Imagination on it's way to Curacao

[jerseyjjs]

 

 

Isn't this where Carnival took both the Fantasy and Inspiration to unload everything before sending them to Turkey for sale and scrap?

[ecarbine]

The port website says she is only there 2 days then heading to Miami.

[shof515]

It could be going to be there for crew change

[xDisconnections]

There could be many reasons why it’s in Curaçao of which we may never know. Hopefully it’s there to strip the ship of valuables and send it on its way to the scrapyard.

[nutucruise]

Marine Traffic dot com show The Imagination Moored in Curacao with a planned ETA in Aliaga Turkey of 9-10-2020.  Looks like another Covid 19 casualty  

[john91498]

Bummer, was just on her in 2017.

[Jamman54]

The Imagination was the only Fantasy Class ship that we hadn't sailed on yet. Had a cruise booked on her for October 2021, so we missed our chance. ☹

[stobe1]

42 minutes ago, Jamman54 said:

The Imagination was the only Fantasy Class ship that we hadn't sailed on yet. Had a cruise booked on her for October 2021, so we missed our chance. ☹

 

You should have done a B2B2B last year when you were out in Long Beach for your Hawaii trip.

 

I guess technically that would have been a side2side2side. 😜

[Jamman54]

1 hour ago, stobe1 said:

 

You should have done a B2B2B last year when you were out in Long Beach for your Hawaii trip.

 

I guess technically that would have been a side2side2side. 😜

If I knew then what I do now we would have! 🤗

[xDisconnections]

6 hours ago, nutucruise said:

Marine Traffic dot com show The Imagination Moored in Curacao with a planned ETA in Aliaga Turkey of 9-10-2020.  Looks like another Covid 19 casualty  

Awesome, good stuff!!

[xDisconnections]

2 minutes ago, Heymarco said:

This article confirms it.... https://thepointsguy.com/news/carnival-imagination-cruise-ship-scrapped/?utm_source=flipboard

Well, it's not confirmed. Still rumored but extremely likely at this point.

 

It's just one blog copying another blog who copied Cruise Critic who saw the data on MarineTraffic.

 

The cruise line is still in possession of the ship.

[KmomChicago]

On 8/25/2020 at 7:08 PM, Jamman54 said:

If I knew then what I do now we would have! 🤗

No doubt a lot of us would have “done” 2019 differently had we known what was coming.

[simplelife]

Sad to see Imagination go. She was our first cruise. 

[Moviela]

I hear Freddy Mercury singing...."and another one bites the dust."

[cruiseman90]

I've taken four cruises on her from 2006-2011 (tied with NCL Escape as far as my most-sailed ship is concerned), so this is a major bummer. While she may have not had all the bells and whistles of some larger ships, let alone some of her Fantasy-class sisters, I enjoyed the combined 16 nights I've spent on her! 

[xDisconnections]

On 8/28/2020 at 6:37 AM, KmomChicago said:

No doubt a lot of us would have “done” 2019 differently had we known what was coming.

No regrets and I wouldn’t do anything differently.

 

My 2019 was fantastic and I’m still not bothered by 2020. 

[Amadawn1]

34 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

I’m still not bothered by 2020

I'm bothered by 2020.  I have hope and five cruises scheduled and re-scheduled for 2021.

[xDisconnections]

2 minutes ago, Amadawn1 said:

I'm bothered by 2020.  I have hope and five cruises scheduled and re-scheduled for 2021.

I’ve had several vacations canceled this year but they simply weren’t meant to me. Only a couple cruises but mostly land vacations. No worries though — they’ll be replaced by other opportunities or simply postponed. It happens.

[Amadawn1]

6 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

No worries though — they’ll be replaced by other opportunities or simply postponed. It happens.

Yup.  Looking for some land based escapes right now.

[Roger88]

8 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

I’ve had several vacations canceled this year but they simply weren’t meant to me. Only a couple cruises but mostly land vacations. No worries though — they’ll be replaced by other opportunities or simply postponed. It happens.

What do you think about cross country travel? I mean, I am sure most of them (or even all of your vacations) were cancelled due to the fact that they were involving lots of people gathering in once place, but you could always travel somewhere where there would be much less people or no people at all. Some grand canyon visit thing or something 

[xDisconnections]

14 minutes ago, Roger88 said:

What do you think about cross country travel? I mean, I am sure most of them (or even all of your vacations) were cancelled due to the fact that they were involving lots of people gathering in once place, but you could always travel somewhere where there would be much less people or no people at all. Some grand canyon visit thing or something 

As sad as it sounds, I try to avoid traveling within the United States. If I’m in the country, I’m expected to answer the phone when it rings. As I live where people vacation, I try to go as remote as I can. Domestically, the hotel options don’t cooperate to allow that based on my preferences.

 

It’s actually one of the major appeals for me when referencing the cruise industry.

Edited August 30, 2020 by xDisconnections

[BigAl94]

Scrapping is confirmed https://shipandbunker.com/news/features/risk-management/457530-weekly-vessel-scrapping-report-2020-week-34

Edited August 30, 2020 by BigAl94

[Roger88]

16 minutes ago, xDisconnections said:

As sad as it sounds, I try to avoid traveling within the United States. If I’m in the country, I’m expected to answer the phone when it rings. As I live where people vacation, I try to go as remote as I can. Domestically, the hotel options don’t cooperate to allow that based on my preferences.

 

It’s actually one of the major appeals for me when referencing the cruise industry.

Then why dont you just take a plane and fly somewhere far? Some island in the ocean or maybe a less populated country with not much to do in it? (like Sweden or Finland lol). I mean I understand that cruising is very fun on its own and allows you to visit a variety if different places.. but still. 

[xDisconnections]

4 minutes ago, Roger88 said:

Then why dont you just take a plane and fly somewhere far? Some island in the ocean or maybe a less populated country with not much to do in it? (like Sweden or Finland lol). I mean I understand that cruising is very fun on its own and allows you to visit a variety if different places.. but still. 

International travel is somewhat restrictive right now and I’m not fond of staying at luxury brands with a motel experience due to franchise owners trying to save on labor.

[ProgRockCruiser]

On 8/30/2020 at 1:48 AM, Roger88 said:

Then why dont you just take a plane and fly somewhere far? Some island in the ocean or maybe a less populated country with not much to do in it? (like Sweden or Finland lol). I mean I understand that cruising is very fun on its own and allows you to visit a variety if different places.. but still. 

Last I looked, for tourist travel there were about a dozen countries in the world that let you in with a US passport - another thirty with restrictions like mandatory quarantines, and everyone else was "stay home".  Sweden and Finland included.

 

https://www.cnn.com/travel/article/us-international-travel-covid-19/index.html

 

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