Fort Lauderdale--No Booking for June-September '23

[nelblu]

Maybe this has already been covered and I apologize.  Any reason that this period of time shows nothing open for booking.

[Biker19]

24 minutes ago, nelblu said:

Any reason that this period of time shows nothing open for booking.

All the ships are elsewhere?

[Ourusualbeach]

28 minutes ago, nelblu said:

Maybe this has already been covered and I apologize.  Any reason that this period of time shows nothing open for booking.

Quite common for summer months

[John&LaLa]

18 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

All the ships are elsewhere?

 

Galveston, Bayonne, and Barcelona folks are happy 😉

[nelblu]

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

All the ships are elsewhere?

 

1 hour ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Quite common for summer months

 

46 minutes ago, John&LaLa said:

 

Galveston, Bayonne, and Barcelona folks are happy 😉

So Fort Lauderdale closes down for the Summer.  Does this happen every year.

[Ourusualbeach]

6 minutes ago, nelblu said:

 

 

So Fort Lauderdale closes down for the Summer.  Does this happen every year.

Obviously FT Lauderdale does not shut down  Royal just redeploys their ships elsewhere.

[mo&fran]

44 minutes ago, nelblu said:

 

 

So Fort Lauderdale closes down for the Summer.  Does this happen every year.

That has been the case recently, except this year

[nelblu]

41 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Obviously FT Lauderdale does not shut down  Royal just redeploys their ships elsewhere.

I'm talking about the port and not the city when it comes to Royal.

[Tagsalong]

Allure and Celebrity sailing out of Port Everglades all summer.

 

Oops, wrong year.

 

Celebrity and Princess in 2023.

Edited April 12, 2022 by Tagsalong

[John&LaLa]

2 hours ago, nelblu said:

I'm talking about the port and not the city when it comes to Royal.

 

Pretty sure that's what Ken meant😉

 

Technically it's Port Everglades

[SG65CB]

It's a good time for the ships to be elsewhere, that's hurricane season. 

[SoCA6ft5]

According to our shuttle driver, during fall, winter, and spring, Port Everglades tends to get a lot of ships repositioned from routes that mainly operate during the summer months (Alaska, Northern Europe, etc). Once May rolls around these ships leave for their summer routes.  

[nelblu]

13 hours ago, SG65CB said:

It's a good time for the ships to be elsewhere, that's hurricane season. 

I guess, Miami, Orlando and Tampa are immune to hurricanes.😄 Oh, I forgot Galveston.

[Jimbo]

18 hours ago, nelblu said:

Maybe this has already been covered and I apologize.  Any reason that this period of time shows nothing open for booking.

Take Harmony out of Miami if you want a 7  night cruise, Miami is very close to Ft, Lauderdale

[nelblu]

4 minutes ago, Jimbo said:

Take Harmony out of Miami if you want a 7  night cruise, Miami is very close to Ft, Lauderdale

I'm aware of, however, I was just curious.😊

[twangster]

Terminal 25 in Port Everglades is Celebrity's flagship terminal for all the latest and greatest ships (in their fleet) so it's not like the RCG abandons the port.  Every few years the cycle of ships results in a period when no RCI ships home port there.  2023 is no exception.

 

With Disney creating a presence in PEV plus with Princess and HAL there will likely still be plenty of cruise guests using PEV when RCI isn't.