Royal Caribbean News Round-Up: March 8, 2026

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08 Mar 2026
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Matt Hochberg

Happy weekend! We hope you remembered to Spring Forward! Here’s all the Royal Caribbean news this week!

Royal Caribbean just made cruise dinner planning easier.

In an effort to improve the pre-cruise online experience, there's a new feature on the website that allows guests to change their dining times effortlessly.

The cruise line recently added a new way for passengers to update their cruise dining plans on its website before their cruise.

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New RCB Video: I Tried a 7 Day Cruise on a 24 Year Old Ship

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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 — I Tried a 7 Day Cruise on a 24 Year Old Ship — and don’t forget to subscribe to our channel.

Royal Caribbean is testing out a new day pass option

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If you want a no-frills admission into the new Royal Beach Club, there could be a new way to get it.

On a handful of cruises, a new nothing included day pass is being offered for just $49 per person.

Drinks and food would cost extra, but you'd be able to get into the highly sought after beach club without paying a higher price for all-inclusive.

Royal Caribbean has the same bar on every ship, but it’s better on these ships

Matt at the Schooner Bar

While you'll find a Schooner Bar on every ship in the fleet, I think the best one is on one of its older ships.

I generally gravitate towards big ships, but you can't deny the Schooner Bar is better on a Radiance Class ship.

After sailing on many ships, the truth is the Schooner Bar isn’t the same everywhere.

4 dining changes Royal Caribbean made that fixed frustrating problems

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Thanks to a number of recent improvements, planning dinner on a Royal Caribbean cruise is now easier than ever.

With a greater emphasis on digital offerings, the website and app have both gotten upgrades for simplifying the pre-cruise dinner planning process.

All of it has contributed to making the vacation be as smooth as possible.

Royal Caribbean wants to build something huge to change how ships get repaired

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Royal Caribbean has proposed building a new floating dry dock in Central America.

The proposal would be to construct in Panama as an alternative to drydocks in Asia.

Plus, it would open up more space for ships since existing drydocks are very busy.

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

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We've just released the 599th episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast. In it, Matt talks about the recent change to remove soda cups and machines from most drink packages.

You can subscribe to the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast via YouTube, iTunes, Google Play or RSS.


Matt started Royal Caribbean Blog in 2010 as a place to share his passion for all things Royal Caribbean with readers. He oversees all the writers at Royal Caribbean Blog, and writes a great deal of content on a daily basis.  He has become one of the foremost experts on a Royal Caribbean cruise.

Over the years, he has reached Pinnacle Club status with Royal Caribbean's customer loyalty program.

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