping it's new ports in the South Pacific or a few longer itineraries thrown in so we can shake things up a bit without having to fly home from somewhere. New ships are great, but when they keep going to the same places nearly every cruise (even less than before - whatever happened to Champagne Bay, Luganville? How about adding Tonga, Samoa, Tahiti on cruises other than just repos) it get a bit like groundhog day. Noumea again - great (not) - all you Aussies reading this know what I mean. That could be it too. RCI recently announced they planned to open a private island in the Asia-Pacific Region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trajim62 Posted March 18, 2019 #14 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Might be a "freedom class ship" have they been deployed? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merion_Mom Posted March 18, 2019 #15 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, DDG 41 said: That could be it too. RCI recently announced they planned to open a private island in the Asia-Pacific Region. Doing that will take a looooooooooong time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soak01 Posted March 18, 2019 #16 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Just got mine as well. Strange that it is something just ahead of the AUS/NZ deployment. Maybe a year round deployment to compete with P&O, Princess & Carnival. Any chance Radiance could be getting a facelift or a completely new ship? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soak01 Posted March 18, 2019 #17 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Just being curious, I just checked out the Brisbane Port Schedule and it shows Vision of the Seas with weekly placeholders from November 2020.......... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ReneeFLL Posted March 18, 2019 #18 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, DDG 41 said: Guam is not nice. Unless a military base takes your fancy. But the diving is. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon007 Posted March 18, 2019 #19 Share Posted March 18, 2019 1 hour ago, DDG 41 said: Guam is not nice. Unless a military base takes your fancy. But it does have some of the best diving in the world! :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
avalon007 Posted March 18, 2019 #20 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Well they are promising two 'big' things in their email advert - a 'big adventure' & a 'big debut', so debut has to be a first for something unless they don't know the meaning of the word - but then again their idea of big may not be ours - it could be something as uneventful as a real replacement for the noodle house debuting on Ovation! LOL Big adventure - may just be some of the new shore excursions they have added to NZ etc? Not often that their marketing lives up to the promise for me. But I'm ever hopeful! 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tomatosauce Posted March 18, 2019 #21 Share Posted March 18, 2019 Voyager is due for refurbishment later this year and the photo is either Voyager or Freedom class so perhaps it is referring to the same things that were added to the Mariner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soak01 Posted March 18, 2019 #22 Share Posted March 18, 2019 28 minutes ago, tomatosauce said: Voyager is due for refurbishment later this year and the photo is either Voyager or Freedom class so perhaps it is referring to the same things that were added to the Mariner. Didn't Navigator (which is the same class) also get amplified recently or is about to, so maybe it is just the Voyager upgrade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DDG 41 Posted March 18, 2019 #23 Share Posted March 18, 2019 It Looks like it will be a new ship coming to Australia and a refresh of Voyager and the announcement of a new private island. NICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GottaRequalify Posted March 19, 2019 #24 Share Posted March 19, 2019 Yes - it is Radiance of the Seas that will be home ported in Brisbane. It is in the local newspaper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NumnuT Posted March 19, 2019 #25 Share Posted March 19, 2019 16 hours ago, soak01 said: Didn't Navigator (which is the same class) also get amplified recently or is about to, so maybe it is just the Voyager upgrade. Hopefully something about Voyager - we are booked on her March 2020 they should have all of the bugs out by then...😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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