Jamesszy94

Afaik, no, there's no chance Oasis or Icon ships will ever come to Australia. We seem to be the country where cruise lines send their unwanted/unpopular ships.... or we get 15 year old ships. We're stuck with having to travel to the United States (ugh) or Europe to sail on Icon/Oasis class. Afaik. Brisbane Terminal can accommodate an Oasis-class but alas, Royal will never send us one. Like Chili said, we just don't have the population for it, and I don't think any of the ports that Royal sails to from Australia can dock an Oasis or Icon class.

Someone take lots photos of the beautiful Allure before we get all of the ugly slides! Those will be the last we ever see of the original Oasis-class ships! I still wish Royal kept Allure as the only non-amplified Oasis-class. My bucket list is to sail on Oasis and Allure before they inevitably retire from service.

Oh I meant the FlowRider being a rental

I do remember seeing that a while ago, I always just assumed it was a rental or something

If that's what Vision looks like next to Allure.... I can't even imagine what she'd look like next to Icon

At this point, you might as well just install a FlowRider in your backyard permanently....

Enjoy your cruise~ Happy New Year to everyone! I wish I could sail during Christmas/New Years one day... Loving all the pics!

I had a similar problem on my last cruise where my status was printed wrong on my SSP, so I went to Guest Services and told them the situation, showed them my current status on the app and then showed them my SSP and they printed me a new one right there. Try going to guest services once you're on board?

Looks like Allure is finally getting amplified.... why must Royal insist on putting those hideous slides down the back of the ship... I'm seriously tempted to book a sailing on her before she gets amped.

My brother's first ever cruise was on the Disney Wonder - 98,000 GT, which by today's standards, is considered "small", but he said he loved it and he would like to eventually try a bigger ship. I think smaller ships are better for first time cruisers imo because it gives you a "feel" of cruising. But each to their own. Smaller ships definitely give more a classic cruising vibe. If you're worried about her 10 year old daughter being bored, you could try the "mid" sized Royal ships - Voyager and Freedom class ships.

I would use MEI Travel, but they only accept USD and the exchange rate from USD to AUD is so bad that I usually just book through Royal's website. I asked Danny from Harr Travel a while back if they had any plans to cater to the Australian market, and he said there were, but it would be some time cause there were logistical hoops they needed to jump through, so might be a while or might be never. We'll just have to wait and see... The only time we (my mum) ever used a travel agent was when we went to the United States back in 2017 for 35 days...

It's all just empty words at this point.... until we see something concrete come out from the NSW Government, I'm not holding out hope for anything.

Yet they still drive their petrol guzzler BMW's, Mercedes-Benz and Jaguars. Double standards are through the roof . I find myself having to look at Singapore and Brisbane for cruises now, just because they're so much cheaper there and their destinations are well.... more exotic (Singapore at least) and frankly cruising out of Brisbane is just cheaper... I guess because people don't want to travel to Brisbane from interstate. Australian cruises: - South Pacific - New Zealand - Hobart/Adelaide But also it's not that the government doesn't have money to spend, it's that they just spend it on useless stuff (Not gonna get into what or get into politics cause this isn't a political forum but iykyk)

Alas, if only our government would pump money into the cruise industry and build more ports that are capable of berthing an Oasis-class... afaik, the largest cruise ship we've gotten in Australia is Ovation (Anthem when she arrives next year). So far we've only got White Bay Cruise Terminal, the Overseas Passenger Terminal and Brisbane Terminal.

Nevermind... I didn't realise this was for Royal cruises only