what is the difference please?

[wdwhuckster]

Transatlantic & repositioning, cruise

thank you

[Mines]

Is this a troll?

 

A transatlantic is always a repositioning, but a repositioning does not always cross the Atlantic.

[cot427]

Transatlantic means that you cross the Atlantic Ocean.

 

A repositioning cruise doesn't necessarily mean crossing the Atlantic. It could mean for instance Tampa to Baltimore, like the Grandeur does in April. They call that a repositioning cruise. But, a tranatlantic is always a repo because it changes homeports. Repo not always transatlantic like the Grandeurs case.

[Bean72]

I didn't know the answer either... does that make me a troll too?

[Merion_Mom]

Is this a troll?

 

A transatlantic is always a repositioning, but a repositioning does not always cross the Atlantic.

 

Was that really necessary, mines?

 

wdhuckster, a transatlantic cruise goes ACROSS (trans) the OCEAN (atlantic).

 

A repositioning cruise takes a ship from one "home port" to another "home port" for the season. For example, the Grandeur sails out of Baltimore in the summer and fall, then repositions to and sails out of Tampa in the winter and spring. The Empress was sailing out of Philadelphia this summer, then repositioned to San Juan for its winter cruises.

[wdwhuckster]

thanks every one i was always told no question is a stupid question,

i would rather ask than wonder, just me plan-o grammee

[marle7]

I didn't know the answer either. And no question is a stupid question.

[MakinGold]

BTW, It's not necessarily true that a transatlantic is always a repositioning. I don't know that any ships are doing so in recent years, but going back and forth across the Atlantic can be the normal routine for a ship. That's been done in the past mostly by ocean liners like the QE2 than what we think of as "cruise ships" today.

 

So, where RCI ships are concerned, a transatlantic is a repositioning, but that is not true by definition.

[RSS from SF]

BTW, It's not necessarily true that a transatlantic is always a repositioning. I don't know that any ships are doing so in recent years, but going back and forth across the Atlantic can be the normal routine for a ship. That's been done in the past mostly by ocean liners like the QE2 than what we think of as "cruise ships" today.

 

So, where RCI ships are concerned, a transatlantic is a repositioning, but that is not true by definition.

Excellent point, MakinGold. -RSS-

[Mines]

Ok everyone. I apologise for the comment. It just seemed quite obvious to me.

 

But then again, perhaps it is not that obvious.

 

The RCL website has a destination called "repositioning" but not all repositioning cruises are listed. They have a separate destination called "transatlantic", so this is probably where the confusion sets in.

 

ALL RCL and Celebrity transatlantic cruises are repositioning cruises, because they reposition the ship from the Carbbean to Europe (or vice versa). P & O, Cunard and HAL have transatlantic cruises that are not repositioning because they go and come back. There are many small lines that have world cruises with a transatlantic section - these are not repositioning either.