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Finally opened up later 2025 cruises and we just booked this. This will be my husband and my first time on Independence. SOUTHAMPTON, ENGLAND HAMBURG, GERMANY OSLO, NORWAY COPENHAGEN, DENMARK BRUGES (ZEEBRUGGE), BELGIUM

We have booked a Norwegian Fjords cruise! Anyone else booked? I would love to talk excursions, especially for Skjolden.

We will be going on Anthem of the Seas Fjord cruise in June and it will be our honeymoon. Does anyone have suggestions for extras to make the cruise a little more special?

Hello, I used “search” and nothing came up. So I have booked my car parking At Southampton for two upcoming cruises with RCCL and the Anthem. Question? What time can you arrive with your car for car parking please? Ie when does the car parking gate open? I am aware I have to book a PAT for the terminal, just trying to work out an arrival time at the gate for the parking . Thank you.

To everyone from the UK, these are the sailings of Anthem of the Seas this summer from Southampton starting July 7th, they go on sale 7th April 2021 3:00pm BST. • 7 July 2021 | 4 nights | Southampton Ocean Getaway • 11 July 2021 | 4 nights | Southampton Ocean Getaway • 15 July 2021 | 5 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - – Belfast – Kirkwall – Day at Sea - Southampton • 20 July 2021 | 5 nights | Southampton – Day at Sea – Glasgow (Greenock) – Kirkwall – Day at Sea - Southampton • 25 July 2021 | 7 nights | Southampton – Day at Sea – Belfast – Day at Sea – Day at Sea – Kirkwall – Day at Sea - Southampton • 1 August 2021 | 6 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - Day at Sea - Belfast - Liverpool - Day at Sea - Southampton • 7 August 2021 | 8 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - Kirkwall - Day at Sea - Liverpool - Belfast - Glasgow (Greenock) - Day at Sea - Southampton • 15 August 2021 | 8 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - Inverness - Kirkwall - Day at Sea - Liverpool - Glasgow (Greenock) - Day at Sea - Southampton • 23 August 2021 | 6 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - Day at Sea - Liverpool - Belfast - Day at Sea - Southampton • 29 August 2021 | 7 nights | Southampton - Day at Sea - Belfast - Day at Sea - Day at Sea - Liverpool - Day at sea - Southampton

This morning the UK government confirmed that international cruising out of the UK will be treated exactly the same as all international travel as so will therefore be allowed to resume at the same time as international travel which could be as early as May 17th. They will make an announcement on exactly when international travel can resume on April 12th and so international cruising will be allowed resume from whatever date they announce then. They will be adopting a traffic light system, whereby each country will have different requirements based on their vaccine rollout, covid numbers, etc and international cruising will follow the same traffic light system. I wonder if Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines regret announcing UK only cruises as there is now a good chance they would have been able to offer some form of international cruises this summer. Very good news though nonetheless.

Just wondering what everybody's thoughts on deployment for the UK in 2021, port schedules suggest Independence & Anthem although a lot of people thinking it will be one or the other. From what I can see a lot of UK cruisers would prefer Indy from Anthem - but that's not how they have played it out for 2020. If you don't think it will be Indy & Anthem, what do you think it will be? Maybe Indy + a Voyager Class, or Anthem + Voyager Class? Look forward to hearing what you all think!

It looks like Anthem of the Seas gets back into Southampton the 24th of April 2020, and doesn't sail again until the 15th of May 2020. Is it normal for a ship to take 3 weeks between sailing after a repositioning cruise? Just curious, I'm on the May 15th sailing and can only assume it takes 3 weeks to change over drink menus, crew, native UK supplies, and possibly quick refurb/maintenance/? Anybody have insight or opinion?

I have just read this article http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/277322/big-interview-michael-bayley-president-and-chief-executive-of-royal-caribbean-international anyone have any news on if we will get a Quantum Plus Ship or a different ship based at Southampton with the Indy and Navigator in 2019.

I see on Royal Caribbeans UK website that Quantum is going westbound from Southampton to New Jersey in 2014. It looks like a one time cruise so I'm hoping that me and the misses can get on her. Anyone booked for that crossing yet. I am also hoping that she may do an eastbound crossing as well because ideally we would love to fly to New York spend some time there and then cruise home to Southampton.

Royal Caribbeans UK website has announced that from 2014 the Oasis of the Seas will be sailing from Southampton to the Mediterranean. You can book for her sailings now. In readiness for her arrival Southampton is building an additional berth to accommodate her. I can't wait to see her arrive at the port and even better than that is if I get to sail on her(here's hoping).