10 Ships in 10 Years

[Ourusualbeach]

Apologies if this has been posted but one of the slides at a recent travel seminar Royal listed their new builds through 2027.

 

Included on that list were Oasis 6 and 7 as well as Icon 3 and 4.  No smaller ships on the list at the current time.

[A&L_Ont]

Just now, Ourusualbeach said:

Apologies if this has been posted but one of the slides at a recent travel seminar Royal listed their new builds through 2027.

 

Included on that list were Oasis 6 and 7 as well as Icon 3 and 4.  No smaller ships on the list at the current time.

Yes.  Bring on more Oasis Class I say. 

[Biker19]

MSC wants to be almost the size of RCI by then with 29 ships.

[Ourusualbeach]

15 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

Yes.  Bring on more Oasis Class I say. 

Now they just need to make a ship with 3 flowriders.  Boogie board, newbies and advanced.

[A&L_Ont]

3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Now they just need to make a ship with 3 flowriders.  Boogie board, newbies and advanced.

And bring one to Lake Ontario.

[molly361]

Dan is S--- out of luck I guess.  He's not a fan of the big ships🤡

[Ourusualbeach]

1 minute ago, molly361 said:

Dan is S--- out of luck I guess.  He's not a fan of the big ships🤡

I see a lot of solo cruising in your future.

[George C]

31 minutes ago, A&L_Ont said:

And bring one to Lake Ontario.

If we get any more rain in Dallas they can bring one here also.

[The Fun Researcher]

Raising my hand.  Here's another Dan that doesn't care as much for the Oasis class.

 

Dan

[Clarea]

7 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Apologies if this has been posted but one of the slides at a recent travel seminar Royal listed their new builds through 2027.

 

Included on that list were Oasis 6 and 7 as well as Icon 3 and 4.  No smaller ships on the list at the current time.

 

Not surprising as the profit is much higher on the larger ships.

[John&LaLa]

Bigger is Better

7 hours ago, Biker19 said:

MSC wants to be almost the size of RCI by then with 29 ships.

Applies to ships and Cruise Lines

[CanadaRob]

6 hours ago, The Fun Researcher said:

Raising my hand.  Here's another Dan that doesn't care as much for the Oasis class.

 

Dan

How big are the icon class they are Edge size aren't they?

[champagne123]

I love the Oasis Class, but....due to their size, there are very few ports to visit.  Seems like "same old, same old".  

[Ourusualbeach]

5 hours ago, CanadaRob said:

How big are the icon class they are Edge size aren't they?

Icon class is 200,000 GRT

Edge class 129,000 GRT

[Pipo]

9 hours ago, Host Clarea said:

 

Not surprising as the profit is much higher on the larger ships.

True. Oasis class is a money making machine.

[CanadaRob]

Will they move to different ports/itineraries or sell off some of  the older ones?

there would be a glut of ships in the Caribbean with so many cruise lines adding more ships.  Don't think any cruise line would be happy with competition and extra discounts to keep capacity high.

[Biker19]

56 minutes ago, CanadaRob said:

there would be a glut of ships in the Caribbean with so many cruise lines adding more ships.  Don't think any cruise line would be happy with competition and extra discounts to keep capacity high.

You could have also said that 10, 20 or 30 years ago and yet, things seem to be fine for the lines.

Edited October 21, 2018 by Biker19

[CanadaRob]

2 hours ago, Biker19 said:

You could have also said that 10, 20 or 30 years ago and yet, things seem to be fine for the lines.

Hmmm the MSC excess of ships could add another dimension that was not there a decade ago.  We can always hope for more rooms than cruiser or more ports that are not currently in a regular itineraries

[Biker19]

6 hours ago, CanadaRob said:

Hmmm the MSC excess of ships could add another dimension that was not there a decade ago.  We can always hope for more rooms than cruiser or more ports that are not currently in a regular itineraries

As could Virgin along with existing lines which are adding capacity via more/bigger ships.