hey everybody its Bruce here with traveling with Bruce welcome to today's
video this video is a good news video for all cruisers because of this ship
right here they're Norwegian joy it's amazing how one ship could change the
landscape for cruise prices coming up in the next year or so here's the
background story this ship the joy was built by a Norwegian a year and a half
ago had a cost of almost 1 billion dollars she was moved to China and she
was designed to be built and decked out with signage onboard and entertainment
and food options for the Chinese cruise market just the other day Norwegian has
decided they're abandoning China they're getting this ship out of there and it
will be going to Seattle in April 2000 19 this is July 2018 so in 9 10 months
from now this ship will be in Seattle and it'll join her sister ship the
Norwegian bliss which is this ship right here the Bliss has been in Seattle this
summer will be in Seattle next summer for Alaska cruises and because the joy
has almost 5,000 capacity you're gonna talk about cruise deals across the board
so if you're looking at ships like these nor the haul in America euro Dan the
booster Dan the Noi Amsterdam the Volendam the Nord and all of these
Holland America ships are already working out of Seattle or Vancouver for
the Alaska summer season this year and next year prices for these ships might
be on a super sale we may find that the cruise lines will start off with all
kinds of promotions and then price discounts other cruise lines involved
carnival the legend is in Seattle this year looks like it'll be in Seattle next
year as well this ship will be under pressure to provide deals and ships like
a princess alliance for example the Ruby princess the star princess the island
princess out of Vancouver the golden princess out of an uber
the chorale princess out of an Coover all of these ships by princess will also
be on under tremendous pressure to compete for business because of the
increase in the number of ships that are be available to cruise out of Seattle
and Vancouver next summer 22 ships are already scheduled to be in Vancouver and
Seattle here's another one the Solstice from celebrity also the eclipse and the
Millennium 22 ships next year were scheduled it's now 23 ships because of
the addition of the Norwegian joy this is totally unexpected and with only nine
months notice the folks at Norwegian will be under unbelievable pressure to
get the Norwegian joy booked up other ships coming are the ovation of the Seas
from Royal Caribbean the radiance of the Seas will be out of Vancouver Disney is
bringing the Wonder out of Vancouver or Alaska cruises and then there's Q nard
with the qe2 there's the this just a fraction of the 22 ships that I
photographed here after the summer is over the joy is heading to Los Angeles
here's a shot of the LA Harbor and it will now join the Bliss the oyster dam
the gyro dam the Volendam the carnival imagination inspiration the miracle the
princess grand the royal princess the coral princess the Eclipse the celebrity
eclipse the celebrity infinity for cruises through the Panama Canal and to
Mexico well Disney Wonder will be there it's unbelievable 17 ships are going to
be using la for Mexican and Panama cruises next year and because of the
addition of the joy cruises for all of these regions may be under pressure from
a price point of view couldn't get better for a traveler will keep on top
but I'll keep you guys posted on pricing we'll watch the sea oh how they work out
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