Celebrity Cruises - where are our ships?

[fstuff1]

On 5/29/2020 at 9:53 AM, Luv2Crus40 said:

Doesn't seem like any ships are preparing to restock supplies and bring back crews yet. 

Wonder if August 1 is still a go? 

 

my 2 cruises in Aug are no longer listed on celebrity's website 😞

[groryjm]

3 hours ago, fstuff1 said:

 

my 2 cruises in Aug are no longer listed on celebrity's website 😞

which cruises are they?

 

[fstuff1]

4 minutes ago, groryjm said:

which cruises are they?

 

summit aug 2  to Ireland.

summit Aug 16 from Ireland.

(a b2b cruise)

[groryjm]

On 5/29/2020 at 2:53 PM, Luv2Crus40 said:

Doesn't seem like any ships are preparing to restock supplies and bring back crews yet.  Wonder if August 1 is still a go?.....

 

 

It usually only takes a matter of hours to restock on change over day but I suspect retraining a new crew for a post Covid-19 world will take a bit longer . They do have two months until August so I expect it will be at least a month before they start to think of recrewing

[LXA350]

3 minutes ago, fstuff1 said:

 

summit aug 2  to Ireland.

summit Aug 16 from Ireland.

(a b2b cruise)

 

Unfortunately these cruises will officially be canceled in the next days together with all the New England sailings as Canada will continue it's cruise ban until end of October.

[EnthDegree]

Latest update on our fleet:-

 

APEX                          Saint-Nazaire [moored]                                   47.29N 2.19W

CONSTELLATION    underway from Pireus, Greece 1.4kt             37.94N 23.62E

ECLIPSE                    off San Diego [at anchor]                                 32.64N 117.19W

EDGE                         Miami Cruise Terminal F [moored]                  25.78N 80.18W

EQUINOX                  off Bridgetown, Barbados [at anchor]             13.10N 59.64W

FLORA                       Galapagos – no data

INFINITY                   Red Sea heading for Mumbai, India 10.6kt    21.52N 38.17E

MILLENIUM              off San Diego [at anchor]                                  32.64N 117.18W

REFLECTION            off Bridgetown, Barbados [at anchor]             13.10N 59.64W

SILHOUETTE           CoCo Cay [at anchor]                                          25.83N 78.18W

SOLSTICE                off Bandar Penawar, Malaysia [stopped]          1.71N 104.65E

SUMMIT                   CoCo Cay [at anchor]                                         25.74N 78.13W

XPEDITION              Galapagos – no data

 

[VitaminSea53]

I see Constellation is 'underway' now.  Any idea where she is going?

[EnthDegree]

10 minutes ago, VitaminSea53 said:

I see Constellation is 'underway' now.  Any idea where she is going?

 

Details would suggest that she is just going back out into the Aegean Sea to "park up" again - perhaps she was in for fuel and supplies.

The journey details according to AIS Marine Traffic state Piraeus ATD 3 Jun 18:07 UTC+3 --- Piraeus ETA 15 Jun 15:00 UTC+3.

[VitaminSea53]

Thanks - you are the BEST!  

[Luv2Crus40]

Thanks for updates on the Connie!   Can you let us know if she does her TA in October?  If so, she will surely be doing the Caribbean cruises starting in November!

[SeaHunt]

Off topic but I thought any ship trackers here might enjoy/be interested in this "mystery" 😁 Maybe you can help them solve it!

 

"The locations of twelve ships as reported by their Automatic Identification Systems (AIS) were thousands of miles in error. Most were displayed as circling an area northwest of San Francisco according to the environmental non-profit SkyTruth. 

 

The circling phenomena has been previously observed in GPS-based reporting systems for fitness trackers in China and Iran, and for shipboard systems near a variety of Chinese ports. In all those cases, though, it was clear that the real location was fairly nearby the false and circling locations. 

 

In the most recent observations, the real locations of the ships were thousands of miles away. Literally on the other side of the globe in most cases".

 

https://www.maritime-executive.com/editorials/mystery-12-ships-ais-positions-thousands-of-miles-off-and-circling

 

 

 

 

[Crown Vic]

Hurricane season has just started. Wonder what plans Celebrity et al have for the ships anchored in Bahamian waters should the weather take a nasty turn for the worst?

[Ravbo]

They would do the same thing they have done in previous years.

Move the ships away from the hurricane.

DUH.

Edited June 5, 2020 by Ravbo

[PTC DAWG]

3 hours ago, Crown Vic said:

Hurricane season has just started. Wonder what plans Celebrity et al have for the ships anchored in Bahamian waters should the weather take a nasty turn for the worst?

 

[Crown Vic]

2 hours ago, Ravbo said:

They would do the same thing they have done in previous years.

Move the ships away from the hurricane.

DUH.

Crickey! Who knew? Wow!

[EnthDegree]

This update might be of interest to some:-

 

https://www.traveloffpath.com/celebrity-cruises-reopening-everything-you-need-to-know/?fbclid=IwAR1XLL5T0jdG8Z8dA2UAu-3lZd_BWcWFPH96p6zNl6-rd9BQ87IJTTScCH0

[BigAl94]

On 6/3/2020 at 7:28 PM, Luv2Crus40 said:

Thanks for updates on the Connie!   Can you let us know if she does her TA in October?  If so, she will surely be doing the Caribbean cruises starting in November!

Connie is now approaching Limassol, Cyprus.

[hcat]

21 minutes ago, BigAl94 said:

Connie is now approaching Limassol, Cyprus.

Where is Connie flagged?

Could there be a crew change in Cyprus or is the port closed?

Edited June 21, 2020 by hcat

[BigAl94]

4 hours ago, hcat said:

Where is Connie flagged?

Could there be a crew change in Cyprus or is the port closed?

She's registered in Malta. Anchored in Akrotiri Bay with two Seaborne ships Quest and Encore plus Regal Princess 

[hcat]

Thanks...sounds like she is in good company in a beautiful area...???

[Germancruiser]

EnthDegree- thanks for that very interessting links. Hopefully they all can go as planed!

[BigAl94]

Connie has moved and is now "drifting" south of Cyprus. Infinity is heading towards the Gulf of Aden presumably en route to Suez Canal

[hcat]

25 minutes ago, BigAl94 said:

Connie has moved and is now "drifting" south of Cyprus. Infinity is heading towards the Gulf of Aden presumably en route to Suez Canal

Isn't that a potentially dangerous route ?

Where would Infinity go if she goes through the Suez Canal?

Would she be picking up new crew? Going to storage?

[BigAl94]

20 minutes ago, hcat said:

Isn't that a potentially dangerous route ?

Where would Infinity go if she goes through the Suez Canal?

Would she be picking up new crew? Going to storage?

 

She's returning via the same route she took to Goa, presumably to join up with Connie in the Med and after that - who knows!  Apart from a small risk of pirate activity not much risk - it's the main East West passage.

[hcat]

Thanks..