Happy Sunday and Happy Thanksgiving weekend! I hope you enjoyed a wonderful holiday with family and friends! There is a lot of Royal Caribbean news to share this week.
Royal Caribbean will not sell any cruises longer than 7-nights until further notice in order to comply with new rules by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC).
The CDC's Framework for Conditional Sailing Order stipulates that cruises longer than 7 nights and call on a U.S. port are not allowed while the CSO is in effect.
Therefore, Royal Caribbean sailings between Jan. 1 and Nov. 1, 2021 are "temporarily paused" while Royal Caribbean determines what to do with them.
Royal Caribbean News
- Rehearsals begin on first Royal Caribbean cruise ship to restart next week
- CDC ignores crowded airports while holding cruise ships to double standard
- What Royal Caribbean will require guests to do for first cruises back in Singapore
- Odyssey of the Seas has new propellers installed at shipyard
- 14 things the CDC requires cruise ships do on test sailings
- Could Pullmantur return with a new fleet of former Celebrity Cruises cruise ships?
- Royal Caribbean app updated with easier ways to get to popular features
- 5 ways cruise ships have tougher COVID-19 protocols than airplanes
- Royal Caribbean's plans to build a cruise resort in Bahamas are still alive
- 5 important things Royal Caribbean has done since the No Sail Order was lifted
- 25 free things you can do on Royal Caribbean's Oasis Class cruise ships
- Did Black Friday sales save you money on your cruise?
- How to book a cruise with your credit card reward points
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The 382nd episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is available to enjoy, where we learn how Royal Caribbean developed the concept for the Central Park neighborhood.
Royal Caribbean's Kelly Gonzalez shares the story of how Central Park went from idea, to test, to failure, to new idea and eventually success.
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New video: 8 NOT STUPIDEST purchases I made to bring on a cruise
Have you subscribed to the Royal Caribbean Blog YouTube Channel? We share some great videos there regularly, all about taking a Royal Caribbean cruise! This week, we are sharing our latest video — 8 NOT STUPIDEST purchases I made to bring on a cruise — and don’t forget to subscribe here.
Odyssey of the Seas has been floated out!
Royal Caribbean's next new cruise ship was succesfully floated out from her shipyard hall on Saturday, reaching a major milestone in her construction.
Ship building Meyer Werft shared photos of Odyssey of the Seas being pulled out of the shipyard by tugboat and docked just outside the hall.
Now that Odyssey of the Seas is docked outside, more work will be done to add features to her, including the addition of the North Star observation pod.
