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Looks like a first for the Voyager Class, Voyager of the Seas has been painted with a blue hull! Check out the FB page Singapore Cruise Society for the pic! 

Looks like the NSW government are looking into a new cruise terminal in Sydney, to be situated near the airport at Port Botany/Phillip Bay.

https://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/21579-nsw-government-eyes-sydney-terminal-plans.html

To try and put a positive spin on it, Voyager is getting something done which is better opposed to nothing at all. Despite being 20 years old I can't see it or any of the other Voyager Class ships being retired anytime soon and most likely will still be around for 30 years. When I was on the all access tour on Explorer in February the engineer said that the Voyager Class ships are built pretty well and the engines are made to last they also are more 'mechanical' rather than electronic which means there is less to go wrong than say a Quantum or Oasis Class ship. Just look at Empress & Majesty still being in the fleet at almost 30 years old!

47 minutes ago, twangster said:

Just how cold is the region in the winter?  

Don't some other lines leave ships there all year?

P&O Cruises Australia is the really only line based there year-round which currently has 3 ships (will be 4 in 2020). Winter in Australia & NZ depends on where you are really, it's still tropical north of Brisbane in Winter and in the South Pacific.

8 hours ago, twangster said:

Royal has had Spectrum in the booking system long enough to know if the region can support two Q ships in Asia at the same time.  It's possible with Spectrum now in China that they are looking to adjust capacity and have Quantum spend some of it's time elsewhere.   

Royal has been very successful in China but I'm not sure if that success would support Spectrum and OA5 at the same time.  That's a pretty significant bump in capacity, demand would have to be very strong, like Spectrum is consistently sold out months in advance kind of demand.

If OA5 goes to Galveston that could free up a Freedom class ship to find a new home somewhere.  Freedom class would fit into Australia now and be something new.  

That’s very true, a Freedom Class ship would be a good fit and something new for the Australia market. 

10 hours ago, mattymay said:

They need to being new class of ship sooner or later, because let's face it, once you've done a South Pacific and New Zealand cruise you're pretty much done in this part of the world. It then becomes more about the ship and new/different experiences it can offer.

Have you done a Tasmania or a Queensland cruise? 

If this 'unnamed ship' is in fact Quantum, this would mean a replacement would have to be sought in Asia as it's currently sailing there year-round. Hence my thoughts of the possibility of an Oasis Class heading to Asia at the end of 2021 freeing Quantum to come down to Australia. The only other thought here I would imagine OA 5 will just free up an Oasis Class to go to Galveston, TX though. 

Also, am I correct that Oasis Class do not tender? So this would also have to be taken into consideration.

For cruises to the South Pacific there would be very few ports that could handle it - if any currently.

For New Zealand I imagine Napier, Tauranga, Wellington & Lyttleton (once new pier is complete) should be able to accommodate but at this stage Ovation has to tender in the Harbour when visiting Auckland, which would therefore not even be possible with an Oasis Class ship. 

I’d say more likely an Oasis Class ship would get to Asia before Australia. 

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Radiance is showing to arrive in Singapore on 30^th September 2020 and the next cruise after that is 4^th November 2020. Guess we will have to wait until closer to the time to know of any changes, it could be just a normal routine drydock and a refresh without any major changes.

Definitely wouldn’t be surprised to see one of the Icon class in Asia-Pacific as well, but I’d most likely say since it’s a brand new class this first one will be based in the Caribbean. For West Coast I’d say it would be more likely to be an older ship, perhaps Liberty once an Oasis Class gets based in Galveston. 

It looks like Quantum arrives in Singapore on 19th October 2019 and the next cruise is 16th November 2019 so it will be a 4 week drydock. I don't think any details have been given as yet on to whats being done. 

That's interesting then. Guess we'll have to wait until April 2020 for the sailings released Apr 2021-Apr 2022 to see whats happening.

Hi all. 

Just noticed on the Napier, New Zealand port cruise schedule a stop with Quantum Of The Seas on 18th January 2022, not sure if this is simply a place holder, but Ovation is also not showing scheduled after 2021 so maybe in place of ?