Cruise Wonderland

4 hours ago, FolsomMike said:

if they will let us directly transfer our $1500. Deposit to the new cruise

Yes, it is feasible.

Diamond Princess starts to leave Europe this week. She will soon enter the Suez Canal, heading east to Singapore. After (possibly) picking up crew members from Asia, she will then sail the eastbound transpacific journey towards US West Coast.

4 hours ago, CintiPam said:

We sailed Trollfjord on Azamara Quest, same size as Oceania “R” ships, in 2016.
 

We chose Azamara for our Norwegian adventures specifically because, unlike Oceania at that time, it had no stops in Putinland. (BTW, my travel options keep narrowing because political traveler spouse keeps adding more countries to his no-go list. I have been proposing an all-Turkey land trip since his 2018 retirement but with Erdogan, my chances continue to wane.)

Thanks for letting me know. I just checked the 2023 schedule of Azamara and they will continue to have Norway cruises that visit Trollfjord next year. The itineraries look amazing.

Trollfjord is quite narrow. Other than Hurtigruten and some small expedition cruise ships, I don't think any Oceania ships (O Class or even the smaller R Class) can sail into it.

10 hours ago, cwms said:

We've booked a 10 NCL cruise for July 2023.  Get on ship in Ryekjavik, cruise to Djupivogur, Akureyri and Isafjordur.  Then head to Greenland:  Nonortalik, Paamiut, Nuuk and then back to Reykjavik.

Look forward to reading any and all threads that covers these ports.

NCL Star will sail (for the first time) two similar cruises on 14th and 25th of July this year. There may be some reviews afterwards, if you wish to have the NCL-specific review.

1 hour ago, ChiefMateJRK said:

Get ready for more of these threads.  They are reservation specific, and I've already received them for my next three upcoming cruises.  There are more after that...  😎

And even for the upcoming cruises in 2023 / 2024... 🙄

Although the owner claimed it was an accident, but everybody knows this happened intentionally. 😔

15 minutes ago, KKB said:

I thought I read u couldn’t use it on cruises 120 days from purchase

Haven't heard of this rule before.

In my memory, the Cruise Next will be available of use immediately after it is issued (a few days after it is purchased onboard).

On 6/20/2022 at 5:17 AM, BenCoudon said:

I don't know how many ships MSC has ships on order with Fincanteri. Do you have the number?

Below ships highlighted in red are not yet delivered.

4 of them are under construction simultaneously now (World Europa and Euribia at St Nazaire, Seascape and Explora 1 at Monfalcone).

Chantiers de l'Atlantique at St Nazaire

Meraviglia Class 1 - Meraviglia 2017

Meraviglia Class 2 - Bellissima 2019

Meraviglia Plus Class 1 - Grandiosa 2019

Meraviglia Plus Class 2 - Virtuosa 2021

Meraviglia Plus Class 3 - Euribia 2023

World Class 1 - Europa 2022

World Class 2 - XXX 2024

World Class 3 - XXX 2025

World Class 4 - XXX 2027

Fincantieri at Monfalcone

Seaside Class 1 - Seaside 2017

Seaside Class 2 - Seaview 2018

Seaside Evo Class 1 - Seashore 2021

Seaside Evo Class 2 - Seascape 2022

Explora Class 1 - 2023

Explora Class 2 - 2024

Explora Class 3 - 2025

Explora Class 4 - 2026

1 hour ago, GICNJC said:

Our replacement embarking on Jul 21 started out with many wait list categories.  That dropped dramatically when the war broke out and St. Petersburg port was dropped.  Today only 3 categories are sold out, the two inside and the Owners Suite.  This despite offers since January of OLife Ultimate and 4 category upgrade special limited sales.  I suspect the ship will be at most 50% capacity.

I will be on the previous Baltic voyage (Jul 9) before yours. The cabin availability is similar. Almost all categories are available.

3 hours ago, mets123 said:

You'd be surprised how many times we ads those cabins going to ours and see two seemingly healthy people walking in or out of them.

But we cannot determine if these people intentionally book this cabin.

Sometimes if you book a guarantee cabin, Royal Caribbean will assign an accessible cabin to you because there is no more regular rooms available.

6 hours ago, Busy Mum said:

Hubby and I have a repositioning cruise on the Royal in April 2024 - Sydney to Tokyo. Certainly not convinced this cruise will happen as the Royal is now not repositioning back to Sydney from Hong Kong in 2023. I do wonder what will become of our 2024 cruise, whether we will get another ship for whether the Royal will end up not coming 'down under' at all. Time will tell I guess. Vicki. 🙂 

The Hong Kong to Sydney cruise on Royal Princess will be cancelled, but there will be a new reposition cruise from Vancouver to Sydney. Royal Princess will still stay in Australia from late 2023 to April 2024.

I have to amend my previous reply for Isafjordur.

It is a tender port for larger ships. Small and medium sized ships (tonnage up to approximately 70000) can moor at the pier.

Isafjordur: Tender port, unless for the very small ships

Akureyri: Usually docked. Check here for the pier: https://port.is/cruise-ships-2/

Reykjavik: Docked. Most of the large ships will moor at Skarfabakki. Check here for the pier: https://www.faxafloahafnir.is/cruiseships/

Voyager of the Seas is too large to berth at the city centre. As shown from the port schedule, she will moor at KS Terminal.

https://rop.lv/sites/default/files/2022-06/Copy of Kruiza kugu saraksts_13.06_.pdf

CROWN

Original: 7-night Alaska voyages, roundtrip Seattle

New: 10-night and 11-night Alaska voyages, roundtrip Vancouver

ROYAL

New: 7-night Alaska voyages, roundtrip Seattle, replacing CROWN

EMERALD
Original: British Isles voyages, roundtrip Southampton

New (1): Mexican Riviera & California & Hawaii voyages, roundtrip Los Angeles

New (2): Canada & New England voyages, roundtrip New York, replacing REGAL

REGAL

Original: Baltic voyages, roundtrip Copenhagen

New: British Isles voyages, roundtrip Southampton, replacing EMERALD

SKY / ISLAND / DIAMOND

The Baltic and Japan itineraries will remove Russian ports.

This notification gives us the answer.

ROYAL replaces CROWN for the original 7-night voyages (roundtrip Seattle).

CROWN will have new 10-night and 11-night voyages (roundtrip Vancouver).

29 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said:

They're still offering cruises on Silver Explorer through Nov. 2023???

https://www.silversea.com/destinations/cruises-south-pacific-islands/papeete-tahiti-to-valparaiso-e1231027023.html

See comment 6 in the below thread

On 6/8/2022 at 3:10 PM, ace2542 said:

Strange that you had to tender. The NCL Bliss pulled into Sitka. Was there more than 1 ship in port?

I checked the sailing track. QE eventually berthed at pier last Friday.

I believe your cruise will be in 2023? This year Riviera will not have any cruises departing from Southampton.

The Southampton port schedule for 2023 is not published yet. It is still unknown which terminal (out of 5 terminals in total) that Riviera will moor at.

If Riviera will be at Ocean Terminal 101 or Horizon Terminal 102, then Holiday Inn is just across the street. You can walk to the Terminals in around 15 minutes.

Here is the view of an oceanview room of Holiday Inn.

CruiseNext certificates are transferrable for unlimited number of times. NCL does not need you to provide any reasons.

Person A can transfer to Person B, and Person B can subsequently further transfer to Person C / back to Person A again.

7 hours ago, whataboutport said:

Here is what I saw on the app Shipmate. I wonder if they just took this deck plan from across this class ship and they are all the same? But yeah you are right, it does show Izumi on the princess website.

This was a very old version of the deck plan, at least more than 10 years ago. At that time Diamond Princess was not yet refurbished and did not have the Izumi.

On 6/10/2022 at 4:10 AM, CruiseDancer said:

The only thing was you must keep your curtains closed at night since the bridge is above you. I believe that is true for all forward cabins, regardless of deck.

Correct. You will find the below message next to the window.

2 hours ago, mahdnc said:

The person who first reported the quiz email (Cruise Wonderland) has Hong Kong listed as their home in their Cruise Critic profile.  I am guessing the rest of us in the Western Hemisphere will see the email today.

1 hour ago, capecodmercury said:

I haven't seen the email either, but the link Cruise Wonderland posted worked.  Only difference was I needed to add my CC number manually.   Hope this doesn't create an issue with the points.

No, I haven't received the email either, and never receive any emails every time.

But the quizzes are usually posted on this link. I just bookmarked this page, and check it regularly every morning.

https://pages.email.celebritycruises.com/EarnPointsSurvey

Many helpful CC members have shared the PUP activities over the previous hundred of pages and I am always benefited from them. When I spotted the new quiz today, it's my turn to share this opportunity of earning points to everybody. 😁