cruisinghawg

The Song of Norway traveled to Nassau, San Juan and ST. Thomas for 12 years what did RC affectionally call this run?

Exactly!!!!! RC experimented with this as the Song of America was coming online in 1984. They had 2 sailings from Miami that went to Nassau and Hamilton. They were a success and RC sailed her from NYC to Hamilton in a midweek sailing beginning summer of 1985.

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Which RC ship was the first to sail the New York to Bermuda route?

2 hours ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Did each ship have its own itinerary…separate from the others?  I assume there was not much to do onboard either!

You are very close. When the SON came out it did Nassau, St. Thomas and San Juan. It had to do Nassau because of the Jones Act. It did this itinerary every week. When the Nordic Princess came it did 14 day itinerary out of Miami deep into the southern Caribbean. When the Sun Viking was launched they had to find new places to go and looked westward.

2 hours ago, Pooch said:

Our first cruise!

And y'all haven't changes one bit!!!!

2 hours ago, twangster said:

Actually when Royal acquired Admiral, Nordic Empress was originally Future Seas.   It was still being built at that time so they added a Windjammer and a Crown and renamed her from Future Seas to Nordic Empress.  

Until she left the fleet recently any on board billing still appeared on a credit card as "Nordic Empress".    At acquisition she was Future Seas.

You are correct as that was her original name. RC bought Admiral in 1988 but the Future Seas was a newbuild or not yet completed. When christened she became Nordic Empress. 

Empress OTS was originally named the Nordic Empress.

In the first 20 to 30 years of cruising the ships itinerary were different than they are today, what is the difference?

37 minutes ago, Jill said:

Song of America

no it was Empress but I have just learned that it was just retired.

24 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Thought it was Empress of the Seas but wasn't that recently retired??

Yes

45 minutes ago, twangster said:

In the current RCG fleet or somewhere else?  Are you referring to Future Seas?

Well now my wife has told me that it is no longer listed so may be a causality of the covid19 problem. But the answer was Empress of the seas

50 minutes ago, twangster said:

Good question.  I have a bunch of these saved up since I don't need them with my C&A status.  I could give them to my son though.  

The terminal contractors guarding the doors may not know what they are.  Pinnacle are suppose to have an hour leeway either side of their allocated time and I'm thinking those same terminal contractors will be slow to be trained on that so even Pinnacle may get some pushback initially.  

My guess is over time once there are more sailings completed and things settle into a routine you can probably use them without fear of being denied.  If your cruise is in the near term let us know how you make out with them.

Thanks and will do. We sail in Aug and will try to use it then so I will let y'all know

2 hours ago, Matt said:

Nope. It's all about boarding times

We have a priority boarding pass can we use them at this time and if so how does that work?

What ship did RC get from Admiral that is still in service today (well sort of)?

33 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Thanks for helping me not stay crazed trying to find that slogan!  In my readings I do remember that Royal merged with Admiral Cruises in late 1988.  Does this answer the question?

 

Yep congrats!!! Yes we need diversion from people trying to live our lives and tell we are stupid and wear a mask or do not wear a mask. Okay enough of that. Go cruising and carry on.

MrMarc, the CDC has politized this process. They wrote the CSO sent it to the cruise lines then threw it into a vault. shut the door, spun the lock and were going to completely forget about it until Nov 1, 2021. The evidence is overwhelming. It wasn't until the CLIA sent an appeal to TA and all it members to please contact their representatives to put pressure on them to look into this. Thus many of us received this and did so. Then the mayor of Miami went directly to the CDC to plead her constituents case. Then the State of Florida filed their suit. Only after the politicians got involved did the vault get opened. The CDC based their initial reason for locking out the cruise lines was based to the Diamond Princess ill fated voyage in Jan 2020. Crazy in that nobody knew anything about this disease at this point and 712 got infected and 14 died. Even judge Merryday pointed this out. The arrogance shown by the CDC has been staggering.

Matt forgive us if we are treading on dangerous ground. 

11 minutes ago, PG Cruiser said:

I don’t care about chair hogs because I don’t go to the pool deck on cruises.

But I need to know where I can get masks to match my proper attire.

DW wife just order 6 on Amazon all for color coordination. I just shake my head

29 minutes ago, Ray said:

Are the chairhogs in the vaccinated or unvaccinated area?  

No you didn't!!!

Okay the answer is "Sail a Skyscraper" 

Was only used for the duration of Song of Norway's first season and was tossed when Nordic Prince went into service.

Okay next "What was the first cruise line RC purchased?"

What date are you entering?

Anybody sail of Song of Norway I will give a super heart. But you may give me one as we have sailed on her with none other than Ken Rush.

27 minutes ago, PPPJJ-GCVAB said:

Trying to google this and actually finding lots of interesting info!  So not sure this is the first used slogan but one used in the 1990's was "The Grand Resorts of the Seven Seas".   If it's not the first one used...hope someone will share that info!   

Thanks for doing this Trivia topic! 

No but excellent find!!! Keep trying. 

Still Mama Mia I believe but I will tell ya for sure I Aug.

Oh and I see you are on deck 8 which on this class of ship is perfect!!!! You can always start your day and end your day with a beautiful stroll through the park, sit out side in one of the specialty restaurants or sit under the stars at the Trellis Bar for cocktails while listening to strings being played. It is a truly wonderful and unique place.

Okay never mind I just saw Mariner!! Duh on me But download the RC app and register.

1 a must fly in the day before and go exploring

2 Try to board as early as possible

3 Once on board sign up for your shows and dining times if you have specialty restaurants

4 Do your safety drill on the App

5 Cruise compass is your friend pick one up at guess services. It will have all that is going on listed for you and the times.

JUST HAVE FUN

What ship? So I could be more specific.

But you could go to the following web site for fantastic info

https://www.youtube.com/royalcaribbeanblog