Royal's ships 2023/24

[icat2000]

Thanks guys for your posts. I too have been following your discussions. Everyone likes a good repo 🙂

[cheznandy]

21 minutes ago, icat2000 said:

Thanks guys for your posts. I too have been following your discussions. Everyone likes a good repo 🙂

Ditto for me too, waiting to see what comes here from Asia in 2025/2026.

We are on Quantum from Singapore this year and hoping for Voyager next year.

The Discovery Princess Singapore to Sydney is too long for us at 16 days, but Royal seem to keep theirs at 12 days.

[springaussie]

 

The Ovation Cruises for 24/25 season. 

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2024_2025/Australia/23008669_2024-2025_OV_Australia_Deployment_Flyer.pdf

Edited January 10 by springaussie

[Chiliburn]

3 hours ago, springaussie said:

Very Interesting.

It will be interesting to see how Sir Richard gets back to Greece in April.

Plus the Princess World Cruise from Oz.

Not to mention the ones before, in between and the cruises after. 

 

 

That trouble in that area will be around for a while,they seem to hold a grudge pretty well that mob.

 

Serenade is due to go through there in April . Then Anthem and maybe Voyager.

Edited January 11 by Chiliburn

[Chiliburn]

3 hours ago, cheznandy said:

Ditto for me too, waiting to see what comes here from Asia in 2025/2026.

We are on Quantum from Singapore this year and hoping for Voyager next year.

The Discovery Princess Singapore to Sydney is too long for us at 16 days, but Royal seem to keep theirs at 12 days.

I’m on that cruise,just booked airfares and just about to book the hotel.

Are you on the fb thingo?

[icat2000]

2 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

That trouble in that area will be around for a while,they seem to hold a grudge pretty well that mob.

 

Serenade is due to go through there in April . Then Anthem and maybe Voyager.

There never really a perfect time to go that region. Though some times slightly more safer than other times. I've been pretty lucky as I have managed to get through most of the middle East except for Iran/Iraq in 2005 and then I went back to Egypt/Jordan in 2012. I've never cruised through the canal though.

Edited January 11 by icat2000

[cheznandy]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

I’m on that cruise,just booked airfares and just about to book the hotel.

Are you on the fb thingo?

No, don't do fb.

Have booked airfares also, Qantas from Sydney, 3 nights in Singapore.

[springaussie]

One of the Travel Agents based in Sydney which may have been owned by Royal is selling a package to The Holy Land ion Odyssey of the Seas in October. This cruise has been changed to Greek Islands etc for a few months now. 

[arxcards]

12 hours ago, cheznandy said:

Ditto for me too, waiting to see what comes here from Asia in 2025/2026.

We are on Quantum from Singapore this year and hoping for Voyager next year.

The Discovery Princess Singapore to Sydney is too long for us at 16 days, but Royal seem to keep theirs at 12 days.

We looked at that one pretty closely too, but it is a bit more of a wandering repo. If we were going to add that, we may as well sell-up and live out of a suitcase in 2025. We are also bouncing around the possibility of one of those good-ole group anniversary cruises to PNG at around the same time.

 

We are looking for something to tip us over into Diamond land, but it might take something new to do it. Now that Royal has lost the local music charters, it will take something new and interesting.

[arxcards]

14 hours ago, springaussie said:

Very Interesting.

It will be interesting to see how Sir Richard gets back to Greece in April.

Plus the Princess World Cruise from Oz.

Not to mention the ones before, in between and the cruises after. 

 

 

MSC Poesia was supposed to be in the Suez next Tuesday but has just headed out past Gibraltar. They are on a largely South African itinerary anyway but have skipped some of their med ports to accommodate the changes.

 

The next large ship will be Island Princess, and her Suez schedule on 21st March will be a key indicator. Her world cruise departed Port Everglades last Wednesday, and at this stage the itinerary is intact. The cruise departs LA next week and visits Sydney along the way on14th Feb. Dubai is one of the sector ports and would have to be dropped if they are going via Cape Town.

[daha699]

i hope they do not cancel Ovation of the Seas April 12 2025 Transpacific cruise to Hawaii   as i am booked on it , and have not heard if it is canceled or active it has been a month now , and have no idea , any one have any news ??????

[arxcards]

Current cruise shipping in the gulf. Not surprising, with just Silver Moon parked-up in Egypt and 3 in Dubai.

[Chiliburn]

35 minutes ago, daha699 said:

i hope they do not cancel Ovation of the Seas April 12 2025 Transpacific cruise to Hawaii   as i am booked on it , and have not heard if it is canceled or active it has been a month now , and have no idea , any one have any news ??????

At the moment it’s still available but stay tuned for any updates.

[daha699]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

At the moment it’s still available but stay tuned for any updates.

you see that sailing still for sale in your district or is it on hold

In america its not for sale any more its taken off the web site , but all booked sailing are still active, 

[Chiliburn]

Just now, daha699 said:

you see that sailing still for sale in your district or is it on hold

In america its not for sale any more its taken off the web site , but all booked sailing are still active, 

 I wouldn’t stress,there will be a ship doing the transpacific and I’m sure your booking will be transferred.

[Chiliburn]

1 hour ago, arxcards said:

Current cruise shipping in the gulf. Not surprising, with just Silver Moon parked-up in Egypt and 3 in Dubai.

Somehow I have a feeling Icon of the seas won’t be coming through the Suez Canal anytime soon.

[arxcards]

40 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

Somehow I have a feeling Icon of the seas won’t be coming through the Suez Canal anytime soon.

Not today, that's for sure

[springaussie]

On 12/21/2023 at 9:58 PM, arxcards said:

QLD Ports shipping page. It is rather searchable with a little bit of practice.

https://qships.tmr.qld.gov.au/webx/

Thanks for this site Geoff!

I notice on this page Vision Of The Seas 24/25 season is the booking name for 3 cruises Cairns and Port Douglas. 

I do not know if they are traces from Brilliance being here next season. 

[arxcards]

17 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Thanks for this site Geoff!

I notice on this page Vision Of The Seas 24/25 season is the booking name for 3 cruises Cairns and Port Douglas. 

I do not know if they are traces from Brilliance being here next season. 

I seem to recall there were Vision of the Seas pings in Darwin and maybe Port Hedland or somewhere in WA. These were beyond existing schedules at the time, but there should be an itinerary for those dates by now if there was to be a ship there. Carnival had planned to have Luminosa (or another ship) in Brisbane fulltime in 2025. That has since been canned, but they still have regular port bookings for her through the winter of 2025. I think the redundant bookings just linger until they are on the horizon, and someone bothers to delete the entry.

[Chiliburn]

33 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Thanks for this site Geoff!

I notice on this page Vision Of The Seas 24/25 season is the booking name for 3 cruises Cairns and Port Douglas. 

I do not know if they are traces from Brilliance being here next season. 

It’s a little hard to work out that website.

Is It listed in cairns or the anchorage?

[arxcards]

16 minutes ago, Chiliburn said:

It’s a little hard to work out that website.

Is It listed in cairns or the anchorage?

Cairns Passenger Ship Anchorage 1 YK

aka Yorkeys.

[Chiliburn]

On 1/12/2024 at 9:02 PM, daha699 said:

you see that sailing still for sale in your district or is it on hold

In america its not for sale any more its taken off the web site , but all booked sailing are still active, 

This is a local agent ( which I can’t name)  they have a live website connected to Royal Caribbean.

It is for sale but prices aren’t available. Today 14 January 

 

 

 

Edited January 14 by Chiliburn

[Chiliburn]

We should find out next month what’s going on with west coast U.S.A.

and that will reflect Australia.

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

 

[springaussie]

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

We should find out next month what’s going on with west coast U.S.A.

and that will reflect Australia.

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

 

Normally we know the proposed Aussie release date by now. I am predicting mid Match. 

[Chiliburn]

1 minute ago, springaussie said:

Normally we know the proposed Aussie release date by now. I am predicting mid Match. 

Vicky Freed says April for the remaining deployment ,I would say that’s us.

She still has Ovation deployed in Hawaii and Quantum in Alaska.