Jamesszy94

My question is, if they'll ever Amplify the Vision-class ships..

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Maybe they want Ovation to be refreshed for the new Alaska season? I'm sure they'll do Quantum and Anthem eventually too.

Looking forward to sailing on Ovation again after her Amplification!

How do these kinds of cruises even work? Does "Bliss Cruise" book out the entire ship or something and then you have to book through them for that particular sailing?

Finally caught up with your live blog! I'm so sorry to hear about your Golden Love all the pictures. I'm so jealous... Europe is on my bucket list! (Well.... Prague...but y'know.... Czech Republic is landlocked, so cruise ships are unable to get in and out )

(iykyk) My dad works for Royal Caribbean and he leaked the 4th Icon Ship and 6th Edge-class ship names! Celebrity of the Seas Celebrity Icon

Was anyone really expecting to get different ports? It was only a matter of time before we got the same ports.

5 more days to go until Royal delays our cruise deployment schedule again! Who's ready for disappointment.

I was wondering why that sailing was so cheap. I might book even if it is only 9 days. I would like to visit Dunedin, missed out last year. I'm not surprised in the slightest. Yes. I went to visit all of these ports last year on my 10 day cruise. They were indeed all industrial working ports and were almost like a 25-40 minute bus trip to/from the port. I'm glad I got to see Dusky, Milford and Doubtful then if they really are banning cruise ships from entering the Sounds.

I'm fully expecting Royal to come out and be like "Psych, here you go, have Legend of the Seas in 2028-2029"

Then she'll be back for the 2027-2028 season Royal can't keep her away from Australia

I fully expect her to return in 2026-2027

Australia getting their cruise deployment schedule before Singapore?! Who are you and what have you done with Royal Caribbean

Afaik, on my last cruise when I went to the C&A Exclusive Event where we got to ask the captain and stuff questions, they said that Q-class (Ovation) barely just fits at the OPT.... there's a huge chunk of her that sticks out in the harbour though apparently.

There's no port big enough in Australia to cater to an Oasis-class.... except Brisbane, but Royal is never going to send an Oasis-class to Brisbane... there's no market in Brisbane, now if only a certain government *cough cough* NSW *cough* *cough* would upgrade the Overseas Passenger Terminal.

I'm expecting Royal to come out and be like "For the foreseeable future, unfortunately, we will no longer be sending ships down to Australia" They're probably deciding which 15 year old leftover ship they want to give us.

Seems like cruising out of Singapore is cheaper than cruising out of Sydney...

The megaships just aren't suited for smaller ports. Even during our New Zealand cruise last year, we could barely fit into some of the ports in Picton and Napier and had to use the industrial work ports.

At this point, you need to take out a loan from the bank to be able to afford to cruise with Royal Caribbean in Australia.. especially Sydney. Brisbane is still okay from what I've seen from the prices. It just seems like RCCL doesn't really care about us and just throw us whatever ships... I mean, we've had Ovation since what? 2016? That's NINE years There's absolutely no variety... and don't even get me started on the ports.

Quantum returning to Brisbane? Good luck selling out Quantum.

I wouldn't get too excited about the Australian market. It'll just be the same itineraries that it's offering now, except maybe they'll start stopping in Eden more. It'll be a combination of: Hobart/Adelaide, New Zealand, South Pacific, Queensland (Airlie Beach) and then like one Transpacific at the end of the season. - Basically the same thing for the past 3 years. I guess the thing to get excited about is *which* ship we'll be getting instead.

It seems like they must bbe discounting it, I always see 5 and 7 night cruises out Brisbane for way cheaper than the same itinerary it of Sydney