Deployment 2025-26 booking season begins

[springaussie]

Royal did have 2 port booking in Hawaii April 2025 for Quantum. They now  are one day out. For Quantum and Ovation. 

Ovation TP is currently not on sale in most places Sydney to Honolulu. 
Ovation has never appeared on Hawaii Ports. 

 

 

Edited January 13 by springaussie

[Suzcruz75]

22 hours ago, OCSC Mike said:

Almost assuredly yes. Then once Star launches both Utopia and Wonder will be doing 3/4s but one will head south (my guess is Wonder).

Thanks 😊 

[yyzcruising]

On 1/12/2024 at 9:50 PM, springaussie said:

Royal did have 2 port booking in Hawaii April 2025 for Quantum. They now  are one day out. For Quantum and Ovation. 

Ovation TP is currently not on sale in most places Sydney to Honolulu. 
Ovation has never appeared on Hawaii Ports. 

 

So you think Quantum will replace Ovation on the TP and leave 1 day earlier?

[FamilyCruiserUK]

Just booked a 7 nighter on Allure of the seas out of barcelona in Oct 25. Went to a cruise show in Lincoln UK just to be nosey and walked away having booked 😂

Hopefully her amplification goes ahead feb- end of march 25.

Will be my sister and her families first time on a Oasis class having previously been on Brilliance. 

[Jimbo]

1 hour ago, FamilyCruiserUK said:

Just booked a 7 nighter on Allure of the seas out of barcelona in Oct 25. Went to a cruise show in Lincoln UK just to be nosey and walked away having booked 😂

Hopefully her amplification goes ahead feb- end of march 25.

Will be my sister and her families first time on a Oasis class having previously been on Brilliance. 

We can all hope for no slide !!

[springaussie]

6 hours ago, yyzcruising said:

 

So you think Quantum will replace Ovation on the TP and leave 1 day earlier?

Yes Quantum working Ovation’s cruise is what I think is the most likely. 
But  here is something to think about.

If you add the time of arrival from Hawaii Ports into Honolulu for Quantum together with the current Ovation departure cruise still on sale to Vancouver this time could easily be used for Spectrum of the Seas US Coast Guard inspection to enter service in the USA. Probably not going to happen but it certainly could explain why so much time in Honolulu and Royal could be looking for an Anthem replacement. 

[bigeck]

29 minutes ago, springaussie said:

Yes Quantum working Ovation’s cruise is what I think is the most likely. 
But  here is something to think about.

If you add the time of arrival from Hawaii Ports into Honolulu for Quantum together with the current Ovation departure cruise still on sale to Vancouver this time could easily be used for Spectrum of the Seas US Coast Guard inspection to enter service in the USA. Probably not going to happen but it certainly could explain why so much time in Honolulu and Royal could be looking for an Anthem replacement. 

Will that mean a cruise with overnight in San Francisco 

[FamilyCruiserUK]

2 hours ago, Jimbo said:

We can all hope for no slide !!

5 out of 9 of us going are children so we all want the slides, dry and water slides 🙏

[yyzcruising]

18 hours ago, springaussie said:

Yes Quantum working Ovation’s cruise is what I think is the most likely. 

I just want to see come clarity.. or nothing changes and were creating our own uncertainty!

 

Just want to be able to reliably book our dates for Aulani :/ Although the prices suck because it falls over the Easter window.

[SherriZ366]

On 1/12/2024 at 7:48 PM, Suzcruz75 said:

Sorry if it’s been discussed previously but I can’t find it within the thread. 
is Utopia remaining in PC and still doing 4/3 night sailings in May 2025. I know it’s not released yet

 

we are coming over from Australia and are doing a week on Norwegian Aqua then have a week before we sail on Icon so considering Utopia for the time in between cruises

The short cruises are supposed to be released during the week of February 19, 2024

[toad455]

On 1/3/2024 at 1:00 PM, OCSC Mike said:

 

 

Northeast will be released the week of February 12th...

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

Currently on the Anthem. The next cruise specialist I talked to said she's fairly certain the Odyssey will return for the Winter sailings of 2025-26.

[Miloomar]

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[CTCruiser76]

Just wondering if the release date of the 2025 Bermuda/Canada-New England/short Caribbean cruises are later than normal this year? It is strange that they are not out yet ??

 

We are here in the freezing temperatures and researching cruises and want to book a 2025 cruise to Bermuda, but nothing is available yet.......seems late to me, but this could be normal timing?

 

Wouldn't RCCL want cruises available now during wave season?

Edited January 21 by CTCruiser76

[pyrateslife4me84]

1 hour ago, CTCruiser76 said:

Just wondering if the release date of the 2025 Bermuda/Canada-New England/short Caribbean cruises are later than normal this year? It is strange that they are not out yet ??

 

We are here in the freezing temperatures and researching cruises and want to book a 2025 cruise to Bermuda, but nothing is available yet.......seems late to me, but this could be normal timing?

 

Wouldn't RCCL want cruises available now during wave season?

Usually releases in February.  Just a few weeks to go!

 

Have we confirmed Liberty OTS is covering this route again? Maybe one day they’ll send Freedom OTS instead. 

Edited January 21 by pyrateslife4me84

[mets123]

2 hours ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

Usually releases in February.  Just a few weeks to go!

 

Have we confirmed Liberty OTS is covering this route again? Maybe one day they’ll send Freedom OTS instead. 

What's the difference between the ships? They're the same class. Freedom was supposed to be in Bayonne in 2021 but COVID took care of that.

[pyrateslife4me84]

12 minutes ago, mets123 said:

What's the difference between the ships? They're the same class. Freedom was supposed to be in Bayonne in 2021 but COVID took care of that.

Some dining, shows, appearance of pool deck since Freedom was amped. 

[gallagher123123]

2 hours ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

Usually releases in February.  Just a few weeks to go!

 

Have we confirmed Liberty OTS is covering this route again? Maybe one day they’ll send Freedom OTS instead. 

Oo I would love to see Freedom come to Bayonne. Independence would be cool too. Pretty sure I saw it an earlier post that it will be Liberty again though. Maybe they'll switch it up for 2026.

[pyrateslife4me84]

On 8/18/2023 at 4:26 PM, Jumping Cruiser said:

 

St Maarten, Caribbean - Port Schedule (Correct as of 18/08/23)

Several additional bookings made throughout the season for Icon. See updated list below:

 

May 2025:

1st May - Vision OTS
1st May - Wonder OTS

5th May - Symphony OTS

5th May - Liberty OTS

6th May - Icon OTS

7th May - Oasis OTS

14th May - Wonder OTS

20th May - Icon OTS.  *NEW*

27th May - Rhapsody OTS

28th May - Wonder OTS

 

June 2025:

2nd June - Liberty OTS

3rd June - Icon OTS

4th June - Oasis OTS

11th June - Rhapsody OTS

12th June - Wonder OTS

18th June - Rhapsody OTS

25th June - Rhapsody OTS

26th June - Wonder OTS

30th June - Liberty OTS

 

July 2025:

1st July - Icon OTS.  *NEW*

3rd July - Oasis OTS

9th July - Rhapsody OTS

15th July - Icon OTS

16th July - Rhapsody OTS

23rd July - Rhapsody OTS

28th July - Liberty OTS

30th July - Oasis OTS

August 2025:

5th August - Icon OTS.  *NEW*

6th August - Rhapsody OTS

7th August - Harmony OTS

13th August - Rhapsody OTS

20th August - Rhapsody OTS

25th August - Liberty OTS

26th August - Icon OTS

27th August - Oasis OTS

28th August - Harmony OTS

 

September 2025:

3rd September - Rhapsody OTS

6th September - Jewel OTS

10th September - Rhapsody OTS

16th September - Icon OTS.  *NEW*

17th September - Rhapsody OTS

18th September - Harmony OTS

24th September - Oasis OTS

 

October 2025:

1st October - Rhapsody OTS

7th October - Icon OTS

8th October - Rhapsody OTS

9th October - Harmony OTS

15th October - Rhapsody OTS

22nd October - Oasis OTS

28th October - Icon OTS.  *NEW*

29th October - Rhapsody OTS

30th October - Harmony OTS

 

November 2025:

9th November - Odyssey OTS

Quoting this older post. If Liberty will be calling in St. Marteen in summer 2025, I presume she isn’t sailing from Cape Liberty (that seems a bit far even for the 9-day itineraries). So, perhaps Freedom will be coming to Cape Liberty instead. 

[OfTheSeasCruiser]

6 minutes ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

Quoting this older post. If Liberty will be calling in St. Marteen in summer 2025, I presume she isn’t sailing from Cape Liberty (that seems a bit far even for the 9-day itineraries). So, perhaps Freedom will be coming to Cape Liberty instead. 

St. Maarten is typically a stop on the 9 night Bermuda/Caribbean itineraries.

[pyrateslife4me84]

4 minutes ago, OfTheSeasCruiser said:

St. Maarten is typically a stop on the 9 night Bermuda/Caribbean itineraries.

Interesting. The one I was looking at for 2024 had a couple stops in D.R. Must be a one-off. 

[xtremegk]

52 minutes ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

Interesting. The one I was looking at for 2024 had a couple stops in D.R. Must be a one-off. 

 

Previous to 2024, St. Maarten was common on the 9-nighters out of Cape Liberty. I've taken summer 9-nighters that did St. Thomas/St. Maarten/San Juan and San Juan/St. Maarten/Labadee in addition to Bermuda. For some reason, they decided to focus more towards the DR next summer. Liberty's frequency of 1-2x per month and disappearing from the St. Maarten schedule in the fall (when they switch the 9-nighters to Canada/NE) are also consistent with Cape Liberty.

If you go back to page 21 on this thread, @Ourusualbeach had the list of ships provided to TAs in each region (original post removed, but still quoted by others). Shows FR in the short Caribbean launch and LB up our way. No real surprise, they like to keep consistent rotations up here for at least a few years before moving ships on.

[pyrateslife4me84]

20 minutes ago, xtremegk said:

 

Previous to 2024, St. Maarten was common on the 9-nighters out of Cape Liberty. I've taken summer 9-nighters that did St. Thomas/St. Maarten/San Juan and San Juan/St. Maarten/Labadee in addition to Bermuda. For some reason, they decided to focus more towards the DR next summer. Liberty's frequency of 1-2x per month and disappearing from the St. Maarten schedule in the fall (when they switch the 9-nighters to Canada/NE) are also consistent with Cape Liberty.

If you go back to page 21 on this thread, @Ourusualbeach had the list of ships provided to TAs in each region (original post removed, but still quoted by others). Shows FR in the short Caribbean launch and LB up our way. No real surprise, they like to keep consistent rotations up here for at least a few years before moving ships on.

Makes sense. Thanks for the clarity! We loved Liberty to Halifax last summer so it looks like we will sail her to Bermuda in 2025!

[xtremegk]

1 hour ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

Makes sense. Thanks for the clarity! We loved Liberty to Halifax last summer so it looks like we will sail her to Bermuda in 2025!

 

We sailed Adventure to Halifax in 2022, loved it. Gave my wife our 2025 options based off what we can see from here, with a Halifax/Bermuda B2B on Liberty as one of the choices. She's leaning Symphony or holiday cruise on Odyssey.

[kj_connections]

Will there be any Quantum class ships visiting Coco Cay in the fall of 2025 or later? Can anyone predict?

[gallagher123123]

7 minutes ago, kj_connections said:

Will there be any Quantum class ships visiting Coco Cay in the fall of 2025 or later? Can anyone predict?

Odyssey very likely will if it does in fact return to Bayonne in the fall of 2025.