2021 Europe Itineraries

[DMLM]

I believe there was a thread on this before and that there was a post that the 2021 Itineraries were to be released on November 11.  I checked yesterday and this morning but do not see them.  Has anything changed or has anyone seen them?

 

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[mworkman]

The week of Nov 11th, but it could be released later on today, if it continues to follow what happened last weeks time frame.

[MelKaps]

I keep refreshing and hoping they will be released today. I am so curious to see which ships are sailing where.

[FManke]

Just checked and some posted now.

[FManke]

8 Day Norwegian Fjords aboard Anthem looks interesting.

[berkeleykel]

Am I the only one unable to see anything above Junior Suite level on the Anthem sailings?

[AshleyDillo]

6 minutes ago, berkeleykel said:

Am I the only one unable to see anything above Junior Suite level on the Anthem sailings?

It's the same way for me.

[FManke]

1 minute ago, AshleyDillo said:

It's the same way for me.

Same for me

 

[Spang1974]

UK site still showing very limited offerings.

[GlassSlipper]

I’m booking Rhapsody for a Greek Isle Cruise for June 2021 right now.  I scored the wrap around Aft JS Suite balconies!

[berkeleykel]

3 minutes ago, Spang1974 said:

UK site still showing very limited offerings.

But the one Anthem sailing that is showing up does list all of the suites as options.  Where is the banging head against the wall emoji?

[YOLO]

Of the 17 cruises not one British Isles itinerary.  Boo Hoo.  

[FManke]

3 minutes ago, GlassSlipper said:

I’m booking Rhapsody for a Greek Isle Cruise for June 2021 right now.  I scored the wrap around Aft JS Suite balconies!

We have one, Cabin 8596 for Oct 2020.

[MelKaps]

Sadly, I don't see any Greece cruises leaving from Rome. Are they just not posted yet? 

[AshleyDillo]

16 minutes ago, YOLO said:

Of the 17 cruises not one British Isles itinerary.  Boo Hoo.  

Jewel of the Seas an option for you?  

[FManke]

1 minute ago, AshleyDillo said:

Jewel of the Seas an option for you?  

I like the itinerary.

[GlassSlipper]

8 minutes ago, MelKaps said:

Sadly, I don't see any Greece cruises leaving from Rome. Are they just not posted yet? 

I’m not sure about Rome, but the ones for Venice are posted. 

[AshleyDillo]

3 minutes ago, FManke said:

I like the itinerary.

I like a lot of them..sadly my leave time does not.

[FManke]

So many cruises, so little time.

[MelKaps]

Just now, GlassSlipper said:

I’m not sure about Rome, but the ones for Venice are posted. 

Yes, I saw. However, I've been hoping to honeymoon to Rome then go on a cruise to Greece. Hoping they add some new itineraries, otherwise I will look at Celebrity. If all else fails, I'll reconsider Venice.

[berkeleykel]

15 minutes ago, MelKaps said:

Sadly, I don't see any Greece cruises leaving from Rome. Are they just not posted yet? 

There is one Rhapsody cruise up that leaves from Rome.  It must just be a matter of not being posted yet, because Royal's website says Odyssey will be doing med cruises from Rome. 

Interestingly, Harmony is doing a few western Med cruises departing from Rome. 

 

[FManke]

Just now, berkeleykel said:

There is one Rhapsody cruise up that leaves from Rome.   

I saw that. Starts in Rome and ends in Barcelona, I think?

[berkeleykel]

4 minutes ago, FManke said:

I saw that. Starts in Rome and ends in Barcelona, I think?

Ends in Venice.  Pretty awesome itinerary really if you add a few days land vacation on either side.  But looking more closely there's only one stop in Greece, so not really a Greek isles cruise.

[berkeleykel]

So the Harmony itineraries departing from Barcelona and departing from Rome overlap -  it looks like the idea is that in any 7 given days guests may be embarking/disembarking at either Barcelona or Rome.  Either that, or a major glitch. Has this been done before?  Seems like a logistical nightmare .

[FManke]

2 minutes ago, berkeleykel said:

So the Harmony itineraries departing from Barcelona and departing from Rome overlap -  it looks like the idea is that in any 7 given days guests may be embarking/disembarking at either Barcelona or Rome.  Either that, or a major glitch. Has this been done before?  Seems like a logistical nightmare .

Starts in one port and ends in the other, and then just reverses for the next cruise?

[MelKaps]

1 minute ago, FManke said:

Starts in one port and ends in the other, and then just reverses for the next cruise?

I see the error, too. The dates are messed up.

[AshleyDillo]

5 minutes ago, berkeleykel said:

So the Harmony itineraries departing from Barcelona and departing from Rome overlap -  it looks like the idea is that in any 7 given days guests may be embarking/disembarking at either Barcelona or Rome.  Either that, or a major glitch. Has this been done before?  Seems like a logistical nightmare .

I believe these are the dual-embarkation cruises.  Folks will get on in Rome and some will get on in Barcelona.  

[FManke]

Oh, gotcha. I see. I didn't know it was date related, I thought it was just revolving around the ports.

[FManke]

1 minute ago, AshleyDillo said:

I believe these are the dual-embarkation cruises.  Folks will get on in Rome and some will get on in Barcelona.  

And everybody gets off in Rome at the end?

 

[FManke]

7 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

I believe these are the dual-embarkation cruises.  Folks will get on in Rome and some will get on in Barcelona.  

Doesn't this seem kind of unusual for a standard 7 night cruise?

[AshleyDillo]

2 minutes ago, FManke said:

And everybody gets off in Rome at the end?

Nope..I think they do juggle two overlapping itineraries each week..roundtrip from Barcelona and roundtrip from Rome. 

There will be a separate gangway for those embarking/debarking and those having a port stop "in transit". 

They've done this for several years, so they're used to the logistical execution of it all.  

[FManke]

Just now, AshleyDillo said:

Nope..I think they do juggle two overlapping itineraries each week..roundtrip from Barcelona and roundtrip from Rome. 

There will be a separate gangway for those embarking/debarking and those having a port stop "in transit". 

They've done this for several years, so they're used to the logistical execution of it all.  

I guess I never noticed it before. As always, you learn something new here all the time.

[AshleyDillo]

3 minutes ago, FManke said:

Doesn't this seem kind of unusual for a standard 7 night cruise?

Check out https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/cruise-compasses/oasis-of-the-seas/thu-2019-08-15-0000 and you'll see they refer to the days by the day of the week and they also talk about the shuttles and separate Muster Drill.

Kind of interesting to think about exactly how much the logistics comes into play for booking like this!

[MelKaps]

2 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

Nope..I think they do juggle two overlapping itineraries each week..roundtrip from Barcelona and roundtrip from Rome. 

There will be a separate gangway for those embarking/debarking and those having a port stop "in transit". 

They've done this for several years, so they're used to the logistical execution of it all.  

Is there an example of them doing this in 2020? I don't see anything.

[FionaMG]

9 minutes ago, AshleyDillo said:

I believe these are the dual-embarkation cruises.  Folks will get on in Rome and some will get on in Barcelona.  

 

1 minute ago, FManke said:

Doesn't this seem kind of unusual for a standard 7 night cruise?

Not unusual. Oasis class ships have done this on that standard 7-night western med itinerary for some years now. It's apparently called "inter-porting". It works fine but it does mean that for the folks embarking and disembarking at the minor port, the onboard activities are out of kilter. So the Captain's welcome aboard party will be several days into their cruise because it's based around the main embarkation port, which historically on these itineraries has been Barcelona.

MSC take this to a whole different level, with people embarking and disembarking at practically every port! 

[AshleyDillo]

3 minutes ago, MelKaps said:

Is there an example of them doing this in 2020? I don't see anything.

Nope..don't see them doing it with Allure in 2020..all round-trips from Barcelona it appears.  But they did it with Oasis 2019.

[berkeleykel]

I didn't know such a thing existed! I'm worried the vibe would feel weird with people coming and going in the middle.

BTW - looks like the UK site has caught up to the US site's listings.

[YOLO]

We like the 12N British Isles on the Jewel (7/15/21).  Does anyone have a guess at the cost of round trip airfare between Boston & Amsterdam?

Also, does anyone know when Celebrity will release their 2021 Europe (British Isles, Iceland, Norway) itineraries?

Thanks in Advance... 

[Irishcruiseguy]

Still no odyssey sailings for Europe

[AshleyDillo]

7 minutes ago, Irishcruiseguy said:

Still no odyssey sailings for Europe

I'm expecting that will be in phase 2 of the Europe releases..likely the Rome-based home port.