Sarah P Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 Are these new destinations added to the website? , listed in feint type are ; Dubai/India South America not noticed them before ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ampurp85 Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 That means they aren't available. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverk Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 I've noticed Valparaiso Chile appears and disappears from the website every few days. When I select it, there are no cruises available. It's very intriguing! My interpretation is that Royal is about to start sailing from there, but hasn't released the sailings. Or maybe Royal's intern has been brought back and this is all another mistake! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 I think they are embarkation/disembarkation ports for some of the segments in the World Cruise. That's not bookable on the main site, which would probably explain why they are greyed out. WAAAYTOOO and Linda R 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Montemy2419 Posted March 14, 2023 Report Share Posted March 14, 2023 I would love it if we could cruise back to Cuba. We were only able to get in one cruise and it was shut down a few months later. Really nice people and we were looking forward to visiting again. FoxboroCruiser 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steverk Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 2 hours ago, FionaMG said: I think they are embarkation/disembarkation ports for some of the segments in the World Cruise. That's not bookable on the main site, which would probably explain why they are greyed out. Sounds like an interesting theory, but Valparaiso is a port of Call rather than embarkation port for the world cruise Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FionaMG Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 11 hours ago, steverk said: Sounds like an interesting theory, but Valparaiso is a port of Call rather than embarkation port for the world cruise I saw this information posted on another board by someone who is actually booked on the world cruise. Apparently, in addition to the whole cruise and the four different segments initially announced, there are also going to be 17 shorter segments (I guess to fill up any remaining space). According to another poster on that same thread who is a travel agent, those segments were showing on cruising power, which is a portal used by travel agents' to book Royal Caribbean cruises, but had not yet been released for sale. The thread in question then degenerated into general chit-chat with nothing else of any relevance being posted since, so I don't know what the current situation is, but these are the details that person posted: "Yesterday they announced the breakdown to us Miami - Rio, Dec 10 - Jan 5 Rio - Valparaiso, Jan 5 - Jan 23 Valparaiso - Los Angeles, Jan 23 - Feb 11 Los Angeles - Brisbane, Feb 11 - March 11 Brisbane - Hong Kong, March 11 - March 27 Hong Kong - Beijing, March 27 - April 8 Beijing - Singapore, April 8 - April 24 Singapore - Dubai, April 24 - May 9 Dubai - Athens, May 9 - May 27 Athens - Istanbul, May 27 - June 7 Istanbul - Venice, June 7 - June 20 Venice - Rome, June 20 - Jul 1 Rome - Barcelona, July 1 - July 10 Barcelona - Southampton, July 10 - July 26 Southampton - Copenhagen, July 26 - August 10 Copenhagen - Amsterdam, August 10 - August 19 Amsterdam - Miami, August 19 - September 10" He then corrected the start/end ports for the first two: "Oops, first leg ends in Buenos Aires, and obviously second begins there" So that ties in with seeing Valparaiso as a port where you can embark/disembark. It doesn't totally explain the Dubai/India, since Dubai is mentioned in the poster's list but India isn't, unless they're having to rethink the Hong Kong/Beijng options. The World Cruise does make several stops in India, though, so who knows? I'm watching with interest even though my chances on actually going on any part of this cruise are wholly dependent upon my winning the lottery! KristiZ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Riley Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 I know Valpo is a Celebrity port, so maybe it's another glitch. I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to be able to do more cruising in South America. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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