Deployment 2025-26 booking season begins

[cruiseboy89130]

Whats the difference between Phase1 and next weeks Phase2 ?🤔

[Jimbo]

23 minutes ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Whats the difference between Phase1 and next weeks Phase2 ?🤔

Possibly 8 night cruises, but they released those with phase #1( weren't suppose to..........so really December 4th, nothing might happen.

Edited November 28, 2023 by Jimbo

[Ourusualbeach]

7 hours ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Whats the difference between Phase1 and next weeks Phase2 ?🤔

Phase 2 is Star of the Seas

[SparklyPinkCruiser]

I wonder when fall 2025 TA's are coming out? They only have the one on Independence right now.

[Ourusualbeach]

19 minutes ago, SparklyPinkCruiser said:

I wonder when fall 2025 TA's are coming out? They only have the one on Independence right now.

probably February when the rest of the itineraries are released

[RosieRoo]

26 minutes ago, SparklyPinkCruiser said:

I wonder when fall 2025 TA's are coming out? They only have the one on Independence right now.

Brilliance is open, but that’s August 30th, 2025. Don’t know if you’d consider that fall or not. 

[cruiseboy89130]

7 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Phase 2 is Star of the Seas

Ahhhh good to know - so I don't need to watch that one - totally not interested in that class of ships!👎

[andreasfcb]

I am still hopeful Royal sends a ship (Jewel) to Northern Europe in 2025. As mentioned in this thread, several ports show bookings for Brilliance (probably placeholder) on multiple dates. I don't think they just do that for fun.

 

Here are the dates I found so far from the ports and/or this thread:

 

14.05.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

26.05.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

07.06.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

19.06.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

22.06.2025 Seydisfjordur

23.06.2025 Akureyri

24.06.2025 Isafjordur

25.06.2025 Reykjavik

 

01.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

16.07.2025 Lerwick

 

13.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

25.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

28.07.2025 Reykjavik

29.07.2025 Isafjordur

30.07.2025 Akureyri

31.07.2025 Seydisfjordur

 

06.08.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

18.08.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

30.08.2025 Amsterdam (TA)

01.09.2025 Lerwick

03.09.2025 Reykjavik

04.09.2025 Reykjavik

Edited November 29, 2023 by andreasfcb

[patattack]

I am waiting on the the fall TA as well.  

 

Pat

[danny8826]

 

We are a bit late to this thread but we have a question for those who cruise with Celebrity very often.  We haven't cruise with Celebrity before we wanted to try a either a Japan cruise in late April 2025 or a reposition cruise from South America in April 2025 if they have any.  

Does anyone know when they will release new dates for the Japan late April 2025 sailings?

Not sure if I will see any sailing for late April from any of those port in South America repositioning to either the Caribbean or the west coast.

 

[Saab4444]

1 hour ago, danny8826 said:

 

We are a bit late to this thread but we have a question for those who cruise with Celebrity very often.  We haven't cruise with Celebrity before we wanted to try a either a Japan cruise in late April 2025 or a reposition cruise from South America in April 2025 if they have any.  

Does anyone know when they will release new dates for the Japan late April 2025 sailings?

Not sure if I will see any sailing for late April from any of those port in South America repositioning to either the Caribbean or the west coast.

 

This is for Royal Caribbean.

[Saab4444]

6 hours ago, andreasfcb said:

I am still hopeful Royal sends a ship (Jewel) to Northern Europe in 2025. As mentioned in this thread, several ports show bookings for Brilliance (probably placeholder) on multiple dates. I don't think they just do that for fun.

 

Here are the dates I found so far from the ports and/or this thread:

 

14.05.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

26.05.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

07.06.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

19.06.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

22.06.2025 Seydisfjordur

23.06.2025 Akureyri

24.06.2025 Isafjordur

25.06.2025 Reykjavik

 

01.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

16.07.2025 Lerwick

 

13.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

25.07.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

28.07.2025 Reykjavik

29.07.2025 Isafjordur

30.07.2025 Akureyri

31.07.2025 Seydisfjordur

 

06.08.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

18.08.2025 Amsterdam (12 Nights)

????

 

30.08.2025 Amsterdam (TA)

01.09.2025 Lerwick

03.09.2025 Reykjavik

04.09.2025 Reykjavik

All this are old bookinks before they switched Brilliance from Amsterdam to Athens.

[little britain]

3 hours ago, danny8826 said:

 

We are a bit late to this thread but we have a question for those who cruise with Celebrity very often.  We haven't cruise with Celebrity before we wanted to try a either a Japan cruise in late April 2025 or a reposition cruise from South America in April 2025 if they have any.  

Does anyone know when they will release new dates for the Japan late April 2025 sailings?

Not sure if I will see any sailing for late April from any of those port in South America repositioning to either the Caribbean or the west coast.

 

My March 2025 X Japan cruise went on sale in March 2023 and sold out very quickly. 

[cruisin from florida]

4 hours ago, little britain said:

My March 2025 X Japan cruise went on sale in March 2023 and sold out very quickly. 

We booked our April 2025 "best of Japan" cruise on Celebrity last February.

[little britain]

42 minutes ago, cruisin from florida said:

We booked our April 2025 "best of Japan" cruise on Celebrity last February.

I was just going on when the roll call started… apologies 

[cruisin from florida]

7 minutes ago, little britain said:

I was just going on when the roll call started… apologies 

LOL .. no worries! I wasn't trying to contradict you. 🙂 

Interesting that having had those open so long, the late April cruises haven't shown up yet. I guess I need to get active on the X deployment thread. 

 

I'm wondering what Brilliance is going to do once it gets to Boston in early September '25. It would be cool to do a b2b with the Transatlantic, if they have an interesting itinerary.

 

 

 Here's what they are showing as the X deployment now.

OK, X hijack over. 🙂

Edited November 29, 2023 by cruisin from florida

[danny8826]

10 hours ago, Saab4444 said:

This is for Royal Caribbean.

 

Oh sorry about that.  

I am also looking at the Anthem of the Seas.  Hopefully it does the reposition where it does a few ports in Japan before heading to Alaska.  

 

7 hours ago, little britain said:

My March 2025 X Japan cruise went on sale in March 2023 and sold out very quickly. 

 

Thank you.  I am waiting for them to release more dates in April and May 2025.

 

[eel]

13 hours ago, Saab4444 said:

This is for Royal Caribbean.

For those who are interested in Celebrity deployments, there is a CC thread here:

Not nearly as good as this thread! 😁

 

[Jimbo]

6 hours ago, cruisin from florida said:

LOL .. no worries! I wasn't trying to contradict you. 🙂 

Interesting that having had those open so long, the late April cruises haven't shown up yet. I guess I need to get active on the X deployment thread. 

 

I'm wondering what Brilliance is going to do once it gets to Boston in early September '25. It would be cool to do a b2b with the Transatlantic, if they have an interesting itinerary.

 

 

 Here's what they are showing as the X deployment now.

OK, X hijack over. 🙂

Hijack isn't over until you surrender and bring us the goods !

[amindu]

Any idea on if Star of the Seas will be doing 7 day sailings or shorter 3/4 day sailing? Is it safe to say it will be similar to Icon and situated in the Caribbean? 

[OCSC Mike]

7 minutes ago, amindu said:

Any idea on if Star of the Seas will be doing 7 day sailings or shorter 3/4 day sailing? Is it safe to say it will be similar to Icon and situated in the Caribbean? 

 

7 night Caribbean sailings almost assuredly from PC. I'd expect them to be just about identical to the current Wonder sailings.

Edited November 29, 2023 by OCSC Mike

[amindu]

Just now, OCSC Mike said:

 

7 night Caribbean sailings almost assuredly from PC. I'd expect them to be just about identical to the current Wonder sailings.

Thanks 

[twangster]

5 minutes ago, amindu said:

Any idea on if Star of the Seas will be doing 7 day sailings or shorter 3/4 day sailing? Is it safe to say it will be similar to Icon and situated in the Caribbean? 

 

Everything I've seen points to 7 nights Caribbean with Perfect Day, alternating east then west week after week.  

 

There may be an initial inaugural 4 night cruise but until they officially release the ship and open up bookings we won't know for sure.   

[amindu]

2 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Everything I've seen points to 7 nights Caribbean with Perfect Day, alternating east then west week after week.  

 

There may be an initial inaugural 4 night cruise but until they officially release the ship and open up bookings we won't know for sure.   

Thanks

[cruisin from florida]

Anyone want to guess where Brilliance is going to go after she arrives in Boston in September of 2025?

I'd love to turn our TA into a b2b.