Deployment 2024-25 booking season begins

[island lady]

15 hours ago, Teeara said:

Sorry to hear about losing your fur babies.

 

Have you done Alaska before?  We loved sailing out of Vancouver.  Fantastic port, but don't book early May!  Way too cold ;o)

 

I'm waffling on 2025.  It's either going to be another fall TA, a Japan cruise on Princess, an RCI TP from HI to Sydney, or a Jordan & Israel trip (I've already done a 10 day Israel trip in 2013, but Pam has not).  All of them will cost a pretty penny.

 

Yes, have been to Alaska 5 times.  This last time we had our usual Seward to Seward B2B booked...when it was cancelled due to Covid.  Kept the trip, kept the booked flights, and simply replaced the 2 week cruise with a nice stay in a cabin in Homer.  That gave us 4 weeks to explore. 

 

Want to book the cruise and land based again, just waiting for RCI to post bookings for 2025 season...which I think comes out in November.  

 

Your plans sound wonderful!!  🙂 

[cublet]

2 hours ago, little britain said:

Nooooooooooo ! 
I don’t like cruising from Southampton at the best of times … too many whining Brits… but the return of Indie means I’ll be definitely be picking MSC from that port in future if itinerary suits.

Hello,

 

You won't like it if you sit next to an American. On Virtuosa I had to put up with 12 days of Texan whinges about no lobster night and no fillet mignon in the MDR!

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

 

 

[cublet]

5 hours ago, SummmerInKefalonia said:

Yes it is pretty much confirmed by now.

Hello,

 

And I suppose it's too much to expect that new itineraries will come with it?

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

[Ourusualbeach]

7 minutes ago, cublet said:

Hello,

 

And I suppose it's too much to expect that new itineraries will come with it?

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

Itineraries will be released this November / December for the 2025 season just like they have been for the past few years

[Ourusualbeach]

5 hours ago, SummmerInKefalonia said:

Yes it is pretty much confirmed by now.

I may have missed this but why would it not be Odyssey continuing on after Anthem, after all she did replace Anthem out of Bayonne

[Tree_skier]

2 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I may have missed this but why would it not be Odyssey continuing on after Anthem, after all she did replace Anthem out of Bayonne

This is my hope. I’m not looking to book until April 2026 but hopes to do the TA from Bayonne to Southampton and then stay on for whatever her first cruise after the TA was. 

[FionaMG]

5 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I may have missed this but why would it not be Odyssey continuing on after Anthem, after all she did replace Anthem out of Bayonne

 

Indie has shown up on some port bookings where previously the slots were held for Odyssey. I can't remember which ones. I have a feeling Le Havre might be one? I think it might have been @Jumping Cruiser that posted them?

[little britain]

1 minute ago, FionaMG said:

 

Indie has shown up on some port bookings where previously the slots were held for Odyssey. I can't remember which ones. I have a feeling Le Havre might be one? I think it might have been @Jumping Cruiser that posted them?

Indie shows up in Gibraltar on July 10th 2025

Edited June 24, 2023 by little britain

[twangster]

8 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I may have missed this but why would it not be Odyssey continuing on after Anthem, after all she did replace Anthem out of Bayonne

 

Some think that OY has been so successful doing Greece that they will keep her there, repeating what she is currently doing for the summers. 

[FionaMG]

1 minute ago, twangster said:

 

Some think that OY has been so successful doing Greece that they will keep her there, repeating what she is currently doing for the summers. 

 

I'm so glad we did Odyssey to Greece back in May of last year. The prices for her 7 day sailings now are almost twice what we paid for 9 nights. We lucked out on early re-start prices, for sure.

[Tree_skier]

23 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Some think that OY has been so successful doing Greece that they will keep her there, repeating what she is currently doing for the summers. 

So when she is doing the TA from Bayonne she would go to Civitavecchia instead of Southhampton. I’ve never seen anything like that recently. Is there any history of that that. 

[twangster]

8 minutes ago, Tree_skier said:

So when she is doing the TA from Bayonne she would go to Civitavecchia instead of Southhampton. I’ve never seen anything like that recently. Is there any history of that that. 

 

There is no hard data to know what they plan for Odyssey after a winter in Bayonne.  It's all speculation.  When Indy started showing up on what would look like a Southampton cruise it's begs the question if they would move Odyssey off Civitavecchia.

 

Royal has firm Civitavecchia booking data from Odyssey now and known Anthem booking data from Southampton to use in support of a future deployment decision.   Royal will place Odyssey where it will be most profitable.  

 

Edited June 24, 2023 by twangster

[Another_Critic]

1 hour ago, Tree_skier said:

So when she is doing the TA from Bayonne she would go to Civitavecchia instead of Southhampton. I’ve never seen anything like that recently. Is there any history of that that. 

 

I'm booked on the Fall 2024 TA ... Rome (Civitavecchia) to Cape Liberty, so I don't see why they wouldn't do the reverse in Spring 2025, if that's what they decide.

[librarylady19]

7 hours ago, cublet said:

Hello,

 

You won't like it if you sit next to an American. On Virtuosa I had to put up with 12 days of Texan whinges about no lobster night and no fillet mignon in the MDR!

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

 

 

Whinging cruisers are everywhere 😮

[cublet]

16 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Itineraries will be released this November / December for the 2025 season just like they have been for the past few years

Hello,

 

Yes I know but what I would like to see is a repeat of 2021 (cancelled) ships/itineraries: We were due Odyssey in April (if only for a few days) and a later Canaries cruise included a stop at La Gomera that I have not seen before or since.

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

[cublet]

8 hours ago, librarylady19 said:

Whinging cruisers are everywhere 😮

Hello,

 

But not equally spread.

 

Regards,

 

Cublet

[Jumping Cruiser]

Just from Captains Corner on Anthem about her repositioning. It looks like she is going on quite the world tour! 
 

Summer 24 - Southampton, UK

Winter 24/25 - Singapore

 

March 25 - Dry Dock

 

Summer 25 - Alaska

Winter 25/26 - Australia

 

 

[Jumping Cruiser]

On 6/24/2023 at 5:29 PM, FionaMG said:

 

Indie has shown up on some port bookings where previously the slots were held for Odyssey. I can't remember which ones. I have a feeling Le Havre might be one? I think it might have been @Jumping Cruiser that posted them?

It was originally Odyssey for the following;

Villefranche, France

Le Havre, France

Funchal, Madeira

Gibraltar, UK

 

They have since all been changed to Independence, so it looks like it’s going to be Indy now. 

 

[FionaMG]

2 hours ago, Jumping Cruiser said:

Just from Captains Corner on Anthem about her repositioning. It looks like she is going on quite the world tour! 
 

Summer 24 - Southampton, UK

Winter 24/25 - Singapore

 

March 25 - Dry Dock

 

Summer 25 - Alaska

Winter 25/26 - Australia

 

 

 

I don't suppose there was any mention of a repo cruise from Europe to Singapore???

I probably wouldn't be able to make it work for us anyway but you never know... 🤞

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

I’m hoping Odyssey stays in Cape Liberty year round.
 

Is it time for a 2025/26 Deployment thread?

[twangster]

2 minutes ago, OfTheSeasCruiser said:

I’m hoping Odyssey stays in Cape Liberty year round.
 

Is it time for a 2025/26 Deployment thread?

 

Unlikely with an Oasis class spending the summer there.

[sgmn]

1 hour ago, FionaMG said:

 

I don't suppose there was any mention of a repo cruise from Europe to Singapore???

I probably wouldn't be able to make it work for us anyway but you never know... 🤞

If they do have a repo in autumn 24 they aren't allowing much time to market and sell it. A lot of people will have already booked up for next year and won't be able to commit to a long repo. Dubai to SIN sounds nice 👌 

[gumshoe958]

28 minutes ago, sgmn said:

If they do have a repo in autumn 24 they aren't allowing much time to market and sell it. A lot of people will have already booked up for next year and won't be able to commit to a long repo. Dubai to SIN sounds nice 👌 

I doubt they really care. The ship’s got to get from A to B regardless so if they can persuade anyone to pay to be on her, it’s just a bonus. Which they will.

[little britain]

57 minutes ago, sgmn said:

If they do have a repo in autumn 24 they aren't allowing much time to market and sell it. A lot of people will have already booked up for next year and won't be able to commit to a long repo. Dubai to SIN sounds nice 👌 

Just check my diary … October 14th 2024 …. I’m free!!! 

Edited June 27, 2023 by little britain
Last bookable cruise is 12n Canaries on October 2nd

[Jumping Cruiser]

4 hours ago, FionaMG said:

 

I don't suppose there was any mention of a repo cruise from Europe to Singapore???

I probably wouldn't be able to make it work for us anyway but you never know... 🤞

There was no mention, but I will try and find out.