Aplmac Posted June 25, 2020 #201 Share Posted June 25, 2020 Victoria is 1996, mind you.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Victoria Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DryCreek Posted June 25, 2020 #202 Share Posted June 25, 2020 1 minute ago, Aplmac said: Victoria is 1996, mind you.. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Costa_Victoria Some things are timeless though! My daily driver is a 1995 Jeep YJ. Probably not nearly as many miles as the Victoria has on her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pc_load_letter Posted June 25, 2020 #203 Share Posted June 25, 2020 On 6/22/2020 at 5:25 PM, embarkation75 said: That's not true anymore as the Miracle runs out of San Diego now for 7 months of the year with very similar itineraries to the Imagination/Inspiration pair along with some 5/6 day cruises to Cabo and 15 day to Hawaii. Not saying it is a guarantee the Imagination/Inspiration pair are gone but Carnival already has a newer ship in SoCal that can meet that demographic base for 3-4 day cruises. Not to go on and on about this but Miracle out of San Diego is a mix of 4 and 7 day cruises. Out of the entire summer, they will run a handful of the four day cruises. Whereas Inspiration\Imagination are continually running the 3\4 back to back to back etc. The availability of those cruises out of LBC are far greater than what they are out of San Diego for a limited time. Living in San Diego, I've been looking forward to the Miracle but itineraries are limited. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtaylor Posted June 26, 2020 #204 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/24/2020 at 1:22 PM, jimbo5544 said: Would knowing that give you any solace Interesting choice of word, solace. Nope, don't need any of that right now. We cruise quite a lot and overall as a cruise line I would not consider Carnival as 4*. Really like the Panorama, though. Guess I'll have to find that Great Big online Cruise Travel Agent. gary 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted June 26, 2020 #205 Share Posted June 26, 2020 12 minutes ago, gtaylor said: Interesting choice of word, solace. Nope, don't need any of that right now. We cruise quite a lot and overall as a cruise line I would not consider Carnival as 4*. Really like the Panorama, though. Guess I'll have to find that Great Big online Cruise Travel Agent. gary Well, that is a plan..... I cruise quite a bit as well, and I would, but that said, The original question is whether is meaningful to you. I would rather cruise on Carnival over some 5 star lines. Hence my question back at you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gtaylor Posted June 26, 2020 #206 Share Posted June 26, 2020 25 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: Well, that is a plan..... I cruise quite a bit as well, and I would, but that said, The original question is whether is meaningful to you. I would rather cruise on Carnival over some 5 star lines. Hence my question back at you. Then my question back to you is do you understand the definition of solace? gary I would like to find this rating source to satisfy my quest for knowledge, so yes, it is meaningful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted June 26, 2020 #207 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/23/2020 at 1:36 AM, xDisconnections said: Then why did nearly all of the cruise lines pull out of California or reduce capacity? It looks like Princess will have 3 ships cruising from LA in 2022. Maybe more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xDisconnections Posted June 26, 2020 #208 Share Posted June 26, 2020 1 minute ago, BlerkOne said: It looks like Princess will have 3 ships cruising from LA in 2022. Maybe more. After an extended period of one ship, tops. Who knows if Discovery Princess will even sail? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare BlerkOne Posted June 26, 2020 #209 Share Posted June 26, 2020 Just now, xDisconnections said: After an extended period of one ship, tops. Who knows if Discovery Princess will even sail? Who knows if any cruise ship will sail from the US? California, Texas, and Florida are going in the wrong direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted June 26, 2020 #210 Share Posted June 26, 2020 8 hours ago, gtaylor said: Then my question back to you is do you understand the definition of solace? gary I would like to find this rating source to satisfy my quest for knowledge, so yes, it is meaningful. There are a couple of rating sources of cruise lines. Google is your friend. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted June 26, 2020 #211 Share Posted June 26, 2020 8 hours ago, BlerkOne said: Who knows if any cruise ship will sail from the US? California, Texas, and Florida are going in the wrong direction. Wouldn't it be odd if the first cruise ships to sail from the US after the pandemic is somewhat under control will be from NY and NJ? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MURCOTT Posted June 26, 2020 #212 Share Posted June 26, 2020 21 minutes ago, ontheweb said: Wouldn't it be odd if the first cruise ships to sail from the US after the pandemic is somewhat under control will be from NY and NJ? I hope so. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MRVEGAS711 Posted June 26, 2020 #213 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 9:22 AM, drsel said: What are these ships doing in India ? are there any sailings planned around India? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ivanp91 Posted June 26, 2020 #214 Share Posted June 26, 2020 On 6/25/2020 at 12:32 AM, Honolulu Blue said: Gene Sloan of The Points Guy speculated on possible ship reductions in his article at https://thepointsguy.com/guide/cruise-ship-sold-scrap-list/ . It's not limited to Carnival Corporation ships. The key word you used is "speculated". Many ships in that article are listed purely based on age or for being oddballs in their respective fleets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sassyredhat Posted June 27, 2020 #215 Share Posted June 27, 2020 On 6/18/2020 at 6:06 AM, Georgie562 said: For sure the older rust buckets like Fantasy, Ecstasy. Maybe even the Imagination and Inspiration. Awww. I haven’t sailed those ships in about 10 years, but I liked them !😄 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vwrestler171 Posted June 30, 2020 #216 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I'm of the opinion that Costa will lose another ship. HAL, Princess, and P&O will each lose a ship. Carnival Cruise Line will lose Victory/Radiance. I don't see Carnival wanting to shell out the money to finish the transition of Victory/Radiance and since it was tore apart while sailing to dry dock, they would have to spend money to put it back to gether. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kona_wahine Posted June 30, 2020 #217 Share Posted June 30, 2020 We are booked on Fascination for February. Wonder what will happen..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tidecat Posted June 30, 2020 #218 Share Posted June 30, 2020 6 hours ago, kona_wahine said: We are booked on Fascination for February. Wonder what will happen..... What will help the Fascination is that if sailing will resume by 2021, then keeping a ship in San Juan may cut down on the number of refunds issued. It's not like cruisers in San Juan can drive a couple hours to another homeport like those sailing out of New Orleans, Mobile, or Florida. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare jimbo5544 Posted June 30, 2020 #219 Share Posted June 30, 2020 19 minutes ago, tidecat said: What will help the Fascination is that if sailing will resume by 2021, then keeping a ship in San Juan may cut down on the number of refunds issued. It's not like cruisers in San Juan can drive a couple hours to another homeport like those sailing out of New Orleans, Mobile, or Florida. Carnival has. Somewhat different view in regards to cruising out of San Juan. Without getting into details, they feel the “ship” is not an important variable in cruisers selecting this cruise option. This is why they have put one of their oldest shipS sailing out of there. I do not agree with their analogy, but then again, they did not ask....😁 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillyFan33579 Posted June 30, 2020 #220 Share Posted June 30, 2020 20 minutes ago, jimbo5544 said: Carnival has. Somewhat different view in regards to cruising out of San Juan. Without getting into details, they feel the “ship” is not an important variable in cruisers selecting this cruise option. This is why they have put one of their oldest shipS sailing out of there. I do not agree with their analogy, but then again, they did not ask....😁 I have been told by several people that passengers who cruise out of San Juan usually do so for the itinerary, so therefore the ship is secondary. I have never really given it too much thought but that has always made sense to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted June 30, 2020 #221 Share Posted June 30, 2020 1 hour ago, PhillyFan33579 said: I have been told by several people that passengers who cruise out of San Juan usually do so for the itinerary, so therefore the ship is secondary. I have never really given it too much thought but that has always made sense to me. I just posted in another thread, but I guess if I would have read this one first, it belongs here as a better fit. When we were considering a cruise from San Juan on the Fascination, our TA tried to discourage us thinking we would not enjoy the ship. But we went ahead and booked it (he no longer had any objection then). And we really enjoyed everything about it especially the small ship experience and getting to know fellow passengers and even getting to interact with crew members. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Honolulu Blue Posted June 30, 2020 #222 Share Posted June 30, 2020 2 hours ago, tidecat said: What will help the Fascination is that if sailing will resume by 2021, then keeping a ship in San Juan may cut down on the number of refunds issued. It's not like cruisers in San Juan can drive a couple hours to another homeport like those sailing out of New Orleans, Mobile, or Florida. The Fascination is scheduled to move to Mobile in January 2022. There's currently no replacement ship in San Juan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kona_wahine Posted June 30, 2020 #223 Share Posted June 30, 2020 3 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said: I have been told by several people that passengers who cruise out of San Juan usually do so for the itinerary, so therefore the ship is secondary. I have never really given it too much thought but that has always made sense to me. This itinerary is the only reason I booked this cruise so for me they are spot on. 5 port days so I’m not that interested in the ship. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare ontheweb Posted June 30, 2020 #224 Share Posted June 30, 2020 4 hours ago, PhillyFan33579 said: I have been told by several people that passengers who cruise out of San Juan usually do so for the itinerary, so therefore the ship is secondary. I have never really given it too much thought but that has always made sense to me. It is also a very lively ship with the many natives on the island as passengers. We were really encouraged by them in our dancing. Actually DW wants to have the steps perfect while I just want the music to move my body. The locals were on my side on this subject. LOL. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplelife Posted June 30, 2020 #225 Share Posted June 30, 2020 I personally love the smaller ports and smaller ships. As the article says, there is still high demand for the smaller ships. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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