release dates for 2026 Itineraries

[Chili]

On 10/25/2024 at 12:22 AM, Matt said:

I really cant believe they still pretend C&A have any kind of early access. They even put out a press release about it on the same day

They believe their own advertising.

[Rackham]

I'm wondering how the recent announcement of MSC adding an Alaska season is impacting Royal's itineraries with port avaliablity? Maybe this is why it appears Royal has scaled back their ports of call in the last frontier? 

An article with the MSC news.  

https://cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/2024/10/msc-cruises-announces-2026-alaska-program/

[smokeybandit]

The search page now shows dates through October, but no actual cruises show up yet

[AlmondFarmer]

Cruises loading now…..slowly.

pricing like Alaska last week.

[smokeybandit]

49 minutes ago, AlmondFarmer said:

pricing like Alaska last week.

I'm noticing a trend.

[Scotsman]

I noticed that European tours are now available. What's the difference between Europe and Europe 2.0? It seems like Europe only offers shorter trips (up to 7 days) and doesn't include the same cruises scheduled for summer 2025. Just curious as i really want to plan a multi generational family trip 

[Rackham]

Solar eclipse cruise pricing if the website isn't working for ya. As it comes and goes on my end.

Edit: With website issues preventing booking, here was the pricing when the site finally worked and was accepting payment. There's $150 onboard credit included with an interior booking. $75 also happens to be the price increase on an interior cabin per person when comparing these prices to the earlier ones ($75 x 2 = $150). Funny how that works.

Edited October 31, 2024 by Rackham

[Peter D]

I was really hoping for an Iceland eclipse itinerary similar to the Celebrity one. Oh well.

[Mel]

Poor selection for Europe 2026. And crazy prices. 7-night is almost same as 11-night with Celebrity. And itinerary is not so great.

It seams, that we will skip 2026 and wait.

[FionaMG]

11 hours ago, Scotsman said:

I noticed that European tours are now available. What's the difference between Europe and Europe 2.0? It seems like Europe only offers shorter trips (up to 7 days) and doesn't include the same cruises scheduled for summer 2025. Just curious as i really want to plan a multi generational family trip 

There is some speculation - and at the moment it is only speculation - that Europe 2.0 will be Icon 3. And IF that happens, it will likely take over from Harmony doing the standard 7-night Med itinerary.

If you look at what they've put up for Harmony, it's very odd. It only goes through to mid-July and there is also a 3-week blank mid-June to the first week in July. Also, departures are from Barcelona only when, on past form, we would have expected interporting with departures from both Barcelona and Civitavecchia. As things stand at the moment, there is no ship doing that standard itinerary from Rome.

I guess we'll have to wait another couple of months for answers.

[Doug_Texas]

2 hours ago, FionaMG said:

There is some speculation - and at the moment it is only speculation - that Europe 2.0 will be Icon 3. And IF that happens, it will likely take over from Harmony doing the standard 7-night Med itinerary.

If you look at what they've put up for Harmony, it's very odd. It only goes through to mid-July and there is also a 3-week blank mid-June to the first week in July. Also, departures are from Barcelona only when, on past form, we would have expected interporting with departures from both Barcelona and Civitavecchia. As things stand at the moment, there is no ship doing that standard itinerary from Rome.

I guess we'll have to wait another couple of months for answers.

It is certainly odd that Oasis class was pulled from Europe.  I had been waiting to book Allure or Harmony for Europe 2026 and now I wait for another 3 months to see what 2.0 is.  I guess I can see if Celebrity Edge class looks interesting - that opening schedule releases week of Nov. 5.

[AndyPandy]

8 hours ago, Mel said:

Poor selection for Europe 2026. And crazy prices. 7-night is almost same as 11-night with Celebrity. And itinerary is not so great.

It seams, that we will skip 2026 and wait.

Agreed I have sailed the Anthem, and loved Norway with an inside pool, and 12 nights Canaries. I like the speciality restaurants Wonderland- Jamie’s, ( aware Chops usually around).  I like Coastal Kitchen for Breakfast Lunch and Dinner. Two70 is great.

The Independence is older than the Anthem, and so for 2025 I gave it a miss, and looking today, I will give 2026 a miss.

Not sure why the U.K. was downgraded. ( imho).

[Lovetocruise2002]

16 hours ago, Peter D said:

I was really hoping for an Iceland eclipse itinerary similar to the Celebrity one. Oh well.

Same! I booked refundable for the X Iceland one, and I was hoping Royal would offer something similar. Not only did they not, but the 9-night on LB is way more pricier than something comparable on the X Iceland sailing.

[Southern Dan]

My wife and I along with her friends are planning to do a Norwegian Fjords cruise in 2027 so the only thing I'm keeping my eyes on for Europe 2026 is if Icon 3 will be doing a TA in late Oct/Nov...that will be very tempting to jump on.  I'm going to have to wait until "Europe Continued" is released the week of January 27th for that I suppose...

I feel like a long TA would be the perfect cruise to check out an Icon Class ship for the first time.  I have so many ships and places I want to see with limited time off only Oct through Feb for the most part...the struggle is real lmao.

[FionaMG]

19 minutes ago, Southern Dan said:

I feel like a long TA would be the perfect cruise to check out an Icon Class ship for the first time.

I agree. I wonder how many $$$ they'll want for that one?!

[Southern Dan]

17 hours ago, FionaMG said:

I agree. I wonder how many $$$ they'll want for that one?!

 

[Rackham]

1 hour ago, Southern Dan said:

 

Can't tell if they're joking or saw someone's invoice who booked the ultimate family townhouse for this itinerary.

[Zenra]

On 10/30/2024 at 10:38 PM, Peter D said:

I was really hoping for an Iceland eclipse itinerary similar to the Celebrity one. Oh well.

I've been keeping an eye out for something as well. I think we'll just book the Celebrity cruise for the eclipse, especially with as much as I've looked at it and debated the booking haha.

Iceland is a bucket list location for us but add the eclipse in and it just sounds too good to pass up for me.

[BrianB]

I saw two cruises were added to the Northeast sailing out of Port Liberty in Bayonne NJ.

I booked a 14 day Southern Caribbean cruise on the Odyssey sailing March 1 to 15, 2026. Then the Odyssey will go transatlantic on a 15 day cruise to Spain.

Just waiting for the rest of the 2026 bookings to open up…

 

[Southern Dan]

Dates posted so far...

2026-05-29 - Oasis via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Bahamas & Perfect Day
2026-05-30 - Icon via Miami - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-06-03 - Enchantment via Tampa - 7 Nt Western
2026-07-04 - Symphony via Galveston - 8 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-07-30 - Independence via Cape Liberty - 9 Nt Bermuda & Eastern
2026-08-01 - Radiance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern
2026-08-06 - Vision via Baltimore - 9 Nt Bermuda & Bahamas
2026-08-15 - Star via Port Canaveral - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-10-17 - Allure via Fort Lauderdale - 8 Nt Southern & Perfect Day
2026-11-15 - Adventure via Fort Lauderdale - 6 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-12-06 - Odyssey via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Perfect Day Bahamas
2027-01-17 - Brilliance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern

[caffeinated]

1 hour ago, Southern Dan said:

Dates posted so far...

2026-05-29 - Oasis via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Bahamas & Perfect Day
2026-05-30 - Icon via Miami - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-06-03 - Enchantment via Tampa - 7 Nt Western
2026-07-04 - Symphony via Galveston - 8 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-07-30 - Independence via Cape Liberty - 9 Nt Bermuda & Eastern
2026-08-01 - Radiance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern
2026-08-06 - Vision via Baltimore - 9 Nt Bermuda & Bahamas
2026-08-15 - Star via Port Canaveral - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-10-17 - Allure via Fort Lauderdale - 8 Nt Southern & Perfect Day
2026-11-15 - Adventure via Fort Lauderdale - 6 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-12-06 - Odyssey via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Perfect Day Bahamas
2027-01-17 - Brilliance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern

hmmm. Interesting. I thought Allure was going back to Galveston. Guess it's Symphony. 

[asquared17]

2 hours ago, Southern Dan said:

Symphony via Galveston - 8 Nt Western & Perfect Day

57 minutes ago, caffeinated said:

Interesting. I thought Allure was going back to Galveston. Guess it's Symphony. 

this  is the sound of my heart breaking  

just kidding, the galveston folks should get to enjoy her too

[Pattycruise]

On 11/12/2024 at 9:56 AM, BrianB said:

I saw two cruises were added to the Northeast sailing out of Port Liberty in Bayonne NJ.

I booked a 14 day Southern Caribbean cruise on the Odyssey sailing March 1 to 15, 2026. Then the Odyssey will go transatlantic on a 15 day cruise to Spain.

Just waiting for the rest of the 2026 bookings to open up…

 

Wow. That’s interesting!  That’s less sailings for 7 days, lots of prime/signature people who cannot select NJ for those weeks unless they use trade in value. 

[Nathan adams]

More of the same old same old. Hoping to hit dominica, st Vincent, and Trinidad tobago

[Pattycruise]

1 hour ago, Nathan adams said:

More of the same old same old. Hoping to hit dominica, st Vincent, and Trinidad tobago

Did Trinidad Tobago out of Puerto Rico this past January.  

[BJohnson]

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14 hours ago, Southern Dan said:

Dates posted so far...

2026-05-29 - Oasis via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Bahamas & Perfect Day
2026-05-30 - Icon via Miami - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-06-03 - Enchantment via Tampa - 7 Nt Western
2026-07-04 - Symphony via Galveston - 8 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-07-30 - Independence via Cape Liberty - 9 Nt Bermuda & Eastern
2026-08-01 - Radiance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern
2026-08-06 - Vision via Baltimore - 9 Nt Bermuda & Bahamas
2026-08-15 - Star via Port Canaveral - 7 Nt Eastern & Perfect Day
2026-10-17 - Allure via Fort Lauderdale - 8 Nt Southern & Perfect Day
2026-11-15 - Adventure via Fort Lauderdale - 6 Nt Western & Perfect Day
2026-12-06 - Odyssey via Cape Liberty - 7 Nt Perfect Day Bahamas
2027-01-17 - Brilliance via San Juan - 7 Nt Southern

Now all of this is gone, Im guessing they are fixing to put the new stuff up. We are taking my oldest on a graduation cruise in 2026 and waiting on the new itinerary's.

 

[Nathan adams]

Yep. Now they are gone. Hope there are more to come. Wasn't thrilled on the ones that were up. 

[Gilley]

I’m hoping Oasis reappear.  I would to sail on her out of Cape Liberty

[Lucky]

Every year I keep hoping to see a Quantum-class come back to Florida. Doesn't look like it's gonna happen again.

[Southern Dan]

58 minutes ago, Lucky said:

Every year I keep hoping to see a Quantum-class come back to Florida. Doesn't look like it's gonna happen again.

I’m flying to Italy next September to check out Odyssey as that looks to be the best Quantum Class ship with Playmakers and the larger outdoor pool area.  Seeing Italy/Greece/Turkey should be pretty awesome too I’m thinking.

[Nathan adams]

What's up with the releases?

They were up for about a day, and it didn't seem to be a complete list since it was only to jan 27 when it was supposed to be April 27. 

Now they've been gone a few days. 

[OCSC Mike]

3 minutes ago, Nathan adams said:

What's up with the releases?

They were up for about a day, and it didn't seem to be a complete list since it was only to jan 27 when it was supposed to be April 27. 

Now they've been gone a few days. 

That was just a test load so Royal can check for glitches, issues, mistakes, etc. The actual release will be next week as scheduled.

[Nathan adams]

34 minutes ago, OCSC Mike said:

That was just a test load so Royal can check for glitches, issues, mistakes, etc. The actual release will be next week as scheduled.

Is there an updated release schedule? Mine says week of Nov 11th.

[FionaMG]

32 minutes ago, Nathan adams said:

Is there an updated release schedule? Mine says week of Nov 11th.

https://loyaltoyoualways.com/deployment/

Click where it says 2026-2027 deployment assets / view assets. That will let you see the most recent version of the schedule.

[asquared17]

it’s november 18th. 

i am ready. bring on the caribbean itineraries!!

[Army guy]

On 10/31/2024 at 4:31 PM, Southern Dan said:

My wife and I along with her friends are planning to do a Norwegian Fjords cruise in 2027 so the only thing I'm keeping my eyes on for Europe 2026 is if Icon 3 will be doing a TA in late Oct/Nov...that will be very tempting to jump on.  I'm going to have to wait until "Europe Continued" is released the week of January 27th for that I suppose...

I feel like a long TA would be the perfect cruise to check out an Icon Class ship for the first time.  I have so many ships and places I want to see with limited time off only Oct through Feb for the most part...the struggle is real lmao.

I'm interested in a 2027 Norway Artic circle cruise. I want to cruise RC but may have to jump ship for Celebrity. 

[Southern Dan]

I’m 100% open to Celebrity, my wife’s friends are NCL cruisers so I’d be open to that too depending on the ship.  I’d prefer Royal obviously but their options seem to be decreasing unfortunately as the years go on for that part of the world.

[asquared17]

1 hour ago, Army guy said:

I want to cruise RC but may have to jump ship for Celebrity. 

6 minutes ago, Southern Dan said:

I’m 100% open to Celebrity

after our sailing on symphony next month, our next three sailings are on celebrity because we couldn't find the pricing for on royal that we wanted. i'm hoping to get ahead of it with the new releases for long caribbean this week, but it's really been wild lately with how things have been trending on royal.

[caffeinated]

2 hours ago, asquared17 said:

it’s november 18th. 

i am ready. bring on the caribbean itineraries!!

Hopefully we will see something tomorrow night! I'm waiting too!

[Lucky]

They're up right now!