Mystery: Vision of the Seas, her name painted over, at anchor in Saint Martin 3/30/22

[publicpersona]

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Edited March 31, 2022 by publicpersona

[BND]

1 minute ago, publicpersona said:

Seems certain to be Vision class, and among those cannot be Enchantment (no mid-ship extension). So that leaves us with Grandeur and Rhapsody, doesn't it?

Not Grandeur as she's in Aruba currently.

[LAKaye]

Consensus of opinion of the D Lounge cruisers is that the ship we saw at anchor as we came into Philipsburg in the morning was the Rhapsody.  A passenger with binoculars gave us the story that there was no name painted on the ship.  

 

Then a bit later in the day, while we all were doing other things, the Rhapsody pulled up anchor and came to the pier to tie up and exchange crew members who had tested positive or let off crew who had served their quarantine..  Later, while we were all at dinner, the Rhapsody pulled away from the pier.  She was not sailing with a load of passengers, as we first wrongly assumed.  She was merely going back out to anchor, where we saw her as we left the port.

 

Again, this is only the theory of a bunch of happy cruisers.  🔎 🧐

Thanks everyone for all of your observations!  🙏🏻

[Cruising89143]

2 hours ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Could it be Legend or Splendour?  Wouldn't explain the Anchor logo but nothing else makes sense

The Splendour and Legend are now part of Marella Cruise Line and sail as the Marella Discovery and Marella Discovery 2. Should be easy to distinguish those two from their former sisters.

[Coralc]

10 minutes ago, LAKaye said:

Consensus of opinion of the D Lounge cruisers is that the ship we saw at anchor as we came into Philipsburg in the morning was the Rhapsody.  A passenger with binoculars gave us the story that there was no name painted on the ship.  

 

Then a bit later in the day, while we all were doing other things, the Rhapsody pulled up anchor and came to the pier to tie up and exchange crew members who had tested positive or let off crew who had served their quarantine..  Later, while we were all at dinner, the Rhapsody pulled away from the pier.  She was not sailing with a load of passengers, as we first wrongly assumed.  She was merely going back out to anchor, where we saw her as we left the port.

 

Again, this is only the theory of a bunch of happy cruisers.  🔎 🧐

Thanks everyone for all of your observations!  🙏🏻

Mystery Solved! 

[Lane Hog]

And others pretty much said so back on page 1 and 2...

[island lady]

15 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Agree, been watching her since back then. Map usually shows off coast anchored then every wk comes in and watch her on Live Cam Docked

 

We, once a few months ago, watched her come into Coco Cay, off loading and loading crew members  from there.   Was an interesting morning with 3 of the Oasis series sisters there as well.  Harmony, Symphony, and Oasis.  

 

So happy those days are since over with...we hope. 

[island lady]

12 hours ago, BND said:

I also checked marine traffic and while Vision shows as "out of range"-which it wouldn't near St. Maarten, it also shows it left FL and is due in Costa Rica tomorrow.

 

The OP is gonna keep digging her heels in even though there's absolutely no way that Vision is in St. Maarten.

 

There were several large private yachts off shore...plus the Seadream 1 (small luxury cruise line) was docked on other side of Harmony.   Pretty little ship...but no balconies.  

[island lady]

7 hours ago, LAKaye said:

Consensus of opinion of the D Lounge cruisers is that the ship we saw at anchor as we came into Philipsburg in the morning was the Rhapsody.  A passenger with binoculars gave us the story that there was no name painted on the ship.  

 

Then a bit later in the day, while we all were doing other things, the Rhapsody pulled up anchor and came to the pier to tie up and exchange crew members who had tested positive or let off crew who had served their quarantine..  Later, while we were all at dinner, the Rhapsody pulled away from the pier.  She was not sailing with a load of passengers, as we first wrongly assumed.  She was merely going back out to anchor, where we saw her as we left the port.

 

Again, this is only the theory of a bunch of happy cruisers.  🔎 🧐

Thanks everyone for all of your observations!  🙏🏻

 

Exactly what kind for drinks were they serving in there?  😉 

[ONECRUISER]

23 minutes ago, island lady said:

 

We, once a few months ago, watched her come into Coco Cay, off loading and loading crew members  from there.   Was an interesting morning with 3 of the Oasis series sisters there as well.  Harmony, Symphony, and Oasis.  

 

So happy those days are since over with...we hope. 

Agree. Funny thing I mentioned on here before, When shutdown first happened was watching my Ship sit at Tampa for the weeks I was to be on her. Every morning early was watching on the live Cam a Royal employee open the curtains and make the bed, this in the Cabin I was to be in. At least they were able to use and enjoy my Corner/Aft Cabin...

[ONECRUISER]

8 hours ago, cruisingator2 said:

The Splendour and Legend are now part of Marella Cruise Line and sail as the Marella Discovery and Marella Discovery 2. Should be easy to distinguish those two from their former sisters.

 For about 20yrs been doing Southern Caribbean Cruise and over half the time would see one of Royals old Ships. Lost track but was at least 4, maybe 5 different ones that saw once or twice...

Edited March 31, 2022 by ONECRUISER

[publicpersona]

9 hours ago, Coralc said:

Mystery Solved! 

 

Our long, terrible national nightmare is over.

[Biker19]

Dup

Edited March 31, 2022 by Biker19

[WeMissSeaView]

19 hours ago, SilkySal said:

What about the ships that were sold? Are they scrapped yet?

Sovereign and Monarch have been scrapped.  Majesty is in deep cold storage in Greece, and should be scrapped in the near future.  Empress is currently sailing for a cruise line in India.

[cot427]

Sailing on Rhapsody in June and I know the first sailing back is mid-May. I'm a bit nervous about it since she's the last RCI ship back into service (I think) but that she's still being used for quarantine. Anyone else think there's a possibility they could extend her use in that regard and cancel Europe sailings?

[troutfisherman]

Just checked Marine Traffic and the ship off St martin is indeed Rhapsody.

[troutfisherman]

To end this here are the ships current locations.

[Biker19]

1 hour ago, cot427 said:

Anyone else think there's a possibility they could extend her use in that regard and cancel Europe sailings?

Look for her TA in a few weeks - if that doesn't happen, then start to worry.