Ranger1227 Posted September 6, 2023 #426 Share Posted September 6, 2023 There have been rumors that they may keep the boat in the Caribbean and not send it back to Europe as the Caribbean sailings are doing better, reservation-wise than the TA and European voyages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare CineGraphic Posted September 6, 2023 #427 Share Posted September 6, 2023 4 minutes ago, greenenvy said: Plus I’ve heard those itineraries have sold very well. They have, and that's why I think they'll do the San Juan based sailings as planned, just with another ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1227 Posted September 6, 2023 #428 Share Posted September 6, 2023 If that is the case the TA voyage is scuttled and we are screwed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenenvy Posted September 6, 2023 #429 Share Posted September 6, 2023 Just now, Ranger1227 said: If that is the case the TA voyage is scuttled and we are screwed. Someone in a FB group mentioned an 11 day San Juan to Lisbon TA so it sounds like it could still happen but it could also be another ship. But I guess we should know more in 24 hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1227 Posted September 6, 2023 #430 Share Posted September 6, 2023 If they use a different ship and give us similar cabin and no other charges, that will be OK 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenenvy Posted September 6, 2023 #431 Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Ranger1227 said: If they use a different ship and give us similar cabin and no other charges, that will be OK Scarlet, Resilient and Valiant had full itineraries up to October 2024 so some cruises will definitely be changed / cancelled if Brilliant doesn’t launch on time. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jumping Cruiser Posted September 6, 2023 #432 Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) 2 hours ago, CineGraphic said: A new crew member was told "they are delaying the newest ship". This would explain why the TA port call for Brilliant Lady in Madeira has been removed. Edited September 6, 2023 by Jumping Cruiser Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustate Posted September 6, 2023 #433 Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, greenenvy said: Scarlet, Resilient and Valiant had full itineraries up to October 2024 so some cruises will definitely be changed / cancelled if Brilliant doesn’t launch on time. RL is in Australia over winter, so it would not be able to step over and cover a delayed BL. VL is heading over in October to the USA through 2024 SL stays over until April 24, and then moved to Europe for the summer season and then a dry dock. I think there will be cancellations rather than just moving bookings to another ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSch Posted September 6, 2023 #434 Share Posted September 6, 2023 They are losing me as a customer, and a salesperson the longer they drag this out. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cel4145 Posted September 6, 2023 #435 Share Posted September 6, 2023 37 minutes ago, DrSch said: I'm more concerned they are going to take the other Brilliant sailings off the schedule. They should have just taken all of them off back in June or so when they took the TA off the schedule.. What they fail to realize, is that the people they are going to piss off most are the ones that spend their money for the rockstar and mega rockstar cabins.. They're going to piss off a lot of people, regardless of what cabin they got. The scheduled cruises for this winter are out of San Juan. So I imagine a lot of people wanted to cruise out of there, not the US. For instance, I'm staying three nights in Old Town beforehand, and on the beach for five nights after. And there aren't many other options to reschedule a cruise out of San Juan. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolkmit Posted September 6, 2023 #436 Share Posted September 6, 2023 (edited) 25 minutes ago, CineGraphic said: They have, and that's why I think they'll do the San Juan based sailings as planned, just with another ship. It's not like they can just move everyone from Brilliant to another ship without offering them a refund as an alternative to being moved; some people are paying for the newer ship and it's not worth the blowback to switch them without giving them other options. So their choices are offer refunds to everyone on Brilliant upsetting & costing them one ship worth of people, or offer refunds to everyone on Brilliant AND on Valiant (or Scarlet) upsetting & costing them more than one ship worth of people. It makes a lot more sense for them to just cancel Brilliant. Edited September 6, 2023 by Tolkmit 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarylady19 Posted September 6, 2023 #437 Share Posted September 6, 2023 21 minutes ago, Ranger1227 said: If they use a different ship and give us similar cabin and no other charges, that will be OK Me too - as long as I keep all my sailor loot, DBP. Etc. 🙂 whatever happens though sounds like there will be cruisers impacted negatively. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
librarylady19 Posted September 6, 2023 #438 Share Posted September 6, 2023 40 minutes ago, greenenvy said: I’m waiting impatiently for news - I’m booked for Brilliant Miami Mermaiden and need to know if I have to make other plans. The other thing that is going to upset me is I got a really good deal on it so even if they do cancel and offer credit whether 150% or 200% - it still wouldn’t cover the prices of many of the other available cruises. Keep us posted! That’s for sure - prices have literally doubled on some of my booked cruises. 😒 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranger1227 Posted September 6, 2023 #439 Share Posted September 6, 2023 We have a back up plan, but will cost us more than the deal we got for the BL. Also, we will not stop in the Canary Islands and Funchal as we would have on the BL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegeeter Posted September 6, 2023 #440 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I guess VV has to look at what maximizes their earnings. It may make more sense for them to move a ship to San Juan rather than have 2 ships in Miami. The holiday sailings will sell out no matter what but if the BL San Juan sailings Jan-Apr were selling better than the doing better than the VL Miami sailings Jan-Apr I could see why they'd want to do a ship swap. Plus, if SL sailings aren't sold out they could move some VL people over (with a generous compensation package since SL voyages are shorter) or give them the option to move to BL if rooms are available. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Back to school Posted September 6, 2023 #441 Share Posted September 6, 2023 44 minutes ago, greenenvy said: I’m waiting impatiently for news - I’m booked for Brilliant Miami Mermaiden and need to know if I have to make other plans. The other thing that is going to upset me is I got a really good deal on it so even if they do cancel and offer credit whether 150% or 200% - it still wouldn’t cover the prices of many of the other available cruises. Keep us posted! Still booking today! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenenvy Posted September 6, 2023 #442 Share Posted September 6, 2023 In other news… the artist who makes the big red tables for the chart room posted they just finished one for VV which makes me think maybe they are decorating Brilliant and it will be ready on time. (Or it could be a replacement for an existing table). Thinking positive thoughts 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fogcityca13 Posted September 6, 2023 #443 Share Posted September 6, 2023 A cancellation of Brilliant would knock us out of rebooking until next fall. Our option would be to just do a land vacation in PR or move the flight credits to our Japan trip. Wish we had more time to travel but that’s life until we retire. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freelancer3 Posted September 6, 2023 #444 Share Posted September 6, 2023 I have 3 San Juan departures booked starting in December and including the TA. I really dont want these cancelled, but hopefully we will know tomorrow. It will be interesting to see how they make this right for customers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greenenvy Posted September 6, 2023 #445 Share Posted September 6, 2023 13 minutes ago, Freelancer3 said:It will be interesting to see how they make this right for customers. FWIW - this is what they offered when they postponed Resilient with two months notice. “Passengers with bookings have several options. They can get a full refund within seven days, or receive a 200% credit towards a future cruise with Virgin Voyages within the next 12 months. If they take the credit and rebook for 2022, they will get an additional free voyage on another Virgin Voyages ship. The company is also offering refunds of up to $500 per passenger to cover any cancelation penalties or canceled flights.” 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alegeeter Posted September 6, 2023 #446 Share Posted September 6, 2023 36 minutes ago, greenenvy said: FWIW - this is what they offered when they postponed Resilient with two months notice. “Passengers with bookings have several options. They can get a full refund within seven days, or receive a 200% credit towards a future cruise with Virgin Voyages within the next 12 months. If they take the credit and rebook for 2022, they will get an additional free voyage on another Virgin Voyages ship. The company is also offering refunds of up to $500 per passenger to cover any cancelation penalties or canceled flights.” That was a generous offer then but like many have said here what we paid for these early BL voyages is a fraction of what VV selling them for now. In fact, what I paid for my San Juan Mermaiden is less than half of what most of the weeks are selling for so 200% FCC would pretty much leave me exactly where I am. An additional complimentary voyage in 2024 would help make it right. 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustate Posted September 6, 2023 #447 Share Posted September 6, 2023 A couple of cancellations going to hit RL. 4-13 of Aug 2024 they have a charter booking of Athens to Barcelona 13-23 of Aug 2024 a charter Barcelona to Portsmouth. the routes are being sold by the private company as an LGBT+ event. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrSch Posted September 6, 2023 #448 Share Posted September 6, 2023 2 minutes ago, Lustate said: A couple of cancellations going to hit RL. 4-13 of Aug 2024 they have a charter booking of Athens to Barcelona 13-23 of Aug 2024 a charter Barcelona to Portsmouth. the routes are being sold by the private company as an LGBT+ event. That just reminded me... Virgin already sold a charter date to Atlantis on the Brilliant for March 16th, so maybe there is hope that it will be here by January 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lustate Posted September 6, 2023 #449 Share Posted September 6, 2023 6 minutes ago, DrSch said: That just reminded me... Virgin already sold a charter date to Atlantis on the Brilliant for March 16th, so maybe there is hope that it will be here by January yer the ports line up on Atlantis, and on VV for that sailing shows as sold out, but the right location at least for the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CanadianCruiser21 Posted September 6, 2023 #450 Share Posted September 6, 2023 16 minutes ago, Lustate said: A couple of cancellations going to hit RL. 4-13 of Aug 2024 they have a charter booking of Athens to Barcelona 13-23 of Aug 2024 a charter Barcelona to Portsmouth. the routes are being sold by the private company as an LGBT+ event. But RL is scheduled to be in Athens on Aug11 and Aug 18 Aug 11 is “sold out” but Aug 18 is still for sale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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