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Cruise Junky

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Can't name names, but I have a friend who works for the port of LA.

 

Also: This isn't a rumor anymore, berths are confirmed and it looks like 2019 Royal Princess in Alaska because there are cruises from LA to Vancouver on the schedule.

I don't think Royal Princess will fit into Vancouver. Bridge Clearance is 200 ft I believe Royal is 217

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Felix331

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I don't think Royal Princess will fit into Vancouver. Bridge Clearance is 200 ft I believe Royal is 217

 

It's on the schedule so people that know this stuff better than I must have made that call. Maybe at low tide? I just know I've seen the schedule and that's what it says.

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Hoopster95

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I don't think Royal Princess will fit into Vancouver. Bridge Clearance is 200 ft I believe Royal is 217

 

That's what I was getting at... also can't get to the Pacific under the Bridge of Americas. The clearances for both bridges are almost identical. Around the Horn, and to Seattle... yes. Vancouver... no.

 

It's on the schedule so people that know this stuff better than I must have made that call. Maybe at low tide? I just know I've seen the schedule and that's what it says.

 

Maybe "Royal Princess" is a Princess placeholder for one of their other ships.

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Felix331

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That's what I was getting at... also can't get to the Pacific under the Bridge of Americas. The clearances for both bridges are almost identical. Around the Horn, and to Seattle... yes. Vancouver... no.

 

 

 

Maybe "Royal Princess" is a Princess placeholder for one of their other ships.

 

Typically placeholders are the same class of ship, so the only possible other ships would be Regal, Majestic, or any new Royal Class ship. Like I said, my friend has said yes Royal Princess is on the schedule and this is where it's going. Apparently they have all the logistics in place for a Royal Class ship too. I know Princess is planning on releasing these for sale soon since they released west coast sailings around mid-May last year if I remember correctly. He said they've known for a while, but that he thinks the schedules should be out soon to travel agents because they just got final confirmations from Princess not that long ago.

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Cruise Junky

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Don't kill the messenger folks! LOL I'm just repeating what I'm hearing. This is the same guy that tipped me off about NCL putting Bliss in LA so I believe what he says. :D

 

I'd be surprised if Royal P doesn't come to the west coast. There are far too many rumors about this for it not to be true but I'll be very interested to see how she gets into Vancouver.

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geoff2802

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Maybe Explorer to come back. But where ? [emoji33]

 

 

 

 

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It appears likely that Brisbane will have a new cruise terminal built in time for the 2019/2020 season. Royal will home port a ship there since they have a financial stake in the project. My guess is that Radiance will move to Brisbane and continue with TP and Alaska. Therefore Sydney will be down by one ship (3 rather than the current 4). Due to Sydney OPT capacity constraints they will replace Radiance with a larger ship. Per early posts, we both think a Quantum class is the obvious choice and that this ship will also do TP and Alaska. Explorer may simply stay in Sydney. Why wouldn't Royal deploy Radiance, Explorer and one Quantum ship to Australia and Alaska?

The second Quantum ship would do Australia and China seasonally. Royal has shown no interest in PC or Pacific coastals.

 

Progress on the Brisbane terminal will be clearer before Royal makes deployment decisions for that season early next year.

 

 

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CRUISEBOY305

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It appears likely that Brisbane will have a new cruise terminal built in time for the 2019/2020 season. Royal will home port a ship there since they have a financial stake in the project. My guess is that Radiance will move to Brisbane and continue with TP and Alaska. Therefore Sydney will be down by one ship (3 rather than the current 4). Due to Sydney OPT capacity constraints they will replace Radiance with a larger ship. Per early posts, we both think a Quantum class is the obvious choice and that this ship will also do TP and Alaska. Explorer may simply stay in Sydney. Why wouldn't Royal deploy Radiance, Explorer and one Quantum ship to Australia and Alaska?

The second Quantum ship would do Australia and China seasonally. Royal has shown no interest in PC or Pacific coastals.

 

Progress on the Brisbane terminal will be clearer before Royal makes deployment decisions for that season early next year.

 

 

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Radiance would be a good option for Brisbane.

 

Sydney will have Voyager, Explorer, and Ovation which is more than enough in my opinion.

 

China will most likely lose Ovation in 2019 to Alaska, and Q4 will replace. Q4 can also be an additional ship for Sydney.

 

Maybe Explorer to the new terminal in the Philippines for summer months?

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SherriZ366

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Caribbean Princess = 193 feet tall

Brtidge of Americas = 201 feet mid span

Voyager Class = 208 feet.

 

The only reason why Caribbean Princess never did the locks before was the dimensions of the actual old locks.

She can now fit into the new locks.

 

Voyager can fit into the new locks too, but only perhaps under extreme and rare circumstances (per BillB48 and ChengP re tides, time of year. time of day, etc etc) can she ever get under the bridge, If we talk about "1/2" Canal cruises from the Caribbean into Gatun Lake and back out the same way into the Caribbean again, then yes absolutely.

So Caribbean Princess could do the whole transit? Or would the ship fit into the Pacific side locks?

 

I would love to see Voyager class ships do the partial transit/RT from Fort Lauderdale.

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joandian

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I didn't know that. Has Royal ever explained why? Did they perhaps find that the Asian cruising market prefers the glitz of Quantum class and reversed the changes Mariner to attract westerners?

Pity they didn't fix the itineraries too. [emoji4]

 

 

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Not much was said except the Asians didn't shop as much as expected and to be honest, I was just so thrilled to have the Diamond Lounge open and to see the pub, I didn't bother to ask questions.

 

We were on a Repositioning so mainly Westerners on board but we were told that the ship is over 90 percent Asian when she does the regular closed end cruises, so the Asians are still booking.

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"I was just so thrilled to have the Diamond Lounge open and to see the pub, I didn't bother to ask questions."

 

Thanks and [emoji485][emoji898][emoji483][emoji481][emoji893][emoji491][emoji494] in agreement [emoji3]

 

 

 

 

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BillB48

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So Caribbean Princess could do the whole transit? Or would the ship fit into the Pacific side locks?

 

I would love to see Voyager class ships do the partial transit/RT from Fort Lauderdale.

 

Yes, the Caribbean Princess could transit the entire Canal without any issues. By the way, the first cruise ship to use the new locks will be the Disney Wonder, one week from Friday.

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CRUISEBOY305

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Is this another change? I was under the impression Australia, and Hawaii, would be released April 27. Didn't you tell me that? :confused:

 

 

The April 27th date did not come from me

 

China is scheduled for next week and to my knowledge as of right now, it's on.

 

 

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Is this another change? I was under the impression Australia, and Hawaii, would be released April 27. Didn't you tell me that? :confused:

 

It was posted a few pages back that April 27 would be the Australian release, hope that date still holds true ....waiting patiently.... she says tapping foot :)

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