Royal's ships 2023/24

[Chiliburn]

20 hours ago, arxcards said:

Ahoy Icon fans - a quality read/review from her inaugural.

Gary Shteyngart: Crying Myself to Sleep on the Icon of the Seas - The Atlantic

This bloke has an interesting view of Icon here Geoff .

Its going to be a big money spinner as they come from near and far .

 

 

[arxcards]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

This bloke has an interesting view of Icon here Geoff .

Its going to be a big money spinner as they come from near and far .

 

 

More of a fish out of water story Phil, but an interesting comparison from an "outside" writer vs all of the social media guff. Full of stereotypes, and a few cultural in-jokes, but an attempt at situational comedy within a travel story.

 

Yes, it won't change anything. The story is more about general cruising weirdness anyway.

[Chiliburn]

1 hour ago, arxcards said:

More of a fish out of water story Phil, but an interesting comparison from an "outside" writer vs all of the social media guff. Full of stereotypes, and a few cultural in-jokes, but an attempt at situational comedy within a travel story.

 

Yes, it won't change anything. The story is more about general cruising weirdness anyway.

I like where uncle Bob first saw Icon ,he said he let out a Gordon Ramsay .

[Jean C]

[sad face] Any hopes I had that maybe one day NZ might attract more cruise ships to its ports have been dashed, quote from article re reduced bookings for 24-25 season -

 

"Reasons for the drop in bookings included increased operating costs in New Zealand, higher port fees and regulatory fees from central government, difficulties around hull cleaning regulations, global competition, and concerns about access through the Red Sea, Lloyd said from the United States."

 

😪

[Hogbay]

On 4/17/2024 at 6:05 AM, arxcards said:

Ahoy Icon fans - a quality read/review from her inaugural.

Gary Shteyngart: Crying Myself to Sleep on the Icon of the Seas - The Atlantic

Too bad made the unavailable comp list" is it any Wonder.... " great song by keaen . Will try Wonder of the Seas .

[Chiliburn]

@springaussie

 

Can you work out if Radiance or Serenade are due for a dry dock around November next year?

I’m just thinking they might do it in Singapore.

[geoff2802]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie

 

Can you work out if Radiance or Serenade are due for a dry dock around November next year?

I’m just thinking they might do it in Singapore.

Hey Chilli,

This page has some information:  https://www.cruisemapper.com/wiki/767-cruise-ship-refurbishment-dry-dock-schedule

[Chiliburn]

 

 

Edited May 2 by Chiliburn

[springaussie]

16 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

@springaussie

 

Can you work out if Radiance or Serenade are due for a dry dock around November next year?

I’m just thinking they might do it in Singapore.

Hi Chilli

Serenade March/April 2025

Radiance was in dry dock last month in Freeport.

Jewel is in dry dock in Brest France now.

( Limited internet up here for work on the Frazer Coast ATM)

[Chiliburn]

49 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Hi Chilli

Serenade March/April 2025

Radiance was in dry dock last month in Freeport.

Jewel is in dry dock in Brest France now.

( Limited internet up here for work on the Frazer Coast ATM)

Serenade looks to have time between Tampa Los Angeles to go to Freeport .

That shoots down my theory then .

[springaussie]

23 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

Serenade looks to have time between Tampa Los Angeles to go to Freeport .

That shoots down my theory then .

Serenade appears in Grand Cayman October 2025.

Serenade also has regular visits booked November 2025 till April 2026 in Sant Maarten. 
I can’t find Radiance in this period. 

[Chiliburn]

5 hours ago, springaussie said:

Serenade appears in Grand Cayman October 2025.

Serenade also has regular visits booked November 2025 till April 2026 in Sant Maarten. 
I can’t find Radiance in this period. 

We might get Radiance then ??

For the 25-26 season ,only Anthem does one overnight in Hobart.

No Royal Caribbean ships that I can see visit Eden,Melbourne or Adelaide .it seems very odd because southern Australia is a popular destination. Certainly one of my favourite.

[springaussie]

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

We might get Radiance then ??

For the 25-26 season ,only Anthem does one overnight in Hobart.

No Royal Caribbean ships that I can see visit Eden,Melbourne or Adelaide .it seems very odd because southern Australia is a popular destination. Certainly one of my favourite.

I doubt we will get another ship Chilli.

i realise all those ports will see little or no Royal 25/26 season. 
One of them may even do a world cruise.

Or Royal selling a Vision Class Ship. 

it will be easier to guess after Singapore goes on sale.

Edited May 4 by springaussie

[Chiliburn]

On 5/4/2024 at 5:36 PM, springaussie said:

Or Royal selling a Vision Class Ship. 

 

Two vision class  , I believe.

 

https://www.qpsships.com/copy-of-s2397

 

https://www.qpsships.com/cruise-ship-2400-passengers--s2388

Edited May 7 by Chiliburn

[arxcards]

16 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

Two vision class  , I believe.

 

https://www.qpsships.com/copy-of-s2397

 

https://www.qpsships.com/cruise-ship-2400-passengers--s2388

Rhapsody & Grandeur. 

They have been up for sale for a while.

[Chiliburn]

4 hours ago, arxcards said:

Rhapsody & Grandeur. 

They have been up for sale for a while.

Rumours are ,they are close to being sold .

[gbenjo]

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

Rumours are ,they are close to being sold .

Being replaced with the Rumour of the Seas and the Theory of the Seas I believe.

[Chiliburn]

10 minutes ago, gbenjo said:

Being replaced with the Rumour of the Seas and the Theory of the Seas I believe.

A mate down the pub said his dog overheard two cats talking about it.

[arxcards]

3 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

A mate down the pub said his dog overheard two cats talking about it.

Did you see what was hanging on the cat's collar? 😝

Edited May 8 by arxcards

[Chiliburn]

9 hours ago, arxcards said:

Did you see what was hanging on the cat's collar? 😝

Me mate asked his dog ,and the cat had a Princess Medallion hanging on its collar.

So I don’t know how credible my source is ?

 I’ll try to find out what colour the cats tongue was or if it was forked.

[woodscruise]

15 hours ago, Chiliburn said:

Rumours are ,they are close to being sold .

Hey Chilli,

I wonder if this is why they have not released a deployment for Radiance and Serenade.

[banzaii]

On 5/8/2024 at 5:55 PM, gbenjo said:

Being replaced with the Rumour of the Seas and the Theory of the Seas I believe.

I heard RCCL has trademarked the names Speculation of the Seas and Innuendo of the Seas.

[arxcards]

On 5/9/2024 at 7:45 AM, Chiliburn said:

Me mate asked his dog ,and the cat had a Princess Medallion hanging on its collar.

So I don’t know how credible my source is ?

 I’ll try to find out what colour the cats tongue was or if it was forked.

And here I was thinking it was the Galaxy on Orion's Belt.

[Chiliburn]

I didn’t think Shanghai would take off for Royal Caribbean but here’s some Chinese propaganda.

Nice cruise terminal we could do with something like that in Sydney.

 

 

[Chiliburn]

3 hours ago, arxcards said:

And here I was thinking it was the Galaxy on Orion's Belt.

You have been watching to much science fiction Geoff .think monkeys,trunk monkeys.