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From the RCCL China website, it looks like they’re bringing Royal Suite Class to Wonder with Sea/Sky/Star tiers and Royal Genies

Just now, Chiliburn said:

I was told by senior officers of voyager at the suite party and also Ovation that wonder is  destined for Brisbane in the  future to go with the private island Lelepa.That during our season.

But that was a few months ago before the world got turned upside down.

Either way, I don't think Royal intended for Wonder to be in China year-round which suggests that she might not be a cold weather ship.

35 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Wonder of the Seas would be built for serve Winter conditions in n China. 
It certainly must be considered as a option for Bayonne if Anthem goes to Galveston.

There is no indication that Wonder would be a cold weather ship as it was intended to move to Hong Kong and/or Singapore from China during colder months.

New sailings for Spectrum from January to October 2021 are now available to book. It looks like she will move back to Shanghai after her HK season at the end of January then move to Beijing (Tianjin) in the summer then back to Hong Kong in October. I think this means that if there are no changes, that Wonder will move to Shanghai to take Spectrum's place in June/July.

1 minute ago, Chiliburn said:

The repo from Sydney isn’t for sale through most online agents..

I think it will stay in oz.

Are you referring to Voyager? This thread is for Quantum.

17 minutes ago, iceh20 said:

That the March 4th sailing is sold out, which is why it may not be showing for those searching.

It is not sold out. Rather, all sailings through the end of March on Quantum have been cancelled meaning that they are not selling any rooms for those cancelled sailings.

12 minutes ago, iceh20 said:

I am watching as I am on Voyager out of Singapore May 11 and saw this.

What are you trying to show?

2 minutes ago, Jack McGowan said:

I’ve seen her popping up here and there in Europe also, if RC decide to move some ships from the China area to be deployed in the Caribbean we could see another ship in Europe possibly. It’s a long shot but possible

China to Caribbean seems a bit far-fetched. At this point, the most realistic option would be to send the Asia ships to either AU/NZ year-round, US West Coast + Alaska, or Europe and sending the current Europe ships to the Caribbean. It would be far too expensive and impractical to send the Asia ships on a Global Odyssey through the Suez and Atlantic and I'm not sure if the ships would fit through the Panama Canal if going through the Pacific.

They don't do training here but the Philippines isn't banning ''clean" cruise ships so crew are allowed to disembark for the day, last-minute port bookings are relatively easy and cheap, and the Philippines is in the center of the region which means that the ship will be closer to wherever they need to go in any direction. Apparently, Spectrum had no further plans to go to Australia or anywhere until they were in Manila.

Spectrum's final destination is Sydney with a stop in Brisbane along the way to bunker.

According to a crew member onboard, Spectrum's final destination is Sydney with a stop in Brisbane along the way to bunker.

I’m not sure but I also know that there aren’t a lot of cruises from SF compared to Southern California. I believe that only Princess operates 1 ship over the summer out of SF and in addition, there really isn’t anywhere to go from SF on a short cruise as the ship would have to visit Canada or Mexico to comply with the PVSA.

1 minute ago, FlowBroTy said:

She wont be done in April 2020.

Oops I thought that said 2021

I would assume neither. Spectrum has to go under serious renovation to make it suitable for non-Asian markets and Royal wouldn’t remove Ovation from Alaska especially because in order to get to Europe, they would have to go all the way around the world through the Suez. My bet is that it might be Wonder pre-inaugural for TAs.

However, what’s different about Spectrum is that it has been deemed a “clean ship” as it hasn’t had any passengers and hasn’t visited any ports in Taiwan, Mainland China, Hong Kong, or Macau in over 15 days whereas Westerdam has visited Hong Kong and boarded people from Hong Kong on Feb 1.

If Spectrum moves out of Asia, they'll have to do refurbishments to better reflect the market just like Quantum when she moved to Shanghai but the opposite. Spectrum really is purpose-built for the Chinese market and would suffer in foreign markets in its current state.

Another thing is that Busan wouldn't let ship crew disembark but Manila is apparently letting them. In addition, I think it would be beneficial for RCCL to move their ships south away from China, Korea, and Japan.

For Voyager, I believe Alex is on vacation and Natalie Rosie (CD Staff) is currently AM.

I'm not sure if this has already been mentioned, but Eli Wong (formerly in the Spectrum Gold Lounge) is currently a Royal Genie on Quantum during her Singapore season. Also, the concierge emails have changed from the standard 'concierge' and 'diamondconcierge' emails to SC_Concierge01@rccl.com, SC_Concierge02@rccl.com, SC_Concierge03@rccl.com, and SC_Concierge04@rccl.com. All of the concierges on Spectrum work mainly from the Gold while one to two rotate (by day or by sailing) and also assist Silver and D/D+ guests.

Cosmopolitan Dining on the Quantum and Spectrum is kind of like traditional dining where they have two time windows, but you can show to either and there are no fixed tables or reservations. There will be a time and deck number on your SeaPass but they don't really check. Also the difference with Cosmopolitan DIning is that it is usually a much quicker dining experience with generally fewer courses and practically no wait time in between courses. A tip is to show up 10 minutes after the start of the time window for a seat and to talk to the head waiter or Maitre D' as they will make sure that "International" or non-Chinese guests get treated very well. 

Did they add a hot tub on the Suite Sun Deck?

Empress is now on the app but the deck plans only have graphics for deck 5 with the other decks just being blank.

On 9/19/2019 at 9:51 PM, Merion_Mom said:

 

From the deck plans I have seen, it will be quite like Anthem and Ovation, with some juggling of venue locations.  

Just note that the deck plans are still a WIP. The only thing that is final would be the rooms. The current deck plans still show elements from the Quantum/Anthem/Ovation deck plans and the Spectrum deck plans. 

On 10/28/2019 at 11:08 PM, Paulette3028 said:

*****Voyager OTS –  Alex Schmidt is reportedly onboard by cruiser on 10/28. I don’t know when he arrived or for how long he will be onboard.

I'm not sure how long he will be onboard for but I know that Alex arrived around September 10 and joined at the start of Voyager's dry dock.

Also, I don't think they will invest too much on Anthem's dry dock. Even with Quantum's dry dock right now, they aren't changing much other than adding laser tag and an escape room (maybe change the noodle shop), changing out any carpeting or mattresses, and it's not a small drydock because it's an "Asian ship" because the ship is rumored to go to Australia at some point. Anthem will most likely be similar with miniscule changes as Quantum class isn't part of the Royal Amplification.