The United States Coast Guard has ended its search for the 26 year old Canadian that jumped off Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas on Saturday.

The Coast Guard released a statement that its 3-day search for Tien Phuoc Nguyen has concluded despite efforts by Royal Caribbean and the Coast Guard to rescue him.

After being reported he was overboard, Adventure of the Seas' Captain immediately stopped the ship and began searching.  This was followed by the Coast Guard's effort as well.

Meanwhile, the FBI is trying to determine what caused Nyugen to go overboard.

"We are looking into whether he jumped, or whether it was an accident, or whether he committed suicide, or whether someone pushed him," Moises Quinones, public information officer for the FBI's San Juan Office, told ABC News.

Adventure of the Seas security cameras have video of Nguyen going overboard.

A cruise passenger on Royal Caribbean's Adventure of the Seas who apparently jumped overboard, is the subject of a US Coast Guard search operation.

CTV News reports Royal Caribbean Cynthia Martinez said Sunday that the captain of the Adventure of the Seas stopped the ship, turned around and alerted authorities after a passenger reported seeing the person going overboard late Saturday. In a Sunday email, Martinez said footage of the incident was also captured by the ship's cameras.

A cruise passenger aboard Adventure of the Seas, known only to us as Laura, tweeted us a first-hand report.  The man is presumed dead. Adventure of the Seas spent 6 hours with the coast guard doing rescue boat missions and helicopters fly above. 

The Royal Caribbean ship was finishing a seven-night trip and returning to San Juan.

Happy New Year to all of our friends in blog land!  It's almost time to welcome a brand new year and once again I'm reminded by how lucky this site is to have so many supportive readers like all of you.  From our family to yours, we wish you a happy new year and hope that 2014 is better than ever!

Christmas week was a slow news week but it ended on a high note with the news of a new specialty restaurant coming to Navigator of the Seas.

As part of Navigator's planned refurbishment in January, Royal Caribbean will add Sabor Modern Mexican to the ship on deck 4 where the Dungeon nightclub used to be.

Royal Caribbean describes the restaurant as, "Sabor Modern Mexican provides guests an opportunity to enjoy creative yet recognizable modern Mexican cuisine and beverages with polished casual service in a contemporary setting."

Royal Caribbean News

• Royal Caribbean will end its partnership with Fisher Price as of January 1, 2014.
• A Grandeur of the Seas passenger was flown back to the United States due to health reasons.
• Here are 10 ways to save money on your Royal Caribbean cruise.
• Rock star Alice Cooper will headline a Rock Legends cruise on a Royal Caribbean ship.
• We're sharing how to plan an excursion in Belize City.

Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast

The twenty first episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is available for downloading and we're previewing Royal Caribbean's upcoming year in 2014.

This week, Matt looks at the big changes comign to Royal Caribbean in 2014 and which events happening this year should be on your radar.  There's new ship refurbishments, a brand new ship launching and big news for Europeans too.

Please feel free to subscribe via iTunes or RSS, and head over to rate and review the podcast on iTunes if you can! We’d appreciate it.

Royal Caribbean Around the Internet

Cruise Law News is reporting a possible Norovirus outbreak on Oasis of the Seas.

Beyond Ships has a photo guide to Labadee.

CruiseLine.com has 9 Questions for Kristin Chenoweth, Godmother of Quantum of the Seas

Royal Caribbean will end its partnership with toy manufacturer Fisher Price as of January 1, 2014.

The ending of this deal doesn't mean the end of Fisher Price onboard. Rather, Royal Caribbean will augment the Fisher Price toys with toys from other brands as well.

A statement from Royal Caribbean summarizes the change, "As of January 1, 2014, Fisher Price will no longer be the official partner of the Nursery or our Babies and Tots program.  Our guest may still find Fisher Price product onboard but it will be complimented by various other brands."

Royal Caribbean will discontinue the following programs as a result of the end of the deal.

• Fisher Price Playgroups
• Royal Babies & Tots Nursery Décor 
• Fisher Price Curriculum
• Little People Birthday Party
• Hot Wheels Race Track on CocoCay
• Dining Room Kid's Menus
• Fisher Price Toys in Adventure Ocean
• Décor on Labadee and CocoCay
• In-stateroom television content
• Toy Lending Program​

Guest with kids under 3 years old will still be able to enjoy the following experiences to compliment their family cruising experience:

• Adventure Art for Tots
• Maritime Music (on select ships)
• Royal Bedtime Stories

Royal Caribbean isn't done adding new things to Navigator of the Seas before she enters drydock next week for her refurbishment.  New Navigator of the Seas deck plans show she will get a new specialty restaurant called, "Sabor Modern Mexican".

The Mexican restaurant is a departure from Royal Caribbean's previous Mexican specialty restaurant that first debuted on Allure of the Seas, Rita's Cantina.  

The new restaurant will be located on deck 4, where The Dungeon night club used to be.

The new restaurant addition comes with this description about why the cruise line opted to develop a new offering, "Royal Caribbean International is furthering its commitment to total guest satisfaction by introducing a new specialty restaurant on Navigator of the Seas®.  Sabor Modern Mexican provides guests an opportunity to enjoy creative yet recognizable modern Mexican cuisine and beverages with polished casual service in a contemporary setting."

The cover charge for this new specialty restaurant is expected to be $25 per person.

The addition of Sabor Modern Mexican is another unique upgrade coming only to Navigator of the Seas first, including virtual balconies and a WiFi networking upgrade.

Navigator of the Seas will begin a month long refurbishment in January 2014 to receive upgrades and amenities that will breathe new life into the ship.  Her first cruise back will be on February 5, 2014.  Royal Caribbean Blog will provide live coverage of her first week long cruise after refurbishment on February 9, 2014.

It's the last Friday Photos of 2013 and we have some great shots that our readers have sent in to share with everyone!  We've loved sharing these photos every week with all of you, so thank you to everyone that made this such a fun year.

Let's jump into this week's batch.

Matt Carrera sent in this photo and he writes, "Always loved this shot that I took in St. John (after taking the ferry over from St. Thomas) while cruising last year on the Allure of the Seas."  Love the perspective and suddenly I'm very thirsty.

This panoramic photo was taken by François St-Onge and it's of Liberty of the Seas while in Toulon, France. Who knew the south of France was so beautiful?  Excellent photo!

Our next photo is by Connor De La Pena and it's from an excursion at Labadee.  I think this photo speaks to what we all hope for on a beach day: sun, warm weather and not a worry in the world.

Here is Brilliance of the Seas anchored in Bar Harbor, Maine back in  October 2013 by "Mid".  Notice the brand new cruise ship next to the sailing ship? Love the contrast.

This photo by Lisa Sullivan is of Serenade of The Seas while in Santorini Greece from August 2013.  If I didn't know any better, I'd have guessed this was a marketing brochure photo.  One of the best photos we've seen all year Lisa!

Our last photo comes to us from Serguei & Jacqueline while they were on Explorer of the Seas in October 2012 during Hurricane Sandy.  They write, "'Always prepared'. Thanks to the crew and the Captain of the ship for our safety and unforgettable memories. Royal Caribbean did everything possible to make that cruise the best it could be."

Thank you to everyone that sent in their photos this week and if you have Royal Caribbean photos, be sure to send yours in as well so we can post them here next week!

Happy New Year to all our Friday Photos faithful and I'm looking forward to seeing your 2014 Royal Caribbean photos start to come in soon!

Merry Christmas everyone! Our Christmas present to you all is a brand new Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast episode to get you excited about the new year.

Episode 21 is available for downloading where we are previewing everything exciting coming from Royal Caribbean in 2014.

This week Matt looks at the reasons why 2014 is going to be really exciting for Royal Caribbean fans.  From a new cruise shop to changes to existing ships to moving around the world, there's a lot happening in the coming year when it comes to Royal Caribbean and we're previewing it all.

Here’s the podcast page for Episode 21. And don’t forget to subscribe to the podcast via RSS, Stitcher or on iTunes!

Take a listen and as always, let us know what you think! Please rate and review the podcast on iTunes and leave your comments below!

A woman was taken by helicopter from Royal Caribbean's Grandeur of the Seas due to being in "medical distress" according to the United States Coast Guard.

Star News Online reports the unidentified woman was taken to New Hanover Regional Medical Center in Wilmington, North Carolina at about 6:00am while off the coast of Florida early this morning.

They left the Coast Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City aboard an HC-130 Hercules aircraft and an MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter, according to the commander center.

Coast Guard officials arrived at 6:20 a.m. and took the woman to the Wilmington hospital for medical attention. When they got to the ship it was about 225 miles southeast of the Bahamas.

The woman is in stable condition, but there is no word as to what her medical emergency was.

The third annual Legends of Rock cruise is planned aboard Royal Caribbean's Liberty of the Seas for February 19 – 23, 2015 and headlining the event is Alice Cooper.

Cooper joins a list of other confirmed rock stars that will appear on the ship for shows and events, including 

• the Doobie Brothers
• Blue Oyster Cult
• Uriah Heep
• .38 Special
• the Edgar Winter Band
• the Marshall Tucker Band
•  Eddie Money
• Dickey Betts
• and more

The cruise will feature performances on four different on-board venues.

Rock Legends Cruise III is a private event sponsored by the Native American Heritage Assosciation.

Royal Caribbean offers a number of cruises to the tropical destinations of the eastern Caribbean and in this video, we get a preview of these great islands!