Deployment 2026-27 Booking Season Begins

[Southern Dan]

Another interesting observation from that is the notation is for Icon 3…so where is Icon of the Seas heading once Icon 3 launches?

[smokeybandit]

24 minutes ago, Southern Dan said:

Another interesting observation from that is the notation is for Icon 3…so where is Icon of the Seas heading once Icon 3 launches?

October shows Icon 1 (at least, Icon listed with no "Icon 3" note) visiting twice. Then not again through the end of the schedule

[Chiliburn]

32 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

October shows Icon 1 (at least, Icon listed with no "Icon 3" note) visiting twice. Then not again through the end of the schedule

We must be due for a big ship in Asia by then. 
Sydney is just about soon to open a L.N.G facility. Singapore,Shanghai and even New Zealand has ship L.N.G.

[Jumping Cruiser]

5 hours ago, Southern Dan said:

Another interesting observation from that is the notation is for Icon 3…so where is Icon of the Seas heading once Icon 3 launches?

My bet would be on Galveston.

[Southern Dan]

So I put together a list of everything (I think) I've gathered so far...

 

Vision
Grandeur - ?
Rhapsody - ?
Enchantment - ?
Vision - ?

Radiance
Radiance – Los Angeles – 5/4/25
Brilliance – Limassol, Cyprus – 7/15/26 & 10/7/26
                        Athens (Piraeus) Greece 6/1/26 through 10/1/26
                        St. Maarten Nov '26 through April '27
Serenade – Los Angeles 9/21/25
                        St. Maarten May '26 through 11/2/26
Jewel – St. Maarten May '26 through April '27

Voyager
Voyager – ?
Explorer – Athens (Piraeus) Greece 5/20/26 through 10/20/26
Adventure – St Maarten 5/5/26
                    Grand Cayman 5/12/26, 6/9/26, 7/7/26, 8/4/26, 9/1/26, 9/29/26
Navigator – Los Angeles May ‘26 through December ‘26
Mariner – ?

Freedom
Freedom - St. Maarten 1/1/27
Liberty – Funchal, Portugal stops 06/22/26 & 10/21/26
              St. Maarten 12/29/26
Liberty – Le Havre, France stops 9/22/26 & 9/26/26
Independence – St. Maarten 6/8/26, 7/6/26, 8/3/26

Oasis
Oasis – St Maarten May ‘26 through September ‘26
Allure – St. Maarten November ‘26 through April ‘27
Harmony – Ponta Delgada, Azore IS 3/27/26
Symphony – St. Maarten 11/11/26
Wonder – 3/4 Night Bahamas (?) + St. Maarten 12/25/26, 1/1/27
Utopia – 3/4 Night Bahamas (?)

Quantum
Quantum – Los Angeles, CA 9/28/26 through December ‘26
Anthem – Sydney, AUS 10/31/26 – 04/14/27
Ovation – Los Angeles, CA May ‘25 through September ‘25
Spectrum – ?
Odyssey – Ponta Delgada, Azore IS 3/7/26
                 St. Maarten 1/7/27, 1/18/27 & 2/2/27

Icon
Icon – St. Maarten May ‘26 through October ‘26
Star – St. Maarten May ‘26 through April ‘27
Icon 3 – St. Maarten November ‘26 through April ‘27

[shay869]

What is your guess regarding the first cruise of Icon III at spring 2026 ? 

Do you think that the ship will sail from europe in summer 2026? 

As its look like Harmony will be in Europe at the same time.  

[Southern Dan]

Given the information we have so far my guess is Icon III will do sailings from Barcelona beginning in May 2026.

 

it will then cross the Atlantic and replace Icon of the Seas alternating E/W itineraries and Icon of the Seas will move to Galveston beginning fall 2026.

[shay869]

It was never happen that 2 mega ships were in same summer in Europe.

If Harmony and Icon III will do sailing from Barcelona on the same time it will be very unusual. 

[Biker19]

11 minutes ago, shay869 said:

If Harmony and Icon III will do sailing from Barcelona on the same time it will be very unusual. 

With seven Oasis and three Icon class ships in the fleet by 2027 needing dry dock every 5 years, there's bound to be at least two of them in Med every year - that's assuming RCI doesn't find/use a dry dock facility in the Americas.

[Southern Dan]

I thought I read somewhere that they are building a huge dry dock spot in the Bahamas that can accommodate the Oasis/Icon class or was that something else and I’m mistaken? 

[FionaMG]

1 hour ago, Southern Dan said:

I thought I read somewhere that they are building a huge dry dock spot in the Bahamas that can accommodate the Oasis/Icon class or was that something else and I’m mistaken? 

 

There was one but there was an accident that took it out of play. I think they kind of dropped an Oasis class ship. If I remember right, @twangster reported it.

 

Maybe they're fixing it or building a new one to replace it?

[smokeybandit]

30 minutes ago, FionaMG said:

 

There was one but there was an accident that took it out of play. I think they kind of dropped an Oasis class ship. If I remember right, @twangster reported it.

 

Maybe they're fixing it or building a new one to replace it?

That dry dock technically wasn't big enough for an Oasis class ship, but they did repairs anyway with cofferdams. I'm not sure if they ever concluded that contributed to the incident or if it would have happened even during a traditional dry dock.

[Tree_skier]

On 7/17/2024 at 6:52 PM, Southern Dan said:

So I put together a list of everything (I think) I've gathered so far...

 

Vision
Grandeur - ?
Rhapsody - ?
Enchantment - ?
Vision - ?

Radiance
Radiance – Los Angeles – 5/4/25
Brilliance – Limassol, Cyprus – 7/15/26 & 10/7/26
                        Athens (Piraeus) Greece 6/1/26 through 10/1/26
                        St. Maarten Nov '26 through April '27
Serenade – Los Angeles 9/21/25
                        St. Maarten May '26 through 11/2/26
Jewel – St. Maarten May '26 through April '27

Voyager
Voyager – ?
Explorer – Athens (Piraeus) Greece 5/20/26 through 10/20/26
Adventure – St Maarten 5/5/26
                    Grand Cayman 5/12/26, 6/9/26, 7/7/26, 8/4/26, 9/1/26, 9/29/26
Navigator – Los Angeles May ‘26 through December ‘26
Mariner – ?

Freedom
Freedom - St. Maarten 1/1/27
Liberty – Funchal, Portugal stops 06/22/26 & 10/21/26
              St. Maarten 12/29/26
Liberty – Le Havre, France stops 9/22/26 & 9/26/26
Independence – St. Maarten 6/8/26, 7/6/26, 8/3/26

Oasis
Oasis – St Maarten May ‘26 through September ‘26
Allure – St. Maarten November ‘26 through April ‘27
Harmony – Ponta Delgada, Azore IS 3/27/26
Symphony – St. Maarten 11/11/26
Wonder – 3/4 Night Bahamas (?) + St. Maarten 12/25/26, 1/1/27
Utopia – 3/4 Night Bahamas (?)

Quantum
Quantum – Los Angeles, CA 9/28/26 through December ‘26
Anthem – Sydney, AUS 10/31/26 – 04/14/27
Ovation – Los Angeles, CA May ‘25 through September ‘25
Spectrum – ?
Odyssey – Ponta Delgada, Azore IS 3/7/26
                 St. Maarten 1/7/27, 1/18/27 & 2/2/27

Icon
Icon – St. Maarten May ‘26 through October ‘26
Star – St. Maarten May ‘26 through April ‘27
Icon 3 – St. Maarten November ‘26 through April ‘27

So if Indy is in the Caribbean in the summer of 26 what is the speculation on what is sailing out of Southhampton that summer... Liberty?

[twangster]

1 hour ago, Southern Dan said:

I thought I read somewhere that they are building a huge dry dock spot in the Bahamas that can accommodate the Oasis/Icon class or was that something else and I’m mistaken? 

 

Mexico was supposed to get a new shipyard.  If I recall correctly Fincantieri was involved.  

 

https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipyards/fincantieri-unveils-150m-shipyard-investment-mexico

 

Then the world event happened.  I'm not sure of the status of the new shipyard since.  

[little britain]

1 minute ago, Tree_skier said:

So if Indy is in the Caribbean in the summer of 26 what is the speculation on what is sailing out of Southhampton that summer... Liberty?

Yup. The Even Older Than Independence Ship to ensure they capture the UK market … 

Edited July 22 by little britain

[twangster]

If I recall correctly the Freeport shipyard which is a joint Carnival Corp and RCG venture had ordered a new floating dry dock.

[Blue Eyed Belfast Belle]

1 hour ago, FionaMG said:

 

There was one but there was an accident that took it out of play. I think they kind of dropped an Oasis class ship. If I remember right, @twangster reported it.

 

Maybe they're fixing it or building a new one to replace it?

Dont talk about the Crane Incident on Oasis @FionaMG...it may be 5 years ago but it is still raw for some of us! My big birthday plans were crushed(get it!) with 3 weeks to go!  Lol

[smokeybandit]

28 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Mexico was supposed to get a new shipyard.  If I recall correctly Fincantieri was involved.  

 

https://www.seatrade-maritime.com/shipyards/fincantieri-unveils-150m-shipyard-investment-mexico

 

Then the world event happened.  I'm not sure of the status of the new shipyard since.  

The status must not be positive since there's zilch out there since that was announced in 2020.

[Southern Dan]

28 minutes ago, little britain said:

Yup. The Even Older Than Independence Ship to ensure they capture the UK market … 

I thought I read somewhere that Liberty is finally going to get her amplification prior to the European Summer 2026 season so that will be an improvement over the Independence I’m sure!

[FionaMG]

16 minutes ago, Blue Eyed Belfast Belle said:

Dont talk about the Crane Incident on Oasis @FionaMG...it may be 5 years ago but it is still raw for some of us! My big birthday plans were crushed(get it!) with 3 weeks to go!  Lol

 

Oh bummer! 😭

Yes, that is exactly the one I was talking about. It seems like forever ago now.

[Jumping Cruiser]

1 hour ago, Southern Dan said:

I thought I read somewhere that Liberty is finally going to get her amplification prior to the European Summer 2026 season so that will be an improvement over the Independence I’m sure!

How much of an ‘amplification’ this is going to be though is yet to be seen. We’ll know more when Allure is done next year, but something’s telling me Jason’s tight pocket will have an impact. 
 

It’s still a freedom class though, which is yet again another year with a reduction in capacity for the UK market.

Edited July 22 by Jumping Cruiser

[vjmatty]

4 hours ago, Biker19 said:

With seven Oasis and three Icon class ships in the fleet by 2027 needing dry dock every 5 years, there's bound to be at least two of them in Med every year - that's assuming RCI doesn't find/use a dry dock facility in the Americas.

What a waste. Mega ships are great for transatlantic and Caribbean cruises but so limited in where they can go in the Mediterranean. Maybe RC can follow sister Celebrity’s example and keep some smaller ships in the Mediterranean year round. There’s more of a market than people would think. 

[little britain]

2 hours ago, Southern Dan said:

I thought I read somewhere that Liberty is finally going to get her amplification prior to the European Summer 2026 season so that will be an improvement over the Independence I’m sure!

It’s still Freedom class which is totally unsuitable for English weather !!! Give me Vision or Radiance any day ! 

[Sonic2012]

On 7/15/2024 at 9:23 PM, Southern Dan said:

Another interesting observation from that is the notation is for Icon 3…so where is Icon of the Seas heading once Icon 3 launches?

Rumor I heard is Galveston. I don’t know which Icon their getting, but they are supposed to get one of them.

[twangster]

26 minutes ago, Sonic2012 said:

Rumor I heard is Galveston. I don’t know which Icon their getting, but they are supposed to get one of them.

 

Consider the source though.   The same person promised Icon would visit the UK before coming to America.