Another_Critic Posted July 2 #51 Share Posted July 2 12 hours ago, pcur said: (Giggle) I use a Canadian TA who gets group rates..................... Me too! And one of my bookings is a CAD group rate, as USD group rates were no longer available. I'm going on a loonie cruise. 😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted July 2 #52 Share Posted July 2 Anthem is booked into Papeete (Tahiti) 22 April 2026. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eel Posted July 3 #53 Share Posted July 3 On 7/1/2024 at 11:01 AM, Jumping Cruiser said: Los Angeles, California - Port Bookings (Correct as of 01/07/24) Lots of bookings for Navigator for 2026. The deployment looks to remain the same as in 25/26 with lots of short sailings and a few longer cruises over the summer months. Quantum then joins after her Summer season in Alaska. May 26: 1st - Navigator OTS 4th - Quantum OTS & Navigator OTS 8th - Navigator OTS 11th - Navigator OTS 15th - Navigator OTS 18th - Navigator OTS 22nd - Navigator OTS 29th - Navigator OTS June 26: 1st - Navigator OTS 5th - Navigator OTS 12th - Navigator OTS 15th - Navigator OTS 19th - Navigator OTS 26th - Navigator OTS 29th - Navigator OTS July 26: 3rd - Navigator OTS 10th - Navigator OTS 13th - Navigator OTS 17th - Navigator OTS 24th - Navigator OTS 27th - Navigator OTS 31st - Navigator OTS August 26: 3rd - Navigator OTS 7th - Navigator OTS 14th - Navigator OTS 17th - Navigator OTS 21st - Navigator OTS 28th - Navigator OTS 31st - Navigator OTS September 26: 4th - Navigator OTS 11th - Navigator OTS 14th - Navigator OTS 18th - Navigator OTS 21st - Navigator OTS 25th - Navigator OTS 28th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 30th - Quantum OTS October 26: 2nd - Navigator OTS 6th - Quantum OTS 9th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 12th - Navigator OTS 14th - Quantum OTS 16th - Navigator OTS 20th - Quantum OTS 23rd - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 26th - Navigator OTS 28th - Quantum OTS 30th - Navigator OTS November 26: 2nd - Navigator OTS 3rd - Quantum OTS 6th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 11th - Quantum OTS 13th - Navigator OTS 16th - Navigator OTS 17th - Quantum OTS 20th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 25th - Quantum OTS 27th - Navigator OTS 30th - Navigator OTS December 26: 1st - Quantum OTS 4th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 9th - Quantum OTS 11th - Navigator OTS 14th - Navigator OTS 15th - Quantum OTS 18th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS 21st - Navigator OTS 23rd - Quantum OTS 28th - Navigator OTS 29th - Quantum OTS It is nice to see Quantum settling into alternating 6 and 8 night cruises in the Fall of 2026. The Quantum itineraries out of LA starting in Fall of 2025 are a horrible kluge of short sailings with no imagination at all. I wonder what the ports may be for the 8 night sailings? 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
topanga49er Posted July 3 #54 Share Posted July 3 On 7/1/2024 at 2:25 PM, Jumping Cruiser said: St Maarten, Caribbean - Port Schedule (Correct as of 01/07/24) Your first look at summer Caribbean ships for 2026! Lots of bookings over the summer for Oasis, Star, Serenade, Icon and Independence. Serenade looks to be on shorter cruises, Icon/Star deployment remains the same, Oasis/Independence have mainly a 4-week calling pattern. May 26: 3rd - Jewel OTS 5th - Adventure OTS & Icon OTS 6th - Oasis OTS & Serenade OTS 7th - Star OTS 11th - Serenade OTS 14th - Star OTS 19th - Serenade OTS & Icon OTS 25th - Serenade OTS June 26: 2nd - Icon OTS & Serenade OTS 3rd - Oasis OTS 4th - Star OTS 8th - Independence OTS & Serenade OTS 16th - Serenade OTS 22nd - Serenade OTS 25th - Star OTS 30th - Icon OTS & Serenade OTS July 26: 1st - Oasis OTS 6th - Serenade OTS & Independence OTS 14th - Icon OTS & Serenade OTS 16th - Star OTS 20th - Serenade OTS 28th - Serenade OTS 29th - Oasis OTS August 26: 3rd - Independence OTS & Serenade OTS 4th - Icon OTS 6th - Star OTS 11th - Serenade OTS 17th - Serenade OTS 25th - Icon OTS & Serenade OTS 26th - Oasis OTS 27th - Star OTS 31st - Serenade OTS September 26: 8th - Serenade OTS 14th - Serenade OTS 15th - Icon OTS 17th - Star OTS 22nd - Serenade OTS 23rd - Oasis OTS 28th - Serenade OTS October 26: 6th - Icon OTS & Serenade OTS 8th - Star OTS 12th - Serenade OTS 20th - Serenade OTS 26th - Serenade OTS 27th - Icon OTS 29th - Star OTS ugh, not up yet on cruisingpower... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 3 #55 Share Posted July 3 (edited) 2 hours ago, eel said: It is nice to see Quantum settling into alternating 6 and 8 night cruises in the Fall of 2026. The Quantum itineraries out of LA starting in Fall of 2025 are a horrible kluge of short sailings with no imagination at all. I wonder what the ports may be for the 8 night sailings? I don't see any 8 nighters. Just the same 3/4/5/6 nighters. Edited July 3 by smokeybandit 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted July 4 #56 Share Posted July 4 3 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I don't see any 8 nighters. Just the same 3/4/5/6 nighters. Agree and all are Ensenada and Cabo only stops. 5 & 6 nites are 2-3 days in Cabo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted July 4 #57 Share Posted July 4 I would like to know why Royal doesn’t do Hawaii cruises from Los Angeles? 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
STEVE-O Posted July 4 #58 Share Posted July 4 15 minutes ago, springaussie said: I would like to know why Royal doesn’t do Hawaii cruises from Los Angeles? We did a 15-night Hawaii round trip on Radiance on 2008.....still my favorite. Current Hawaii cruises are shorter and don't call at many ports 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
springaussie Posted July 4 #59 Share Posted July 4 6 minutes ago, STEVE-O said: We did a 15-night Hawaii round trip on Radiance on 2008.....still my favorite. Current Hawaii cruises are shorter and don't call at many ports The only Hawaii cruises done by Royal now are the repositioning ones from Sydney and Vancouver with hardly any Hawaiian Ports. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 4 #60 Share Posted July 4 Carnival scatters in some 14 nighters to Hawaii among its 3/4 night cattle calls. With two ships in LA now, you'd think RC would give Hawaii a shot again. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ONECRUISER Posted July 4 #61 Share Posted July 4 12 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: Carnival scatters in some 14 nighters to Hawaii among its 3/4 night cattle calls. With two ships in LA now, you'd think RC would give Hawaii a shot again. Yeah but Royals Bread and Butter now is Icon and Ships doing 3-4 niters. I've been doing 15-16nite Panama Canals(Booked Early) for same as a 7 nite on Icon or about the same as two 4nite Caribbean Cruises Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coralc Posted July 4 #62 Share Posted July 4 2 hours ago, springaussie said: I would like to know why Royal doesn’t do Hawaii cruises from Los Angeles? Because their itineraries kind of stink? ☺️ 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted July 4 #63 Share Posted July 4 4 hours ago, STEVE-O said: We did a 15-night Hawaii round trip on Radiance on 2008.....still my favorite. Current Hawaii cruises are shorter and don't call at many ports Because Royal ships now used out of LA are too big for other Hawaiian ports.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgmn Posted July 4 #64 Share Posted July 4 (edited) On 7/1/2024 at 7:32 PM, Jumping Cruiser said: From current port bookings, it doesn’t look like they will take advantage of Liberty being a ‘warm-weather’ ship in 2026 either and will continue to offer ‘cold’ cruises like they are on Indy in 25. Can’t they actually listen to what the UK market are looking for! I just wish they would have more longer cruises from Southampton. Next Summer is abysmal. Mostly 5/7 night cruises plus a few 9 night. Just one 12 night. None of the 14 nights down into the Med they've had in the past. Most Brits have 4 to 6 weeks annual holiday plus a lot of retired folk like to sail from their local port with no flying, so the longer cruises are very popular. Seems like they are giving away the UK market share to other cruise lines. Makes me wonder what RC UK office is doing to fight our corner 🤔 Fingers crossed things improve summer of '26 Edited July 4 by sgmn 8 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumshoe958 Posted July 4 #65 Share Posted July 4 13 minutes ago, sgmn said: I just wish they would have more longer cruises from Southampton. Next Summer is abysmal. Mostly 5/7 night cruises plus a few 9 night. Just one 12 night. None of the 14 nights down into the Med they've had in the past. Most Brits have 4 to 6 weeks annual holiday plus a lot of retired folk like to sail from their local port with no flying, so the longer cruises are very popular. Seems like they are giving away the UK market share to other cruise lines. Makes me wonder what RC UK office is doing to fight our corner 🤔 Fingers crossed things improve summer of '26 As discussed in many threads on here, Royal’s current strategy is short cruises on repetitive itineraries aimed at families and long weekenders. They’re trying to push the retired folk who want long cruises and interesting itineraries over to Celebrity. And it’s clear from the downgrade from Anthem to Independence and soon Liberty that Royal doesn’t see the UK as a key market any more. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping Cruiser Posted July 4 #66 Share Posted July 4 10 hours ago, topanga49er said: ugh, not up yet on cruisingpower... Won’t be up for a good while. The deployment release is not till Nov/Dec time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted July 4 #67 Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, sgmn said: I just wish they would have more longer cruises from Southampton. Next Summer is abysmal. Mostly 5/7 night cruises plus a few 9 night. Just one 12 night. None of the 14 nights down into the Med they've had in the past. Most Brits have 4 to 6 weeks annual holiday plus a lot of retired folk like to sail from their local port with no flying, so the longer cruises are very popular. Seems like they are giving away the UK market share to other cruise lines. Makes me wonder what RC UK office is doing to fight our corner 🤔 Fingers crossed things improve summer of '26 It’s not just the UK market, it’s Europe overall. There are the odd start of season or end of season longer cruise but everything else in the med is 7 days loops. I don’t like it but I don’t blame RC in a way. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel for them. Minimal effort required for them. Rinse and repeat itineraries which are sailing full or close to it. If you take customer satisfaction out of the equation, why would they bother changing. Especially if people are willing to pay the eye watering Summer 2025 rates. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjmatty Posted July 4 #68 Share Posted July 4 1 hour ago, Billy Baltic said: It’s not just the UK market, it’s Europe overall. There are the odd start of season or end of season longer cruise but everything else in the med is 7 days loops. I don’t like it but I don’t blame RC in a way. It’s like shooting fish in a barrel for them. Minimal effort required for them. Rinse and repeat itineraries which are sailing full or close to it. If you take customer satisfaction out of the equation, why would they bother changing. Especially if people are willing to pay the eye watering Summer 2025 rates. This may be true for summer sailings, but looking at the remainder of the year, except school holidays, not so much. Everything from Enchantment to Symphony, Caribbean to Mediterranean, they seem to have a hard time filling ships. These are 7 day sailings which should be an easy sell. Right now Symphony sailings after final payment are still showing 30+ GS and 20+ CLS available on cruising power. There are even 3 Star class suites available which is unheard of this close to a sailing. And this has been with prices being very low, yet they raised the fares last week, probably gearing up for the holiday sale to make it look like a major price drop. Sometimes I think RC counts too many chickens before hatching. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted July 4 #69 Share Posted July 4 22 minutes ago, vjmatty said: This may be true for summer sailings, but looking at the remainder of the year, except school holidays, not so much. Everything from Enchantment to Symphony, Caribbean to Mediterranean, they seem to have a hard time filling ships. These are 7 day sailings which should be an easy sell. Right now Symphony sailings after final payment are still showing 30+ GS and 20+ CLS available on cruising power. There are even 3 Star class suites available which is unheard of this close to a sailing. And this has been with prices being very low, yet they raised the fares last week, probably gearing up for the holiday sale to make it look like a major price drop. Sometimes I think RC counts too many chickens before hatching. I’m delighted to hear that. Perhaps after a period of sailing with less numbers they’ll reduce the prices for off peak and that will attract some of the more flexible people out of peak times. My wife works in education so we have to take our holidays between end of June and end of August. For 2025 we have no plans to cruise for the first time in several years (Covid aside). As much as we enjoy it we just can’t justify the prices. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vjmatty Posted July 4 #70 Share Posted July 4 52 minutes ago, Billy Baltic said: I’m delighted to hear that. Perhaps after a period of sailing with less numbers they’ll reduce the prices for off peak and that will attract some of the more flexible people out of peak times. My wife works in education so we have to take our holidays between end of June and end of August. For 2025 we have no plans to cruise for the first time in several years (Covid aside). As much as we enjoy it we just can’t justify the prices. That’s rough…one of my closest friends is a school social worker and has the same problem with limited vacation times. Once cruising stops being an economical way to travel, as it seems to be headed, many people will seek other vacation types. Those who have cruised over the years have seen a significant number of places around the world and know where they’d like to spend more time exploring. Others will simply wait until retirement to cruise off season, and the industry will face the same problems with an aging clientele as they appear to be dealing with now. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eel Posted July 4 #71 Share Posted July 4 (edited) 16 hours ago, smokeybandit said: I don't see any 8 nighters. Just the same 3/4/5/6 nighters. 13 hours ago, ONECRUISER said: Agree and all are Ensenada and Cabo only stops. 5 & 6 nites are 2-3 days in Cabo The Fall 2026 port schedule I quoted shows 6 and 8 night gaps between LA stops. What am I missing? Edit: I went back and saw what I am missing. Oh well, it ain’t happening the way I thought it would. Edited July 4 by eel 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 4 #72 Share Posted July 4 1 minute ago, eel said: The Fall 2026 port schedule I quoted shows 6 and 8 night gaps between LA stops. What am I missing? I went through the schedule posted here and didn't see any 8 night gaps. You weren't looking past the days when Navigator and Quantum both are back in LA were you? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eel Posted July 4 #73 Share Posted July 4 4 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: I went through the schedule posted here and didn't see any 8 night gaps. You weren't looking past the days when Navigator and Quantum both are back in LA were you? Yep! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smokeybandit Posted July 4 #74 Share Posted July 4 Here's Quantum by cruise length September 26: 28th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (2 nights) 30th - Quantum OTS (6) October 26: 6th - Quantum OTS (3) 9th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (5) 14th - Quantum OTS (6) 20th - Quantum OTS (3) 23rd - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (5) 28th - Quantum OTS (6) November 26: 3rd - Quantum OTS (3) 6th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (5) 11th - Quantum OTS (6) 17th - Quantum OTS (3) 20th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (4) 25th - Quantum OTS (6) December 26: 1st - Quantum OTS (3) 4th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (5) 9th - Quantum OTS (6) 15th - Quantum OTS (3) 18th - Navigator OTS & Quantum OTS (5) 23rd - Quantum OTS (6) 29th - Quantum OTS (tbd) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare cruiselvr04 Posted July 4 #75 Share Posted July 4 4 hours ago, vjmatty said: This may be true for summer sailings, but looking at the remainder of the year, except school holidays, not so much. Everything from Enchantment to Symphony, Caribbean to Mediterranean, they seem to have a hard time filling ships. These are 7 day sailings which should be an easy sell. Right now Symphony sailings after final payment are still showing 30+ GS and 20+ CLS available on cruising power. There are even 3 Star class suites available which is unheard of this close to a sailing. And this has been with prices being very low, yet they raised the fares last week, probably gearing up for the holiday sale to make it look like a major price drop. Sometimes I think RC counts too many chickens before hatching. We were wanting to do the Med in 2025 but it was all 7 nighters. Yes we could string some together but then it’s the same entertainment and same menus or repeat. Royal used to do many 10 to 12 nights in the Med but no longer. And I’m not seeing low prices…. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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