c-leg5 Posted July 26, 2022 #101 Share Posted July 26, 2022 On 7/24/2022 at 10:00 AM, little britain said: I am very surprised if they are filling old Rhapsody from Limassol- it’s a tricky place to get to/ and expensive/ and necessitates an overnight stay! I’m waiting for them to package up with flights like they did last year Who are the main carriers between UK and Cyprus? Were the packages through air2sea or UK travel agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 26, 2022 #102 Share Posted July 26, 2022 1 hour ago, c-leg5 said: Who are the main carriers between UK and Cyprus? Were the packages through air2sea or UK travel agent? It was an RCI package with charter flights from a few regional ( and LGW) UK airports with Jewel last year. Some charters they were unable to fill so people were switched to scheduled BA flights from a different airport. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LittleJoefromKokomo Posted July 26, 2022 #103 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Not just until September, our already booked Nov 6 cruise from Athens to Barcelona is also gone, I hope they don't cancel it. Just when we convinced our friends to join us on this one 😞 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted July 26, 2022 #104 Share Posted July 26, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, little britain said: It was an RCI package with charter flights from a few regional ( and LGW) UK airports with Jewel last year. Some charters they were unable to fill so people were switched to scheduled BA flights from a different airport. Thanks, I am still not clear if this was a UK bookings only deal? I expected more flights to Cyprus since many Brits have holiday homes there but a quick search has only shown limited TUI and Jet2, along with their package holidays. I wondered who else flew regularly from the regional airports.Sounds like BA? - will have to check their schedule out. Edited July 26, 2022 by c-leg5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted July 26, 2022 #105 Share Posted July 26, 2022 Hello, I know pigs might fly with greater probability than this, but I would like a return to the long gone days when a Freedom/Voyager class sailed out of Southampton whilst Brilliance sailed out of Harwich. Regards, Cublet 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
myolite Posted July 27, 2022 #106 Share Posted July 27, 2022 So anxious...booked for 10/30/23 for our honeymoon in a grand suite. argh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beth and Bailey Posted July 27, 2022 #107 Share Posted July 27, 2022 1 hour ago, myolite said: So anxious...booked for 10/30/23 for our honeymoon in a grand suite. argh. You better get a Plan B..... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted July 28, 2022 #108 Share Posted July 28, 2022 The rumour in Oz is Enchantment will be replaced with Brilliance on the Alaska and Australian seasons 23/24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard54 Posted July 28, 2022 #109 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, springaussie said: The rumour in Oz is Enchantment will be replaced with Brilliance on the Alaska and Australian seasons 23/24. I saw that rumor earlier today. It would not be a big surprise but would be disappointing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted July 28, 2022 #110 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 2:50 PM, cublet said: Hello, I know pigs might fly with greater probability than this, but I would like a return to the long gone days when a Freedom/Voyager class sailed out of Southampton whilst Brilliance sailed out of Harwich. Regards, Cublet Royal Caribbean always seems to get more money for the cruises from Southampton than from Rome or Barcelona. Conclude from this that the UK cruises have high occupancy . I always wonder why we don't have a second ship from the UK or a winter season to Canary Islands and Maderia 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cublet Posted July 28, 2022 #111 Share Posted July 28, 2022 Hello, I was chatting to the captain of the Indy following the announcement that the ship would cease year-round sailing from Southampton. He said that Miami said that they had to too deeply discount the cost of sailing from the UK in winter months to make it viable. Regards, Cublet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted July 28, 2022 #112 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, sgmn said: Royal Caribbean always seems to get more money for the cruises from Southampton than from Rome or Barcelona. Conclude from this that the UK cruises have high occupancy . I always wonder why we don't have a second ship from the UK or a winter season to Canary Islands and Maderia I’ve done the Bay of Biscay in May and it wasn’t great. RC would need to pay me to repeat that in the Winter months. It would be great to a have a winter itinerary that goes to the Carary Island but maybe from Barcelona. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 28, 2022 #113 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 2:30 PM, c-leg5 said: Thanks, I am still not clear if this was a UK bookings only deal? I expected more flights to Cyprus since many Brits have holiday homes there but a quick search has only shown limited TUI and Jet2, along with their package holidays. I wondered who else flew regularly from the regional airports.Sounds like BA? - will have to check their schedule out. I don’t know if RCI Germany did a package with flights from Düsseldorf or Frankfurt; I know they started offering a lot of regional airports here but couldn’t fill the planes which mean people having to travel to other airports or even get out on scheduled BA flights which would have cost RCI more money! I think we were on a Thomson charter from LGW. EJ of course is the other major budget carrier in Europe. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bennyboats28 Posted July 28, 2022 #114 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 2:30 PM, c-leg5 said: Thanks, I am still not clear if this was a UK bookings only deal? I expected more flights to Cyprus since many Brits have holiday homes there but a quick search has only shown limited TUI and Jet2, along with their package holidays. I wondered who else flew regularly from the regional airports.Sounds like BA? - will have to check their schedule out. Hi, We did the Jewel chartered sailing last year in October. What RCI did was that they chartered special TUI aircraft to get passengers over to Limassol. We were flying from Manchester at around 8am in the morning. Normally flights to Cyprus are in the evening from Cyprus so that's why they had to charter an aircraft to get us over there in the morning. They then put on a free shuttle bus for us in Limassol to transfer to the cruise ship. Looking back at this deal we got last year it was fantastic and it's looking unlikely we will get anything like this again. To answer your question yes it seemed to be a UK specific deal for the flights with TUI. Cyprus is a lovely island and I hope you enjoy your cruise on the Rhapsody. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted July 28, 2022 #115 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, Billy Baltic said: It would be great to a have a winter itinerary that goes to the Carary Island but maybe from Barcelona. Or Malaga even. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Surfguyxxx Posted July 28, 2022 #116 Share Posted July 28, 2022 13 hours ago, myolite said: So anxious...booked for 10/30/23 for our honeymoon in a grand suite. argh. I'm on the 04/29/23 TA from Tampa to Barcelona in a GS too. Very anxious to find out the happenings. 😬😏🤔 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kw1816 Posted July 28, 2022 #117 Share Posted July 28, 2022 On 7/26/2022 at 4:30 PM, c-leg5 said: I expected more flights to Cyprus since many Brits have holiday homes there but a quick search has only shown limited TUI and Jet2, along with their package holidays. I wondered who else flew regularly from the regional airports.Sounds like BA? - will have to check their schedule out. Currently in Cyprus 🙂 - BA flies several times a day to Larnaca from Heathrow, MIL has an apartment out here so we fly out once or twice a year. Thinking about adding on a cruise on the Rhapsody next year as we’ll be here anyway. Which airport does RC use for Limassol ? I’m guessing it’s about an hour from Larnaca ? According to Google, easyJet, British Airways, TUI, Jet2, American Airlines, Wizz Air UK and Wizz Air all fly direct to Larnaca. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 28, 2022 #118 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, FionaMG said: Or Malaga even. Remember when they based a ship in Palma a few years ago? Especially as BA now do flights from Southampton to Palma! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Eyed Belfast Belle Posted July 28, 2022 #119 Share Posted July 28, 2022 8 hours ago, springaussie said: The rumour in Oz is Enchantment will be replaced with Brilliance on the Alaska and Australian seasons 23/24. Oooooh - I hope that means we are getting Enchantment in Europe next Summer instead! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biker19 Posted July 28, 2022 #120 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 minutes ago, Blue Eyed Belfast Belle said: Oooooh - I hope that means we are getting Enchantment in Europe next Summer instead! You may not want to sail on her to Aliaga. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 28, 2022 #121 Share Posted July 28, 2022 1 hour ago, Blue Eyed Belfast Belle said: Oooooh - I hope that means we are getting Enchantment in Europe next Summer instead! Seriously? Enchantment over Brilliance? Why? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare little britain Posted July 28, 2022 #122 Share Posted July 28, 2022 6 hours ago, Billy Baltic said: I’ve done the Bay of Biscay in May and it wasn’t great. RC would need to pay me to repeat that in the Winter months. It would be great to a have a winter itinerary that goes to the Carary Island but maybe from Barcelona. Have you checked MSCs routes yet… lol! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c-leg5 Posted July 28, 2022 #123 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, kw1816 said: Currently in Cyprus 🙂 - BA flies several times a day to Larnaca from Heathrow, MIL has an apartment out here so we fly out once or twice a year. Thinking about adding on a cruise on the Rhapsody next year as we’ll be here anyway. Which airport does RC use for Limassol ? I’m guessing it’s about an hour from Larnaca ? According to Google, easyJet, British Airways, TUI, Jet2, American Airlines, Wizz Air UK and Wizz Air all fly direct to Larnaca. Thanks had found them all now, except Wizz air - never heard of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted July 28, 2022 #124 Share Posted July 28, 2022 2 hours ago, little britain said: Remember when they based a ship in Palma a few years ago? Especially as BA now do flights from Southampton to Palma! I do, but I'd prefer Malaga because we can drive there in about 4 hours. 😊 Well, actually I'd prefer Lisbon but I'm not holding my breath. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Eyed Belfast Belle Posted July 28, 2022 #125 Share Posted July 28, 2022 (edited) 2 hours ago, Biker19 said: You may not want to sail on her to Aliaga. Oh I do hope not!! There is life in the old girl yet!! 1 hour ago, little britain said: Seriously? Enchantment over Brilliance? Why? I do prefer the Radiance class over the Vision class but if Brilliance is not replaced it only leaves 3 ships in the Med next year (Symphony from Barcelona, Odyessy from Rome and Explorer from Venice if you don't count Rhapsody since she is moving between Cyprus and Hafia. Not much choice and the prices will skyrocket so a 4th ship in the Med will be welcomed. Edited July 28, 2022 by Blue Eyed Belfast Belle 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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