Welcome to this week's edition of the Royal Caribbean post round-up, where we summarize all of the Royal Caribbean news and information from this week into one handy-dandy post! There is plenty of great content to enjoy, so sit back, relax, and enjoy this week's round-up!
Royal Caribbean updated its Covid protocols this week to allow unvaccinated cruisers onboard most of its ships.
Beginning September 5, all travelers, regardless of vaccination status, can cruise on the following itineraries, as long as they meet testing requirements to board.
This includes cruises that sail from any Florida homeport, as well as Los Angeles, Galveston, New Orleans, and most European cities.
While vaccination is not required, Royal Caribbean kindly asks all guests to disclose their status during check-in to ensure they maintain a highly vaccinated onboard population.
Royal Caribbean News
- Royal Caribbean announces Singapore cruises in 2023-24
- Royal Caribbean will give leftover cruise credits as onboard credits instead
- What you need to know about Royal Caribbean accepting self-administered Covid tests
- Royal Caribbean answers cruise ship special needs and accessibility questions
- How online cruise planning is getting easier
- We're live blogging from Radiance of the Seas this week on an Alaska cruise
- Why fall is a great time to cruise to Halifax, Nova Scotia
- What is a cruise ship dry dock?
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The 466th episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available, where Rebecca reviews her Quantum of the Seas Alaska cruise.
Quantum of the Seas gets lost in the shuffle of Alaska cruises to consider, so Rebecca talked about her recent sailing on Quantum.
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.
Video: All the LEVELS & PERKS of Royal Caribbean Crown and Anchor Society!
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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: All the LEVELS & PERKS of Royal Caribbean Crown and Anchor Society!
Exclusive Icon of the Seas aerial photos
We have a new batch of Icon of the Seas construction photos to share from the shipyard.
RoyalCaribbeanBlog commissioned its own aerial drone photos to share what we can see so far from the shipyard.
These photos were taken earlier this week, and show off the progress being made on a ship we still largely know little about.
Royal Caribbean will increase gratuities
Beginning September 7, the daily gratuity rate is going up.
Royal Caribbean will charge guests in non-suite staterooms $16 per person, per day. Guests in suites will be charged $18.50 per day.
This is the first gratuity rate change in well over 4 years. The daily gratuities are shared among dining, bar & culinary services staff, stateroom attendants and other hotel services teams who work behind the scenes.
Allure of the Seas is the last Oasis Class ship with some classic features
Because Allure of the Seas did not get a Royal Amplification yet, she remains the last Oasis Class ship with amenities and venues that have since been removed on other ships.
In the meantime, guests can enjoy a few classic features you either can’t find on the others or are slowly being phased out.
