sgmn Posted March 31, 2021 #326 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, harrinp1 said: Just received cancellation for June 11th cruise. ..."we’ve made the difficult decision to re-debut Anthem of the Seas in Southampton, exclusively for residents of the United Kingdom, offering Ocean Getaways and British Isles itineraries. As a result, your sailing will unfortunately be cancelled." Will you go on one of these? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrinp1 Posted March 31, 2021 #327 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Just now, sgmn said: Will you go on one of these? Hopefully, can't find any details yet - if not we may give MSC a try. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrinp1 Posted March 31, 2021 #328 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Looking at https://www.royalcaribbean.com/gbr/en/cruise-ships/itinerary-updates it looks like the following dates are cancelled: • Anthem of the Seas June 4 to August 29, 2021: Instead of offering European sailings, Anthem of the Seas will now offer Ocean Getaways and British Isles itineraries from Southampton exclusively for UK residents. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
royzer76 Posted March 31, 2021 #329 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, harrinp1 said: Looking at https://www.royalcaribbean.com/gbr/en/cruise-ships/itinerary-updates it looks like the following dates are cancelled: • Anthem of the Seas June 4 to August 29, 2021: Instead of offering European sailings, Anthem of the Seas will now offer Ocean Getaways and British Isles itineraries from Southampton exclusively for UK residents. Yep ... just had an email cancelling June 2021 Anthem sailing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigRoger Posted March 31, 2021 #330 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Finally! LONDON, 31 March 2021 – Royal Caribbean International is setting a spectacular soundtrack this summer with its return to the UK. The cruise line has announced that Anthem of the Seas, a firm favorite in the region, will begin sailing from Southampton, England as soon as this 7th July. UK families can choose from a combination of 4-night Ocean Getaways in early July and 5- to 8-night British Isles cruises, starting 15th July, that feature visits to destinations such as Liverpool, England, Kirkwall in Scotland and Belfast, Northern Ireland. Plus, in recognition of the tremendous efforts of the emergency services, National Health Service (NHS), social care sector and armed forces over the last year, Royal Caribbean will offer 999 free staterooms on its first Ocean Getaways to those UK residents in these professions. The new summer itineraries open for bookings on 7thApril. Sailing with fully vaccinated crew, the cruises – at this time – will be available to UK residents above the age of 18 who are fully vaccinated against COVID-19 and those under the age of 18 with negative test results. These current health and safety measures, like others, may evolve as they are evaluated on an ongoing basis. Pre-registration for guests eligible for one of the 999 free staterooms open on 13th April, and final names will be drawn from a ballot by the end of April. “The UK is a place we hold near and dear to our heart at Royal Caribbean. We miss our UK guests and are as eager as they are to get back to cruising from Southampton," said Michael Bayley, president and CEO, Royal Caribbean International. "We are delighted with the UK government’s recent announcements regarding cruising and excited to set sail again with a phenomenal ship and favorite such as Anthem of the Seas. After a tough year, we all need a holiday, but no one more so than the emergency services, NHS, social care sector and armed forces who will have the long-awaited opportunity to get away and relax with total peace of mind.” Welcoming guests of all ages, each and every aspect of Anthem of the Seas has been designed to repeatedly make this ship a top hit and favorite in the UK. From globally renowned entertainment and high-adrenaline activities, to a variety of cuisines from around the world, the award-winning ship makes for the perfect high-tech playground and relaxing getaway that will consistently wow and delight from bow to stern. Top highlights on board include: Thrill seekers can get their adrenaline pumping in no time, thanks to the RipCord by iFly skydiving experience, FlowRider, the cruise line’s popular surf simulator; and SeaPlex, the largest indoor activity space at sea, complete with bumper cars, roller skating and more. Signature productions fuse art, multimedia and game-changing technology in Two70, while the Tony Award-winning West End production of We Will Rock Youtakes center stage in the Royal Theater. As night falls, guests can dance the night away at Music Hall, the hottest live music venue at sea, and grab their signature drink mixed by a pair of robotic bartenders at the Bionic Bar. A haven for teens and tweens, there are teens-only activities and games galore. The youngest of guests can also enjoy an abundance of fun at the award-winning Adventure Ocean, where there are dedicated activities designed for their age group. Parents and grandparents can recharge in The Solarium, a tranquil adults-only lounge area, that offers a swimming pool, whirlpools and a crystal canopy overlooking the Not forgetting, further breathtaking panoramic views of the British coastline can be seen from 300 feet above sea level in the iconic North Star all-glass viewing capsule. The wide selection of complimentary and specialty dining venues will please palates of all kinds. The culinary lineup includes Wonderland, where diners will be wowed by imaginative cuisine; Chops Grillefor classic American steakhouse perfection; and Izumi, where guests can sample Far East flavors and fresh sushi. On land there is adventure to be had in Liverpool, Scotland and Belfast. Liverpool is not only the birthplace of The Beatles and home to Premier League football clubs, but also a vibrant, cosmopolitan city that boasts a wealth of maritime history and modern art. Plus in Kirkwall, on north Scotland’s enchanting Orkney Islands, guests have in store some of the most picturesque landscapes in the UK and the opportunity to discover and learn about the Viking heritage of this ancient Norse town. Belfast presents the perfect gateway to exploring Northern Ireland, known for its historic landmarks, ancient Irish castles and stunning natural terrain. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike.S Posted March 31, 2021 #331 Share Posted March 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, harrinp1 said: Just received cancellation for June 11th cruise. ..."we’ve made the difficult decision to re-debut Anthem of the Seas in Southampton, exclusively for residents of the United Kingdom, offering Ocean Getaways and British Isles itineraries. As a result, your sailing will unfortunately be cancelled." Took them long enough, sorry for you having your cruise cancelled but at least they've finally made a decision. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamonia Posted March 31, 2021 #332 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) Lol. Liverpool.... ugh Belfast - Post Cold War Concrete jungle Scotland - Cold, Wet, and where exactly? Welcome to HMS Wind Rain and Sea. I think i prefer sailing to the Sunny weather and dropping anchor. I liken this cruise to those times you are day 1 or 2 sailing to the Med and 90% of the ship is sitting in Cafe Promenade fighting over seats as on deck its like something out of Deadliest Catch on the bering sea. Edited March 31, 2021 by Pandamonia Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigRoger Posted March 31, 2021 #333 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, Pandamonia said: Lol. Liverpool.... ugh Belfast - Post Cold War Concrete jungle Scotland - Cold, Wet, and where exactly? Welcome to HMS Wind Rain and Sea. Love it.... just wonderfully consistent.... A Ray of sunshine over a morning coffee... can’t beat it! Thank you you made me smile! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swoopy2110 Posted March 31, 2021 #334 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Wonder what the L&S Options are for sailings where there is no comparable length sailing in 2022 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi2021 Posted March 31, 2021 #335 Share Posted March 31, 2021 Harmony next 🙂 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest BigRoger Posted March 31, 2021 #336 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 minutes ago, Daithi2021 said: Harmony next 🙂 Have a horrible feeling we won’t hear anything about Harmony for quite a while.... it’s just arrived or arriving at Cadiz then has its dry dock.... I personally fear they will ‘sit it out’ with Harmony for a good while to see if Europe situation improves to open up from Barcelona and Civitavecchia.... if they can great... but then we need to find out whether it will just be for EU citizens...... hope not... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted March 31, 2021 #337 Share Posted March 31, 2021 12 minutes ago, Daithi2021 said: Harmony next 🙂 I'm waiting for that one too. Booked at the end of September and, like you, may not be able to get vaccinated in time. 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daithi2021 Posted March 31, 2021 #338 Share Posted March 31, 2021 4 minutes ago, BigRoger said: Have a horrible feeling we won’t hear anything about Harmony for quite a while.... it’s just arrived or arriving at Cadiz then has its dry dock.... I personally fear they will ‘sit it out’ with Harmony for a good while to see if Europe situation improves to open up from Barcelona and Civitavecchia.... if they can great... but then we need to find out whether it will just be for EU citizens...... hope not... We had a chat last night and have decided that if RC cancel only after final payment then they will never get another penny from us. We will be finished with them for the rest of our days. We need to be able to plan our summer and RC are making that very difficult. If they make it worse by holding on to more of our money then that is cynical on their part. They need to let people know what is going on and they need to release peoples money so they can have a summer. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted March 31, 2021 #339 Share Posted March 31, 2021 So I had an email promoting the July cruises from Southampton but no cancellation email about my June 4 cruise!! I love it how you learn about your cruise has been cancelled via social media!!! 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FamilyCruiserUK Posted March 31, 2021 #340 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 minute ago, Daithi2021 said: We had a chat last night and have decided that if RC cancel only after final payment then they will never get another penny from us. We will be finished with them for the rest of our days. We need to be able to plan our summer and RC are making that very difficult. If they make it worse by holding on to more of our money then that is cynical on their part. They need to let people know what is going on and they need to release peoples money so they can have a summer. Yeah thinking along those lines as well. Thankfully our final paymemt is due the begining og july for end of aug trip so i hope by then we have some news. For us UK guests we also have to think about our flights and hotels etc. As for vaccine latest i can have it to make the cruise is end of may!!!!!! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EmilyJay Posted March 31, 2021 #341 Share Posted March 31, 2021 36 minutes ago, Pandamonia said: Lol. Liverpool.... ugh Belfast - Post Cold War Concrete jungle Scotland - Cold, Wet, and where exactly? Welcome to HMS Wind Rain and Sea. I think i prefer sailing to the Sunny weather and dropping anchor. I liken this cruise to those times you are day 1 or 2 sailing to the Med and 90% of the ship is sitting in Cafe Promenade fighting over seats as on deck its like something out of Deadliest Catch on the bering sea. If I'm fully vaccinated I'd take this cruise in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong I'd choose sunny weather and calm seas anyday usually, but I've worked full time, plus overtime for 12 months now without a break, except for Christmas and bank holidays so this cruise would be a life saver for me. The ship is the destination in circumstances like this. Equally for me personally I've never been to Liverpool, Belfast or Scotland so I'd be happy. But I do understand where you're coming from, it's not a Caribbean cruise or Med cruise or even just docking at sea in a sunny location. Quite frankly after the year we've all had I happily get on the ship at Southampton and stay docked there, just to get away from day to day life. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted March 31, 2021 #342 Share Posted March 31, 2021 I think it will be quite unique to follow the coast from the sea perspective. It will be interesting to see how well it sells. Anthem is a good cool weather ship. Lots of things to do on board. Good food and great shows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted March 31, 2021 #343 Share Posted March 31, 2021 50 minutes ago, little britain said: So I had an email promoting the July cruises from Southampton but no cancellation email about my June 4 cruise!! I love it how you learn about your cruise has been cancelled via social media!!! Hello, I too have only received the July promo email and not the cancellation. I see that June itineraries ex Soton are no longer listed for sale (or even for sail!). My TA has advised that the L&S terms are: Same departure port; similar itinerary; length +/- 2 days; departure date next year +/- 2 weeks. Re July - August 2021 , I would like some option to go ashore in Scotland so will wait for further news. Regards, Cublet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
di T Posted March 31, 2021 #344 Share Posted March 31, 2021 1 hour ago, little britain said: So I had an email promoting the July cruises from Southampton but no cancellation email about my June 4 cruise!! I love it how you learn about your cruise has been cancelled via social media!!! Same here little Britain, We should of been going to Norway 8 nts in July! Husband not keen on us travelling all the way to Southampton to travel to places we can visit easily. Might look at the lift and shift for next year. Think you were on one of our last cruises out of Dubai last year! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted March 31, 2021 #345 Share Posted March 31, 2021 13 minutes ago, cublet said: I would like some option to go ashore in Scotland so will wait for further news. I assume that if you can travel and visit via land from home to Scotland, you will as well via the sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harz99 Posted March 31, 2021 #346 Share Posted March 31, 2021 15 hours ago, little britain said: Not necessarily. For Odyssey we could do any cruise any time any where....the only stipulation was the duration must be +/- one day. Naturally went for a longer cruse LOL! Well sort of as i said before, except that the cancellation notice i just received says "product" instead of "itinerary" just to confuse matters and make yet more work for TAs. Very poor and lazy from Royal, given that there is only one ship available yearly from Southampton it wouldn't be too much effort to actually list the lift n shift options for each cancelled cruise. Still at least a decision has been made. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherb1958 Posted March 31, 2021 #347 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Pandamonia said: Lol. Liverpool.... ugh Belfast - Post Cold War Concrete jungle Scotland - Cold, Wet, and where exactly? Welcome to HMS Wind Rain and Sea. I think i prefer sailing to the Sunny weather and dropping anchor. I liken this cruise to those times you are day 1 or 2 sailing to the Med and 90% of the ship is sitting in Cafe Promenade fighting over seats as on deck its like something out of Deadliest Catch on the bering sea. 😆 Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs on a Wednesday morning 😆. We love Liverpool, have visited in February and October and had lovely sunny days . Never been to Belfast , been told the Black Cab tour is excellent . Scotland , all other cruiselines doing the seacations/ British isles are visiting Greenock for Glasgow . We have only ever driven through Glasgow on the M8 in the motorhome in our rush to get to the Highlands and Islands 😆. Personally we are holding out for the MSC Virtuosa . Their multiple embarkation ports of Liverpool and Greenock with Southampton are more appealing , will help with the social distancing as you will not have a whole ship trying to embark at once . No matter how many times RCI allocate an embarkation time no one sticks to it and you end up with crowds at the terminal. The older we get we don’t do crowds and especially during a pandemic 😷 😱. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heatherb1958 Posted March 31, 2021 #348 Share Posted March 31, 2021 (edited) 1 minute ago, heatherb1958 said: 😆 Well aren’t you just a barrel of laughs on a Wednesday morning 😆. We love Liverpool, have visited in February and October and had lovely sunny days . Never been to Belfast , been told the Black Cab tour is excellent . Scotland , all other cruiselines doing the seacations/ British isles are visiting Greenock for Glasgow . We have only ever driven through Glasgow on the M8 in the motorhome in our rush to get to the Highlands and Islands 😆. Personally we are holding out for the MSC Virtuosa . Their multiple embarkation ports of Liverpool and Greenock with Southampton are more appealing , will help with the social distancing as you will not have a whole ship trying to embark at once . No matter how many times RCI allocate an embarkation time no one sticks to it and you end up with crowds at the terminal. The older we get we don’t do crowds and especially during a pandemic 😷 😱. Liverpool on a lovely sunny day Feb 19 Liverpool Feb 2019 Edited March 31, 2021 by heatherb1958 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigeck Posted March 31, 2021 #349 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, Pandamonia said: Lol. Liverpool.... ugh Belfast - Post Cold War Concrete jungle Scotland - Cold, Wet, and where exactly? Welcome to HMS Wind Rain and Sea. I think i prefer sailing to the Sunny weather and dropping anchor. I liken this cruise to those times you are day 1 or 2 sailing to the Med and 90% of the ship is sitting in Cafe Promenade fighting over seats as on deck its like something out of Deadliest Catch on the bering sea. Sunny and 18 degrees in Fife Scotland today 4 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pandamonia Posted March 31, 2021 #350 Share Posted March 31, 2021 2 hours ago, EmilyJay said: If I'm fully vaccinated I'd take this cruise in a heartbeat. Don't get me wrong I'd choose sunny weather and calm seas anyday usually, but I've worked full time, plus overtime for 12 months now without a break, except for Christmas and bank holidays so this cruise would be a life saver for me. The ship is the destination in circumstances like this. Equally for me personally I've never been to Liverpool, Belfast or Scotland so I'd be happy. But I do understand where you're coming from, it's not a Caribbean cruise or Med cruise or even just docking at sea in a sunny location. Quite frankly after the year we've all had I happily get on the ship at Southampton and stay docked there, just to get away from day to day life. Its a pretty depressing place to be from where we were about 12 months ago before all this started. Its like maximum security prisoners looking forward to their 30 minute walk around the yard in the sunlight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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