terrierjohn Posted August 27, 2019 #51 Share Posted August 27, 2019 1 hour ago, Manx buoy said: Or sold? Cynic. 😀 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx buoy Posted August 27, 2019 #52 Share Posted August 27, 2019 A little bird told us a while ago Azura to the Med and bye bye Oceana watch out for the emergency dry docking for urgent repairs aka a survey just saying .............. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted August 27, 2019 #53 Share Posted August 27, 2019 I believe Oceana will be the next ship to go but surely not until Iona Mk2 is launched. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx buoy Posted August 28, 2019 #54 Share Posted August 28, 2019 I think they’ll be struggling to fill Iona 1 so the less options available to cruisers the better for them maybe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 28, 2019 #55 Share Posted August 28, 2019 (edited) 51 minutes ago, Manx buoy said: I think they’ll be struggling to fill Iona 1 so the less options available to cruisers the better for them maybe Well do you have any proof they are struggling. I would suggest the opposite we are booked on her in March 21. All suites are gone and the mini suites are now £1000 more than we paid in April. Also the prices for the Fjords next year are all holding up well with some cruises nearly full. Even I am surprised at this considering the prices they were asking. As for Oceana, with all the ships filling well for next year and the numbers of people cruising still increasing, she will still be needed until at least the second Iona. Edited August 28, 2019 by daiB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Host Sharon Posted August 28, 2019 #56 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, daiB said: Well do you have any proof they are struggling. I would suggest the opposite we are booked on her in March 21. All suites are gone and the mini suites are now £1000 more than we paid in April. Also the prices for the Fjords next year are all holding up well with some cruises nearly full. Even I am surprised at this considering the prices they were asking. As for Oceana, with all the ships filling well for next year and the numbers of people cruising still increasing, she will still be needed until at least the second Iona. Lots of bargains already on offer for Iona though at the lower grades. Also I see Princess are bringing Island Princess back to the UK - a smaller ship for those missing Oriana perhaps? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx buoy Posted August 28, 2019 #57 Share Posted August 28, 2019 No proof dai just guessing have you any proof or is it a special privilege of suite pax that they get insider info on advance bookings something that us mere mortals in insides don’t get told Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
terrierjohn Posted August 28, 2019 #58 Share Posted August 28, 2019 1 hour ago, Manx buoy said: No proof dai just guessing have you any proof or is it a special privilege of suite pax that they get insider info on advance bookings something that us mere mortals in insides don’t get told Since RCI withdrew Indy from the UK next year there is plenty of talk on FB about people booking Iona because it's new and much better priced than Anthem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare P&O SUE Posted August 28, 2019 #59 Share Posted August 28, 2019 44 minutes ago, terrierjohn said: Since RCI withdrew Indy from the UK next year there is plenty of talk on FB about people booking Iona because it's new and much better priced than Anthem. Also I believe only one of Anthem’s cruises goes North next year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bee-ess Posted August 29, 2019 #60 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Does anyone know the date for pre-reg on these cruises for Summer 2021 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 29, 2019 #61 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 11:33 AM, Host Sharon said: Lots of bargains already on offer for Iona though at the lower grades. Also I see Princess are bringing Island Princess back to the UK - a smaller ship for those missing Oriana perhaps? Having recently sailed on sister ship Coral Princess, I'm not sure how attractive Island will be to many Oriana pax. I enjoyed Coral and checked out a Northern Europe cruise on Island but the solo fares were outrageous. I also later realised that in her last refit, Island Princess was fitted with a number of extra cabins in place of the two-deck high Universe Lounge at the rear of the ship. That also makes it less attractive imho. She is slightly bigger than Arcadia and similar in design & decor to Oceana. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eddie11 Posted August 29, 2019 #62 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) 58 minutes ago, bee-ess said: Does anyone know the date for pre-reg on these cruises for Summer 2021 I don’t know the date but your post prompted me to look at a booking I made on launch last year. That date was 17 September, which would suggest we should be getting the 2021 launch pretty soon. Can anyone remember how many days we had to look before bookings opened last September? Edited August 29, 2019 by eddie11 Typo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeanlyon Posted August 29, 2019 #63 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Oo, looks like we can book when on board Aurora and get some extra OBC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 29, 2019 #64 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/28/2019 at 10:07 AM, daiB said: Well do you have any proof they are struggling. I would suggest the opposite we are booked on her in March 21. All suites are gone and the mini suites are now £1000 more than we paid in April. Also the prices for the Fjords next year are all holding up well with some cruises nearly full. Even I am surprised at this considering the prices they were asking. As for Oceana, with all the ships filling well for next year and the numbers of people cruising still increasing, she will still be needed until at least the second Iona. But there are plenty of lead-in fares of between £749 - £799 available for next year Dai - which when you consider gratuities are now included is pretty cheap! I'm not saying it is the case but its no good selling all the suites/mini-suites if you only sell say, 60% of the inside & outside cabins... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 29, 2019 #65 Share Posted August 29, 2019 4 minutes ago, Britboys said: But there are plenty of lead-in fares of between £749 - £799 available for next year Dai - which when you consider gratuities are now included is pretty cheap! I'm not saying it is the case but its no good selling all the suites/mini-suites if you only sell say, 60% of the inside & outside cabins... Andrew, I agree with you there are a number of fares in the range you quote. In fact the cheapest I have seen is £715 for an inside for a week. It’s a saver so no OBC. However I certainly do not consider £100 pppn to be cheap at all. The select fare for some insides on that cruise are approaching £130 pppn. Those prices can not not be considered cheap which is why I maintain that prices are holding up well which means the ship is selling well. Now prices for Iona’s winter cruises are cheap, or were at the opening price. But there are special factors in place here namely being restricted but the supply of fuel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 29, 2019 #66 Share Posted August 29, 2019 18 hours ago, Manx buoy said: No proof dai just guessing have you any proof or is it a special privilege of suite pax that they get insider info on advance bookings something that us mere mortals in insides don’t get told My proof is in the prices of the cruises at the moment. As I have said to Andrew. The lowest price for Iona next summer is £715, for a week on a saver fare. That is not cheap. You don’t need special privilege to be able to read and understand the facts which are out there for all to see. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balernocalling Posted August 29, 2019 #67 Share Posted August 29, 2019 (edited) On 8/15/2019 at 3:25 PM, daiB said: Bit slow there Jean we booked a back to back on Iona when the cruises came out. They have gone up since then. Grabbed a suite, they all went very quickly. 🙂 Hi Dai, How are you? Which suite have you booked on Iona for 2021, if you don't mind me asking? Cheers Elaine Edited August 29, 2019 by Balernocalling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 29, 2019 #68 Share Posted August 29, 2019 3 minutes ago, Balernocalling said: Hi Dai, How are you? Which suite have you booked on Iona for 2021, if you don't mind me asking? Cheers Elaine Hi Elaine, Cant remember the number aswe are away but it is on deck 9 starboard corner at the stern. Are you going on her in March 21. Dai Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molecrochip Posted August 29, 2019 #69 Share Posted August 29, 2019 On 8/27/2019 at 5:33 PM, Manx buoy said: A little bird told us a while ago Azura to the Med and bye bye Oceana watch out for the emergency dry docking for urgent repairs aka a survey just saying .............. Oceana is scheduled a dry dock in Dubai in November 2020. I wondered if the ship might become adults only but given I now know a number of families who have rebooked cancelled Middle East cruises for Christmas 2020, this seems unlikely. The TA website was showing Oceana to return to Dubai in October 2021 and back to Southampton in March/April 2022. It also showed Azura back to the Caribbean in October 2021 and back to Valletta in March 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 29, 2019 #70 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 hour ago, daiB said: Andrew, I agree with you there are a number of fares in the range you quote. In fact the cheapest I have seen is £715 for an inside for a week. It’s a saver so no OBC. However I certainly do not consider £100 pppn to be cheap at all. The select fare for some insides on that cruise are approaching £130 pppn. Those prices can not not be considered cheap which is why I maintain that prices are holding up well which means the ship is selling well. Now prices for Iona’s winter cruises are cheap, or were at the opening price. But there are special factors in place here namely being restricted but the supply of fuel. We will have to agree to disagree then Dai. I think £700 - £800 including grats is cheap. We also have to remember that in the past, Saver fares were never offered this far ahead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 29, 2019 #71 Share Posted August 29, 2019 18 minutes ago, molecrochip said: Oceana is scheduled a dry dock in Dubai in November 2020. I wondered if the ship might become adults only but given I now know a number of families who have rebooked cancelled Middle East cruises for Christmas 2020, this seems unlikely... I don't think Oceana will go adult only but having passengers booked sadly does not seem to have stopped P&O doing this in the recent past. If I recall rightly, some families were cancelled when both Oriana and then Aurora were made Adult-only. They also sold off Adonia & Oriana (& maybe Artemis?) when people already had cruises booked on them. I have thought for a long time that Oceana will be the next to leave the fleet and will be very surprised if she doesn't leave by 2022. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
daiB Posted August 29, 2019 #72 Share Posted August 29, 2019 24 minutes ago, Britboys said: We will have to agree to disagree then Dai. I think £700 - £800 including grats is cheap. We also have to remember that in the past, Saver fares were never offered this far ahead. Tips would only be £49 so that is still £100 pppn. Sorry saver fares have always been available early. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Britboys Posted August 29, 2019 #73 Share Posted August 29, 2019 1 minute ago, daiB said: Tips would only be £49 so that is still £100 pppn. Sorry saver fares have always been available early. As I have said above Dai, let's agree to differ. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balernocalling Posted August 29, 2019 #74 Share Posted August 29, 2019 2 hours ago, daiB said: Hi Elaine, Cant remember the number aswe are away but it is on deck 9 starboard corner at the stern. Are you going on her in March 21. Dai No Dai. We are on the Maiden. Never been on a Maiden Voyage so something new. We are in the aft corner on deck 11 740. Roll on May! Celebrating a big birthday too on board!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachmad123 Posted August 29, 2019 #75 Share Posted August 29, 2019 Iam interested in the price of mini suites or suites at launch. For example for a 7 day up to 14 night cruise. I would be grateful if someone could give me a indication. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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