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Woohoo finally able to check in for our October cruise. It's been a long two years waiting to be able to cruise again.
Also as a bonus New Zealand has dropped all Covid restrictions completely. (apart from aged and healthcare facilities).
I'm finally getting excited.
 

Woohoo finally able to check in for our October cruise. It's been a long two years waiting to be able to cruise again.
Also as a bonus New Zealand has dropped all Covid restrictions completely. (apart from aged and healthcare facilities).
I'm finally getting excited.
 

Woohoo finally able to check in for our October cruise. It's been a long two years waiting to be able to cruise again.
Also as a bonus New Zealand has dropped all Covid restrictions completely. (apart from aged and healthcare facilities).
I'm finally getting excited.
 

Woohoo finally able to check in for our October cruise. It's been a long two years waiting to be able to cruise again.
Also as a bonus New Zealand has dropped all Covid restrictions completely. (apart from aged and healthcare facilities).
I'm finally getting excited.
 

Be careful to ask if you will retain the same booking number when re-pricing IF double CAS points are involved.  
Losing the deposit historically meant one cruise was cancelled and a new cruise was created.  Depending on the Oz double CAS points promo there could be implications to this type of repricing.  

I think the prices on an Oasis ship ship would be eye watering compared to a Voyager ship. I am sure it would still sell out though.

I think the prices on an Oasis ship ship would be eye watering compared to a Voyager ship. I am sure it would still sell out though.

New Caledonia and Vanuatu opening to cruise ships this month.
https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/new-calendonia-vanuatu-cruises-return/
 

New Caledonia and Vanuatu opening to cruise ships this month.
https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/new-calendonia-vanuatu-cruises-return/
 

New Caledonia and Vanuatu opening to cruise ships this month.
https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/new-calendonia-vanuatu-cruises-return/
 

New Caledonia and Vanuatu opening to cruise ships this month.
https://cruisepassenger.com.au/news/new-calendonia-vanuatu-cruises-return/
 

IT will be interesting once Perfect Day is up and operational. Surely you would want more than one or two visits per week all year round to make it viable.

IT will be interesting once Perfect Day is up and operational. Surely you would want more than one or two visits per week all year round to make it viable.

We are booked on Quantum next April in the RLS. Can't wait for that cruise, hopefully the Islands will be fully open by then. My parents are on Quantum in November. On our next cruise we are sailing on Ovation cruising to NZ (ironic after being locked up here in NZ for so long), it will just be nice to be back on the water.

We are booked on Quantum next April in the RLS. Can't wait for that cruise, hopefully the Islands will be fully open by then. My parents are on Quantum in November. On our next cruise we are sailing on Ovation cruising to NZ (ironic after being locked up here in NZ for so long), it will just be nice to be back on the water.

My sweet sport would be 1 Quantum class, 1 Freedom class and 1 Radiance class.
Disclaimer: I really enjoyed Independence of the Seas in Europe.

My sweet sport would be 1 Quantum class, 1 Freedom class and 1 Radiance class.
Disclaimer: I really enjoyed Independence of the Seas in Europe.

I have had my official notification plus a bonus that our cruise is now an extra day so very pleased.
 

Thanks Twangster, I am happy to move to Brilliance as I enjoy Radiance Class dining options.

It is hard to find much information but I guess the underlying reasons for changes relate to these rules in some. Still doesn’t make immediate sense as to why two identical ships need to be swapped.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-06-07/cruise-liners-try-to-rewrite-climate-rules-despite-vows

This is a quote from a document I found on the IMO website:
What about speed as a measure?
The initial GHG strategy adopted by IMO includes a range of candidate short-term measures – including: “consider and analyse the use of speed optimization and speed reduction as a measure, taking into account safety issues, distance travelled, distortion of the market or to trade and that such measure does not impact on shipping's capability to serve remote geographic areas”.
So this is certainly something that Member States are discussing.
The guidelines for the mandatory Ship Energy Efficiency Management Plan (SEEMP) already refer to "speed optimization" as a potential approach to improve the energy efficiency of the ship, recognizing that speed optimization can produce significant savings.
The 2016 Guidelines for the development of a ship energy efficiency management plan (SEEMP) can be downloaded here.
 
 
reducing emissions by 2030 seems to be the goal.
 

I have had my official notification plus a bonus that our cruise is now an extra day so very pleased.
 

I have had my official notification plus a bonus that our cruise is now an extra day so very pleased.
 

Thanks Twangster, I am happy to move to Brilliance as I enjoy Radiance Class dining options.

We booked the Royal Suite on Enchantment for November 2023 so if it is Brilliance hopefully they will just transfer us to the same suite doing the same itinerary as this is one of the few we haven't done.
 
 

Thanks Twangster, I am happy to move to Brilliance as I enjoy Radiance Class dining options.