VersaliusPrimus Posted October 13, 2023 #501 Share Posted October 13, 2023 18 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Deployment opening schedule Nov 1 - Alaska (OV, AN, RD, GR) Nov 8 - Europe (AL, OY, ID, EX, VY, BR) Nov 15 - 7N Caribbean (HM, OA, AD, ID, SR, BR, RD, RH, GR) Dec 5 - Star (Icon 2) Feb 14 - Short Caribbean and LAX (UT, WN, AN, LB, FR, MA, NV, AD, JW) Feb 14 - Northeast (SY, OY, LB, VI) Feb 21 - Other Caribbean (SY AL, EX, JW) Thanks for the info! The Allure in Europe is certainly an interesting prospect, especially if it's going to be in the Mediterranean. Does anyone know if Celebrity's deployment schedule will likely follow this timing or thereabouts, being a sister cruiseline? I haven't seen anything on the Celebrity CC boards yet about 2025 deployment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polition67 Posted October 13, 2023 #502 Share Posted October 13, 2023 Was being nosy looking through the port schedules for 2025, icon of the seas is showing couple of days apart on the St Maarten schedule so I can safely say my hopes for a European summer on Star are dashed 😂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare mac_tlc Posted October 13, 2023 #503 Share Posted October 13, 2023 6 minutes ago, Polition67 said: Was being nosy looking through the port schedules for 2025, icon of the seas is showing couple of days apart on the St Maarten schedule so I can safely say my hopes for a European summer on Star are dashed 😂 What I noticed is that it looks like the Celebrity Beyond will stay in the Caribbean year round in 2025 also. I thought it might but this could be confirmation. mac_tlc 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted October 13, 2023 #504 Share Posted October 13, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: If that were the case then Wonder would probably have been listed on the 7 day Caribbean schedule. I'm not giving up hope, lol. Wonder is listed as visiting St. Maarten every other week in June 2025 on the port site. That would indicate it's still doing 7N cruises in June. It disappears from the schedule in July... which jives with my theory that Star may not take over until a bit later in the summer (July). That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 😁 https://gls.portstmaarten.sx/sxm/MainMenu.aspx?ShipScheduleType=2 Date Day Time Homeport CRN Vessel Remarks Pier 02-06 Mon 11:59 - 19:00 SX250307 LIBERTY OF THE SEAS 03-06 Tue 08:00 - 17:00 SX250308 ICON OF THE SEAS 04-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250309 OASIS OF THE SEAS 11-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250475 CELEBRITY BEYOND 11-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250310 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 12-06 Thu 08:00 - 17:00 SX250311 WONDER OF THE SEAS 18-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250312 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 25-06 Wed 08:00 - 17:00 SX250313 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 26-06 Thu 08:00 - 18:00 SX250430 CELEBRITY BEYOND 26-06 Thu 08:00 - 17:00 SX250314 WONDER OF THE SEAS Edited October 13, 2023 by OCSC Mike 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polition67 Posted October 13, 2023 #505 Share Posted October 13, 2023 30 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said: I'm not giving up hope, lol. Wonder is listed as visiting St. Maarten every other week in June 2025 on the port site. That would indicate it's still doing 7N cruises in June. It disappears from the schedule in July... which jives with my theory that Star may not take over until a bit later in the summer (July). That's my story and I'm sticking to it! 😁 https://gls.portstmaarten.sx/sxm/MainMenu.aspx?ShipScheduleType=2 Date Day Time Homeport CRN Vessel Remarks Pier 02-06 Mon 11:59 - 19:00 SX250307 LIBERTY OF THE SEAS 03-06 Tue 08:00 - 17:00 SX250308 ICON OF THE SEAS 04-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250309 OASIS OF THE SEAS 11-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250475 CELEBRITY BEYOND 11-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250310 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 12-06 Thu 08:00 - 17:00 SX250311 WONDER OF THE SEAS 18-06 Wed 08:00 - 18:00 SX250312 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 25-06 Wed 08:00 - 17:00 SX250313 RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS 26-06 Thu 08:00 - 18:00 SX250430 CELEBRITY BEYOND 26-06 Thu 08:00 - 17:00 SX250314 WONDER OF THE SEAS Loving the positivity I’m keeping everything crossed for that! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted October 13, 2023 #506 Share Posted October 13, 2023 16 minutes ago, Polition67 said: Loving the positivity I’m keeping everything crossed for that! I wasn't saying it will be sailing in Europe; I just don't want it to come to PC (my home port). But since I'm accepting that it likely will, I'm hoping it's not until after the early June cruise we normally take. Selfishly, I don't care what it's doing in June, but I'll root for you to get her for a bit since you seem excited about it. 🤞 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRobbie Posted October 13, 2023 #507 Share Posted October 13, 2023 12 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Listed as release dates TBD are Australia - AN Singapore - QN China - SC, QN Where are you seeing this? I can see the release dates on https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf but it doesn't mention which ships 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 13, 2023 #508 Share Posted October 13, 2023 1 minute ago, ScottishRobbie said: Where are you seeing this? I can see the release dates on https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf but it doesn't mention which ships The list I received was not made available publicly. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Li_Ras Posted October 14, 2023 #509 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Does anybody know based of past experience what time of the day sales for new seasons open? Looking at a West Bound TA in 2025 and want to make sure I book as soon as it’s open for sale. Also, will likely be sailing on Brilliance when sales open, anybody has luck coordinating this with NextCruise? Last time I tried to use them on QN to book the icon inaugural, they were very unhelpful…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 14, 2023 #510 Share Posted October 14, 2023 15 minutes ago, Li_Ras said: Does anybody know based of past experience what time of the day sales for new seasons open? Looking at a West Bound TA in 2025 and want to make sure I book as soon as it’s open for sale. Also, will likely be sailing on Brilliance when sales open, anybody has luck coordinating this with NextCruise? Last time I tried to use them on QN to book the icon inaugural, they were very unhelpful…. Time of day varies. I've seen 7pm the night before or 7am the day of Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted October 14, 2023 #511 Share Posted October 14, 2023 19 minutes ago, Li_Ras said: Looking at a West Bound TA in 2025 and want to make sure I book as soon as it’s open for sale. Use a TA and put your “order” in well in advance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mets123 Posted October 14, 2023 #512 Share Posted October 14, 2023 2 hours ago, ScottishRobbie said: Where are you seeing this? I can see the release dates on https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf but it doesn't mention which ships It seems very strange that Northeast sailings are not being released until mid February. Aren't they normally released in the Nov/Dec timeframe? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deliver42 Posted October 14, 2023 #513 Share Posted October 14, 2023 I'm waiting for Alaska, 2025 to open. Royal and Celebrity are the only 2 not open yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 14, 2023 #514 Share Posted October 14, 2023 34 minutes ago, mets123 said: It seems very strange that Northeast sailings are not being released until mid February. Aren't they normally released in the Nov/Dec timeframe? Same pattern as last couple of years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted October 14, 2023 #515 Share Posted October 14, 2023 19 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Listed as release dates TBD are Australia - AN Singapore - QN China - SC, QN According to this Ovation is not going back to Australia/Asia after Alaska 25 or am I wrong? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amindu Posted October 14, 2023 #516 Share Posted October 14, 2023 5 hours ago, OCSC Mike said: Use a TA and put your “order” in well in advance. How do you do that if the schedules are not released until the day they show up on the website? Or are these published somewhere. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 14, 2023 #517 Share Posted October 14, 2023 57 minutes ago, Saab4444 said: According to this Ovation is not going back to Australia/Asia after Alaska 25 or am I wrong? We are sick of it down here, send it to Europe,they can introduce it in the Atlantic as a brand new ship Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare OCSC Mike Posted October 14, 2023 #518 Share Posted October 14, 2023 51 minutes ago, amindu said: How do you do that if the schedules are not released until the day they show up on the website? Or are these published somewhere. It’s easier with a more standard 7N cruise (like I might tell my TA to put a hold on a certain cabin type/location on ship XYZ from PC for Sunday June 3rd as soon as they come out). If you have a general idea of when the Westbound TA you want will be you can just give general instructions. And of course this requires having a good TA. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRobbie Posted October 14, 2023 #519 Share Posted October 14, 2023 3 hours ago, Saab4444 said: According to this Ovation is not going back to Australia/Asia after Alaska 25 or am I wrong? Well it won't fit through the Panama canal, so unless Royal's planning on sending it to Los Angeles or back to the east coast the long way, it'll be going back to Australia/Asia. Plus, there are bookings for Ovation in the Sydney calendar for our 25/26 summer season Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScottishRobbie Posted October 14, 2023 #520 Share Posted October 14, 2023 2 hours ago, Chiliburn said: We are sick of it down here, send it to Europe,they can introduce it in the Atlantic as a brand new ship Gosh no, Europe can have Quantum, let us keep Ovation. Plus, I'd guess Lelepa would be nearly ready around then so if anything they'd be wanting to send us more ships rather than less Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 14, 2023 #521 Share Posted October 14, 2023 4 hours ago, Saab4444 said: According to this Ovation is not going back to Australia/Asia after Alaska 25 or am I wrong? Ovation is only shown for Alaska and nowhere else at this point Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted October 14, 2023 #522 Share Posted October 14, 2023 1 hour ago, ScottishRobbie said: Gosh no, Europe can have Quantum, let us keep Ovation. Plus, I'd guess Lelepa would be nearly ready around then so if anything they'd be wanting to send us more ships rather than less They have not started on Lelepa yet! Ovation is due for a dry dock March 2026. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Polition67 Posted October 14, 2023 #523 Share Posted October 14, 2023 Looking for some advice, with the deployment schedules being so far apart I’m trying to work out how I would book a side by side 7 night on say star then a 3 or 4 night on say utopia ( all under the assumption Florida is port) does royal do specific sailing days like sat to sat on 7 nights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted October 14, 2023 #524 Share Posted October 14, 2023 7 minutes ago, Polition67 said: Looking for some advice, with the deployment schedules being so far apart I’m trying to work out how I would book a side by side 7 night on say star then a 3 or 4 night on say utopia ( all under the assumption Florida is port) does royal do specific sailing days like sat to sat on 7 nights? Those big ships will not be in the same port on the same day so you have to plan a hotel night in between anway. 7 days is usually Saturday or Sunday and 3/4 days on Friday and Monday. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 14, 2023 #525 Share Posted October 14, 2023 (edited) 43 minutes ago, Polition67 said: Looking for some advice, with the deployment schedules being so far apart I’m trying to work out how I would book a side by side 7 night on say star then a 3 or 4 night on say utopia ( all under the assumption Florida is port) does royal do specific sailing days like sat to sat on 7 nights? We are doing this in 2025. Wonder for 7 nights then a night in a hotel and then 4 nights on Utopia. Very doubtful you will find an 7 day ending with a 4 day starting the same day. Depending on whether it is a Saturday or Sunday departure then you could do the 4 day before (Saturday departure or the 4 day after (Sunday departure) Edited October 14, 2023 by Ourusualbeach 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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