amindu Posted October 17, 2023 #601 Share Posted October 17, 2023 7 minutes ago, FionaMG said: Allure will almost certainly be doing the standard 7-night Western Med route, with embarkation available in both Barcelona (main port) and Civitavecchia (Rome, secondary port), with calls in Palma de Majorca, Marseille, Naples and La Spezia (for Florence, Pisa and Cinque Terre). With kids that young, I'd be more inclined to look for an itinerary that starts from a port you can get to with a minimum of fuss, and which also has at least a couple of ports of call that don't require you to spend the day traipsing through crowds at busy monuments. Not only will the kids get ratty really fast but you'll also be exhausted having to constantly keep your eyes on them. As far as the ship itself is concerned, when we started cruising back in 2001, our kids were 4 and 12. There weren't any mega-ships back then. We were in awe on our second cruise, which was on Explorer of the Seas. That was as big as they got back then and I can honestly say that our kids were never bored. Neither were we and we still enjoy that class of ship. There's still plenty to do on board and you're not paying through the nose for a ton of bells and whistles you'll probably not get the chance to use. I definitely don't think it's necessary to do a mega-ship with kids that young so in my case, I would be basing my decision on itinerary and price. Thanks, definitely focused more on itinerary and 9-10 day cruise to make the most of the time spent flying to Europe. Considering Med and Southampton based on what I see for 2024 sailings, but we haven't been to all of the others ports that are offered. We cruised the med from Venice to Barcelona on NCL back in 2019 on a 9 night pre-kids so what I don't want is to do 10-15K steps which is what we did back then. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saab4444 Posted October 18, 2023 #602 Share Posted October 18, 2023 11 hours ago, Jumping Cruiser said: I agree. The late August call could possibly be part of a repositioning between Northern Europe and Israel, similar to what is being offered on Jewel next August. I am sure they are currently planning more Israel home porting…. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 18, 2023 #603 Share Posted October 18, 2023 On 10/13/2023 at 8:52 AM, Ourusualbeach said: Deployment opening schedule Nov 1 - Alaska (OV, AN, RD, GR) Nov 8 - Europe (AL, OY, ID, EX, VY, BR) Nov 15 - 7N Caribbean (HM, OA, AD, ID, SR, BR, RD, RH, GR) Dec 5 - Star (Icon 2) Feb 14 - Short Caribbean and LAX (UT, WN, AN, LB, FR, MA, NV, AD, JW) Feb 14 - Northeast (SY, OY, LB, VI) Feb 21 - Other Caribbean (SY AL, EX, JW) Ken is that Anthem in L.A. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 18, 2023 #604 Share Posted October 18, 2023 2 hours ago, Chiliburn said: Ken is that Anthem in L.A. Not sure where she will be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted October 18, 2023 #605 Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 hours ago, Chiliburn said: Ken is that Anthem in L.A. I think Anthem is supposed to be going from Australia to Alaska so could be doing a repo from L.A. on the way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 18, 2023 #606 Share Posted October 18, 2023 7 hours ago, FionaMG said: I think Anthem is supposed to be going from Australia to Alaska so could be doing a repo from L.A. on the way. There was speculation that Anthem would replace Quantum in Brisbane. Royal really has trouble filling Quantum so maybe Navigator might replace Quantum in Brisbane during our season ,instead of Anthem. A Quantum class in Los Angeles over Christmas could be a hit . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted October 18, 2023 #607 Share Posted October 18, 2023 7 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: There was speculation that Anthem would replace Quantum in Brisbane. Royal really has trouble filling Quantum so maybe Navigator might replace Quantum in Brisbane during our season ,instead of Anthem. A Quantum class in Los Angeles over Christmas could be a hit . A big hit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 18, 2023 #608 Share Posted October 18, 2023 3 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: A big hit! And U.S. dollars instead of the Australian peso 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tlbecker1 Posted October 18, 2023 #609 Share Posted October 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: There was speculation that Anthem would replace Quantum in Brisbane. Royal really has trouble filling Quantum so maybe Navigator might replace Quantum in Brisbane during our season ,instead of Anthem. A Quantum class in Los Angeles over Christmas could be a hit . I am on the Anthem right now(which we like), but we really love the Navigator. LA is the 2nd closest port to us, but I am not sure if a Quantum class ship would make us want to go to LA more. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare Tree_skier Posted October 18, 2023 #610 Share Posted October 18, 2023 (edited) 5 minutes ago, Tlbecker1 said: I am on the Anthem right now(which we like), but we really love the Navigator. LA is the 2nd closest port to us, but I am not sure if a Quantum class ship would make us want to go to LA more. I love Navigator and have been on her few times with a few more scheduled. What I like about the idea of Anthem coming is weather related. Catalina and Ensenada can be cool in Nov/Dec/Jan Anthem would help with those cooler days and give me a change from the continual Navigator sailings. Swap out Navigator during the Australia season and let us rotate between Anthem and Navigator depending on the season. That way the folks down under have a choice class of ship as well . Edited October 18, 2023 by Tree_skier 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scoobydobe7 Posted October 18, 2023 #611 Share Posted October 18, 2023 Is Harmony staying in Gavelston>>?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 18, 2023 #612 Share Posted October 18, 2023 10 minutes ago, Tree_skier said: I love Navigator and have been on her few times with a few more scheduled. What I like about the idea of Anthem coming is weather related. Catalina and Ensenada can be cool in Nov/Dec/Jan Anthem would help with those cooler days and give me a change from the continual Navigator sailings. Swap out Navigator during the Australia season and let us rotate between Anthem and Navigator depending on the season. That way the folks down under have a choice class of ship as well . That does make sense. A cool weather ship in tropical Brisbane didn’t really add up . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 18, 2023 #613 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Scoobydobe7 said: Is Harmony staying in Gavelston>>?? Appears that way Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 18, 2023 #614 Share Posted October 18, 2023 1 hour ago, Tree_skier said: I love Navigator and have been on her few times with a few more scheduled. What I like about the idea of Anthem coming is weather related. Catalina and Ensenada can be cool in Nov/Dec/Jan Anthem would help with those cooler days and give me a change from the continual Navigator sailings. Swap out Navigator during the Australia season and let us rotate between Anthem and Navigator depending on the season. That way the folks down under have a choice class of ship as well . Just going to post the same thing. Anthem would be great in LA for those cooler winter months. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Missusdubbya Posted October 19, 2023 #615 Share Posted October 19, 2023 7 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said: Just going to post the same thing. Anthem would be great in LA for those cooler winter months. and we would love Navigator to visit us! Win-win 😁 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare FionaMG Posted October 19, 2023 #616 Share Posted October 19, 2023 (edited) There are a few Alaska sailings up right now for summer 2025. Seems a bit early for a test load with a release date scheduled for the week of October 30th, but these are the ones I'm seeing if anyone wants to jump on them. Edited October 19, 2023 by FionaMG 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted October 19, 2023 #617 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, FionaMG said: There are a few Alaska sailings up right now for summer 2025. Seems a bit early for a test load with a release date scheduled for the week of October 30th, but these are the ones I'm seeing if anyone wants to jump on them. Thanks! Got all excited until I realized they are one single date each in 2025. Anxious to book when the rest of them come out. 🙂 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy Baltic Posted October 19, 2023 #618 Share Posted October 19, 2023 For those that are familiar, how do the prices look compared to those already released? I’m trying to get an indication if 2025 are going to be priced sky high. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chiliburn Posted October 19, 2023 #619 Share Posted October 19, 2023 2 hours ago, FionaMG said: There are a few Alaska sailings up right now for summer 2025. Seems a bit early for a test load with a release date scheduled for the week of October 30th, but these are the ones I'm seeing if anyone wants to jump on them. No Ovation? Quantum’s there though, I wonder where Ovation is . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbo Posted October 19, 2023 #620 Share Posted October 19, 2023 45 minutes ago, Chiliburn said: No Ovation? Quantum’s there though, I wonder where Ovation is . My question why is Grandeur there? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 19, 2023 #621 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Chiliburn said: No Ovation? Quantum’s there though, I wonder where Ovation is . If you look back several posts you will see that the 4 ships doing Alaska are QN, AN GR and RD. Ovation is staying in Australia or heading elsewhere Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 19, 2023 #622 Share Posted October 19, 2023 1 hour ago, Jimbo said: My question why is Grandeur there? Reducing capacity. Grandeur holds less than a RD class 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rare island lady Posted October 19, 2023 #623 Share Posted October 19, 2023 10 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: Reducing capacity. Grandeur holds less than a RD class LOL...not by much. Grandeur: 2446 Radiance: 2466 Naturally Radiance ladies are a bit bigger ship, but they have more common areas (which we love). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken at the beach Posted October 19, 2023 #624 Share Posted October 19, 2023 15 minutes ago, island lady said: LOL...not by much. Grandeur: 2446 Radiance: 2466 Naturally Radiance ladies are a bit bigger ship, but they have more common areas (which we love). That's max occupancy. Looking at double it is about 150 passengers which is about 7 1/2 % reduction Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cruisin from florida Posted October 19, 2023 #625 Share Posted October 19, 2023 28 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said: If you look back several posts you will see that the 4 ships doing Alaska are QN, AN GR and RD. Ovation is staying in Australia or heading elsewhere I just booked Ovation Honolulu to Vancouver arriving May '25. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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