Rare travelberlin Posted October 13, 2017 #26 Share Posted October 13, 2017 From what I've been reading in the past 2-3 years, many of the cruise ships can't get to Easter Island or the tendering process is too dangerous, so we were looking for alternate transportation to E Island!!! We were on Easter Islands with Crystal cruises. The tender was not easy. First the ship planned to anchor in one place but to tender from there was impossible. So the ship moved to another place. It was rough but of course the Easter Islands are so special... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norwegianwood57 Posted October 13, 2017 #27 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Many , many offerings to Europe. Nothing for the Pacific. So when does that come out? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare LHT28 Posted October 13, 2017 #28 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Many , many offerings to Europe. Nothing for the Pacific. So when does that come out? They are out already for 2019 for 2020 probably March/April 2018 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 13, 2017 #29 Share Posted October 13, 2017 They are out already for 2019 for 2020 probably March/April 2018 Australia only through March 2019 though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
robbie21 Posted October 13, 2017 #30 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I find the itineraries to be same old stuff. We have started booking on other lines. As much as we love Oceania they are not doing itineraries that work for us Sent from my iPad using Forums I see your point. 2019 looks very similar to previous years cruises with one or two ports of call changed on some of the cruises and some exactly the same. However, we find some of those new stops interesting enough to consider a sort of "repeat" of a previous cruise. We also have things we missed and want to see in ports we have visited before. Our next step is to look at the detailed itineraries and time in ports to see if it is worth it. We are not yet ready to completely give up on Oceania. With respect to other cruise lines itineraries - there really are a lot of similarities in itineraries among all lines cruising in the Med and Northern Europe. You pay your money and take your choice. In other parts of the world there are a lot of differences in the different cruise line itineraries so shopping around is a good idea there. Robbie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVNYC Posted October 13, 2017 #31 Share Posted October 13, 2017 When do they go on sale? I'm not seeing that in the pdf. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 13, 2017 #32 Share Posted October 13, 2017 When do they go on sale? I'm not seeing that in the pdf. Someone mentioned earlier in this thread the 17th. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PaulMCO Posted October 13, 2017 #33 Share Posted October 13, 2017 I see your point. 2019 looks very similar to previous years cruises with one or two ports of call changed on some of the cruises and some exactly the same. However, we find some of those new stops interesting enough to consider a sort of "repeat" of a previous cruise. We also have things we missed and want to see in ports we have visited before. Our next step is to look at the detailed itineraries and time in ports to see if it is worth it. We are not yet ready to completely give up on Oceania. With respect to other cruise lines itineraries - there really are a lot of similarities in itineraries among all lines cruising in the Med and Northern Europe. You pay your money and take your choice. In other parts of the world there are a lot of differences in the different cruise line itineraries so shopping around is a good idea there. Robbie Agree with same old -- same old. Circum Nav of Japan would be nice -- maybe include some Russian Far East ports - might do a Silversea cruise for this West Africa -- also nice - had to go to Silversea for this Northwest Passage like Crystal did (and will not in the future) also something different Antarctic drive by - they used to do this For the Australian and South Pacific Cruises -- we booked our Dec 2017 cruise in April 2016 the first day bookings opened. So my guess they will open in mid April 2018 for the late 2019/2020 season. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
docmark Posted October 13, 2017 #34 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Someone mentioned earlier in this thread the 17th. My TA checked,no reservation accepted (for cruises after June 2019) before November. That's wahat she was told by O Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fam_Cruise Posted October 13, 2017 #35 Share Posted October 13, 2017 Reservations open on Wednesday, October 18, 2017 at 8:30 am Eastern Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cbb Posted October 13, 2017 #36 Share Posted October 13, 2017 PaulMCO, you could do a segment of ATW 18 on O since they go to West Africa. It was pretty amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare PaulMCO Posted October 13, 2017 #37 Share Posted October 13, 2017 PaulMCO, you could do a segment of ATW 18 on O since they go to West Africa. It was pretty amazing. We did a Silversea version that stopped at more ports from Capetown through Accra (Namibia, Angola, Benin, Congo, Sao Tome, Togo, Cameroon, Accra. Yes that part of Africa was very unique. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitob Posted October 13, 2017 #38 Share Posted October 13, 2017 We have booked three on crystal and Antarctica on seabourn and even booked one on regent to be with friends on explorer. Will also look at silversea. I will have 18 o cruises with the three I have going forward. I doubt we will make it to the free cruise with itineraries like these Seabourn manages to find interesting ports in the Mediterranean Only downside for us is no butlers on seabourn. Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitob Posted October 13, 2017 #39 Share Posted October 13, 2017 We did a Silversea version that stopped at more ports from Capetown through Accra (Namibia, Angola, Benin, Congo, Sao Tome, Togo, Cameroon, Accra. Yes that part of Africa was very unique. No stop at Nambia? Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paulchili Posted October 13, 2017 #40 Share Posted October 13, 2017 We did a Silversea version that stopped at more ports from Capetown through Accra (Namibia, Angola, Benin, Congo, Sao Tome, Togo, Cameroon, Accra. Yes that part of Africa was very unique. In 2015 we sailed on Marina from Lisbon to Cape Town via the Canaries, Cape Verde, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Togo, São Tomé, Angola & Namibia. That was a great itinerary - they should repeat it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitob Posted October 13, 2017 #41 Share Posted October 13, 2017 It is the unique itineraries we love such as the circumnavigation of Australia. It was a fast sellout yet not repeated. The cruise you describe not repeated. That’s why we are looking elsewhere for now Sent from my iPad using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
potterhill Posted October 13, 2017 #42 Share Posted October 13, 2017 In 2015 we sailed on Marina from Lisbon to Cape Town via the Canaries, Cape Verde, Senegal, Ivory Coast, Gambia, Ghana, Togo, São Tomé, Angola & Namibia. That was a great itinerary - they should repeat it. We were on that cruise with our daughter. It was fabulous. And was great to spend that much time with her as she lives in Africa so our time together is limited. Would love to go back to Namibia in particular. Mo Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 14, 2017 #43 Share Posted October 14, 2017 (edited) I'm "potentially" very disappointed ;) I thought I'd found the perfect itinerary on the ship I wanted on dates that covered both birthdays, had every port I wanted but then I checked a calender. Guessing by nights and distance that they're putting us into Bordeaux on Easter Monday. According to trip advisor wineries will be closed for tours. I'm hoping someone caught this massive fail before itineraries actually go on sale but doubtful. Could be back to the drawing board. Edited October 14, 2017 by Cruise Junky Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bitob Posted October 14, 2017 #44 Share Posted October 14, 2017 I assume gaps are either drydock or charters? Sent from my iPhone using Forums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare MMDown Under Posted October 14, 2017 #45 Share Posted October 14, 2017 O did 2 circumnavigation in 2017. First one was in March (fabulous) and I think there is one in November or December. You might find another for late 2019Sent from my iPad using Forums i The risk is higher for cyclones in March, than November, even though November is the official start of the cyclone season. Sounds like you had good weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare pinotlover Posted October 14, 2017 #46 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Nothing really enthralled me. Will be aboard the Marina in two weeks and will relook then. Didn't really like the format of the file, so maybe by then it'll be in an easier format to read. No rush to sign up for anything. Actually think we'll look at doing more river cruises with Uniworld in 2019 along with a Land cruise of Ireland with them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 14, 2017 #47 Share Posted October 14, 2017 Nothing really enthralled me. Will be aboard the Marina in two weeks and will relook then. Didn't really like the format of the file, so maybe by then it'll be in an easier format to read. No rush to sign up for anything. Actually think we'll look at doing more river cruises with Uniworld in 2019 along with a Land cruise of Ireland with them. You can view it as a PDF which I found a lot easier to read. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkansastraveler Posted October 15, 2017 #48 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'm wondering why no transatlantics are showing for fall of 2019? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Ken the cruiser Posted October 15, 2017 #49 Share Posted October 15, 2017 I'm wondering why no transatlantics are showing for fall of 2019? My guess is they'll be included with the Winter sailings starting in December when they release those next Spring or else they just wanted to minimize the number of pages in the brochure and will post them on the website once we can actually start booking these new Summer and Fall cruises next week. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Cruise Junky Posted October 16, 2017 #50 Share Posted October 16, 2017 The new cruises are all now online in full detail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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