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14 minutes ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

I could be totally wrong here, wouldn't be the first time.  But Royal lists Voyager as one of the Amped ships. With Liberty, Adventure and Allure yet to be Amped, and Voyager being classed as already having it done, not sure they'll do much.  For Explorer, they didn't do an Amp, but added slides.  I would think if it came down to choosing, Allure and Liberty would be getting the Amp $$$.   Also, Voyager is the oldest in the bunch of ships that were already done, or were on the list to be amped. Not sure they'd be pouring more money into her other than keeping her up her maintenance.  

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1 hour ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

They surely need to get rid of the high school plays that have been running for 20+ years - so sad!😱

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1 hour ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

 

I was particularly referring to it being categorised as ‘amped’ by Royal, as not an every ship that receives updates has been amplified ‘fully’, such as Explorer which just received waterslides in addition to general maintenance.

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9 minutes ago, Jumping Cruiser said:

 

I was particularly referring to it being categorised as ‘amped’ by Royal, as not an every ship that receives updates has been amplified ‘fully’, such as Explorer which just received waterslides in addition to general maintenance.

They did such a fantastic job amping Navigator, but I think money got tight after that. 

 

The HD on a ship I sailed last summer told me there was a whole warehouse of furnishings, carpeting etc. intended for a Liberty amp, and after Covid, those supplies got sent out to other ships that needed sprucing up before the restart.  

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2 hours ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

 

I hadn't been on her until last year, but, I agree.  Felt like the added cabins made for some odd paths to take, especially to Izumi.  Couldn't find my way in at first and then got absolutely windblasted on the way another night. Maybe it was always that way, but, it felt cut off, so I assumed it was different prior to the amp. Missed the removed JR as an option, too.

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6 hours ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

I was on voyager just after the first refresh in Singapore, I think it was 2019 .

All they really did was put in a heap of extra cabins and a water slide.

For some reason it was cut short.There was masking tape hanging from the ceiling,some seats where recovered and others weren’t. Pore old girl needs a bit more love.

I believe Royal had another attempt in Europe before it went back to work.

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7 hours ago, MindyJohn said:

Some of us were on Voyager last winter and I wouldn't say they've done much to amplify her except add a waterslide.  It'll be interesting to see what they plan for these two drydocks.  Are there any other Voyager class besides Navigator with the extra venues like Playmakers, Loco Fresh etc.?

Mariner has been fully amped.  We really enjoy sailing on her.  She has Playmakers, and the Bamboo Room.  There isn't a Loco Fresh, unfortunately.  

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Some ships imho really shone after their amp ups, Freedom for example came out a whole new ship.  Explorer, not so much they jammed in slides, no playmakers, and now no kid's area so literally to me all the hype for Explorer amp in March and we got slides?  

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6 hours ago, MarkedAngel said:

Some ships imho really shone after their amp ups, Freedom for example came out a whole new ship.  Explorer, not so much they jammed in slides, no playmakers, and now no kid's area so literally to me all the hype for Explorer amp in March and we got slides?  

 

Explorer was never advertised as an amplification by Royal, but was purely a general maintenance dry-dock where they happened to add a pair of waterslides.  Freedom, Oasis, Mariner, Independence, Navigator and Voyager have all been ‘amped’, whereas all remaining ships have just received general work. I imagine Royal to focus on the remaining ships that were due an amplification, but didn’t receive it due to covid, before those that already have been ‘amped’.

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3 minutes ago, Another_Critic said:

I wish Anthem would lose her a la carte Johnny Rockets and replace with Fish and Ships or El Loco Fresh.

It would be fair enough to replace Johnny Rockets with another food place (love, love, love El Loco Fresh) but looking at the deck plans of Voyager it was removed to make the kids area bigger

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8 hours ago, Blue Eyed Belfast Belle said:

I know Voyager lost her Johnny Rockets in her Singapore revamp which is a shame. 

 

True. Hard to believe in few Months it will be 25yrs since first time I was on Voyager eating at JR. First Royal Ship to have Pay Restaurants and also my first Balcony Cabin. 

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13 hours ago, MarkedAngel said:

Some ships imho really shone after their amp ups, Freedom for example came out a whole new ship.  Explorer, not so much they jammed in slides, no playmakers, and now no kid's area so literally to me all the hype for Explorer amp in March and we got slides?  

Royal didn't say they were finally amping her.  They added some things, but a full amp wasn't what they moved forward with, likely due to budget.  They don't list her as being amped on the website.  I never saw any 'hype' from Royal themselves about it.  I did see a lot of speculation on these boards though.  

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14 minutes ago, rockmom said:

Royal didn't say they were finally amping her.  They added some things, but a full amp wasn't what they moved forward with, likely due to budget.  They don't list her as being amped on the website.  I never saw any 'hype' from Royal themselves about it.  I did see a lot of speculation on these boards though.  

How does this relate to the deployment?

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22 hours ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

They surely need to get rid of the high school plays that have been running for 20+ years - so sad!😱

What does this have to do with deployment?  See, you were commenting on a post, just like I was.

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ONECRUISER

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1 hour ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Not really - I was trying to understand how this relates to the topic...but it seems you were just posting something totally unrelated?!

Know you are kinda new here but this is how these Threads go. Talking about updates to Ships before New Released, what has been removed/replaced by then. I'm one the Original Members, been on Cruise Critic myself since 1997. Understand this is one the few online sites that has remained civil and there are Rules on here covering this. Please be nice

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1 hour ago, cruiseboy89130 said:

Not really - I was trying to understand how this relates to the topic...but it seems you were just posting something totally unrelated?!

Obligatory "You Must Be New Here".

 

CC threads often drift when the subject topic is lacking in new information.

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