geoff2802 Posted February 5, 2020 #2776 Share Posted February 5, 2020 It was a matter of time... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-05/coronavirus-on-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-in-japan/11931688 There is about to be an exodus of all cruise ships out of China. There won't even be port calls by passing ships. I also think they won't come back for quite some time after the pandemic passes because confidence will not return quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ethanol95 Posted February 5, 2020 #2777 Share Posted February 5, 2020 11 minutes ago, geoff2802 said: It was a matter of time... https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-02-05/coronavirus-on-diamond-princess-cruise-ship-in-japan/11931688 There is about to be an exodus of all cruise ships out of China. There won't even be port calls by passing ships. I also think they won't come back for quite some time after the pandemic passes because confidence will not return quickly. That will be very interesting to see how Royal's plans change.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff2802 Posted February 5, 2020 #2778 Share Posted February 5, 2020 17 minutes ago, Ethanol95 said: That will be very interesting to see how Royal's plans change.. Indeed. What do the good folks here think Royal will do with Spectrum, Quantum and Voyager for the next several months? My uninformed guess is that Singapore and Australia will share the two Q class two ships in some combination and Voyager leaves the region. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted February 5, 2020 #2779 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I think send spectrum to Singapore. send Quantum to Alaska in place of radiance ( it’s going to Alaska next year anyway) leave radiance and voyager in Australia all year Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woodscruise Posted February 5, 2020 #2780 Share Posted February 5, 2020 My guess is Voyager remain in OZ, Quantum remains in Singapore and Spectrum to Taiwan/Japan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2781 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 15 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: I think send spectrum to Singapore. send Quantum to Alaska in place of radiance ( it’s going to Alaska next year anyway) leave radiance and voyager in Australia all year Quite possibly you are right. Royal should not be accepting people who have been through HK or China in the previous 30 days. (the man who infected diamond Princess took 20 days to present to hospital). They will have a hard time filling spectrum with non banned people if cruising out of Taipei. I think Singapore is the only country I'd trust in the region. Edited February 5, 2020 by MichellePerth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ethanol95 Posted February 5, 2020 #2782 Share Posted February 5, 2020 28 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: I think send spectrum to Singapore. send Quantum to Alaska in place of radiance ( it’s going to Alaska next year anyway) leave radiance and voyager in Australia all year Can Quantum profit from going to Alaska this early? It's so cold up there now, who would want to cruise in winter there? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2783 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Just now, Ethanol95 said: Can Quantum profit from going to Alaska this early? It's so cold up there now, who would want to cruise in winter there? Not immediately. She could do a circumnavigation of Australia. They sell out every time. And then go via Hawaii in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted February 5, 2020 #2784 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 minute ago, MichellePerth said: Not immediately. She could do a circumnavigation of Australia. They sell out every time. And then go via Hawaii in April. That’s a good idea. Doesn’t voyager go to LA in June. That just leaves radiance and serenade is coming into the picture too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted February 5, 2020 #2785 Share Posted February 5, 2020 9 minutes ago, Ethanol95 said: Can Quantum profit from going to Alaska this early? It's so cold up there now, who would want to cruise in winter there? Have to be better than floating around the South China Sea empty. Could they do Vancouver to Hawaii? Apparently this week is a deciding time if China has control of the situation but it doesn’t look good. 500 people dead,20,000 infected Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2786 Share Posted February 5, 2020 24 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: Have to be better than floating around the South China Sea empty. Could they do Vancouver to Hawaii? Apparently this week is a deciding time if China has control of the situation but it doesn’t look good. 500 people dead,20,000 infected The real number is much much higher. I've heard reports that the official website read 170,000 and 20,000 before going to the lower numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2787 Share Posted February 5, 2020 32 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: That’s a good idea. Doesn’t voyager go to LA in June. That just leaves radiance and serenade is coming into the picture too. I think it might be June 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2788 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I've heard that the new concierge for quantum is waiting for quantum in Taipei Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mugtech Posted February 5, 2020 #2789 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Good idea to send a ship to Japan, especially with the Olympics scheduled later. NCL is sending their oldest soon to be drydocked Spirit for the summer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
caribbeanboy Posted February 5, 2020 #2790 Share Posted February 5, 2020 I wouldn't be surprised if Spectrum ends up in Europe or West Coast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted February 5, 2020 #2791 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, Chiliburn said: I think send spectrum to Singapore. send Quantum to Alaska in place of radiance ( it’s going to Alaska next year anyway) leave radiance and voyager in Australia all year Quantum class is not able to dock in Seward (and Ketchikan), too big.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FlowBroTy Posted February 5, 2020 #2792 Share Posted February 5, 2020 1 hour ago, caribbeanboy said: I wouldn't be surprised if Spectrum ends up in Europe or West Coast. If she ever does go she will need a major dry dock. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2793 Share Posted February 5, 2020 24 minutes ago, Saab4444 said: Quantum class is not able to dock in Seward (and Ketchikan), too big.... What does ovation do? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted February 5, 2020 #2794 Share Posted February 5, 2020 Wonder what they will do with Wonder... ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OfTheSeasCruiser Posted February 5, 2020 #2795 Share Posted February 5, 2020 (edited) 8 minutes ago, MichellePerth said: What does ovation do? Seattle, Juneau, Skagway, Victoria, Tracy Arm Fjord. She can also visit Vancouver, but that might be dependent on other factors. Port bookings for Quantum in 2021 suggest she can visit Ketchikan. Edited February 5, 2020 by OfTheSeasCruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted February 5, 2020 #2796 Share Posted February 5, 2020 21 minutes ago, MichellePerth said: What does ovation do? Roundtrip Seattle but not one way to Seward and back. They need a smaller ship for that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted February 5, 2020 #2797 Share Posted February 5, 2020 3 hours ago, geoff2802 said: Indeed. What do the good folks here think Royal will do with Spectrum, Quantum and Voyager for the next several months? My uninformed guess is that Singapore and Australia will share the two Q class two ships in some combination and Voyager leaves the region. https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/22389-bayley-contingency-plans-in-place-for-spectrum.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted February 5, 2020 #2798 Share Posted February 5, 2020 2 hours ago, MichellePerth said: I've heard that the new concierge for quantum is waiting for quantum in Taipei Just read on social media Taiwan has banned cruise ships with Chinese crew on board. If true I assume this would include Spectrum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MichellePerth Posted February 5, 2020 #2799 Share Posted February 5, 2020 6 minutes ago, springaussie said: Just read on social media Taiwan has banned cruise ships with Chinese crew on board. If true I assume this would include Spectrum. It would likely include nearly every cruise ship on the planet. Bali has stopped all flights to and from China. 5000 Chinese tourists are there, including 200 from the hubei/wuhan area. Indonesia is letting them extend their visas and it looks like most want to stay in bali, and why not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted February 5, 2020 Author #2800 Share Posted February 5, 2020 50 minutes ago, little britain said: Wonder what they will do with Wonder... ? RCI is very lucky that she's coming out next spring not this one - I suspect things will be back to normal by then. Her initial deployment info might be delayed tho...... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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