Rare John&LaLa Posted June 29, 2020 #601 Share Posted June 29, 2020 5 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: You take pictures?🤔😉😄 Don't tempt me on the cake 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratique Posted June 30, 2020 #602 Share Posted June 30, 2020 The Oasis class ships are overpowered by design. They could do fine on two pods, but having three gives them much more ability to maneuver in strong winds and currents without tug assistance, and power to make up time when needed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean Boy Posted June 30, 2020 #603 Share Posted June 30, 2020 2 minutes ago, Pratique said: The Oasis class ships are overpowered by design. They could do fine on two pods, but having three gives them much more ability to maneuver in strong winds and currents without tug assistance, and power to make up time when needed. If they do fine on two pods then why were the Caribbean itineraries altered? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pratique Posted June 30, 2020 #604 Share Posted June 30, 2020 3 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said: If they do fine on two pods then why were the Caribbean itineraries altered? When they were dragging the third pod, they had to reduce speed to limit further damage to it. I don't think removing the blades was part of the original plan. In the fall they reevaluated and decided that even at reduced speed there was more damage occurring, so they removed the blades, which also removed the speed restriction but by then all of the itineraries were already changed. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fairsailing Posted June 30, 2020 #605 Share Posted June 30, 2020 2 hours ago, Ocean Boy said: When I was a kid living on Nantucket the Steamship Authority ran true steamships from the island to America. Those boats had zero vibration. If you weren't looking you couldn't even feel that they had departed the dock. A billion dollar cruise ship isn't vibration free. Steam is awesome. Before RCI mangled the Radiance class with diesel generators, they were vibration free as well with their gas turbines. Never knew you were moving unless the seas were rough. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted June 30, 2020 Author #606 Share Posted June 30, 2020 Just saw this: Allure Of The Seas current location is at North East Atlantic Ocean (coordinates 36.53383 N / -6.29116 W) cruising en route to CADIZ. The AIS position was reported 3 minutes ago I wonder if she passed her trials? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted June 30, 2020 #607 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, zonacruiser25 said: Just saw this: Allure Of The Seas current location is at North East Atlantic Ocean (coordinates 36.53383 N / -6.29116 W) cruising en route to CADIZ. The AIS position was reported 3 minutes ago I wonder if she passed her trials? Have you checked your Norwegian flight to BCN? They just cancelled our flight this morning. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skagen Posted June 30, 2020 #608 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I've been looking to see if anyone else ran into the same scenario as we did with the loss of the Allure "amping" or more formal drydock. I hadn't seen other people report the same email correspondence we received. For us, we had connecting junior suites. We received an email saying that due to this drydock change that our rooms would no longer work for capacity. It was a bizarre thing to me because we had 3 people in each room and it didn't make sense to me. Wonder if anyone else ended up going through the same scenario. We were very fortunate; after they figured out what to do with us, we were upgraded to 2 grand suites. This is for an April 2021 sailing. Super excited as I couldn't justify the extra cost at the time I booked and no longer have to. Fingers crossed we can get past all of this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted July 1, 2020 Author #609 Share Posted July 1, 2020 15 hours ago, skagen said: Wonder if anyone else ended up going through the same scenario. We were very fortunate; after they figured out what to do with us, we were upgraded to 2 grand suites. This is for an April 2021 sailing. Super excited as I couldn't justify the extra cost at the time I booked and no longer have to. Fingers crossed we can get past all of this. This continues to point to the lack of information on what is happening with Allure. I can imagine this is small potatoes to RCI but for those of us looking forward to booked cruises it matters quite a bit. Silence is less than golden. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McGowan Posted July 2, 2020 #610 Share Posted July 2, 2020 Allure is returning to Southampton on the 8th, looks like she will be staying in the area like Empress and Majesty 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted July 2, 2020 Author #611 Share Posted July 2, 2020 The mechanical issues must have been resolved so she should be back to full power. Now the wait begins to see when she will use it to do more than maintain readiness! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted July 11, 2020 Author #612 Share Posted July 11, 2020 So now its on to Southampton and then? Royal Caribbean Group is holding its cards close to the vest and still hoping against hope for Spain to give a green light. Oh magic 8 ball, what is to be? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted July 11, 2020 #613 Share Posted July 11, 2020 3 hours ago, zonacruiser25 said: So now its on to Southampton and then? Sail around like Empress and Majesty resupplying every 10 days. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted July 11, 2020 #614 Share Posted July 11, 2020 (edited) Cancelled my Allure 20th Sept cruise yesterday. Even if the cruise goes ahead I'm not comfortable cruising at moment and didn't want to throw good money after bad. So I'll take the FCC for the deposit and hope to use it next year. No more cruises booked now thank goodness. If she does have a short European season I'll watch with interest how it goes Edited July 11, 2020 by sgmn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted July 11, 2020 Author #615 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Saw this today, looks like Carnival in Germany wants to start AIDA cruises that hope to include Italy, is this a toe in the water? https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/companies/carnival-says-italian-cruises-could-be-next-in-return-to-sailing/ar-BB16zZuI?ocid=spartan-ntp-feeds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted July 11, 2020 #616 Share Posted July 11, 2020 5 hours ago, sgmn said: Cancelled my Allure 20th Sept cruise yesterday. Even if the cruise goes ahead I'm not comfortable cruising at moment and didn't want to throw good money after bad. So I'll take the FCC for the deposit and hope to use it next year. No more cruises booked now thank goodness. If she does have a short European season I'll watch with interest how it goes What was final payment date for that cruise? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted July 11, 2020 #617 Share Posted July 11, 2020 54 minutes ago, Milwaukee Eight said: What was final payment date for that cruise? My travel agents final payment was 10july so probably RC date would be in a week or so, UK rules Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Milwaukee Eight Posted July 11, 2020 #618 Share Posted July 11, 2020 Just now, sgmn said: My travel agents final payment was 10july so probably RC date would be in a week or so, UK rules Is UK 60 or 90 day out? Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 11, 2020 #619 Share Posted July 11, 2020 18 minutes ago, Milwaukee Eight said: Is UK 60 or 90 day out? Thanks 57 if booked direct. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted July 11, 2020 #620 Share Posted July 11, 2020 2 hours ago, Milwaukee Eight said: What was final payment date for that cruise? If it helps, I was booked on the Allure's 27th September sailing, final payment date under US rules was 29th of June. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Rays Posted July 12, 2020 #621 Share Posted July 12, 2020 She is currently in the English Channel, heading for Southampton slowly! Probably due to arrive early tomorrow for a few days....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zonacruiser25 Posted July 14, 2020 Author #622 Share Posted July 14, 2020 Received my e-mail for final payment on Oct 25 Presidents cruise. Can't see shelling out the balance and having to keep playing the wait and see game. L&S is not in the cards right now so it looks like FCC is what it will have to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cosmic Rays Posted July 16, 2020 #623 Share Posted July 16, 2020 Interestingly looking at Cruise Ship Tracker tonight Allure is nowhere to be seen in either the English Channel or the Southern Irish Sea! She was there last night - any ideas anybody? Anthem is in the Bay of Biscay heading north and both Majesty and Empress are still off the south coast............... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jack McGowan Posted July 16, 2020 #624 Share Posted July 16, 2020 (edited) 10 minutes ago, Cosmic Rays said: Interestingly looking at Cruise Ship Tracker tonight Allure is nowhere to be seen in either the English Channel or the Southern Irish Sea! She was there last night - any ideas anybody? Anthem is in the Bay of Biscay heading north and both Majesty and Empress are still off the south coast............... She is west of Cornwall at the moment, her Empress and Majesty all appear to be sticking around Southampton. Anthem is heading to Brest for dry dock then presumably she will either join Allure, Empress & Majesty or join Explorer & Jewel down by Gibraltar Edited July 16, 2020 by Jack McGowan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smiles1984 Posted July 16, 2020 #625 Share Posted July 16, 2020 I'd be thrilled if she stayed near Bournemouth, Empress has been here for a while, keep hoping to see Majesty. Allure looked great leaving Southampton the other day: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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