Jmccaffrey

Hey all. I am on this cruise as well. Booked this when it 1st came out. See you all then 🙂

On my bucket list is a river cruise to see the Christmas markets of Europe. 
It will be nice to see what Celebrity will offer.

That technology has been on ships for over 60 years, it's not available for commercial use.

Hey all. I am on this cruise as well. Booked this when it 1st came out. See you all then 🙂

Just sailed on serenade. Thought it was fabulous. I don't see a need to retire and build new. 

I Can't wait. 🙂 I need a 11 day cruise

thanks for the info very helpful

I entered the ship sponsored slot tournament on Mariner once. Six people played each round. After everyone had played once, the highest six played for the winner. And surprisingly it was me. Won $500. The only skill involved is being able to push that button for 3 minutes and it is very exhausting.

30 year age limit for the 3 classes (Vision 2026-2028), Voyager (2029-2033) and Radiance (2031-2034) equals 13 ships.  I could see them doing 6-8 ships in addition to the new large builds.  I could be completely wrong too lol.  We've been talking in circles on Project Discovery for awhile now so I am looking forward to getting a formal announcement hopefully this year...

I am People, and I would 100% pay as much for a smaller ship *IF* the itineraries are compelling. I’m still hoping Royal moves forward with this 😉

This is more explanation for those that still don’t understand why Loyal to Royal frequent cruises are leaving Royal.  
After all the years and $$$ we spent supporting RCCL to reach Loyalty levels. Now they are “devaluing” our loyalty and taking away perks or lessening them show how little they value our support and years we sailed with them.

Never got an email but happened to check the website and saw this offer.
2025 SUMMERTIME SAILING S CRUISE FARE FOR 1 GUEST IN A DOUBLE OCCUPANCY OCEANVIEW OR INTERIOR STATEROOM ON SELECT SAILINGS + $25 FREEPLAY Woohoo!  Cruise for 1 means paying for second guest even when solo.  
Book it while it's hot!
On a side note, new slot machines on a few ships.

 

They give you a bucket/cooler bag if you purchase it onboard..usually it isn't chilled when you buy it.  The discount is only available onboard, not to pre-purchase. Just bring 1 bottle per 21+ passenger. 

Just bring a bottle of champagne with you.

I believe a bottle of wine purchased onboard should be at, or right around, 750 ml.

Not by policy but if you have your two bottles In your carry on and the other couple has their two bottle in their carry on there may be no correlation that the four of you are in fact in the same cabin.  

Just wanted to say thank you for posting that video, I watched the 3 part series on building Project Eagle/Voyager last night and I enjoyed it a bunch.

The same size as the Voyager class, and expected to be in service in 2027 is what was said at Captain's Corner on Ovation last week. Captain Espen added that there are renderings of the new class out there but that he personally hadn't seen them.

I just asked the Captain on Explorer. He didn't add much other than the current plan is for a class of ships the same size as Voyager class.
I'd take that as confirmation that the program is still in progress. However, there was no indication of timing.

There's not been any new updates recently.

I always find it ironic how developers remove all trees so that they can plant new ones exactly where they want instead of trying to work around what is already there.

That site isn't legit https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2020/08/03/those-sites-claiming-list-cruise-ships-sale-arent-legit

Since I've yet to see a map of what Royal's acquired, here's my rough estimate based on the news.

 
Based on the articles, the port area will still be open to all lines, but they'll be steered towards a transportation hub instead of being able to enter PDMX. I strongly suspect the PDMX entrance will be something akin to the gates at a major theme park with the Seapass acting as admission media.