Stay up-to-date with all the Royal Caribbean news from this week with our roundup of all this week's news.
Unfortunately, Royal Caribbean had to cancel its entire cruise season from Israel on the brand new Odyssey of the Seas.
Late on Saturday night, Royal Caribbean confirmed all sailings from Haifa, Israel were cancelled "due to the unrest in Israel and the region, Odyssey has not been able to complete the preparations required".
Instead, Odyssey will now head to Florida and await a new deployment.
Royal Caribbean News
- Royal Caribbean says passengers will not have to wear face masks on Perfect Day at CocoCay
- CDC updated some of its rules for cruise ships
- CDC added new rules for screening cruise ship passengers
- Bill passes U.S. Senate to allow cruise ships to sail to Alaska without stopping in Canada
- Cruise industry wants you to tell President Biden to let cruise ships sail again
- A look at the CDC's "preposterous" requirements for cruise ships test sailings
- Royal Caribbean adjusts cruise ship health protocols on Singapore cruises due to Covid-19 alert
- Carnival cancels some July 2021 cruises, but hopes to restart some ships from U.S. in July
- Florida Governor dismisses Norwegian Cruise Line threat to pull cruise ships from Florida
- My 2021 Royal Caribbean bucket list
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The 406th episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available, which is all about what happens to a cruise ship during a dry dock.
Every so often we hear about a ship going in for a dry dock, but what happens and why are they so important? A retired Coast Guard Commander shares with us what happens during these scheduled breaks for cruise ships.
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5 cruise trends Royal Caribbean doesn't do (and 1 it jumped on)
Royal Caribbean is an industry leader, but they don't do everything their competitors offer.
Some new cruisers, as well as people new to Royal Caribbean, may be surprised by some of the things Royal Caribbean does not do, which are found on other cruise lines.
Here are the top five cruise industry trends I have noticed Royal Caribbean does not do, as well as one that they recently changed their minds about.
