Hope you had a great week (maybe one week closer to your next Royal Caribbean cruise?) and you had a chance to keep up with what's new with Royal Caribbean this week. But if not, here's a roundup of this week's news.
Earlier this week, Royal Caribbean released its 2016-2017 Caribbean deployment plans and it let loose a slew of big changes coming to Royal Caribbean's "back yard" of operations.
There were quite a number of old faces in new places. Oasis of the Seas is moving to Port Canaveral, Freedom of the Seas is moving to Fort Lauderdale, Enchantment of the Seas is moving to Miami and Rhapsody of the Seas is going to Port Canaveral. Also, Anthem of the Seas is staying put in Cape Liberty.
The soon-to-be biggest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, is coming to Fort Lauderdale, althought it's not yet clear where she will be in the weeks around her launch.
You can read the entire deployment changes for 2016-2017 here.
Royal Caribbean News
- Royal Caribbean will sell Splendour of the Seas.
- Anthem of the Seas will have her conveyance on March 11.
- We have new photos of Anthem of the Seas in the daytime.
- Ovation of the Seas keel laying and lucky coin ceremony was held this week.
- Royal Caribbean released a new website design.
- We posted a full review of Jamie's Italian specialty restaurant on Quantum of the Seas.
- We also have a review of a recent cruise on Enchantment of the Seas.
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The eighty-third episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available and this we're talking about Giovanni's Table restaurant.
In this episode, Matt talks about why he thinks Giovanni's Table specialty restaurant is an under-appreciated dining choice and looks over the menu to discuss the good choices available and why you might want to make a reservation for your next cruise.
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Royal Caribbean Around the Internet
Beyondships.com has a new photo feature on Allure of the Seas.
EatSleepCruise.com has a review of Michael's Genuine Pub on Quantum of the Seas.
In The Loop Travel has tips to avoid hidden costs on your cruise.
