Empress of The Seas

[ThirstyCruiser]

3 minutes ago, wendyp247 said:

Thanks for your thoughts on RCCl economics. My question was what happens with my lift and Shift, will Royal work with me on another cruise? 

Rest assured they will try their best to keep your deposit, so yes, they will work with you.

[LXA350]

14 hours ago, twangster said:

This report posted on July 31st says Empress isn't going anywhere.

 

A Royal Caribbean spokesperson responded simply, "Empress is not headed to the scrap yard, she’s still a part of the Royal Caribbean fleet."

 

 

 

 

 

This still doens't mean anything, unless RCL still tries to get some $ to sell the ship there is absolutley no need for it in their fleet anymore. Under the current environment it makes absolutely no sense economically to keep the ship in the fleet for passenger cruises. Maybe they will use Empress and Majesty to transport cruiseship staff from Asia to cruisehips in Europe / North America and simultaniously will use the vessels as quarantine before staff can board the ships on which they will work. Once this task will not be needed anymore, both ships will be scraped and or sold.

[Pratique]

1 hour ago, LXA350 said:

 

This still doens't mean anything, unless RCL still tries to get some $ to sell the ship there is absolutley no need for it in their fleet anymore. Under the current environment it makes absolutely no sense economically to keep the ship in the fleet for passenger cruises. Maybe they will use Empress and Majesty to transport cruiseship staff from Asia to cruisehips in Europe / North America and simultaniously will use the vessels as quarantine before staff can board the ships on which they will work. Once this task will not be needed anymore, both ships will be scraped and or sold.

Another social media rumor is that Empress is sailing to Malta to retrieve some of the valuables recently offloaded from the other ships. Putting her to some temporary use or another.

[rcclmiami]

On 8/1/2020 at 12:34 PM, BeachDiva101 said:

That’s why I picked Empress for my Bermuda cruise, it’s a small ship and it can go into St George island harbor, other ships can’t.  

We picked Empress b2b Bermuda and Ne2 England May 2021

[twangster]

In the case of Sovereign and Monarch valuables weren't offloaded in Malta.  

 

Both ships went to anchorage in Malta but didn't port there.  Valuables were offloaded in Naples.  

 

Just saying'...

[Extra Kim]

She looks like a rust bucket compared to Majesty..

 

[Extra Kim]

 

[hloakes]

She looks really rough with all of the rust.

[John&LaLa]

21 minutes ago, Extra Kim said:

She looks like a rust bucket compared to Majesty..

 

 

You should see Enchantment 😉

[Pratique]

1 hour ago, twangster said:

In the case of Sovereign and Monarch valuables weren't offloaded in Malta.  

 

Both ships went to anchorage in Malta but didn't port there.  Valuables were offloaded in Naples.  

 

Just saying'...

Could be staging there for some mission. Who knows.

[Extra Kim]

4 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

You should see Enchantment 😉

Well wasn't she supposed to transfer to Pullmantur? That's not gonna happen.

No need to spend money on a ships that's not going to be used..

 

If you ask me, Empress will be going to Aliağa before this month is over. 

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, Extra Kim said:

Well wasn't she supposed to transfer to Pullmantur? That's not gonna happen.

No need to spend money on a ships that's not going to be used..

 

If you ask me, Empress will be going to Aliağa before this month is over. 

 

Grandma was suppised to go to Pullman 

Enchanted is supposed to replace her in Bal'more

[BeachDiva101]

2 hours ago, rcclmiami said:

We picked Empress b2b Bermuda and Ne2 England May 2021

my Bermuda cruise is for May 2021 too. Let’s hope we can safely sail by then.

[toad455]

I mean, they're not doing the routine paint jobs while docked. But Empress does look very old.

[BeachDiva101]

I look very old too, but people still love me.

[Merion_Mom]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Grandma was suppised to go to Pullman 

Enchanted is supposed to replace her in Bal'more

Autocorrect can be hilarious.

 

GRANDEUR was supposed to go to Pullmantur.

[twangster]

Maybe with the rust they sold her to Carnival and are preparing her for move to have a whale tail added.

 

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Merion_Mom said:

Autocorrect can be hilarious.

 

GRANDEUR was supposed to go to Pullmantur.

 

That wasn't autocorrect😉😂😂

[John&LaLa]

45 minutes ago, twangster said:

Maybe with the rust they sold her to Carnival and are preparing her for move to have a whale tail added.

 

 

There is a reason Pullman uses dark blue hulls😉

[Biker19]

10 hours ago, Hoopster95 said:

World wide, looks like cruising will be limited to regional customers and on short 3 day/4 day  regional itineraries for quite a while

Tui (with Mein Schiff 1 & 2) and Genting Dream Explorer have 7 day sailings planned for August - they seem to have already gotten over the short sailing experiment. When MSC Grandiosa starts in two weeks, she plans to sail one week itineraries.

[3CatsInMA]

33 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

That wasn't autocorrect😉😂😂

I thought it was the start of a limerick. 😁

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, 3CatsInMA said:

I thought it was the start of a limerick. 😁

 

A little ship stopped in Nantucket 

But it was really headed to Phuket

Edited August 3, 2020 by John&LaLa

[Coralc]

Her pool was the size of a bucket. 

[John&LaLa]

1 minute ago, Coralc said:

Her pool was the size of a bucket. 

 

Much better, who's next

[WeMissSeaView]

She kept her sea pass card in a locket.