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What makes you so sad??

New information: RHAPSODY OF THE SEAS is listed in Civitavecchia (Rome)! Between July and Sep. 2015, she is listed there every Sunday!!

I have attached two scheduled calls.

From mid of September, she is scheduled in another frequence - usually every 9th day...

Hi kk99,

thank you very much for the reply!!

Is a grouß cruise via cruisecritic planned every year? 2014 as well?

But nevertheless, I think in 2015 I will be flexible enough to plan my holidays, so I really would like to do a group cruise in 2015!! :)

Canada/New England, for example, sounds great!!

But I think further information we will have in March/April 2014? Because I think RCI releases all summer 2015 routes in spring 2014...

Hi,

so as I understand right, a group cruise on QUANTUM or ANTHEM is planned, if the itineraries are good?

I just ask because her are sooo many pages and even I by reading it I could lose myself and do not receive the "main information". ;):o

Best regards :)

Any updates on when the 2015 itineraries may be announced? I may not be able to wait until Sept 2015 for this cruise.:o

About what cruise we are talking??

I really would like to do Alaska in 2015!!

Di came back and corrected her post Rhapsody is not known to be chartered. A MSC ship in that time frame has been chartered.

Ah sorry, my fault. :o

The last cruise you could book on RHAPSODY is an 11-night-Queensland-cruise out of Sydney, starting Apr 06, 2015...

Liberty has been doing short Western Caribbean for the last few seasons. Maybe that is why she does not show on the St Maarten schedule.

Until April 2015, she is scheduled for the short western Caribbean cruises, as far as I know.

But maybe from May 2015 she'll be re-deployed...

Although RHAPSODY is chartered in Apr 15, will her final Cruise end in Vancouver in may 2015? I've also heard about the rumor that VOYAGER could replace RHAPSODY... :confused:

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So with other words Freedom is not going to Galveston to replace Navigator.

What about LIBERTY?

She is not listed in St. Maarten in 2014 and 2015.

As far as it seems she will not operate in Europe in 2015; EXPLORER is rumored to be deployed in Asia; FREEDOM seems to sail out of Port Canaveral in seummer 2015... so why not LIBERTY?? ;)

Hi,

the review brought up some meories - in July 2013 we have also been cruising in the Baltic Sea - on EMERALD PRINCESS! ;)

I also think especially the Bahamas itinerary are soooo boring - why are such cruises offered? Who books it??

I did not expect thrilling itineraries for such a large ship...;) the longer Caribbean itineraries are appealing.

And the 9-night-Canada/New England is also ok, if QUANTUM offers it...

The puzzle will become much clearer after Royal confirm where Anthem and Allure will sail in the Northern Hemisphere Summer 2015.

That's true! :)

So with other words Freedom is not going to Galveston to replace Navigator.

Why not?

In summer 2015 she is listed in St. Maarten, but I think from Nov 2015 she could do the Galveston itineraries...;)

A New England cruise would be interesting.

 

I think so too.

But if so, than an itinerary up to Quebec city - I expect SERENADE to do these itineraries in 2015... ;)

QUANTUM seems to offer the 9-night-Canada/New England cruise out of Cape Liberty which EXPLORER currently does...

Thank you so far!! :)

I did screenshots. :D

But, nevertheless, it looks really interesting on the schedule!!

Can't wait now to see where the ships will be deployed!

Hello Tall-Cruiser,

thank you - how did you create the Excel-table?

Is there any possibility to download the schedule??

Looked up the RCI website - no itineraries available after April 2015...:mad:

Could be related to Explorer going to Asia after her dry dock in early 2015.

In another thread another user had information from a friend that EXPLORER is scheduled year-round for Port Canaveral.

If LIBERTY is really replaced by ALLURE in Europe in summer 2015, maybe she moves to Asia - or INDEPENDENCE...

If RHAPSODY stays year-round in Australia/NZ, which ship could replace her in Alaska?? :confused:

ANTHEM is listed in St. Maarten from early November 2015 - one date the same as INDEPENDENCE OF THE SEAS, the others the same as FREEDOM OF THE SEAS.

Could well be that she replaces FREEDOM on the Caribbean itineraries from Port Canaveral and INDEPENDENCE on the Europe itineraries.

I am sorry: It's a littlebit annoying to click until Nov 2015.

http://201.220.14.27/sxmonline/VesselScheduleCruise.aspx

That's for Bar Harbour. You also need to click until fall 2015.

http://www.barharbormaine.gov/cruise/

Part of me wants to wait for Anthem of the Seas, but I don't know where that will be based. Has that been announced yet?

 

I do like the NJ home port, as I could drive there (14 hours) and that would allow me to buy one of those 4-5 liter bottles of liquor for my bar. What a conversation piece!!

Nothing is officially announced yet, but according to a lot of rumors, she will offer Med cruises from Southampton, and during winter period she may sail from Port Canaveral...

It seems QUANTUM sails also the 9-night-itinerary to Canada/New England in fall 2015 - if it's the same as the itinerary of EXPLORER, it won't be more than three days at sea - and I think the itinerary is appealing. ;)

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OH YES - that's DEFINITELY RICHT!!! :D:D:D

Hopefully more information in the port schedules is released soon!! :)

Sorry I meant Anthem. Quantum sails out of Bayonne!

Yeah that's right.

NAVIGATOR from San Juan sounds really great!!!

Would love to have JEWEL back in Europe!!! :)

Interestingly, LIBERTY does not appear anymore in 2015...:confused:

1)Someone said that Quantum would call the same days in St.Maarten like Freedom does at the moment.

 

2)Looks like Navigator will be calling in St.Maarten, so obviously she will not be sailing from Galveston. If this the case another (better?) ship will replace her, so my educated guess was Freedom(and Quantum replacing Freedom in PC)

No, ANTHEM calls at St. Maarten as FREEDOM currently does...;)

QUANTUM calls similar to EXPLORER at St. Maarten...

But nevertheless, it sounds very logical that NAVIGATOR must be replaced by a "better" ship" - so FREEDOM would be the right one.

NAVIGATOR calls very similar at St. Maarten as JEWEL does at the moment.

So it seems NAVIGATOR might replace JEWEL on the summer routes from San Juan and JEWEL could be deployed elsewhere (I think of Mediterranean or Alaska).

JEWEL returns to St. Maarten somewhere in November 2015...

I put 2 & 2 together and got 5 when reading the earlier posts - he didn't say 2015 for Oasis III that was my mistake. Oasis from 2016, Explorer from 2015 - both year round

Thank you. :)

Seems that EXPLORER offers the short Bahamas cruises from Port Canaveral.

JEWEL is not listed in St. Maarten between May and November 2015!! :):)

That could mean that simply JEWEL offers the 12-night-med-cruises from Barcelona. Or she will be deployed in Alaska in 2015. When you look at the port calls of NAVIGATOR in 2015 they are very similar to the calls of JEWEL in 2014 - so NAVIGATOR seems to replace JEWEL there... from Nov 2015 the calls of NAVIGATOR and ADVENTURE are at the same dates - so NAVIGATOR could replace ADVENTURE on the winter routes --> JEWEL and NAVIGATOR sail the winter period 2015/16 from San Juan, as far as it looks...

Sorry that I write sooo much - but it's really interesting for me to speculate. :D

Looks like Freedom is going to replace Navigator..

Why do you think that FREEDOM replaces NAVIGATOR??