Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas is just hours away from her conveyance down the River Ems and one step closer to launching. We have some brand new beautiful photos of Anthem of the Seas to share.
Photographer Björn Haß has shared a batch of brand new phoros of Anthem of the Seas that were taken in what will likely be Anthem of the Seas' final night at Meyer Werft shipyard.
Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on one day earlier than expected on March 10, 2015.
The conveyance will begin around 9am eastern time.
Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.
#AnthemoftheSeas' intricate conveyance down the River Ems will begin tomorrow 3/10 at 9 am ET http://t.co/YlSDY2KEIE pic.twitter.com/SDShqZ4Ezq
— Royal Caribbean PR (@RoyalCaribPR) March 9, 2015Meyer Werft had previously scheduled Anthem of the Seas' conveyance to March 11 but that timetable has now been updated to March 10.
UPDATE: Royal Caribbean has also released new infographics all about the upcoming Anthem of the Seas conveyance to explain how it all works.
A tropical depression in the South Pacific has forced Royal Caribbean to change the itinerary of two of its cruise ships.
Cruise Critic is reporting that Rhapsody of the Seas and Voyager of the Seas will both skip a scheduled stop in Fiji to evade the path of the storm.
"Voyager of the Seas is on an 11-night cruise and departed Sydney on 5 March. Rather than sailing further towards Fiji, the ship is now taking a course towards Australia and will spend two nights in Hobart, before returning to Sydney as scheduled on 15 March," the cruise line said in a statement on Monday morning.
"Rhapsody of the Seas is on a 12-night cruise and departed Sydney on 8 March. As this ship departed only yesterday, it has been possible to make adjustments to its itinerary to keep the South Pacific flavour of the cruise, with six port calls planned in Vanuatu and New Caledonia."
Further itinerary changes are possible if the storm's anticipated path changes.
Hope you had a great week (maybe one week closer to your next Royal Caribbean cruise?) and you had a chance to keep up with what's new with Royal Caribbean this week. But if not, here's a roundup of this week's news.
Earlier this week, Royal Caribbean released its 2016-2017 Caribbean deployment plans and it let loose a slew of big changes coming to Royal Caribbean's "back yard" of operations.
There were quite a number of old faces in new places. Oasis of the Seas is moving to Port Canaveral, Freedom of the Seas is moving to Fort Lauderdale, Enchantment of the Seas is moving to Miami and Rhapsody of the Seas is going to Port Canaveral. Also, Anthem of the Seas is staying put in Cape Liberty.
The soon-to-be biggest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, is coming to Fort Lauderdale, althought it's not yet clear where she will be in the weeks around her launch.
You can read the entire deployment changes for 2016-2017 here.
The eighty-third episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available and this we're talking about Giovanni's Table restaurant.
In this episode, Matt talks about why he thinks Giovanni's Table specialty restaurant is an under-appreciated dining choice and looks over the menu to discuss the good choices available and why you might want to make a reservation for your next cruise.
Please feel free to subscribe via iTunes or RSS, and head over to rate and review the podcast on iTunes if you can! We’d appreciate it.
Beyondships.com has a new photo feature on Allure of the Seas.
EatSleepCruise.com has a review of Michael's Genuine Pub on Quantum of the Seas.
In The Loop Travel has tips to avoid hidden costs on your cruise.
Personally, I love night time photos of Royal Caribbean ships because of the contrast between the lights onboard and the darkness but these same ships are equally as beautiful in the daylight hours as well.
Today, we have some brand new photos by Jeroen Houtman of Anthem of the Seas in the harbor outside Meyer Werft shipyard in Germany during the daylight hours.
Anthem of the Seas is just days away from her conveyance up the River Ems and here's another look at what she looks like these days. Enjoy!
Royal Caribbean's newest cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, will have her conveyance down the River Ems on March 11, 2015.
Anthem of the Seas' conveyance will take the ship from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany along the Ems River to the North Sea.
The conveyance is scheduled to being at 6:00am local time and should arrive at Eemshaven around 9:00pm. This schedule is subject to change.
The river conveyance is necessary because the Meyer Werft shipyard is located inland to avoid the North Sea's unpredicatability.
We love to share your Royal Caribbean photos every Friday and give everyone a quick "mental escape" to look at some stunning photos. We want your photos too, so send us your best Royal Caribbean photos to share with the world.
First up this week is a photo by Sean McLellan taken from the deck of Allure of the Seas while at dock in St. Maarten. Oh and there's a sunset too!
Next up is a photo by Lucille Mackie of Quantum of the Seas in Barbados. Looks like a beautiful day in paradise with a beautiful ship!
Here's a great shot of Rhapsody of the Seas visiting Champagne Bay in the South Pacific by Shawn Crossley.
Bethany McCormick-Parrell sent us this photo of Quantum of the Seas in St. Maarten. Wish I was there right now!
Here's a cute photo taken through the Fitness Center aboard Liberty of the Seas by Mike Sobbell of Autism on the Seas. Oh and there's a sunrise too!
Last but not least, here's a photo by Ross and Pam of Voyager of the Seas somewhere in the South Pacific!
Thank you to everyone that sent in their photos this week and if you have Royal Caribbean photos, well, we want to see them! You can use this form to send us your photos and we will feature them on an upcoming Friday Photos blog post!
Thanks to Celestine for this Cruise Compass
Today at Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, Royal Caribbean held its keel-laying and lucky coin ceremonies for the third Quantum-class ship, Ovation of the Seas.
Adam Goldstein, Royal Caribbean President and COO, put down the lucky penny in the dock before the block of the new ship was lowered by the 800-ts crane.
The first of a total of 74 blocks of the new cruise liner weighs 740 tons.
The keel-laying marks the official start of construction of the Ovation of the Seas in the building dock.
Ovation of the Seas' delivery is scheduled for spring 2016.
Ovation of the Seas will be able to accommodate 4,180 guests at double occupancy and feature 2,090 staterooms.
Royal Caribbean announced today that Harmony of the Seas, the third cruise ship in the Oasis-class, will be home ported in Port Everglades, Florida in winter 2016-2017.
The new Oasis-class ship news was announced today as part of the 2016-2017 Caribbean deployment schedule.
Harmony of the Seas will offer seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean sailings along side sister ship Allure of the Seas. Royal Caribbean did not announce specific sailings or itineraries yet, just where the ship will be sailing from.
Once launched, Harmony of the Seas will take the title of the largest cruise ship in the world and offer onboard amenities from Oasis- and Quantum-class ships, as well as brand new water slides.
The 227,000 gross ton ship is being constructed at STX France shipyard in St Nazaire, France.