Four additional Royal Caribbean cruise ships scheduled to sail in 2023 has been moved elsewhere.
Guests that were booked on Brilliance of the Seas for her summer 2023 sailings received an email today that their sailings have been cancelled.
Royal Caribbean's original plan was for Brilliance of the Seas was to continue offering sailings departing from Tampa, Florida through April 29th, 2023 and begin its European season on May 15th, 2023, before making its way back to Tampa, Florida in November 2023.
The International Maritime Organization recently shared new speed regulations that Royal Caribbean must adhere to and as a result, they've repositioned some of ships for the upcoming 2023/2024 season.
Brilliance will now sail from Vancouver, British Columbia starting April 3rd, 2023 and Sydney, Australia beginning October 23rd, 2023.
Enchantment of the Seas will now take Brilliance's place in Florida and Europe and will offer similar itineraries.
The original plan for Enchantment of the Seas was to offer sailings departing from Vancouver, British Columbia on April 3rd, 2023 and Sydney, Australia on October 23rd, 2023.
Instead, Enchantment of the Seas will now continue offering sailings from Baltimore, Maryland through April 20th, 2023 and begin a European season with departures from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy, Athens (Piraeus), Greece, and Venice (Ravenna), Italy starting May 15th, 2023, before making its way to Tampa, Florida in November 2023.
Starting July 28th, 2022, we'll automatically move your clients to the new Enchantment of the Seas sailing departing on the same day as their original Brilliance of the Seas cruise. They'll receive like-for-like accommodations onboard Enchantment of the Seas, and their amenities will remain the same.
Guests that were booked onboard Enchantment or Brilliance of the Seas have 3 options:
- Automatically move to the Enchantment or Brilliance of the Seas sailing departing on the same day as their original cruise
- Their new sailing will still offer the same beautiful ports as their original cruise, and it'll depart from the same destination.
- Move them to a like-for-like stateroom and their original stateroom category price will either be protected at their original cruise fare rate or reduced to the current cruise fare rate (whichever is lower).
- Re-book any other Royal Caribbean International sailing
- Royal Caribbean will waive any non-refundable deposit change fees.
- No price protection
- A full refund of any paid portion of your cruise fare (including non-refundable deposits) and any pre-paid amenities to the original form of payment within 14 business days
Guests have between now now and August 18th, 2022 to decide. If the person does nothing, they'll remain booked on the alternate Enchantment of the Seas sailing.
Voyager and Adventure of the Seas
Another swap was announced for Voyager of the Seas and Adventure of the Seas.
Due to the same International Maritime Organization speed regulations, Voyager of the Seas was to offer sailings departing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida through November 4th, 2023, and Orlando (Port Canaveral), Florida beginning November 10th, 2023. Instead, Voyager will now sail from Galveston, Texas beginning May 9th, 2023.
Adventure of the Seas will now take Voyager's place in Florida place and will offer similar itineraries.
Guests will be automatically moved to the new Adventure of the Seas sailing departing on the same day as your original Voyager of the Seas cruise. They'll receive like-for-like accommodations onboard Adventure of the Seas, and their amenities will remain the same.
Just like Brilliance and Enchantment, guests have the choice of the automatic move, a move to another ship, or a full refund.
Another ship moves away from Europe in 2023
Brilliance of the Seas is the second Royal Caribbean cruise ship to be redeployed away from Europe.
Earlier this month, Serenade of the Seas had her summer 2023 cruise season cancelled.
Serenade of the Seas was to offer sailings departing from Copenhagen, Denmark and Stockholm, Sweden starting May 21st, 2023.
Instead, she'll be homeported in Florida in summer 2023.
Unlike Brilliance, Royal Caribbean cancelled Serenade's European season due to the war in Ukraine.
