*LIVE* from the Utopia of the Seas – 3-Night World’s Biggest Weekend September 20-23, 2024

[BirdTravels]

Join The Bird, *live*, from the world’s biggest weekend on the stunning Utopia of the Seas. The Utopia is Royal Caribbean’s newest Oasis-class ship. She is the first powered by liquified natural gas. Her keel was laid on July 1, 2022 and she was delivered to Royal Caribbean on June 13, 2024. Godmother Meghan Trainor christened the ship on July 15, 2024. 

 

Our 3-day weekend party is a round-trip Port Canaveral calling in Nassau and CocoCay. The Utopia is scheduled on 3-day and 4-day cruises through 2026. She has a double occupancy capacity of 5668 guests in 2834 staterooms, supported by 2290 hard working crew members. At 236,473 gross tons, the Utopia of the Seas is the second largest cruise ship in the world.  

 

How do you party on the Utopia? There are 23 bars and lounges, 6 dance spots, 5 pools, 8 jacuzzis, 3 water slides, 21 dining options, 5 live music venues, and the new Train Car dining experience. 

Where are we going this weekend?

 

Fri, Port Canaveral departing 4:00 pm

Sat, Nassau 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sun, CocoCay 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mon, Port Canaveral arriving at 6:30 am

 

[Tom_n_Sara]

Looking forward to following you. We have our weekend end of January!

[Eastern flygirl]

Just got off a B/B on the Utopia this morning.  She is a beautiful ship, especially the Solarium.  I like her so much, I will be returning Sep 30.

Have a great cruise and I will be following.

[h20skibum]

Have fun.  We were on the 3 day a month and a half ago. 

[BirdTravels]

Time to get on the ship. 

[BirdTravels]

U fortunately, there are no launches scheduled today. 
 

[BirdTravels]

Embarkation lunch in the Windjammer and Solarium featured a “deconstructed seafood tower” including lobster, muscles, clams, shrimp, tuna tartare, salmon tartare, shrimp cocktail, and. Seafood ceviche. 

 

[BirdTravels]

Embarkation lunch in the Windjammer and Solarium featured a “deconstructed seafood tower” including lobster, muscles, clams, shrimp, tuna tartare, salmon tartare, shrimp cocktail, and. Seafood ceviche. 

 

[BirdTravels]

If all you can eat lobster is not your thing… maybe all you can eat hot dogs on the Boardwalk. 
 

[BirdTravels]

Or Johnny Rockets on the Boardwalk. 
 

[BirdTravels]

Farewell Cape Canaveral. We’ll be back all too soon.

 

[TheHawk1]

3 hours ago, BirdTravels said:

Where are we going this weekend?

 

Fri, Port Canaveral departing 4:00 pm

Sat, Nassau 9:00 am - 5:00 pm

Sun, CocoCay 7:00 am - 5:00 pm

Mon, Port Canaveral arriving at 6:30 am

How slow does the ship need to go to travel between Nassau and CocoCay in 14 hours?  You'll probably be just floating around in the water half the night.  I'd hardly call that cruising. What a waste of a brand new ship.

[Biker19]

29 minutes ago, TheHawk1 said:

How slow does the ship need to go to travel between Nassau and CocoCay in 14 hours?

You can see the track from previous sailings in cruisemapper. While it doesn't show the speed you can tell they do not typically "float" around. In most cases they go out into "open" water at a reasonable speed to be able to make on board water.

[BirdTravels]

45 minutes ago, TheHawk1 said:

How slow does the ship need to go to travel between Nassau and CocoCay in 14 hours?  You'll probably be just floating around in the water half the night.  I'd hardly call that cruising. What a waste of a brand new ship.

I think that almost every knows that CocoCay and Nassau is a pair of ports that are on almost every Eastern Caribbean itinerary. Royal and most every other cruise line stop at their respective private islands and Nassau.  
 

The waters around the island are shallow. They need to get in deeper water to dump food waste and treated water and then take on water. They really don’t have much time to make water. They were bunkering water in Port Canaveral today. 
 

Edited 4 hours ago by BirdTravels

[BirdTravels]

Day 1 Main Dining Room

 

 

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[BirdTravels]

Dance, synchro swimming, diving, trampoline, slack line, high wire, and aerials are all at the Aqua Theater.