Now that Anthem of the Seas<\/a> is on the water, Ovation is Royal Caribbean’s<\/a> next new ship. It will arrive in about a year and it was scheduled to visit New Zealand the year after that, which means in the summer of 2017.<\/p>\n Not so fast.<\/p>\n The problem is the port at Auckland<\/a>. Two wharf extensions were planned to accommodate “bigger ships.” One of the extensions has been canceled, presumably for financial reasons -Simon_sees photo<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n although that’s not clear. Without it, there will be no room in the harbor for the 5,000-passenger Ovation of the Seas.<\/p>\n Without Auckland, speculation is the ship will not visit New Zealand.<\/p>\n The economic impact of that is said to be as much as $40 million for the country, and this was from only four port calls. Having said that, nobody is suggesting Royal Caribbean might send a smaller ship to minimize the loss and keep New Zealand in the loop.<\/p>\n Says one side: “<\/span>Cruises are not the lifeblood of Auckland. Cargo ships are the lifeblood of Auckland."<\/p>\n Says the other side: “What's good for Auckland in terms of cruise shipping is good for the economy of New Zealand.”<\/p>\n This week, Royal Caribbean will have a delegation in New Zealand. You think all sides might be looking for an alternative?<\/p>\n In the news…<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/u><\/p>\n • Norwegian Epic officially a European ship, based in Barcelona<\/span> Today at portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m: <\/strong><\/em><\/span>Emerald Sky trapped on the Rhine<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Holland America Amsterdam<\/a> This is only a big deal if you’re thinking of cruising near Australia, or if you live in New Zealand. But it’s an interesting story even if you’re just interested in cruising. Not everybody wants Ovation of the Seas. Now that Anthem of the Seas is on the water, Ovation is Royal Caribbean’s next new… Continue reading Standing Up Ovation Of The Seas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,31,19,15],"tags":[45,912,72,51,35,23,767,373,1730,26,27,33],"class_list":["post-24092","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ports","category-ships","category-stories","tag-alaska","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ports","tag-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-amsterdam","tag-new-zealand","tag-ovation-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24092","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=24092"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24092\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=24092"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=24092"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=24092"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Auckland-Simon_sees\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Auckland-Simon_sees.jpg\")
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\n\t• First Princess cruise L.A.-Panama return since 2009 [USA Today]<\/span>
\n\t• Cinco de Mayo deals from Carnival must be booked by today<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" "\\"DailyDeal-2\\"")
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\n\t7 nights
\n\tMay 31, 2015
\n\tSeattle<\/a> (return): Juneau<\/a>, Sitka<\/a>, Ketchikan<\/a>, Victoria<\/a>
\n\tOceanview: $599
\n\tCost per day: $85<\/strong>
\n\twww.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"