skiingj Posted November 27, 2022 #1 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Just off the Koningsdam and while flying San Diego to Sacramento I noticed a RCL ship in a strange postion. It was between LA and SAN at 11am. Looked at the Navigator itinerary and it left LA yesterday. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gmerick Posted November 27, 2022 #2 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Appears to be it's normal sailing pattern: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taglovestocruise Posted November 27, 2022 #3 Share Posted November 27, 2022 (edited) Three day cruise. Left yesterday, spends all day Saturday as a sea day covering the whopping 170 mile trip. Fun day in Ensenada and back to LA Sunday night with early morning drop-off in LA. Three day booze cruise. Not a bad trip with inside cabins under $50 pp pn. D+ vouchers are worth about $70 pp pn. Makes you wonder why they are not profitable yet. Edited November 27, 2022 by taglovestocruise 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
neverbeenhere Posted November 27, 2022 #4 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Lots of drinking, gambling and specialty restauranting on these cruises. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skiingj Posted November 27, 2022 Author #5 Share Posted November 27, 2022 Good info. Thanks. They should sail in warmer water. 😉 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fac429 Posted February 10, 2023 #6 Share Posted February 10, 2023 Late to this discussion, but this must be a fairly common thing. Was on the Navigator in October, and during dinner I said "what a beautiful sunset... on the wrong side of the ship? Are we heading back to LA already?" But a few minutes later that beautiful sunset continued on the other side of the ship. We were definitely going in a circle. Maybe that was so that people on both sides of the dining room could enjoy the sunset, I don't know. I thought it might also have to do with the fact that our sailing was the first where they were using a new renewable fuel source and speculated that they might be trying to get a sense of how well it was working. Whatever the reason, we were definitely doing loop-de-loops at sea. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted February 10, 2023 #7 Share Posted February 10, 2023 With so little distance those itineraries need to travel, they just hang out at sea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare fac429 Posted February 10, 2023 #8 Share Posted February 10, 2023 4 hours ago, smokeybandit said: With so little distance those itineraries need to travel, they just hang out at sea. Also true, particularly on that cruise. You could've easily beat us to Ensenada by bicycle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgigrl Posted February 11, 2023 #9 Share Posted February 11, 2023 We were on Navigator for a three nighter that turned into a cruise to nowhere last August. Civil unrest in in Mexico that weekend put an end to our planned Ensenada stop. We putted around in the Pacific for three days at a snail’s pace. Probably never even entered Mexican waters. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted February 11, 2023 #10 Share Posted February 11, 2023 When we were on Viking Serenade, many years ago, itinerary was San Diego, Catalina, Ensenada. The captain announced that for those wondering why it took 17 hours to go from SD to Catalina, "We were lost, 20 miles off the California Coast, and we were going in circles all night" 😄 But now we have arrived, and the tenders will be arriving shortly. I think they put on the GPS at some point and just mostly stay in one place overnight. People want to feel like they are on a cruise! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gottagoacruzn Posted February 11, 2023 #11 Share Posted February 11, 2023 How does that happen? Lost at sea, come on!!! Seems alittle odd. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted February 11, 2023 #12 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, gottagoacruzn said: How does that happen? Lost at sea, come on!!! Seems alittle odd. It was Captain humor. 😄I guess you had to be there. ☺️ Edited February 11, 2023 by Coralc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
corgigrl Posted February 11, 2023 #13 Share Posted February 11, 2023 1 hour ago, Coralc said: It was Captain humor. 😄I guess you had to be there. ☺️ And they do it every week, twice! 😏 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted February 11, 2023 #14 Share Posted February 11, 2023 14 hours ago, smokeybandit said: With so little distance those itineraries need to travel, they just hang out at sea. Yup, Daughter did this Cruise in Nov. Then 2+ decades ago Royal use to do a 5nite Bahama Cruises. With couple Sea Days puttering along 3-5kt off Florida Coast. Woke one nite at 3am from whole Ship rocking side to side from waves as we were stopped going nowhere for hrs. Was a weird feeling 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruin Steve Posted February 11, 2023 #15 Share Posted February 11, 2023 (edited) I always have a good laugh when on ANY cruise that leaves San Pedro on embarkation day at, say, 5:00 pm and pulls into Catalina at 8:00 am the next morning....WORLD'S SLOWEST SHIP! I just keep thinking back to the old Four Preps song from 1958: Edited February 11, 2023 by Bruin Steve 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sianli Posted February 11, 2023 #16 Share Posted February 11, 2023 On 11/26/2022 at 5:39 PM, taglovestocruise said: Three day cruise. Left yesterday, spends all day Saturday as a sea day covering the whopping 170 mile trip. Fun day in Ensenada and back to LA Sunday night with early morning drop-off in LA. Three day booze cruise. Not a bad trip with inside cabins under $50 pp pn. D+ vouchers are worth about $70 pp pn. Makes you wonder why they are not profitable yet. What is D+ voucher? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted February 11, 2023 #17 Share Posted February 11, 2023 23 minutes ago, Sianli said: What is D+ voucher? Crown and Anchor Member, when you get to Diamond Plus(D+) Level get free bag wash/fold Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mek Posted February 11, 2023 #18 Share Posted February 11, 2023 9 hours ago, Coralc said: When we were on Viking Serenade, many years ago, itinerary was San Diego, Catalina, Ensenada. The captain announced that for those wondering why it took 17 hours to go from SD to Catalina, "We were lost, 20 miles off the California Coast, and we were going in circles all night" 😄 But now we have arrived, and the tenders will be arriving shortly. I think they put on the GPS at some point and just mostly stay in one place overnight. People want to feel like they are on a cruise! The Viking Serenade down the west coast of Mexico was our first Royal cruise. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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