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Ashland

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Late last night I was able to book Navigator Feb 14, 2025 out of Los Angeles 7 night Mexican Riviera paid my $500 deposit and received my email confirmation and booking number. Now checking back I can't see that available but it is showing on my upcoming cruises on my Cruise Planner.

 

Got an amazing rate for an OS ($3,668.12) it was actually priced less than a JS. So did RCI make a mistake?

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Ourusualbeach

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6 minutes ago, Ashland said:

Late last night I was able to book Navigator Feb 14, 2025 out of Los Angeles 7 night Mexican Riviera paid my $500 deposit and received my email confirmation and booking number. Now checking back I can't see that available but it is showing on my upcoming cruises on my Cruise Planner.

 

Got an amazing rate for an OS ($3,668.12) it was actually priced less than a JS. So did RCI make a mistake?

I booked a 2 bedroom GS for a client this morning, Cheaper than getting 2 balconies.

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Ashland

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3 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

I booked a 2 bedroom GS for a client this morning, Cheaper than getting 2 balconies.

Just wondering why I can't see this cruise this morning being offered? What happened ?

The pricing was just crazy and I couldn't believe my eyes last night. A JS more expensive than an OS ??? I thought it was too soon to have this itinerary released yet?

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13 minutes ago, Ashland said:

Just wondering why I can't see this cruise this morning being offered? What happened ?

The pricing was just crazy and I couldn't believe my eyes last night. A JS more expensive than an OS ??? I thought it was too soon to have this itinerary released yet?

It was only a test load.  It goes up and then they take it down.  they don't expect anyone to be booking it.  Probably an error...hope they honour it.

 

It will be released either this week or very early next week along with all the other NV sailings along with the other short sailings

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Ashland

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7 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

It was only a test load.  It goes up and then they take it down.  they don't expect anyone to be booking it.  Probably an error...hope they honour it.

 

It will be released either this week or very early next week along with all the other NV sailings along with the other short sailings

I kept thinking the same thing as I proceeded through the booking but it just moved forward with no glitches at all. Fingers crossed they honor it.

 

 

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2 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I kept thinking the same thing as I proceeded through the booking but it just moved forward with no glitches at all. Fingers crossed they honor it.

 

 

Makes you want to keep checking when the rest of those are released and hope there are other great rates

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52 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I kept thinking the same thing as I proceeded through the booking but it just moved forward with no glitches at all. Fingers crossed they honor it.

 

 

My conspiracy theory is the system admins tell their friends to book a cruise during the test load for a great price but they only have a small five minute window to work with.

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1 hour ago, soremekun said:

My conspiracy theory is the system admins tell their friends to book a cruise during the test load for a great price but they only have a small five minute window to work with.

I was flying through the booking...no problem. Then after I booked I went back a few times just checking on it and it was still up.. Love those late nights here on the west coast. Have gotten some of my best deals then.

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6 minutes ago, Ashland said:

I was flying through the booking...no problem. Then after I booked I went back a few times just checking on it and it was still up.. Love those late nights here on the west coast. Have gotten some of my best deals then.

I fondly remember the early morning deals as well😇 (East Coast)

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19 minutes ago, Ashland said:

Navigator iSkate Reach For The Stars is the best ice show fleet wide. We just saw it again two weeks ago.

I loved the drones, but liked music and theme for 365 Seasons on Ice  on Wonder more. They had an aerialist that was spectacular. 

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5 hours ago, Teeara said:

So when are they moving Allure to PC?  I thought she was home ported in Galveston?

November 3, 2023 will be Allure's first short cruise out of Port Canaveral -- 3 nights.  We are sailing on the first cruise along with November 6 - 4 night -- back to back.  

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17 hours ago, East Bay Skiers said:

I sure hope not!  🙂   I just booked a 5 night Western Caribbean on the Allure out of Port Canaveral departing October 25th. 

They must have changed the schedule or I read it wrong.  Just glad there is another Oasis class ship coming to Port C and hope she will be there once short 2024-2025 short cruises are released.  

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11 minutes ago, SherriZ366 said:

They must have changed the schedule or I read it wrong.  Just glad there is another Oasis class ship coming to Port C and hope she will be there once short 2024-2025 short cruises are released.  

When I read that post I thought they had it booked for Oct 2024 but their cruise is on the Allure out of PC this year Oct 2023.  I saw a cruise listed on Royal's website the other day for the Allure  May 2024 but it disappeared so hoping that she stays in PC.  I think the Voyager might also come this way. 

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On 2/6/2023 at 5:46 PM, Jumping Cruiser said:


I’m pretty confident that it will be Odyssey, as there are lots of little pieces of evidence that help to build a bigger picture.

 

- November 2024 Madeira port call for Odyssey has destination marked as Cape Liberty, this will be for her TA.

 

- Odyssey has various bookings in St Maarten throughout January and February 2025, with no mention of Anthem unlike previous years. Two of these calls are 11-days apart, which would tie in with the 11-night Southern Caribbean cruises usually carried out by Anthem.

 

- May 2025 Madeira port call for Odyssey has origin port marked as Cape Liberty and destination as La Coruna (Then Southampton I presume.)

 

As I say, I’m pretty confident that this will be the case and would be very shocked if actual deployment differs. Also, I did see a post about a NextCruise employee mentioning a potential ship change for NJ, which would back this up further. 

 

My folks were on Anthem last month and Capt. Ban confirmed the change to Odyssey. One of the questions asked during Captain's Corner was whether it was his preference to change ships or stay aboard Anthem and continue on the new itineraries. They had another employee, I believe NextCruise, also quietly confirm Odyssey would be the Cape Liberty replacement.

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6 minutes ago, Ourusualbeach said:

Just saw this posted on another site.  Not available to book and the 10 night originally scheduled YVR to Hawaii is closed for bookings

 

Brilliance of the Seas

 

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We had booked the Brilliance YVR to Hawaii and it has been cancelled. 😪

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