Thread: Sovereign Leaving PC

From Florida Today -
Royal Caribbean to switch ships

BY DAVE BERMAN
FLORIDA TODAY


Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. will make a lineup change at Port Canaveral next year.

The Miami-based cruise line announced today that Royal Caribbean International’s Port Canaveral-based Sovereign of the Seas will be reassigned to the company’s Pullmantur fleet. The newer, Los Angeles-based Monarch of the Seas will assume Sovereign of the Seas’ sailings out of Port Canaveral.

The changes will take place in the fall of 2008.



Both ships are in the cruise line’s “Sovereign Family” and have nearly identical dimensions. The Sovereign of the Sea started sailing in 1988 and has a double-occupancy capacity of 2,292 passengers. The Monarch of the Sea started sailing in 1991 and has a double-occupancy capacity of 2,390 passengers.

SOURCE: Royal Caribbean to switch ships | floridatoday.com | Serving Brevard County and Florida’s Space Coast

I really wanted my Sovereign to stay here forever.

So RC is swapping the Vision with the Mariner (I'm guessing a bigger ship) for the seven day Mexican Riviera cruises and swapping the Monarch with the Sovereign (a smaller ship for the three and four day Baja California cruises). It'll be interesting (at least for us West Coasters) to see how Carnival counters this.

I know some people who are positively estactic over the Mariner coming out west.

What will take the place of the Monarch in California if they are taking the Monarch back to Florida?

Annieeee

MIAMI -- October 12, 2007 -- Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. announced today that Royal Caribbean International’s Sovereign of the Seas will be reassigned to the company’s Pullmantur fleet, and the Los Angeles-based Monarch of the Seas will assume Sovereign of the Seas’ sailings out of Port Canaveral. These changes will take place in October and November 2008.

“We are fortunate that our mix of brands allows us the flexibility and opportunity to expand in key strategic markets and to diversify in existing ones,” said Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Adam Goldstein. “We thank our partners at the ports of Los Angeles, Ensenada, Catalina and San Diego for our outstanding and ongoing relationship. We look forward to providing our Monarch of the Seas guests with exceptional vacations as we visit those locations through next fall.”

Sovereign of the Seas’ last scheduled sailing for Royal Caribbean International will be on October 31, 2008. Two subsequent cruises, scheduled for November 3 and 7, will be canceled, and guests booked on those cruises will receive a full refund and an onboard credit for rebooking an earlier Sovereign of the Seas sailing during 2008 (excluding holidays). All rebookings must be made by December 31, 2007. All guests currently booked on Sovereign of the Seas on or after November 10, 2008, will be re-accommodated onboard Monarch of the Seas.

Monarch of the Seas will make its last regularly scheduled sailing out of Los Angeles on October 13, 2008. All guests currently booked on a subsequent sailing will receive a full refund and an onboard credit for rebooking a three, four or five-night Caribbean sailing, or a seven-night Mexican Riviera sailing, onboard Royal Caribbean International in 2008 (excluding holidays). All rebookings must be made by December 31, 2007.

On October 17, 2008, Monarch of the Seas will reposition to the East Coast when it departs Los Angeles on a 16-night Panama Canal cruise to Miami. The ship will then undergo a scheduled, weeklong dry-dock before welcoming its first Port Canaveral guests for three and four-night Bahamas sailings starting November 10, 2008.

Royal Caribbean International has established a special help desk to assist its guests and travel agents impacted by these changes. The toll free phone number is 1-888-281-9344. Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. is a global cruise vacation company that operates Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Pullmantur, Azamara Cruises and CDF Croisières de France. The company has a combined total of 35 ships in service and seven under construction. It also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Asia, Australia, Canada, Europe, Latin and South America and New Zealand. Additional information can be found on Royal Caribbean website, Celebrity Cruises website, Pullmantur website, Azamara Cruises website, or Investor Relations website.

Originally Posted by Annieeee

What will take the place of the Monarch in California if they are taking the Monarch back to Florida?

Annieeee

I was hoping the Vision, but actually RCI is not doing the 3/4 day Mexican Baja cruises after October 13, 2008. What do you want to bet the Paradise prices
will be going up and deals a lot harder to find.

Originally Posted by reggierail

What do you want to bet the Paradise prices
will be going up and deals a lot harder to find.

Booooo ... hisssssss.... on them if it does