Odyssey of the Seas to Port Everglades - Inaugural Voyage July 11th

[Kokomo91165]

To be announced next week!  6/8 night Cruise Vacations out of Port Everglades. 
 

Travel agents - you can see the 6 night itineraries loaded onto CP. 8 nights aren’t being marketed as we await modification to the CSO next week to allow cruises longer than 7 nights. 

[livingonthebeach]

Good news!  Something positive to look forward to. Thanks for sharing. 

[lovelife]

Thanks!!  Is the inaugural 6 or 8 nights?

[DJLDRUMS]

Good to know, so it looks like the Oasis will be the only large ship that will be going out of Bayonne after all. That said, when the official word from the Port Authority is released.

[Sunshine3601]

6 minutes ago, DJLDRUMS said:

Good to know, so it looks like the Oasis will be the only large ship that will be going out of Bayonne after all. That said, when the official word from the Port Authority is released.

Freedom was also scheduled to sail out of cape liberty. Hopefully this week royal will make their official announcement on restart.

[ticketsunlimited]

With Royal making that announcement it points to them all making progress on the "executive order" situation.

[Jimbo]

34 minutes ago, ticketsunlimited said:

With Royal making that announcement it points to them all making progress on the "executive order" situation.

That's the hope, if not most of this excitement is for nothing.

[twangster]

Discussed in this thread:

 

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2780649-odyssey-re-deploying-due-to-middle-east-conflict/?do=findComment&comment=61139104

 

Screenshots of the six night cruises from the TA system in the above thread.  Eight night cruises were missing presumably due to the CDC gag order preventing cruise lines from marketing anything longer than 7 nights.  

 

Since the screenshots were posted last Wednesday there are rumors the 7 night limit will be removed so maybe the 8 night cruises will appear soon.

[caitlynambrai]

Is it possible that they would try to do an eight day leaving on July 3? And that it’s just not showing up yet in the system? 

[sandebeach]

This is now showing in my Royal app. 

[caitlynambrai]

I saw that in mine, too. Makes me wonder if the real inaugural is going to be July 3.

Edited May 23, 2021 by caitlynambrai

[sandebeach]

3 minutes ago, caitlynambrai said:

I saw that in mine, too. Makes me wonder if the real inaugural is going to be July 3.

That would be a Great 4th of July cruise!!!!!

[Biker19]

8 hours ago, sandebeach said:

This is now showing in my Royal app

Aren't some of those the former Haifa sailing dates?

[rockmom]

19 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Aren't some of those the former Haifa sailing dates?

Yes

[sandebeach]

10 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Aren't some of those the former Haifa sailing dates?

Yes but this is what is showing for July 3 out of Ft. Lauderdale. 8 day cruise to Aruba and Curaçao and last day is at CocoCay

[livingonthebeach]

News coming out of Palma might alter some plans:

 

https://www.euroweeklynews.com/2021/05/24/royal-caribbean-mega-ship-stranded-in-palma-mallorca-after-5-crew-members-test-positive-for-covid/

[100viper]

Odyssey currently sitting off the coast of Spain with 5 COVID cases onboard. 
 

Depending on how they handle this, we’ll see about a July 3rd sailing. 

[Jimbo]

5 minutes ago, 100viper said:

Odyssey currently sitting off the coast of Spain with 5 COVID cases onboard. 
 

Depending on how they handle this, we’ll see about a July 3rd sailing. 

Nada chance, hope no one booked.

[smokeybandit]

5 asymptomatic cases and they're being sent to the hospital with a military escort?

 

That's insane. Are we sure this isn't just some exercise?

[smokeybandit]

Based on this one can surmise they were newly picked up crew members who were in standard pre-cruise quarantine anyway.  RC claims there are only 2, not 5.

 

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2021/05/24/megracrucero-odyssey-of-the-seas-52189001.html

 

This should be an absolute non-story

Edited May 24, 2021 by smokeybandit

[sandebeach]

I had heard that crew had not been able to get vaccinated in Israel. Once the crew gets to USA and gets vaccinated, it will go under new protocols I imagine. 

[livingonthebeach]

As I stated on another thread, sensationalistic headlines to sell newspapers which is not good nor fair to RCI. 

[100viper]

5 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Based on this one can surmise they were newly picked up crew members who were in standard pre-cruise quarantine anyway.  RC claims there are only 2, not 5.

 

https://www.diariodemallorca.es/mallorca/2021/05/24/megracrucero-odyssey-of-the-seas-52189001.html

 

This should be an absolute non-story

RCL also claimed their crew was vaccinated when closing in on their Israel season, even though the crew claimed they weren’t vaccinated. 

[smokeybandit]

Just now, 100viper said:

RCL also claimed their crew was vaccinated when closing in on their Israel season, even though the crew claimed they weren’t vaccinated. 

When did RC claim that?

[Biker19]

12 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

This should be an absolute non-story

Not in the COVID era.