While this topic is a bit old, the continued absence of these schedules from RSSC's site raise new questions.

Today is June 2, 2005 as I post this. If I understand correctly, these schedules were posted briefly (like for several hours) a couple of weeks ago. Then they disappeared. Then the schedules were posted again shortly thereafter for only several hours again, but this time only through May'06. Then, the schedules disappeared and have not been seen since.

Does anybody have anything more than a guess as to what is going on here?

Thanks,
Richard

Richard, I think your travel agent can reserve a 2006 cruise for you without the schedules being posted at RSSC.

Do you know when you want to go?

Karen:

I probably don't want to go at all in '06, because we are going for the two week Cook Island cruise just this fall. I'm just curious what is going on --- that's all.

Thanks,
Richard

I don't get it - are you worried about a cruise you are not going to take?

Ah, good question. Here's the answer. I like to shop "specials" like "free air" and all that. If there are any in '06, it would influence my decision. Further, I do have friends whom I've told about the PG and they are interested. Right now, I've got to tell those who would rather cruise in '06 that they should try to do it in '05, because there is something a bit tenative about booking a cruise for which no OFFICIAL schedules have been released. Finally (depending on how I find the PG in Sept) we might just decide to "say good-bye" to her on a farewell or near farewell cruise in '06. We don't have to worry much about that now, as we are retired, and don't have to plan a year out anymore.

So I should have said that I have no DEFINITE ar SPECIFIC plans to cruise the PG in '06 ---- but it is clearly an open possibility. Same with a list of other ships. Depends on three things. Itinerary, timing, and price. Things I don't feel we know with reasonable certainty absent OFFICIAL schedules.

So now that I've explained ME, where are those schedules?

Thanks,
Richard

Thanks Richard I get it now - but, as someone suggested, can't you or your friends call Radisson for the details? Don't aggravate yourself - you're not responsible for your friends finding the best deal - remember...you're not a TA for your friends!!! Joanna

Richard they were offering the 2006 at 2005 prices and that is why I am sure they took the ship schedule off the web. These things are all tied into the reservation systems and so that complicates things when pricing does not match the web.

I for one am not in a hurry for them to post that schedule because we may even be able to sneak a few more in at the 2005 prices but once that is posted we wont be able to do that at all. I have the schedules, the TA's have the schedules so just call your TA. I have just been to busy to post them. This is not full information of the ports etc for the longer trips as I dont have that at home but here is the overview.

Departure Length
28-Dec-05 10
15-Feb-06 10
25-Feb-06 7
04-Mar-06 7
11-Mar-06 7
18-Mar-06 7
25-Mar-06 7
01-Apr-06 7
08-Apr-06 14
22-Apr-06 7
29-Apr-06 7
06-May-06 7
20-May-06 7
27-May-06 7
03-Jun-06 7
10-Jun-06 11
21-Jun-06 10
01-Jul-06 11
12-Jul-06 10
22-Jul-06 7
29-Jul-06 7
05-Aug-06 7
12-Aug-06 11
23-Aug-06 10
02-Sep-06 7
09-Sep-06 7
23-Sep-06 14
07-Oct-06 7
14-Oct-06 7
21-Oct-06 7
28-Oct-06 7
04-Nov-06 7
11-Nov-06 7
18-Nov-06 14
02-Dec-06 11
13-Dec-06 7

Thanks all:

That answeres the question as fully as it can be answered.

Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)

joannapv:

Just had to respond with this P.S. Not trying to be a "TA" for anybody. But like everyone else, my circle of friends includes folks wih different area of expertise. For example, I'm computer-ignorant, so I called a friend who is an expert with my CPU problems. Then, after he helped me with a fix, I showed him the right way to detail his new car -- about which he was ignorant. And, in the same manner, friends know I cruise more than average and have multi-line experience, so many of them ask me about cruising. I tell them what I've experienced. But I always tell them to use a full-service TA and give them some names, including Ngaire's!

What I'm getting at on this thread is this. Others have said "it's not official until you see it on the RSSC site." Many times. This makes me wonder if the PG '06 season remains under some sort of uncertainty. And I still wonder. Guess we'll all find out before long -- I hope.

Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)

I get what you're saying - I, too, find myself being asked for advice on cruising and, like you, always willing to share my experiences and opinions. I give them my TA info and the Radisson site to use for the many many questions I cannot answer (nor do I want the responsibility of getting something "wrong") - Joanna

I think that is why many prospective cruisers seek advice and information from past cruisers as well as TA's and cruise lines. They know all we can tell them is what we experienced -- no guarantees. We also have no financial interests in the question of which cruise to take, if any. And as to predictions as to the future of any cruise, friends know that we are not affiliated with the lines, so all we can tell them is our own interpretation of what we know.

This is a bit off the original topic, but regarding French Polynesia, the first thing I tell my friends is that it affords the best tropical vacation in the world, and the only way to vacation there is via cruise, or cruise coupled with a fairly brief land stay on an island other than Tahiti. Because IMO, a one or two week land stay there would be prohibitively expensive and shy on amenities! And the best cruise there has always been the PG. And, options are getting limited. Of the three lines with all-FP cruises in recent years, Windstar is gone. The TP is scheduled to go elsewhere sometime in '06, and (IMO) isn't the way to go anyway. And (to me) the PG is a big "question mark" after 12/05. SO, for anybody I know with an interest in a French Polynesian vacation, my advice is to book an '05 PG cruise (if you can) and do it now! I'taking my own advice. And if my concerns prove ungrounded and the PG sails on through '06, yes, we just may cruise her again!!

Thanks,
Richard :) :) :)