Deployment 2024-25 booking season begins

[molly361]

40 minutes ago, SherriZ366 said:

The Royal Caribbean Blog (royalcaribbeanblog.com) posted an article with short Caribbean/Bahamas sailings.  

There have been lots of questions on what ship would be sailing the 3 and 4 nighters to Coco Cay and Nassau.  This post confirms that Allure of the Seas will sail this itinerary from late April 2024 through through the end of January 2025.  I don't see any sailings from Feb. through April.  2025.  I wonder when RCI will post these cruises or if another ship will be sailing this itinerary.  

Allure is sailing the short sailings thru Jan 2025 but she leaves PC July 2024 and does them from Miami after that so as of now there is no ship in PC that will do them after July 2024.  The Indy will be doing them from Miami

Edited February 20, 2023 by molly361

[LittleJoefromKokomo]

20 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Yeah at one point yesterday Suites on all Navigator sailings were showing Sold Out. About 7-8yrs ago Royal did an Oops like this and when they caught it they gave everyone a choice, Pay higher the correct Rate or Cancel. Doubt happen this time

Happened to me last year, I saw that it was the approximately the same prices for ALL different cabins, from inside to the largest suites on Symphony sailing from Miami the 2 Dec 2023 and guicky booked AND payed deposit for a 2 Bd Aqua Theatre Suite for 4 persons.

I even got some friends of ours to do the same and in it took a little over a month for RC to correct the price. I checked in daily to both the app and RC website and was astonished by my bargain, untill one day when it said that i was due over $ 30K 😂

A call later and they just said that they were sorry but there had been some "website errors" during the day I booked. I understood that and never argued with them, but it would have been a dream come true to get that suite for the price of an interior. 😂

[mets123]

When do you think the bookings will actually open up this week? We need an accessibility cabin for my wife and I don't want to be shut out

 

[Ourusualbeach]

8 minutes ago, mets123 said:

When do you think the bookings will actually open up this week? We need an accessibility cabin for my wife and I don't want to be shut out

 

Tuesday evening, just like last week.

[mets123]

36 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Tuesday evening, just like last week.

🙏 Thanks 

[melbur]

If you book on board, the NextCruise folks have them. I scored b2b2b2b2b on Oasis out of Lauderdale for Jan/Feb 2025 at some incredible prices!

[jamestown478]

any idea what itinerary symphony will be sailing in January and February 2025? I wasn't able to find it on royals site.

[ONECRUISER]

2 minutes ago, melbur said:

If you book on board, the NextCruise folks have them. I scored b2b2b2b2b on Oasis out of Lauderdale for Jan/Feb 2025 at some incredible prices!

Congrats! The only way to Travel, pay for Air/Hotel once. Havent done anything less then B3B in last 10yrs, only 2 times had change Cabins

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

34 minutes ago, jamestown478 said:

any idea what itinerary symphony will be sailing in January and February 2025? I wasn't able to find it on royals site.

She looks to be doing 7 day itineraries from Miami, departing on Sundays.

[jamestown478]

24 minutes ago, OfTheSeasCruiser said:

She looks to be doing 7 day itineraries from Miami, departing on Sundays.

Ok. For some reason I can only see up to October 24 on royal site.

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

11 minutes ago, jamestown478 said:

Ok. For some reason I can only see up to October 24 on royal site.

Yes, because the bookings aren't open yet. Should be opening this evening.

[Tree_skier]

Where is the best place to find South Hampton schedules?

[Ourusualbeach]

2 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

Where is the best place to find South Hampton schedules?

Everything for South Hampton has been released for Summer of 2024.  Summer of 2025 wont be until Nov/Dec

[rockmom]

Almost time--let's get this show on the road.  😛  

[Tree_skier]

6 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Everything for South Hampton has been released for Summer of 2024.  Summer of 2025 wont be until Nov/Dec

Yes but isn't there a website that shows port bookings the extend beyond the currently released itineraries?

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, Tree_skier said:

Yes but isn't there a website that shows port bookings the extend beyond the currently released itineraries?

Some on here know it, Not sure it goes out until summer of 2025 yet.

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, Tree_skier said:

Yes but isn't there a website that shows port bookings the extend beyond the currently released itineraries?

All of these deployment threads usually have some links to port schedules (in the first few pages) but those are unlikely to be populated or very accurate beyond what has been officially released. Look for the 2025-2026 deployment thread in about 6 months where further out info will be posted.

[Ourusualbeach]

5 minutes ago, rockmom said:

Almost time--let's get this show on the road.  😛  

Refresh, refresh and refresh again...all night long...

[rockmom]

5 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Refresh, refresh and refresh again...all night long...

😁🤣

[Blue Eyed Belfast Belle]

Nearly time for bed here (just after 10pm and work in the morning) so will be eagerly checking in about 8 hrs!! 😴 ☘️

 

 

[DerekB]

10 minutes ago, Blue Eyed Belfast Belle said:

Nearly time for bed here (just after 10pm and work in the morning) so will be eagerly checking in about 8 hrs!! 😴 ☘️

 

 

11:25pm here in Amsterdam...I'll give it another half hour or so 🚭

[Ourusualbeach]

8 minutes ago, DerekB said:

11:25pm here in Amsterdam...I'll give it another half hour or so 🚭

Typically its been between 8 and 10pm Eastern time so another 2 1/2 to 4 1/2 hours

[twangster]

Icon 2 setting sail in 2025:

 

https://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/press-release/1634/the-next-iconic-adventure-begins-with-royal-caribbeans-second-icon-class-ship/

 

[Jumping Cruiser]

2 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

Yes but isn't there a website that shows port bookings the extend beyond the currently released itineraries?

There is not just one website for port bookings, you have to check individual ports and piece it together. It can be quite the task at times, especially when dealing with foreign languages! 😂
 

If it’s Southampton 2025 that you’re interested in, then it looks to be Odyssey OTS from early May to October. Not seen any Norway bookings yet, but there looks to be a few of the usual Canary Island cruises and at least one Med cruise (July/August), with probably some France & Spain 7-nighters thrown in there too. 

As @Biker19 mentioned, keep an eye out for 2025-2026 thread later in the year, as port bookings become more accurate as time goes on. I’ll be sure to post some updates when I see them! 

Edited February 22, 2023 by Jumping Cruiser

[crzndeb]

4 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Congrats! The only way to Travel, pay for Air/Hotel once. Havent done anything less then B3B in last 10yrs, only 2 times had change Cabins

I will soon find out next month on the Ovation, which will be my longest cruise. B5B (54 nights), and it gets me home, so only 1 flight to Sydney. I will reach my 340 on one of the legs, depending on whether 3 of the legs, that were booked within the Double Points promo, and then cancelled by Royal (Australia was closed), if that promo will be honored. Either way, I will still hit 340. I don’t want to book anymore cruises until that time, but I can still book an open date at Nextcruise, and pick the sailing within 60 days.