Jolly Ogre Posted December 4, 2024 Report Posted December 4, 2024 Still no Oasis class ships are available after Oct 2026 Quote
Southern Dan Posted December 5, 2024 Report Posted December 5, 2024 11 hours ago, Jolly Ogre said: Still no Oasis class ships are available after Oct 2026 The impending launch of Icon 3 in the Caribbean November 2026 is why most likely. We’ll find out the rest of the ships/itineraries by late Jan/early Feb. Quote
Plumlee2028 Posted December 5, 2024 Report Posted December 5, 2024 I think Symphony is in Galveston through April 2027. I am sure Wonder/Utopia will be on the 3/4 Bahamas from Canaveral and Miami when those get released. Maybe Oasis or Allure get assigned those from Fort Lauderdale. It's also possible one gets assigned to a 4/5 day routing as well. It seems like lately there has been an Oasis class over the winter doing alternating 6/8 night trips from Fort Lauderdale as well. I don't see that yet and Miami has had a winter oasis class on the 7 day routings opposite Icon, and has had 2 Oasis class over the weekend before that. Quote
ScottD Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 Going back and forth- help me out. 3k for three of us on Odyssey Thanksgiving 2025, Interior with the fake window thingee. From NJ, so no flight neeeded 4k for three of us, neighborhood view room on Icon August 2026.. flight\hotel involved- Much better itinerary. Was leaning toward the Icon cruise in '26 since we have the B2B cruise on MSC in August of this year, but that Thanksgiving deal with no flying involved on a ship\class we haven't done, does sound tempting. Quote
ChessE4 Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 52 minutes ago, ScottD said: Going back and forth- help me out. 3k for three of us on Odyssey Thanksgiving 2025, Interior with the fake window thingee. From NJ, so no flight neeeded 4k for three of us, neighborhood view room on Icon August 2026.. flight\hotel involved- Much better itinerary. Was leaning toward the Icon cruise in '26 since we have the B2B cruise on MSC in August of this year, but that Thanksgiving deal with no flying involved on a ship\class we haven't done, does sound tempting. I'd go for Thanksgiving cruise. Icon just doesn't appeal to me. Too much like a theme park, not a cruise. Baked Alaska 1 Quote
ScottD Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 1 hour ago, ChessE4 said: I'd go for Thanksgiving cruise. Icon just doesn't appeal to me. Too much like a theme park, not a cruise. Yeah the kid wants icon...but he'll also be pushing 15 by then and very well might be over the cruising thing by then...plus he doesnt even do waterslides! lol. Even though we will be pretty over the PC/Nassau run by then, the rest of the Thanksgiving cruise (price,location, ship that'll be new to us...no figuring out who's family we have to spend the holiday with!) Is definitely pretty appealing Quote
WannaCruise Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 11 minutes ago, ScottD said: Yeah the kid wants icon...but he'll also be pushing 15 by then and very well might be over the cruising thing by then...plus he doesnt even do waterslides! lol. Even though we will be pretty over the PC/Nassau run by then, the rest of the Thanksgiving cruise (price,location, ship that'll be new to us...no figuring out who's family we have to spend the holiday with!) Is definitely pretty appealing We recently returned from Icon with a 15 and 19 year old. Our kids did the slides 2x but that was it. It's a hard decision....Odyssey is a great ship and not having to fly plus $1000 less is a huge bonus. I will say though that we absolutely loved Icon....so much to see and do. We loved the new (complimentary) food options and new bars, shows are incredible, ship is beautiful and loved the wide promenade with entrance to Central Park, and entrance of Central Park from Surfside. We loved Dueling Pianos and just everything. Having said that, we really enjoyed our Odyssey cruise the previous year so you can't go wrong. Only you can say if the additional cost is worth it but I'll just say that Icon is our entire families new favorite ship. One neat info too...we went over xmas but yet we didn't have an issue with crowds, etc. P.S. - We did the virtual balcony on Odyssey and enjoyed the room. But we're not picky and typically do balcony and interiors. ScottD 1 Quote
ScottD Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 38 minutes ago, WannaCruise said: We recently returned from Icon with a 15 and 19 year old. Our kids did the slides 2x but that was it. It's a hard decision....Odyssey is a great ship and not having to fly plus $1000 less is a huge bonus. I will say though that we absolutely loved Icon....so much to see and do. We loved the new (complimentary) food options and new bars, shows are incredible, ship is beautiful and loved the wide promenade with entrance to Central Park, and entrance of Central Park from Surfside. We loved Dueling Pianos and just everything. Having said that, we really enjoyed our Odyssey cruise the previous year so you can't go wrong. Only you can say if the additional cost is worth it but I'll just say that Icon is our entire families new favorite ship. One neat info too...we went over xmas but yet we didn't have an issue with crowds, etc. P.S. - We did the virtual balcony on Odyssey and enjoyed the room. But we're not picky and typically do balcony and interiors. Yeah, the part that makes the extra money a little easier is that we'll have a lot more time to pay it off, so I'll see. We are moving a reservation that we can't make, so even though it will cost us ANOTHER 300 to move all of our reservations, we do have the deposits toward the new cruise paid already when we do decide. I just want to decide soon, the Icon cruise already jumped up $200 since I looked at it 2 weeks ago. WannaCruise 1 Quote
USCG Teacher Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 3 hours ago, ScottD said: Going back and forth- help me out. 3k for three of us on Odyssey Thanksgiving 2025, Interior with the fake window thingee. From NJ, so no flight neeeded 4k for three of us, neighborhood view room on Icon August 2026.. flight\hotel involved- Much better itinerary. Was leaning toward the Icon cruise in '26 since we have the B2B cruise on MSC in August of this year, but that Thanksgiving deal with no flying involved on a ship\class we haven't done, does sound tempting. Personally I've always wanted to try a holiday cruise, so add in no flying, less time off required and a ship class I haven't done and it's a no-brainer for me! After reading about your family's adventures, there's also a decent shot your (not so) little might like Odyssey's sports deck as much as or more than anything Icon has for him. Just one Philly-area guy's opinion to another. ScottD, teddy and Ampurp85 3 Quote
ScottD Posted January 4 Report Posted January 4 5 hours ago, USCG Teacher said: Personally I've always wanted to try a holiday cruise, so add in no flying, less time off required and a ship class I haven't done and it's a no-brainer for me! After reading about your family's adventures, there's also a decent shot your (not so) little might like Odyssey's sports deck as much as or more than anything Icon has for him. Just one Philly-area guy's opinion to another. Yeah, he's not big on slides but loves sports. His biggest gripe about Liberty and our MSC cruise was that there was no playmakers, lol. The one on Odyssey looks really cool. Definitely leaning that way..then maybe book icon for later the next year anyway. USCG Teacher 1 Quote
ScottD Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 On 1/4/2025 at 4:02 PM, ScottD said: Yeah, he's not big on slides but loves sports. His biggest gripe about Liberty and our MSC cruise was that there was no playmakers, lol. The one on Odyssey looks really cool. Definitely leaning that way..then maybe book icon for later the next year anyway. Well, we decided on the Icon cruise. It's something we all really want to try, and gives us plenty of time between cruises and holidays to worry about the money! My wife actually had zero interest in Icon just from the pics of the exterior and seeing it in passing last month, BUT a nice Icon video or two on You tube (thanks @Matt, your Icon Vs Wonder video sealed the deal after a walkthrough vid) had her sold- especially all of the new included food venues! teddy, Ampurp85, WannaCruise and 2 others 5 Quote
WannaCruise Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 2 hours ago, ScottD said: Well, we decided on the Icon cruise. It's something we all really want to try, and gives us plenty of time between cruises and holidays to worry about the money! My wife actually had zero interest in Icon just from the pics of the exterior and seeing it in passing last month, BUT a nice Icon video or two on You tube (thanks @Matt, your Icon Vs Wonder video sealed the deal after a walkthrough vid) had her sold- especially all of the new included food venues! Icon looks strange from the outside, but that's the Overlook, which is floor to ceiling windows from the inside and gives amazing views all day. It's so relaxing and peaceful in there (with the best new coffee bar). And yes, the new food venues are great and probably one of the things that put it above Oasis class for us (love both though). Quote
ScottD Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 4 hours ago, WannaCruise said: Icon looks strange from the outside, but that's the Overlook, which is floor to ceiling windows from the inside and gives amazing views all day. It's so relaxing and peaceful in there (with the best new coffee bar). And yes, the new food venues are great and probably one of the things that put it above Oasis class for us (love both though). Oh, the front looks cool- it's that really congested mess on the back that looks terrible. WannaCruise 1 Quote
Chili Posted January 6 Report Posted January 6 7 hours ago, Matt said: Navigator is due for a dry dock in March 2027 I believe .It will probably go to Singapore or Australia for a while before dry dock . Tahiti port schedule has Ovation and Anthem doing a trans pacific to Australia about the same time Navigator finishes in L.A. I’m thinking the Ovation booking might be a place holder for Navigator as Ovation has multiple bookings in San Pedro at the same time. https://www.portdepapeete.pf/fr/previsions-navires ScottD 1 Quote
FionaMG Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 The deployment schedule been updated with new dates. The next release now is set to be Singapore, week of February 3rd. Europe 2.0 has been pushed back week of February 10th. Short Caribbean and West Coast, week of February 17th. Seasonal Caribbean, week of February 24th. China, week of March 10th. Australia, week of March 31st. To view the schedule go to loyaltoyoualways.com Matt, Sweety, asquared17 and 1 other 1 2 1 Quote
smokeybandit Posted January 15 Report Posted January 15 Here's the original schedule for comparison FionaMG and asquared17 2 Quote
smokeybandit Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 On 1/15/2025 at 3:51 PM, FionaMG said: The deployment schedule been updated with new dates. The next release now is set to be Singapore, week of February 3rd. Europe 2.0 has been pushed back week of February 10th. Short Caribbean and West Coast, week of February 17th. Seasonal Caribbean, week of February 24th. China, week of March 10th. Australia, week of March 31st. To view the schedule go to loyaltoyoualways.com Changed again. Short Caribbean pushed to Feb 24. Seasonal pushed to March 3. Australia? Sorry to those down under, Australia is now merely TBD. FionaMG 1 Quote
J_Keeble Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 This always baffles me, why would they keep pushing it back? surely they know where ships are going and itinerys? Quote
Chili Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 8 hours ago, smokeybandit said: Sorry to those down under, Australia is now merely TBD. We are just your poor cousins. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Mike.s Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 8 hours ago, Chili said: We are just your poor cousins. As are we in the UK, the ships they send seem to be getting older and older, and to think I moaned about having Anthem 3 years running!! J_Keeble and Chili 1 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 28 Report Posted January 28 Does anyone know what falls under “seasonal Caribbean”? This is going to mess with my next cruise that I grabbed to keep it within the 60 days. WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
smokeybandit Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 Seasonal are the ships that don't spend all year in the Caribbean. So the Alaska/Europe ships. Lovetocruise2002 1 Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 1 hour ago, smokeybandit said: Seasonal are the ships that don't spend all year in the Caribbean. So the Alaska/Europe ships. What I really want to know is where OA, AL, and HM will fall in these upcoming releases. I know that HM spends summer 2026 in Europe, so perhaps that one falls into the March 3rd week of Seasonal releases, but OA & AL, cannot figure it out. Unless both go to short sailings? I did hear rumours of that when I sailed AL over NYE, that Royal will put more OA class ships towards shorties. Sweety and WAAAYTOOO 1 1 Quote
Matt Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 8 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: What I really want to know is where OA, AL, and HM will fall in these upcoming releases. I know that HM spends summer 2026 in Europe, so perhaps that one falls into the March 3rd week of Seasonal releases, but OA & AL, cannot figure it out. Unless both go to short sailings? I did hear rumours of that when I sailed AL over NYE, that Royal will put more OA class ships towards shorties. I think they are holding back those ships so we can't figure out where Icon 3 will be yet Lovetocruise2002, Thumper44 and Sweety 3 Quote
JasonOasis Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 22 hours ago, Mike.s said: As are we in the UK, the ships they send seem to be getting older and older, and to think I moaned about having Anthem 3 years running!! Be careful what you wish for, Anthem is a great ship and now it appears as though Odyssey won't be heading to Southampton which basically leave a Freedom Class ship or Voyager Class ship as the most likely options. Given all the places Royal can sail to from Southampton Oasis and Icon Class ship are simply out of the Question, and they absolutely will not pull off Odyssey of Greek Island cruises. This is just another reason why Discovery of the Seas is needed. Quote
Lovetocruise2002 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 38 minutes ago, Matt said: I think they are holding back those ships so we can't figure out where Icon 3 will be yet That's pretty much my assumption too. What I really want to know is when they will drop those two ships, with shorties, or seasonal? Sweety 1 Quote
Sweety Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 2 minutes ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: That's pretty much my assumption too. What I really want to know is when they will drop those two ships, with shorties, or seasonal? I need to book two more cruises. I am waiting. Lovetocruise2002 and asquared17 2 Quote
Southern Dan Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 1 hour ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: What I really want to know is where OA, AL, and HM will fall in these upcoming releases. I have no clue about OA, but both AL and HM have holds at St Maarten according to their port page for Nov 26 through April 27. AL has a bunch, as does Jewel which has weekly stops. Although this is definitely subject to change it might give you a hint of what these ships will be doing… Lovetocruise2002, AlmondFarmer and asquared17 2 1 Quote
asquared17 Posted January 29 Report Posted January 29 6 hours ago, Lovetocruise2002 said: What I really want to know is where OA, AL, and HM will fall in these upcoming releases. +1 6 hours ago, Matt said: I think they are holding back those ships so we can't figure out where Icon 3 will be yet matt, they need to get their act together!!! they’re killing us softly here. Ampurp85, Sweety and Lovetocruise2002 2 1 Quote
Southern Dan Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Looks like Legend of the Seas will be homeported in Fort Lauderdale! Quote
Southern Dan Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 28 minutes ago, smokeybandit said: Well hello Legend of the Seas That 8 Nt Southern Caribbean itinerary looks pretty nice…gonna pencil that one in as a possibility. Quote
smokeybandit Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 41 minutes ago, Southern Dan said: That 8 Nt Southern Caribbean itinerary looks pretty nice…gonna pencil that one in as a possibility. A+C+Cabo Roja. Not too shabby. Here's the direct link for the test loads while it stays up https://www.royalcaribbean.com/cruises?search=ship:LE&country=USA Quote
ScottishRobbie Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Australia October 2026-April 2027 now week beginning 2nd June Quote
Jamesszy94 Posted January 30 Report Posted January 30 Icon, Star and now Legend. Maybe it's finally time Royal did it. Will they name Icon 4 - Celebrity of the Seas? WAAAYTOOO 1 Quote
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.