Blue Eyed Belfast Belle

Mark Walker has posted that he will be staying on Mariner to bring her over to her new home in Texas and will be the CD for the 1st 7 night sailing. Cruise mapper lists this as May 6.

You have done a great job. My IT skills wouldn't be good so I admire anyone that can produce a fab spreadsheet 🙂

Yes it is working for me. Nice and colourful! 🙂 Remember to add Vision and Enchantment to the Vision Class ⚓

Ex CD Mitch (now Sales) replied to my message asking if there will be a New Orleans deployment. He said nothing is planned at the moment for 2025/26

I thought someone said she is due a dry dock in 2025. Maybe Im mistaken.

Maybe Explorer will head to Brisbane after her dry dock?

If this proves to be correct there will a lot of people booked on 27 Oct 2025 Voyager that will be disappointed. Id orginally booked hoping for a Suez Canal Repo but would have been happy with a TA. Looks like that is now out the window!

Me too! If anyone has a clear Radiance they dont want Im happy to pay the shipping! ☘️⚓️

Ex- CD Mitch, who is now in Sales, posted an updated Deployment Schedule

And the Voyager Class is older than the Radiance Class! At Captains Corner a while back it was discussed that the ships with the Royal Promenade, a feature that Royal is known for, will be built and maintained for as long as they are able to.

2 questions... 1) Grandeur is offering a few stops at Key West in the Summer of 2025 - do you think more will be offered on other ship? Going forward Grandeur is offering Roatan, Belize, Cozumel or Costa Maya on repeat? and 2) Any guess what is happening to Radiance post Alaska?

I too like the layout of the Voyager and Freeedom class ships. I have had Voyager booked 3 times and 3 times it was either cancelled or it didn't work out! I have her booked for next Autumn/Fall so fingers crossed I will finally get to sail on her!

In Italy it is over 2 hrs to get from Venice Airport to Ravenna Cruise Port and Rome Airport to Civitavecchia Port is around 1 hour ✈️🚌🛳

No as Symphony was here in Europe last year so next due dry dock in 2028. It will probably be Wonder in 2027 as she is due her 5 year dry dock then

When your daughter is a no show do you still get your double points?

I wonder with Grandeur and Rhapsody already scheduled could Vision and Enchantment jostle for Baltimore?

I also found this too.. A few ships were showing Summer 25 dates but when you clicked the Search button nothing was showing.

Has there been any test loads this week ahead for the launch next week? I keep looking for the Fall/Autumn TAs!

I agree that sometimes Solo travellers are locked out of gtys these days. I used to choose gtys when available until once I was all the way forward on deck 4 on Vision and it was the 1 and only time I got sea sick! 🤢

Anyone still looking for a Soverign block? 😆

Well IMHO don't be counting on Ken for your great experience! I sailed with him on Serenade in Sept and Victor the AM and the fantastic Enterainments Team were running most things. Saw Ken on his lack luster Morning Show on Channel 1 and at shows and other than that maybe saw him around the ship 5 times in 12 days. A CD doesn't make or break my cruise but you know when you have a good one (Mike Szwajkowsk, Eric Lopez, Elvis Pinto) and when you do not!

I saw a social media travel agent advertising the Star of the Seas Inugural with an Interior starting at $2,300 pps so it looks like the icon Class will be out of my price range for many years to come!

Saw this on Social Media...3 of my favourite RCI Cruise Directors!