Jennywren113

This sounds amazing and it is a fantastic itinerary. However like you said, it does mean added expense of travelling to Amsterdam. We have also been on three radiance class ships (Serenade, Jewel and Brilliance) and as much as they are lovely ships we wanted a change to a different class to change things up. Brilliance was very tired in 2019 but chose that for the itinerary (Iberian) and we were a little underwhelmed to be honest. Maybe being spoiled on Serenade for our honeymoon and Jewel for Greek islands, radiance class became a little too familiar. When we did Norway on Indy in 2013 the one thing we wanted was more inside areas where you could see out so I guess Quantum class ticks those boxes for us. Oh, to have loads of money to do it all! I would spend my whole life alternating between the campervan and cruise holidays! Thanks for the suggestion though! I would love to see the 24hr daylight thing.

Oh wow, I didn’t realise this was a thing. Just looked it up. Similar situation to Venice I guess. I naively hadn’t really considered the environmental factors of cruising. Lots to think about, not sure I’m ready to go down that rabbit hole 😞

Haha, I will check it out 🙂 Thanks

Thanks, I tried to find a thread like this but wasn't sure where or what to search for 🙂

Excellent, I like rumours like that 🙂 We did wonder if they would mix it up a bit. Thanks, I shall now be searching loads of Odyssey vids on YouTUbe, that will keep me busy for a while.

My husband and I previous did a few Royal Caribbean cruises (pre-pandemic). Our last cruise was summer 2019 (Brilliance - Iberian), we stopped as we bought a campervan and have spent lots of time travelling in that. However we are thinking of returning to Cruising in the next few years. We live in Bournemouth which is basically about 30 minutes drive from Southampton so it makes sense to sail from there to keep the costs down. I turn 50(!!!!) in 2025 so fancy doing the Norwegian Fjords again, our first ever cruise was on Indy in 2013 and where my husband proposed so it would be nice to return. I was originally looking at going on P&O Iona but then started looking at videos of RCI cruises and have come full circle again. All of our cruises have been Royal except for a short 2 night (booze cruise) on Celebrity Silhouette so it makes sense really to stick with Royal as we are only 20 points from Diamond status. Anyway......Does anyone know or have a rough idea when Royal release their Summer 2025 schedule for sale? Also, it has been so long since I have looked into any of this, is immediate release the absolute best time to book? Presuming the ship will still be Anthem, or do we think they might swap in something different? Hoping to book a balcony midship (we went on Ovation Inaugural sailing and that's what we had then and it was perfect) but if the money was right I would happily take a junior suite (double points means we are closer to diamond obviously) plus it's a suite, so you know!! Looking forward to hearing everyone's thoughts on this 🙂 Thanks