Jamesszy94

I did this. I searched for Serenade only but she's still showing nothing for me beyond September of 2025

Mine was only filtered to Jan 2026 - April 2026 and there was nothing.

What do we think about the fact that Radiance and Serenade are blocked out for 2026?

Brilliance is there too... Wonder what Royal are going to do with her. What about when Serenade finishes her world cruise later this year? Do we know what they're going to do with her?

It's all South Pacific and Queensland this time.

If the pricing wasn't so high, it'd be easier to swallow, but South Pacific again... for basically a carbon copy of a ship we've had for the past 7 years is ridiculous. And an older carbon copy at that..

Hmm that's surprising seeing as how Auckland is New Zealand's largest city. When I was in Auckland last year visiting family, we went to Kelly Tarlton's and could see the Celebrity cruise ship across the harbour. It's very surprising that Picton and Napier both have ports big enough for Ovation, but Auckland doesn't...

Seems like none of Anthem's 2026 New Zealand itineraries include Auckland.

I guess that makes sense why it was considered "sold out" Might book this one cause it has Dunedin...

Hmm. If that's the case, I guess you have to have a massive amount of disposable income now if you want to afford a cruise on a Royal ship. Time to sail . Anyone have any experience? What are the chances that Anthem is sold out already? I did a mock booking for an oceanview and only the Mid was left. The aft and rear were both "Sold Out".. Is this Royal's way of blocking out certain rooms so that TA's can sell them?

Yep seems like the ports are the same. Maybe I'll just do a 2 night sailing on Anthem or Voyager to try the ship.

Probably cause the sailings are just new and those suites are often in high demand. I expect them to go down in the next few months

I would also like to try Spectrum. If I had to fly to anywhere to cruise, it'd be Singapore or Hong Kong, since they're places I actually like.

The same ports (hopefully, these aren't final)... looks like I might have to start looking at other cruise lines... I'm not willing to fork out money to fly overseas just to experience new ports.

Even if her amplification was lacklustre, honestly, it'll be nice to just have a bit of variety. We've had Ovation (not sure about Quantum) for like 7-8 years, it'll be a nice change... even if it does mean we have to fly to Brisbane for Voyager. Sydney getting Anthem is nice I guess... it is still a Quantum-class and it's basically a carbon copy of Ovation save a few differences. Hoping Royal will give us Brilliance also and she'll alternate between Brisbane/Sydney. Honestly, the South Pacific, Queensland, Adelaide & Tasmania and New Zealand itineraries are getting boring. There's no variety. If we had a smaller ship like Brilliance, she could tender/dock in places like Norfolk Island, Tonga, Vanuatu, Fiji etc. At the moment from the "leaks" from a couple of days ago, it looks like the itineraries didn't change, and it's still South Pacific and New Zealand - I'm hoping Royal has a surprise up their sleeve, but I'm not holding my breath.

AMPED up ADVENTURE. Did Voyager get her amplification recently?

I'm hoping Royal has some surprise ports on their South Pacific cruises. Hoping Fiji or Vanuatu.

Maybe I can finally convince my dad to cruise out of Brisbane now... his reasoning was that: it's the same ship as Ovation - so there's no point.

I don't think it's that noone wants Voyager - It's probably just that Royal has nowhere to send her to. Assuming they're not going to send any ships to the Middle East/Red Sea region for the foreseeable future - so that rules out Voyager being sent there, and I doubt it'd go to Asia - since Asia would have 4 ships

I know Ovation is a Panda, and since this is clearly Anthem - I guess Anthem is a giraffe What does Quantum, Spectrum and Odyssey have?

Yep I saw the thing about Voyager sailing year round from Brisbane here @Chili. Yay to getting an older Quantum class than Ovation I guess

Looks like Voyager could be sailing year round from Brisbane in 2025/2026...