Candleonwater Posted June 13, 2007 #351 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Yep! LOL And you know... ports do come into play here... have you done the Margaritaville or bust trip? LOL 3 islands, 3 Margaritavilles. MY Mariner??:p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted June 13, 2007 #352 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Yep! LOL And you know... ports do come into play here... have you done the Margaritaville or bust trip? LOL 3 islands, 3 Margaritavilles. No,never done that......... Next trip will be 2 islands..........2 Margaritavilles....... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 13, 2007 Author #353 Share Posted June 13, 2007 From my experience, Ft Lauderdale is another 3 hours south. That's pushing it for us. We get off the ship in Port Canaveral as early as possible - this year we were in the car and on the road by 8am. We have a 13 hour drive home, with work and school the next morning. Plus, Ft Lauderdale doesn't work as well with Disney, it's such a nice SHORT trip for WDW to the port. Erika -- I think that you really summed up well what some of the booking considerations are for folks in the south (outside of Florida). 3 hours added to the driving trip is a significant addition. Especially when you start with 13 to Va.; 9-10 for North Carolina; 7 for Atlanta; 4 1/2 for us near Hiltion Head; probably about 9-10 for Alabama etc. Mariner pulls from those areas according to RCCL folks that I have talked to. Anecdotally, we have mets lots of folks from the south on every Mariner cruise. We have had tablemates from Savannah, Atlanta and N.C. And from the perspective of a RCCL stockholder, I would rather that familes combine their WDW vacation with an RCCL cruise rather than Disney (LOL). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 13, 2007 Author #354 Share Posted June 13, 2007 My TA says that one of the factors that RCCL has had to contend with is stiff competition from Disney Cruise Lines. Interesting as Disney is priced higher than RCCL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 13, 2007 #355 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Verrrrrrrry interesting, and definately possible. But do you think the big shots will let Genesis homeport anywhere other than Miami? Hi Cruiseman ! I would be totally shocked if Genesis homeports anywhere other than Miami. The best hope for PC, is one of the Freedom class ships or perhaps a Voyager Class ship, once Genesis makes her debut. Either way, I think Royal Caribbean is making a HUGE mistake leaving PC without a larger ship for early 2009. Hopefully, another ship will be placed there as soon as possible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 13, 2007 #356 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I happen to be browsing the Princess board, thinking about 2009 b/c Mariner gone. Ft Laud isn't driving all the way to Miami. Any reason they can't give Navigator the 7 day route including CocoCay until PC gets a new ship. Its really the lack of any Voyager class ship doing 7 night sail from any FL port that has me looking at Princess. Hi CP3o ! I would have to say that is very doubtful. RCI seems to be very hot on letting Navigator do the short sailings out of FLL. I suppose if the sailings do not do well, they might look at making changes. It will all come down to on how well they sell. Even though I dont agree with NAV doing the short sailings, they will probably sell quite well.... which means she probably wont be a replacement for Mariner. Sorry ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andy Posted June 13, 2007 #357 Share Posted June 13, 2007 My TA says that one of the factors that RCCL has had to contend with is stiff competition from Disney Cruise Lines. Interesting as Disney is priced higher than RCCL. Hi Sherri ! I am sure they had competition from Disney, yet... Mariner will have even bigger competition from Carnival, who announced today, that they will be putting Splendor in LA in March 2009. I wonder if RCI expected Carnival's move. And might it make them reconsider ? I highly doubt it, but it is an interesting thought. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 13, 2007 Author #358 Share Posted June 13, 2007 Hi Sherri ! I am sure they had competition from Disney, yet... Mariner will have even bigger competition from Carnival, who announced today, that they will be putting Splendor in LA in March 2009. I wonder if RCI expected Carnival's move. And might it make them reconsider ? I highly doubt it, but it is an interesting thought. Very interesting. Checked Carnival's website -- Splendor is around 113,00 tons -- smaller than Mariner but a new ship -- coming out in June, 2008. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondPlusCruiser Posted June 13, 2007 #359 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I just finished 2 days of meetings with RCI and they will not be replacing the Mariner with another ship. Unfortunately the profit margin was too low due to them having to deeply discount those cruises just to fill the ship. Once Gensis launches, one of the Freedom ships will repo to Ft. Lauderdale and one to San Juan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted June 13, 2007 #360 Share Posted June 13, 2007 I sure hope this turns into one more of those rumors.......:mad: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterchick Posted June 14, 2007 #361 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I just finished 2 days of meetings with RCI and they will not be replacing the Mariner with another ship. Unfortunately the profit margin was too low due to them having to deeply discount those cruises just to fill the ship. Once Gensis launches, one of the Freedom ships will repo to Ft. Lauderdale and one to San Juan. And where will Adventure and/or Serenade go, pray tell, or have they not gotten that far in the domino game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DiamondPlusCruiser Posted June 14, 2007 #362 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Nothing about Adventure or Serenade as of yet.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic123 Posted June 14, 2007 #363 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I sure hope this turns into one more of those rumors.......:mad: I think I will wait on something offical. I hope it is wrong. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sj25 Posted June 14, 2007 #364 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I just finished 2 days of meetings with RCI and they will not be replacing the Mariner with another ship. Unfortunately the profit margin was too low due to them having to deeply discount those cruises just to fill the ship. Once Gensis launches, one of the Freedom ships will repo to Ft. Lauderdale and one to San Juan. All I have to say is if this happens they don't replace it ...guess I will be looking at carnival...because I just like the port and close to orlando...so RCCI will lose my business... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 14, 2007 Author #365 Share Posted June 14, 2007 And where will Adventure and/or Serenade go, pray tell, or have they not gotten that far in the domino game? RCCL often have trouble filling Adevenurer and they deeply discount cruises for people from Puerto Rico. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 14, 2007 Author #366 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Nothing about Adventure or Serenade as of yet.... You posted that you were in meetings with RCCL. Are you a Travel Agent? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted June 14, 2007 #367 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I think I will wait on something offical. I hope it is wrong. Smart move........wait to see........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medic123 Posted June 14, 2007 #368 Share Posted June 14, 2007 RCCI often has trouble filling Sovereign. You can often get 4 nights for 199 pp. I disagree with this logic since my upcoming Mariner cruise has went up over 300 pp. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted June 14, 2007 #369 Share Posted June 14, 2007 Well how about something in writing? Here's the link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_Canaveral Future plans The Canaveral Port Authority announced in 2006 several plans for the future a fuel-tank depot with a pipeline to Orlando International Airport attracting a mega-cruise ship. (One of Royal Caribbean International's Freedom class ships may move to Port Canaveral) widening of the port's channel enlarging the western turning basin construction of an additional cruise terminal Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 14, 2007 Author #370 Share Posted June 14, 2007 RCCI often has trouble filling Sovereign. You can often get 4 nights for 199 pp. I disagree with this logic since my upcoming Mariner cruise has went up over 300 pp. Mariner prices in the summer are pretty high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nlcentralchmps03 Posted June 14, 2007 #371 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I just finished 2 days of meetings with RCI and they will not be replacing the Mariner with another ship. Unfortunately the profit margin was too low due to them having to deeply discount those cruises just to fill the ship. Once Gensis launches, one of the Freedom ships will repo to Ft. Lauderdale and one to San Juan. I don't know. I find it hard to believe that the profit margin was too low. We will find out sooner rather than later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted June 14, 2007 #372 Share Posted June 14, 2007 DiamondPlus........are you able to tell us what your relationship with RCCL is????:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
critterchick Posted June 14, 2007 #373 Share Posted June 14, 2007 DiamondPlus........are you able to tell us what your relationship with RCCL is????:confused: He's a TA. There's only so much one can say about that subject without getting scolded or banned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PH8 Posted June 14, 2007 #374 Share Posted June 14, 2007 He's a TA. There's only so much one can say about that subject without getting scolded or banned. I was wondering if that was the case............but a post about what his TA does for him got me confused.....:confused: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SherriZ366 Posted June 14, 2007 Author #375 Share Posted June 14, 2007 I was wondering if that was the case............but a post about what his TA does for him got me confused.....:confused: That is a bit confusing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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