lighthousemom

1 hour ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

https://www.meyerwerft.de/de/meyerwerft_de/medien/presseticker/pressemitteilung_detail_31682.jsp

 

The new cruise ship for Royal Caribbean International (USA), Spectrum of the Seas, will probably leave Papenburg on Tuesday, March 19 2019 to be conveyed on the river Ems to Eemshaven (Netherlands). The ship is planned to arrive in Eemshaven on Thursday morning. Later on the ship will go through several days of technical and nautical sea trials on the North Sea.

 

The Ems barrier will be helping Spectrum of the Seas to pass through the river Ems, a procedure which will be kept as short as possible. The following schedule has been drawn up for the conveyance of the new cruise ship, with changes possible at short notice due to the weather and tidal conditions:

 

Tuesday, March 19, 2019
Approx. 06.30 pm: ship in waiting position (Papenburg)
Approx. 07.00 pm: ship passes sea lock (Papenburg)

 

Wednesday, March 20, 2019
Approx. 01.30 am: ship passes Friesenbrücke (Weener)
Approx. 06.00 am: ship passes the Jann Berghaus bridge (Leer)
Approx. 10.15 am: arrival at the river Ems barrier (Gandersum)
Approx. 11.45 am: ship passes the Ems barrier
Approx. 01.15 pm: ship passes Emden

 

!! All details are subject to the wind, weather and water levels and are therefore without guarantee. Timings can be changed at short notice!!

 

Once again, a team of river pilots from Emden will be responsible for manoeuvring the ship to Eemshaven. The pilots on the river Ems also looked after the MEYER WERFT ships during their passage to the North Sea in previous years. The whole team trained the conveyance at the computerised simulator in Wageningen (Netherlands) to be better prepared for the task.

 

Spetrum of the Seas will proceed in reverse up the river Ems to the North Sea. This approach has proven successful in the past as it makes it easier to manoeuvre the ship. Two tugs will be providing assistance in the process.

 

The cruise ship with 169,300 GRT is one of the largest cruise ships to be built in Germany with capacity for about 4,284 passengers. After completing the technical and nautical sea trials on the North Sea, the ship will be handed over to the owners on April 19.

LLOYD!!! Usually I love your posts. But now I’m quite stressed out. Can you get any further info as what this means for those of us on the inaugural sailing out of Barcelona on April 18?

20 minutes ago, kevin626 said:

So Odyssey of the Seas will replace Adventure of the Seas in Port Everglades with 6 days Western Caribbean and 8 days Eastern Caribbean?😏😏

The lady at Next Cruise seemed to think so.... 🤔  But I want to know when the TA will be and what she’s doing in Europe before!

6 hours ago, emmy said:

 

 

I agree have not seen the release on a Monday...Tuesdays I have though.  Keeping an eye out 🙂

I'm onboard Jewel right now and asked at Next Cruise if she'd heard any whispers....she said she heard maybe things would be loaded up tonight and ready to go tomorrow. Fingers crossed as it's our last day tomorrow and I've got an appointment booked just in case! 

2 hours ago, springaussie said:

Updated Sale Dates.

 

Week of March 11, 2019 Caribbean (Phase II)

Week of March 25, 2019 Dubai

Week of April 1, 2019 Australia & Transpacific

Week of April 8, 2019 Hong Kong

Week of April 29, 2019 China

Week of May 20, 2019 Singapore

Coming Soon Cuba

Coming Soon Odyssey of the Seas

Well that's certainly cryptic.....

Lloyd, you are so mean!

Oh how I love those shiny propellers! 

44 minutes ago, panamapd said:

I wondered where this thread had disappeared to!  Following and hope there is a sailing out of Southampton.  Also hope they announce the itineraries soon as I don't know how long I can hold off booking the Anthem for October 2020!

I’m already booked on the Anthem TA in 2020 but will definitely jump ship for Odyssey!!

17 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

Time for a new thread.

And Lloyd has obliged:   🙂

https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2630232-odyssey-of-the-seas/?tab=comments#comment-56692540

2 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Spot your cabin on the port side?

I see mine! ❤️

4 minutes ago, OfTheSeasCruiser said:

Confirmed here: https://www.royalcaribbeanpresscenter.com/press-release/1362/royal-caribbean-unveils-groundbreaking-features-on-new-spectrum-of-the-seas/

Thanks! I'm so excited for April 18!

Hi Lloyd,

Thanks so much for all your updates and photos. Do you have any information about the restaurants that will be onboard? Somewhere I read that there will be an Asian restaurant called Sichuan Red and something new with Wonderland called Dadong. Can you confirm any of this? Thanks!

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

Those 270 windows don't look right.

Maybe it's tape so that workers are aware there is a glass window there.....

2 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

The Spectrum of the Seas' Esplanade.

 

 

 

So very pretty! I love this ship and can’t wait until april 18! 

 There are quite a lot of shady spots in the Solarium. No sun, no wind, not hot. Perfect for a nap.

2 hours ago, Allaboutsailingrc said:

Just booked 9/17/20...10 night Canada New England. I've done C/NE in the past however this one will have 2 new ports. Nice cruise.

Which two new ports? I can't find info online.

On 10/16/2018 at 6:50 PM, cruisinfromtampa said:

 

It worked.  I was able to open it, but only after downloading it.  Before some things would just open in a new window.

I lived in Turkey for 27 years, and if I remember correctly, my sister would book my cruises here in the US, but use my credit card with my Turkish address to pay for it. Not a big deal at all.

1 hour ago, The_0ne said:

The reason sailing has disappeared is because royal are currently booking in some large groups for the sailingonce that is done it will be back online

 

ship is not delayed

Thank you for this bit of good news. Now I shall go enjoy my turkey and trimmings, and I hope you all do, too!

Spectrum's Barcelona to Dubai is no longer showing on the website. Any further updates for us as to whether or not Spectrum will be ready for April? Thanks.

On 11/15/2018 at 8:43 AM, steamboats said:

Today in the German news is an article about delays at Meyer Werft. Todays hand over of the AIDAnova has been delayed until later this month with the first cruise now Dec 2nd. First cruise should have been today.

 

Another newspaper talks about delays concerning the Spectrum of the Seas and the Spirit of Discovery too.

 

steamboats

Oh, well I don't like that news! I hope Spectrum is on time. Please keep us posted!

Just checked RCCL website and don't see anything past April 2019.

10 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

No excuses ever needed for you to post more photos of Spectrum! And we get the added bonus of seeing you (?) ! Does it look like everything is on schedule for it's planned sailing from Barcelona in April?

On 10/19/2018 at 4:27 AM, dougo in oz said:

I don't get any notifications on a daily basis -  my preferred and selected notification ... I'm not sure why this is the case.

I'd like to be able to click on my name and see all the threads I'm subscribed to as I could prior to this latest change.  That was a good feature IMO.

Finally, why did CC have to change?  What was wrong with the previous model? 

Click below for detailed, step by step instructions on how to see all the threads you're subscribed to, and all of your threads with unread posts in bold.

New CC how to.docx

36 minutes ago, Stumblefoot said:

No, I'm not looking for the "Next" unread topic, but the "Previous" one.  This way I read in the order in which they were posted starting with the oldest first.  "Next Unread Topic" takes you to the newest post which is the opposite of the way I used Cruise Critic previously.

When you're in a forum, on the right under the blue Start new topic you'll see Sort By. Select Custom, and under Sort Direction you can choose Ascending (oldest first) or Descending (newest first). 

Does that help?

2 hours ago, SarniaLo said:

The list of forums (not threads) you follow can be found by clicking on your username, then "Manage followed content" and then "Cruise Critic Community". However currently there is no way to tell when a particular forum has been updated.

 

Another possible way to read all the forums you follow is to create a custom Activity Stream. Use the procedure described in lighthousemom's doc, but choose "Following : Everything" and "Content type : Topics", then using the little wheel appearing next to "Topics" choose your forums of interest.  However then the stream features all topics from these forums, all mixed up, which is absolutely not ideal. So far, as I can tell, these are the only ways to follow whole forums.

Do the steps I outlined in my document and you will only need to go to your bookmark to see this info. 

You won't see your user name (or at least I haven't been able to find it on the iphone or ipad). But In the blue section,  click on those 3 horizontal bars. Then go to Manage Followed Content. Hope that helps.