victor150 Posted February 16, 2017 #1 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Does anyone know if thomsons will be doing cruises from newcastle next summer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 16, 2017 #2 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Looks like it could be Discovery but may alternate with Harwich Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor150 Posted February 16, 2017 Author #3 Share Posted February 16, 2017 thanks vital sign i take it nothing comes out for a few months yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted February 16, 2017 #4 Share Posted February 16, 2017 Sometime in March I think Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 16, 2017 #5 Share Posted February 16, 2017 TA says April -same as last year unfortunately we were on Dream doing Transatlantic and missed out on the good price on the Celebration Baltic cruise by the time we got back it had gone up £300 and only 2.5 weeks after new brochure came out it was so popular. We want to book Discovery TA from Barbados but it won't be out til April as it doesn't get back to Corfu until May and the flights aren't settled yet so we'll have to book at Destination services on the ship I think to ensure price doesn't rise again before we get back. TA says she'll text me as soon as it's available 🚢😎 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smithsheff Posted February 17, 2017 #6 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Does anyone know if thomsons will be doing cruises from newcastle next summer? I hope so, can't wait to book it. I would go this year but thought I might be pushing my luck after doing a 23 day one this April:D I keep looking for the brouchers but according to the local travel agents it won't be out till April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 17, 2017 #7 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Have heard brochure is out 20th of april Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 17, 2017 #8 Share Posted February 17, 2017 TA says April -same as last year unfortunately we were on Dream doing Transatlantic and missed out on the good price on the Celebration Baltic cruise by the time we got back it had gone up £300 and only 2.5 weeks after new brochure came out it was so popular. We want to book Discovery TA from Barbados but it won't be out til April as it doesn't get back to Corfu until May and the flights aren't settled yet so we'll have to book at Destination services on the ship I think to ensure price doesn't rise again before we get back. TA says she'll text me as soon as it's available 🚢😎 the discovery 1 and 2 tas are available to book online Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 17, 2017 #9 Share Posted February 17, 2017 Sorry but only Celebration, Dream and Discovery2 are available to book on line for their TA repositioning cruises Celebration leaves Dominican Republic in March and Discovery2 leaves Montego Bay in April and arrives in the Med before end of April. However Discovery 1 has had an extra week added for the winter Caribbean season and doesn't arrive at its home port in Corfu until May and the flights for summer 2018 have not been finalised which is why it's not available to book yet I.e only when the summer 2018 brochure is released. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davecttr Posted February 18, 2017 #10 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Eh! I was given to understand that discovery is homeporting in the UK for summer 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 18, 2017 #11 Share Posted February 18, 2017 I have a copy of itineries for Discovery called Tropical Sunsets which was posted on CC forum some time ago which shows the repositioning cruise starting from Barbados on 15th April 2018 - visiting Castries, Basseterre, Philipsburg, St Johns, 6 days at Sea, Funchal, day at sea, Cadiz, Malaga, day at Sea, Cagliari, Taranto, Corfu Town - arriving 4th May 2018. However as this cruise is still not on sale and Discovery is offering a further week commencing 15th April in the Caribbean then I assume the repositioning cruise will commence 22nd April. I have also seen that Discovery has been booked into port in Norway during summer 2018 on this forum but as has happened before this booking could be for another ship, maybe Discovery 2? Anyway all will become clear when the new brochure comes out in April. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 18, 2017 #12 Share Posted February 18, 2017 (edited) I have a copy of itineries for Discovery called Tropical Sunsets which was posted on CC forum some time ago which shows the repositioning cruise starting from Barbados on 15th April 2018 - visiting Castries, Basseterre, Philipsburg, St Johns, 6 days at Sea, Funchal, day at sea, Cadiz, Malaga, day at Sea, Cagliari, Taranto, Corfu Town - arriving 4th May 2018. However as this cruise is still not on sale and Discovery is offering a further week commencing 15th April in the Caribbean then I assume the repositioning cruise will commence 22nd April. I have also seen that Discovery has been booked into port in Norway during summer 2018 on this forum but as has happened before this booking could be for another ship, maybe Discovery 2? Anyway all will become clear when the new brochure comes out in April. its on the web site, its been up since before xmas and heard selling quick We've found 1 cruise SORT BYDeparture DateDeparture DatePrice - low to high =MAN:Airport&flexibility=true&noOfSeniors=0&when=01-04-2018&sailingDate=22Apr18&to[]=L04304:CruiseArea&packageId=15243921000001524405600000TOM10815256050000001525612200000TOM2743420808919/2/1207/14ZI01&index=1&brandType=null&addAStay=0&cabin[]=1,2&dp=MAN&bb=AI&mcId=055636|T&searchVariant=FLY_CRUISE_ATCOM&finPos=1"]=MAN:Airport&flexibility=true&noOfSeniors=0&when=01-04-2018&sailingDate=22Apr18&to[]=L04304:CruiseArea&packageId=15243921000001524405600000TOM10815256050000001525612200000TOM2743420808919/2/1207/14ZI01&index=1&brandType=null&addAStay=0&cabin[]=1,2&dp=MAN&bb=AI&mcId=055636|T&searchVariant=FLY_CRUISE_ATCOM&finPos=1"]TROPICAL SUNSETS Visiting: Bridgetown, Barbados Castries, St Lucia Basseterre, St Kitts St John's, Antigua Funchal, Madeira Cadiz (for Seville), Spain Gibraltar, Gibraltar Malaga, Costa Del Sol TUI Discovery Departs 22 Apr 2018 | 14-night cruise Manchester flights 1 x Inside Cabin (cheapest available) All Inclusive cruise (All tips included) £ 1469PER PERSON Includes £111pp Online Discount Pay only £125pp deposit today Adult only cruise=MAN:Airport&flexibility=true&noOfSeniors=0&when=01-04-2018&sailingDate=22Apr18&to[]=L04304:CruiseArea&packageId=15243921000001524405600000TOM10815256050000001525612200000TOM2743420808919/2/1207/14ZI01&index=1&brandType=null&addAStay=0&cabin[]=1,2&dp=MAN&bb=AI&mcId=055636|T&searchVariant=FLY_CRUISE_ATCOM&finPos=1"]MORE DETAILS Edited February 18, 2017 by mtt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 18, 2017 #13 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Sorry but only Celebration, Dream and Discovery2 are available to book on line for their TA repositioning cruisesCelebration leaves Dominican Republic in March and Discovery2 leaves Montego Bay in April and arrives in the Med before end of April. However Discovery 1 has had an extra week added for the winter Caribbean season and doesn't arrive at its home port in Corfu until May and the flights for summer 2018 have not been finalised which is why it's not available to book yet I.e only when the summer 2018 brochure is released. the dream is not doing a ta, its in the canaries for the winter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 18, 2017 #14 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Eh! I was given to understand that discovery is homeporting in the UK for summer 2018 someone had posted on here that d2 was going from corfu too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 18, 2017 #15 Share Posted February 18, 2017 My thank you so much Firstly Dream was an error I knew she wasn't in the Caribbean winter 2017/2018 Secondly the initial TA repositioning cruise for Discovery was 23 days to Corfu and I was told by TA not available yet because of May flights - not happy Thirdly then I saw it was doing an extra week in Caribbean from 15th so realised she wouldn't be sailing until 22nd April Fourthly I have been looking on line for a 15+ night cruise as the TAs usually are and have completely missed it as it's only a 14 night cruise Not happy - do not want to go into Malaga and definitely not after being in Gibraltar the day before and having all the scanning problems at Malaga port. Perhaps the best solution is to book it and book the first week cruise to Corfu if that's going to be her home port but will have to wait for summer brochure to do that Well thanks for helping me out very grateful Thomson Spirit Oct 2005 Repo Palma to Sharm el Sheikh Thomson Celebration Jan 2007 Red Sea Magic Ocean Village Feb 2008 West Caribbean & Central America BtoB Ocean Village Aug 2008 Eastern Med Ocean Village 2 Feb 2009 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Ocean Village Mar 2010 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Thomson Dream Feb 2011 Eastern Caribbean & Cuba BtoB Thomson Celebration Aug 2011 Eastern Med Thomson Celebration Apr 2012 Red Sea Magic Thomson Celebration Apr/May 2012 Repo Sharm el Sheikh to Marmaris Thomson Dream Feb 2013 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Thomson Majesty Nov/Dec 2014 Colourful Coasts Canaries Thomson Dream Jan/Feb 2015 West Caribbean Panama & Cuba BtoB Thomson Dream Apr 2015 Transatlantic Sunset Thomson Majesty June 2015 Hellenic Classics Thomson Celebration Sept 2015 Adriatic Affair Thomson Dream Jan 2016 Mayan Treasures/Cuban Revolution Thomson Dream April 2016 Atlantic Adventure Thomson Dream June 2016 Iconic Islands/Adriatic Explorer Thomson Celebration Jan 2017 Cities of Gold Thomson Dream April2017 Atlantic Daydream Thomson Majesty Sept2017 Med Medley/Treasures of Med Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 18, 2017 #16 Share Posted February 18, 2017 My thank you so much Firstly Dream was an error I knew she wasn't in the Caribbean winter 2017/2018Secondly the initial TA repositioning cruise for Discovery was 23 days to Corfu and I was told by TA not available yet because of May flights - not happy Thirdly then I saw it was doing an extra week in Caribbean from 15th so realised she wouldn't be sailing until 22nd April Fourthly I have been looking on line for a 15+ night cruise as the TAs usually are and have completely missed it as it's only a 14 night cruise Not happy - do not want to go into Malaga and definitely not after being in Gibraltar the day before and having all the scanning problems at Malaga port. Perhaps the best solution is to book it and book the first week cruise to Corfu if that's going to be her home port but will have to wait for summer brochure to do that Well thanks for helping me out very grateful Thomson Spirit Oct 2005 Repo Palma to Sharm el Sheikh Thomson Celebration Jan 2007 Red Sea Magic Ocean Village Feb 2008 West Caribbean & Central America BtoB Ocean Village Aug 2008 Eastern Med Ocean Village 2 Feb 2009 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Ocean Village Mar 2010 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Thomson Dream Feb 2011 Eastern Caribbean & Cuba BtoB Thomson Celebration Aug 2011 Eastern Med Thomson Celebration Apr 2012 Red Sea Magic Thomson Celebration Apr/May 2012 Repo Sharm el Sheikh to Marmaris Thomson Dream Feb 2013 Eastern Caribbean BtoB Thomson Majesty Nov/Dec 2014 Colourful Coasts Canaries Thomson Dream Jan/Feb 2015 West Caribbean Panama & Cuba BtoB Thomson Dream Apr 2015 Transatlantic Sunset Thomson Majesty June 2015 Hellenic Classics Thomson Celebration Sept 2015 Adriatic Affair Thomson Dream Jan 2016 Mayan Treasures/Cuban Revolution Thomson Dream April 2016 Atlantic Adventure Thomson Dream June 2016 Iconic Islands/Adriatic Explorer Thomson Celebration Jan 2017 Cities of Gold Thomson Dream April2017 Atlantic Daydream Thomson Majesty Sept2017 Med Medley/Treasures of Med maybe the discovery is malaga to go to the uk, think it may be d2 sailing from corfu =MAN:Airport&flexibility=true&noOfSeniors=0&when=01-04-2018&sailingDate=10Apr18&to[]=L04304:CruiseArea&packageId=15233544000001523368800000TOM16415249093000001524915600000TOM2681420815827/2/1195/18ZI01&index=2&brandType=null&addAStay=0&cabin[]=1,2&dp=MAN&bb=AI&mcId=055639|T&searchVariant=FLY_CRUISE_ATCOM&finPos=2"]ATLANTIC DISCOVERIES Visiting: Montego Bay, Jamaica Havana, Cuba Nassau, Bahamas King'S Wharf, Bermuda King'S Wharf, Bermuda Ponta Delgada, Azores Lisbon, Portugal Malaga, Costa Del Sol Cartagena, Spain Palma, Majorca TUI Discovery 2 Departs 10 Apr 2018 | 18-night cruise Manchester flights 1 x Inside Cabin (cheapest available) All Inclusive cruise (All tips included) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mtt Posted February 18, 2017 #17 Share Posted February 18, 2017 sailaway posted this near the begining of jan Looks to be like the following... MEIN SCHIFF 1 (LISTED AS TUI DISCOVERY 3 ON VILLEFRANCHE) Looks to be Western Med, most likely Palma on Saturday. TUI DISCOVERY Ex-UK Departures TUI DISCOVERY 2 Corfu itineraries on Friday departures including Adriatic every other week THOMSON DREAM Palma itineraries on Tuesday departures THOMSON CELEBRATION Dubrovnik on Thursday departures THOMSON SPIRIT???... Being listed doing western Med cruises under Celeystal/Louis. Seems to be going from Palma on Sunday departures, with a very, very similar pattern to Thomson itineraries. Perhaps the rumoured Thomas Cook operation or Celeystal/Louis continuing Spirit with their own itineraries. They have lately said they are looking at growing their UK customer base. QUOTE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vitalsign Posted February 18, 2017 #18 Share Posted February 18, 2017 Thanks Mtt missed this post completely probably while I was cruising the Middle East Don't really want to do Discovery2 TA as we've done Bermuda on the Dream and the Azores 3 times so very disappointed I think we'll have to wait for April brochure and decide then Thanks again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OTrail Posted February 21, 2017 #19 Share Posted February 21, 2017 Any idea when we'd get a strong hint about this? I'm going on a Baltic cruise on Celebration but would cancel that and wait until next year if it's going to be one of the newer ships. In typical fashion if the brochure doesn't come out until the 20th April that's 5 days in to paying a % Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor150 Posted February 22, 2017 Author #20 Share Posted February 22, 2017 Nothing wrong with the celebration otrail great little ship imo i wouldnt cancel if i was you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
womaninamansworld Posted April 5, 2017 #21 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Victor 150 We were on the Celebration in February this year and the waitress in the coffee port said she was going to Newcastle in June to do the Fjords, this is showing on their website for August. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
victor150 Posted April 5, 2017 Author #22 Share Posted April 5, 2017 Thanks wiamw i expect it will be much the same as this year but really looking to go to the baltic next year however think it will be a fortnight trip and not sure if i can do a fortnight. P.S. I was on the celebration in january this year but all the woman in the coffee port said to me was milk and sugar:D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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