everybody it's Bruce here with traveling with Bruce welcome to my channel today's
video is all about 13 giant cruise ships that are coming to a port near you
between now auto September 2019 and next October 2020 in a space of only 13
months we have thirteen new ships hitting the water and some of these are
really exciting cutting-edge design and you name it folks the folks here at
virgin voyages bringing out the Scarlet lady this is amazing all right let's
start with the first ship that come into the water that we're gonna hear about
it's the Kostas Morrell de this ship is gonna run a price tag of nine hundred
and fifty million dollars Costa Smeralda is gonna hold fifty two hundred and
twenty four passengers and she's gonna be ready for this October in the next
sixty days she will be sailing owned by Carnival Kosta is expanding aggressively
and predominantly they do Mediterranean cruises and the South American cruises
from princess the sky princess is coming out in the next two months by October of
this year seven hundred sixty million dollars featuring sky sweets this ship
is destined for the North American market cost seven hundred sixty million
three and three thousand six hundred and sixty passengers and we're gonna hear a
lot of new things about the sky princess the marketing on the ship is well
underway here now at Norwegian they're bringing out the Encore 1.1 billion
dollar cost forty two hundred passengers October of this year she'll be delivered
to Norwegian that's in a couple of months from now this is the sister ship
to the Norwegian bliss and the Norwegian joy which means she's got the go-cart
track and this one apparently is the largest go-kart track ever built for a
carnival ship among other new features so the encore will be destined for North
America sailings and fans of Norwegian absolutely cannot
wait over at NSC the European a private cruise line
the grandiose ax is coming out in November of 2019 about three months from
now nine hundred million dollar cost forty eight hundred eighty eight
passengers MSC is known for extravagance and a beautiful a foyer here high-end
dining they are really setting a high standard for their cruise ships and they
want to get the business now Carnival has the panorama coming out she has
finished her sea trials she'll be in services starting November out of Long
Beach California the panorama had cost seven hundred eighty million the built
holding 4,000 passengers and she'll have all the latest amenities that Carnival
is adding to these ships the sister ship to the horizon and the vista she'll have
the Havana Club units at the back of the ship should be a big hit for the West
Coast travelers now here at virgin virgin voyages with Richard Branson they
are bringing out their first ever cruise ship called the Scarlet lady she will it
be in the water for March 2020 sailing out of Miami first ship is 710 million
dollars in cost she'll handle twenty seven hundred and seventy passengers now
virgin is changing the rules of cruising they are operating a cruise line with
large ships like this adult only eighteen and older will be allowed on
the ship no children so you're not gonna see a lot of kiddie pools or anything
like that there will be no additional tipping required when you get a drink
the no specialty dining either that's another feature of all the food spots on
boards are all-inclusive basic drink packages also inclusive should be a big
hit they also have a private island in the Bahamas so we'll watch that one very
closely over at celebrity they're bringing out the sister ship to the
celebrity edge the apex the ship is an absolute copy of the very
successful celebrity edge you see the edge right here this is the ship with
the elevator on the side of the ship that goes up and down and if you're
gonna go on a on a tender ride you're gonna go on this unit here and walk off
of this elevator unit right onto your tender ship the celebrity edge has been
a massive success for celebrity they're getting top dollar for their cabins the
celebrity apex will be located in Europe and we'll be doing Mediterranean
sailings starting next year the apex apex comes out April 2020 and she will
be extremely popular bookings are already filling up the next ship I'm
gonna highlight is from piano in the UK the piano
Iona cruise ship is coming out at ha 950 million dollar billed price April 20
2015 Jers the largest ship to service the UK this is going to be a huge hit
with UK cruisers and the sky sky dome was just added last week she is quickly
coming together the next ship coming out is the sister ship to the sky princess
it's going to be the enchanted princess from Princess Cruise Line's this ship
760 million dollars served 3660 passengers it's exactly the same as the
sky and she will also be very popular June of 2020 is when this the enchanted
princess is available to us then carnival August 2020 a year from now the
Mardi Gras is coming the largest ship to be in the carnival fleet at this point
in time fifty two hundred passengers 950 million with a roller coaster on board
and all kinds of specialty dining and different neighborhoods are going to
have a New Orleans section here Emeril is gonna have his Bistro there this is
already proving to be a very popular ship bookings are already coming in fast
and furious the Mardi Gras will be based out of the US for North American
cruisers and a second ship is coming behind
these are LNG power over an MSc another ship coming the virtuosa 900 million
dollar vessel forty eight hundred eighty-eight passengers the MSC virtuoso
will launch in September of 2020 vert very similar to the grandiose in size
design cutting-edge technology should be a big big hit the next one coming out is
going to be from our friends at Costa the Costa line owned by Carnival we'll
bring out the Forenza cruise ship at seven hundred eighty million dollars
forty two hundred and thirty two passengers she will be a launched
October next year so a little over a year from now and this ship promises to
be an elegant vessel they are going for a very Greek kind of Roman look very
unique high-end flying dining this will definitely be based in Europe as well
Mediterranean cruising if you want to experience the Mediterranean on and off
the ship this ship is gonna be for you and rounding out the last ship the
thirteenth ship will be the Royal Caribbean Odyssey of the Seas I don't
have a couple of photos of the ship more are coming 950 million dollar build
forty-two hundred passengers next fall as the estimated release date we're
thinking between September and November next year when the Odyssey of the Seas
comes out and as I get more information on it I will pass that on to you but
there's a brief recap of 13 gigantic cruise ships coming out from virgin to
MSC to Carnival to cost a celebrity piano you name it there's a ton coming
out the total value of all of these ships to give you an idea how much money
is being spent by Cruise Lines we're talking about an excess of 10 billion
dollars being spent by these cruise lines to build out just these 13 ships
and we're talking about a capacity of 55,000 passengers at a minimum where
we're talking only double-occupancy a number of these rooms
like these rooms you're gonna see here we're talking about capacity going up to
four or six passengers depending on the cabin style so minimum 55,000 capacity
per week if you're looking at seven-day cruises
we're talking about 2.7 million passengers a year that are gonna be able
to enjoy just these brand-new cruise ships added to the existing occupancy
now my hunch is that these ships will probably run at over 3 million capacity
per year which means that with the 30 million existing passengers taking
cruises we're talking a 10% increase in capacity in the next year alone and that
is a major gamble by cruise lines while world economies might be going into a
bit of a slowdown and or even some recession so we're gonna have to see how
this plays out there may be some super deals available to us as cruisers going
forward because of the increased capacity that these cruise lines are
bringing on we'll see how it all plays out join me Monday nights 8 o'clock we
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