Rare arxcards Posted January 17 #1576 Share Posted January 17 I am a bit puzzled by the delayed announcements. If they already know, surely they want to get to get them into the market and competing with the other brands. We booked a cruise for March '26 a couple of months back. and it would be a shame if Whatsy of the Seas had something comparable that we might have booked instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cheznandy Posted January 17 #1577 Share Posted January 17 6 minutes ago, arxcards said: I am a bit puzzled by the delayed announcements. If they already know, surely they want to get to get them into the market and competing with the other brands. We booked a cruise for March '26 a couple of months back. and it would be a shame if Whatsy of the Seas had something comparable that we might have booked instead. I knowwww.....we cancelled our Discovery Princess in 2025 to do Whatsy of the Seas repositioning from somewhere to somewhere, just like to know where haha! We booked Discovery 3 nighter in March, think it's the one you are on, to check it out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 17 #1578 Share Posted January 17 27 minutes ago, cheznandy said: I knowwww.....we cancelled our Discovery Princess in 2025 to do Whatsy of the Seas repositioning from somewhere to somewhere, just like to know where haha! We booked Discovery 3 nighter in March, think it's the one you are on, to check it out. Awesome. It is just a quick getaway and a suss out for us too. If there is something new for Royal, I am genuinely interested, but it always seems we have something already booked by the time they are launched. The best way for them to squeeze Virgin is to commit passengers to their cruises first. There is a lot of V advertising out there, and it is largely targeting new cruisers that the big brands can't afford to be giving up on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 18 #1579 Share Posted January 18 On 1/17/2024 at 3:58 PM, arxcards said: I am a bit puzzled by the delayed announcements. If they already know, surely they want to get to get them into the market and competing with the other brands. We booked a cruise for March '26 a couple of months back. and it would be a shame if Whatsy of the Seas had something comparable that we might have booked instead. Besides a booking for Carnival Splendor in Papette September 2025 I can’t recall Carnival companies ever doing bookings they are not going to use. Guessing Royal Deployment is fun because they keep on changing what they are doing. It just goes on and on and on. Ovation 25 must have been allocated to California at one stage or still is. I did read a cruise magazine article about a year ago with the author saying he can’t understand why Quantum Class isn’t on Antarctica runs, 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geoff2802 Posted January 19 #1580 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, springaussie said: Besides a booking for Carnival Splendor in Papette September 2025 I can’t recall Carnival companies ever doing bookings they are not going to use. Guessing Royal Deployment is fun because they keep on changing what they are doing. It just goes on and on and on. Ovation 25 must have been allocated to California at one stage or still is. I did read a cruise magazine article about a year ago with the author saying he can’t understand why Quantum Class isn’t on Antarctica runs, Has Royal ever done Antarctica cruises? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 19 #1581 Share Posted January 19 Just now, geoff2802 said: Has Royal ever done Antarctica cruises? Not to my knowledge Geoff. Serenade was in Antarctica earlier in the week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 19 #1582 Share Posted January 19 2 hours ago, springaussie said: Besides a booking for Carnival Splendor in Papette September 2025 I can’t recall Carnival companies ever doing bookings they are not going to use. Guessing Royal Deployment is fun because they keep on changing what they are doing. It just goes on and on and on. Ovation 25 must have been allocated to California at one stage or still is. I did read a cruise magazine article about a year ago with the author saying he can’t understand why Quantum Class isn’t on Antarctica runs, I will that they won't do any ghost ships as place markers, but they do change their mind. Princess in Melbourne for 25/26 is a recent example, as well as an initial intention for a year round Luminosa in Brisbane through 2025. Is the Splendor booking still active? We had a waiter tell us that Splendor was going to be rotated out of Oz in a year or two. I took it as just crew rumours, but maybe there is a bit more to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 19 #1583 Share Posted January 19 26 minutes ago, arxcards said: I will that they won't do any ghost ships as place markers, but they do change their mind. Princess in Melbourne for 25/26 is a recent example, as well as an initial intention for a year round Luminosa in Brisbane through 2025. Is the Splendor booking still active? We had a waiter tell us that Splendor was going to be rotated out of Oz in a year or two. I took it as just crew rumours, but maybe there is a bit more to it. That’s true about Luminosa and Princess in Melbourne Geoff. That booking is still active for Splendor in Papette September 2025. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 19 #1584 Share Posted January 19 5 minutes ago, springaussie said: That’s true about Luminosa and Princess in Melbourne Geoff. That booking is still active for Splendor in Papette September 2025. I was chatting to someone about those bookings in Brisbane for Voyager ,25-26 season. They speculated it’s Navigator and Voyager is going back to east coast U.S. That could add up if Quantum gets shore power fitted and goes to L.A. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 19 #1585 Share Posted January 19 27 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: I was chatting to someone about those bookings in Brisbane for Voyager ,25-26 season. They speculated it’s Navigator and Voyager is going back to east coast U.S. That could add up if Quantum gets shore power fitted and goes to L.A. Where do you think Navigator will go before Brisbane? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 19 #1586 Share Posted January 19 11 minutes ago, springaussie said: Where do you think Navigator will go before Brisbane? That’s October to December 2025 , I don’t know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 19 #1587 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, springaussie said: That booking is still active for Splendor in Papette September 2025. This might be a watch this space. A pity their port page doesn't indicate the previous & next ports to gauge the direction. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 19 #1588 Share Posted January 19 1 hour ago, Chiliburn said: That’s October to December 2025 , I don’t know. Wouldn’t it make more sense to send Quantum to LAX because she would have been been thru a dry dock. If Ovation went to LAX it would have to go back to Singapore for a dry dock early 2026. Sending Ovation to Singapore for Christmas 2025 makes more sense. I can’t find any port bookings for Voyager, Navigator or Ovation over the Oz Summer 25/26 period besides the ones for Voyager in Piraeus to work the Holy Land cruises in November and December 2025. This got axed when the bombings started but never was announced. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 19 #1589 Share Posted January 19 19 minutes ago, springaussie said: Wouldn’t it make more sense to send Quantum to LAX because she would have been been thru a dry dock. If Ovation went to LAX it would have to go back to Singapore for a dry dock early 2026. Sending Ovation to Singapore for Christmas 2025 makes more sense. I can’t find any port bookings for Voyager, Navigator or Ovation over the Oz Summer 25/26 period besides the ones for Voyager in Piraeus to work the Holy Land cruises in November and December 2025. This got axed when the bombings started but never was announced. I never thought ovation would go to L.A. , I was thinking Quantum . Quantum ,dry dock in Singapore later this year and get shore power fitted. Navigator to Brisbane would be a good repo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 19 #1590 Share Posted January 19 16 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: I never thought ovation would go to L.A. , I was thinking Quantum . Quantum ,dry dock in Singapore later this year and get shore power fitted. Navigator to Brisbane would be a good repo. Via Darwin, Port Douglas, Airlie then Brisbane. Navigator is going into dry deck next month and wouldn’t need another one until November 2026. So why via Singapore I assume? On paper to me it looks more like Voyager to Brisbane. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 19 #1591 Share Posted January 19 7 hours ago, springaussie said: Besides a booking for Carnival Splendor in Papette September 2025 I can’t recall Carnival companies ever doing bookings they are not going to use. Guessing Royal Deployment is fun because they keep on changing what they are doing. It just goes on and on and on. Ovation 25 must have been allocated to California at one stage or still is. I did read a cruise magazine article about a year ago with the author saying he can’t understand why Quantum Class isn’t on Antarctica runs, Thinking about this a bit more, I think all cruise lines are largely thinking on their feet. Home ports that used to work are floundering, then you get places in the Baltic and the middle-east that are currently off the radar. I think a large part is that US passenger numbers are either down or more inclined to cruise from home ports vs travelling to cruise from distant ports. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jandex Posted January 20 #1592 Share Posted January 20 On 1/19/2024 at 12:14 PM, arxcards said: I will that they won't do any ghost ships as place markers, but they do change their mind. Princess in Melbourne for 25/26 is a recent example, as well as an initial intention for a year round Luminosa in Brisbane through 2025. Is the Splendor booking still active? We had a waiter tell us that Splendor was going to be rotated out of Oz in a year or two. I took it as just crew rumours, but maybe there is a bit more to it. Was just on Splendor and Hotel Director said that she is booked into Sydney till at least 25/26. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 20 #1593 Share Posted January 20 27 minutes ago, Jandex said: Was just on Splendor and Hotel Director said that she is booked into Sydney till at least 25/26. Correct. They are booked into Sydney until late June in 2026, and they are also selling Splendor cruises ex-Sydney up until that date. It is highly likely that will remain as is, but nothing is certain. As above, she is also booked into Tahiti for a day on 3rd September 2025 as well as being in Sydney on 4th September. Quite often these blips are just that, but sometimes they are the start of a bigger trail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted January 20 #1594 Share Posted January 20 I was reading elsewhere that the Serenade World Cruise.might be finishing in Los Angeles according to onboard rumours. Miami Office claim they are monitoring the safety and Serenade will sail as planned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 20 #1595 Share Posted January 20 52 minutes ago, springaussie said: I was reading elsewhere that the Serenade World Cruise.might be finishing in Los Angeles according to onboard rumours. Miami Office claim they are monitoring the safety and Serenade will sail as planned. The rumour would be a bit OTT. Surely there will be no decision required until they reach Singapore, and that is 3 months away. Island Princess departed LA yesterday (our time) and it is still per schedule. Lots will need to improve over the next couple of months, or drastic changes will be inevitable. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 23 #1596 Share Posted January 23 (edited) Does anyone know who the boss of Celebrity is in Australia? Edited January 23 by Chiliburn Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 23 #1597 Share Posted January 23 7 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: Does anyone know who the boss of Celebrity is in Australia? Tim Jones at last count. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 23 #1598 Share Posted January 23 3 minutes ago, arxcards said: Tim Jones at last count. So what do you think is email would be Geoff? tjones@celebrity.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare arxcards Posted January 23 #1599 Share Posted January 23 Just now, Chiliburn said: So what do you think is email would be Geoff? tjones@celebrity.com Worth a shot, but I really don't know. What I have realised that together with Big Gav, we have ... Alas Smith and Jones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted January 23 #1600 Share Posted January 23 44 minutes ago, arxcards said: Worth a shot, but I really don't know. What I have realised that together with Big Gav, we have ... Alas Smith and Jones Very good Geoff,I knew you are the master of useless information. LOL 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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