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Royal Caribbean
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Europe - Villefranche-sur-mer, France 🇫🇷
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Jumping Cruiser started following Resilient Lady Cancelled Australian Season , “Something Brilliant is coming” and On Apex now
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Utopia of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!
Jumping Cruiser replied to Lloyd555's topic in Royal Caribbean International
Guessing the Aqua show will be a 2nd version of Aqua 80, known as ‘Aqua 80 Too’. Nick Weir teased this today. -
Posted by @runner5924 in the roll call thread. Revised Itinerary: Vigo, Spain Lisbon, Portugal Bilbao, Spain La Coruna, Spain Cancellation Options: Option 1 - Remain on Sailing, Receive Partial Refund + OBC. Option 2 - Move to 12-Night Canaries on 8th/20th September (Price Protection + OBC) Option 3 - Book Any Sailing (+ OBC) Option 4 - Full Refund
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Meyer Group recently unveiled some new ‘concept’ ship designs. One of them caught my attention in particular though, Avatar, a climate-neutral ship that they aim to build from 2030. Is it just me, or does this kind of look like a smaller Icon Class? Could Discovery be constructed on this proposed platform? I have linked the article below for anyone interested in reading. https://www.cruiseandferry.net/articles/meyer-group-presents-ship-concepts-at-seatrade-cruise-global
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I thought edge class were fully flexible across all four dining rooms? Have they gone back to set-time dining in addition to my-time?
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Resilient Lady Cancelled Australian Season
Jumping Cruiser replied to robertsammons's topic in Virgin Voyages
As I say… suitable for the niche market. That’s the likely source of the awards, especially in the Caribbean. Their global approach doesn’t have the same effect though. -
Resilient Lady Cancelled Australian Season
Jumping Cruiser replied to robertsammons's topic in Virgin Voyages
Don’t forget they’ve still got Brilliance too… well, if she ever makes it into service that is. If Aus was making a profit, they would make it work. Whether that would be keeping a ship there and brining Brilliant into service in the Med or just going round Africa like they’re doing now, there would be a solution. I’ve lost count of the amount of excuses used by VV over the years. From the problems with the initial brand identity, to the constant chopping and changing of itineraries, nothing really shocks me anymore. It’s evident they’re lacking experience in managing a cruise line, and this has been the case since day 1. They went for a niche market, tried to launch too many ships at once, and didn’t actually research what people were looking for. But they thought they could do it the Virgin way! And let’s just say… it’s definitely backfired! -
We are also disappointed with the lack of longer cruises, newer ships and unusual destinations in Europe. Couldn’t find anything of any value over the next couple of years, so have booked a couple with Celebrity instead. It’s like Royal are completely giving up and abandoning the European market, especially ex-UK and Northern Europe. Even when they have the opportunity to do something good, such as longer cruises on Quantum out of LA, they do the opposite and offer virtually the same short itineraries but just on two different ships. I see 2 ships being a ‘one season wonder’ to be honest.