Utopia of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[twangster]

Just now, John&LaLa said:

 

Pt Canaveral currently holds the title as busiest cruise port in the world.  Makes sense to give her a fitting ship for the weekend market.

 

It also holds the title for the smallest amount of parking.  🤣

 

Can you imagine how bad it will get with the two biggest OA class using T1?

[John&LaLa]

20 hours ago, TheHawk1 said:

Agree.  Since Icon is so geared towards family cruising, it's a much better fit for sailing out of the family oriented tourist area of PC/Orlando.  Utopia should go to a more adult oriented port.

 

Utopia is just a rehash of Oasis

 

Icon is unique

[John&LaLa]

18 hours ago, molly361 said:

No Icon in PC. Odyssey would be OK 👍 

 

Laura would enjoy that.  Maybe in the Saturday slot

[molly361]

5 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

It also holds the title for the smallest amount of parking.  🤣

 

Can you imagine how bad it will get with the two biggest OA class using T1?

That happened a while back.  Forgot exactly when but for a short time it was 3 ships sailing out of there and parking was a cluster.  Read about it on here

[John&LaLa]

5 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

It also holds the title for the smallest amount of parking.  🤣

 

Can you imagine how bad it will get with the two biggest OA class using T1?

 

Terminal 3 has decent parking.

 

FWIW, Terminal A in Miami kinda sux as well

[twangster]

1 minute ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Terminal 3 has decent parking.

 

FWIW, Terminal A in Miami kinda sux as well

 

Already eyeing Brightline for the Icon inaugural.  

[John&LaLa]

Just now, twangster said:

 

Already eyeing Brightline for the Icon inaugural.  

 

Brightside makes more sense for us. The airport is on the way to Miami from Ocala. 

 

You'd have to back track.

 

Laura may be taking it to Miami for an NCL charter in March. 

[molly361]

Where do you pickup the Brightline?  Orlando Airport right?  If so might be easier to catch a flight down?  Or not? I know it's not convenient to my location

[Biker19]

1 minute ago, molly361 said:

If so might be easier to catch a flight down? 

The logistics, timing and cost are all probably in the train's favor.

[twangster]

 

2 minutes ago, molly361 said:

Where do you pickup the Brightline?  Orlando Airport right?  If so might be easier to catch a flight down?  Or not? I know it's not convenient to my location

 

The Orlando airport experience leaves a lot to be desired and parking isn't cheap.

 

[molly361]

6 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

 

The Orlando airport experience leaves a lot to be desired and parking isn't cheap.

 

Is there a Brightline station in Central Florida other than at MCO?

[twangster]

1 hour ago, molly361 said:

Is there a Brightline station in Central Florida other than at MCO?

 

Not yet.  

[TheHawk1]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Utopia is just a rehash of Oasis

 

Icon is unique

The Oasis class of ships are my favourite and Utopia will be shiny new.  Icon is just going to be a floating amusement park for misbehaved children.  No thanks!

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, twangster said:

 

 

The Orlando airport experience leaves a lot to be desired and parking isn't cheap.

 

 

Terminal C is a ghost town, and parking through Brightline is around $7 a day

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

The logistics, timing and cost are all probably in the train's favor.

 

$79 one way in coach, $149 in 1st class

3 or 3 1/2 hour trip

Shuttle service to port

[Tall-Cruiser]

2 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Terminal 3 has decent parking.

 

FWIW, Terminal A in Miami kinda sux as well

Driving to Miami is also bad. It’s the primary reason I tend not to look at cruises from there. With Icon, oh well, Miami is it. Hope Icon 2 is closer like PC 😀

[John&LaLa]

4 minutes ago, TheHawk1 said:

The Oasis class of ships are my favourite and Utopia will be shiny new.  Icon is just going to be a floating amusement park for misbehaved children.  No thanks!

 

Yea, I know all that. My point is Icon is different and generates more buzz, so they like that in Miami

 

Utopia will be packed with kids as well.

 

FWIW, they'll both be shiny and new for a while

[smokeybandit]

2 hours ago, twangster said:

 

 

The Orlando airport experience leaves a lot to be desired and parking isn't cheap.

 

Standing in line for a half an hour at a place that just serves pizza and pasta isn't your idea of a fun time?

[Mikew0805]

On 6/15/2023 at 5:45 PM, Carol28 said:

Thank you!  That is just a shame.  I will never do a short cruise again. Why would they have this beautiful new ship do that? Perhaps to show the people who take a 3/4 day cruise how wonderful the ship is and increase their desire to take a longer cruise?

 

Not a shame for those of us that love 3 night cruises, and take them often. It will eventually get moved around.

On 6/15/2023 at 6:07 PM, molly361 said:

I guess I'll have to pick up the slack for all the non short cruise peeps.  SIGH!!😱  I probably be the oldest party animal onboard😇

I will help pick up the slack... I cannot wait.

On 6/15/2023 at 6:32 PM, OCSC Mike said:

 

I understood that part, although for all I know you really are a party animal. 🤷‍♀️

 

I wasn't kidding about us though. 🙈

 

I really didn't find our Indy short cruises in July all that different from 7-nighters in the summer. There were still lots of kids, the Solarium was still the Solarium, trivia was trivia, etc. Maybe if we actually went where the party animals go I'd notice, lol.

47 here, and absolutely no partying for me!! I love the 3 night cruises, and rarely have even 1 alcoholic beverage each trip. 

[SherriZ366]

On 6/16/2023 at 2:12 PM, twangster said:

 

Icon 2 🤣

A possibility -- especially if RCI send Wonder to China (she was built for this market)

[SherriZ366]

6 hours ago, twangster said:

 

It also holds the title for the smallest amount of parking.  🤣

 

Can you imagine how bad it will get with the two biggest OA class using T1?

They are adding parking in anticipation of Allure sailing form PC in November.  We could see the construction when we sailed on Indy a few weeks ago.  I think they will be adding about 400 spaces in the first round and then an additional 200 in the second round.  Also the other RCI ships like Mariner (being replaced by Adventurer) and Jewel sail from another terminal. 

[Nico RCI]

Utopia of the Seas Deck Plans 

 

https://www.cruisedeckplans.com/DP/deckplans/deckbydeck.php?ship=Utopia-of-the-Seas&deck=3

[RFerrington]

No Star Loft Suites ?  

[twangster]

3 minutes ago, RFerrington said:

No Star Loft Suites ?  

 

Doesn't appear so.  

 

She is very much Wonder-like with a few changes like the new SO Star Class Suites on the bridge wings like the Oasis UP.  

[RFerrington]

11 minutes ago, twangster said:

 

Doesn't appear so.  

 

She is very much Wonder-like with a few changes like the new SO Star Class Suites on the bridge wings like the Oasis UP.  

Lol.  I guess I hadn’t realized that Wonder was missing the SLS, too !