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Harmony of the Seas to Sail Europe

Royal Caribbean announced that the Harmony of the Seas (the third Oasis vessel) will sail Europe from Barcelona. She’ll be there from May 2016. It seems this will happen before she sails for Port Everglades, her new homeport. Royal Caribbean…

Anthem of the Seas Transits Emms river

Royal Caribbean released this neat infographic depicting the transit. She’s now safely berthed in Eemshaven for her final outfitting. #AnthemoftheSeas is greeted by a beautiful sunrise while arriving to Eemshaven and the North Sea pic.twitter.com/FHyDsS87RS — Royal Caribbean PR (@RoyalCaribPR)…

Splendour of the Seas Leaves Royal Caribbean Fleet

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UPDATE: TUI Group announced that she will sail for England’s Thomson Cruises. Here’s what I anticipate she will look like. TUI Group have announced that they have purchased the Splendour of the Seas from Royal Caribbean. The price tag is unknown, but…

Details on Harmony of the Seas

from Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s new generation Oasis-class ship, Harmony of the Seas, is set to launch in April 2016. The third in the Oasis class of ships – currently the largest cruise ships in the world – will…

[UPDATED] Anthem Of The Seas Floatout

Meyer Werft have successfully floated out the Anthem from the covered drydock. After a short weather delay yesterday, she is now tied up at the pier just outside the yard. Photos via NDR.de   Everything’s all set for Anthem Of…

UPDATED:Dynamic Dining Latest

UPDATE TUESDAY: From Royal CEO Michael Bayley: [ON ANTHEM OF THE SEAS]The Classic Dining option will be part of Dynamic Dining. So when you go onto Dynamic Dining one of your choices will be Classic, click it and choose early…

Steel is Cut For Fourth Oasis-class Vessel

Royal Caribbean is celebrating the steel cutting ceremony of the 4th Oasis class vessel.(above) They also took this opportunity to update us on the current construction of the third Oasis vessel. (below) via Royal Caribbean Oasis of the Seas, Allure…

Royal Caribbean Reports Q4 2014 Earnings

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported 2014 results and provided increased guidance for 2015. Following its Double-Double trajectory, the company’s earnings for 2014 were up more than 40% over 2013 and are expected to be up a further 40% in 2015.…

Serenade of the Seas Delayed in NOLA. Sailed Without ~500pax

A rather tense turnaround day for Royal Caribbean in New Orleans yesterday. While traveling up the Mississippi River yesterday morning, the 90,090gt Serenade of the Seas experienced ‘navigational issues,’ then a burst pipe led to flooding of several cabins and…

Royal Caribbean Executive Promotions Update

via Royal Caribbean: Recognizing the deep bench of internal talent that has powered its long-term success, Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd named two senior company executives to chart the future course of the company’s two largest brands. Michael Bayley, who worked…

Finance Friday: Royal Caribbean Added to S&P 500

Full presser via PRNewswire: S&P Dow Jones Indices will make the following changes to the S&P 500, S&P MidCap 400 and S&P SmallCap 600 indices effective after the close of trading on Thursday, December 4: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE:RCL)…

Majesty of the Seas To Transfer to Pullmantur in 2016

via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today announced that Majesty of the Seas will transfer from its Royal Caribbean International cruise brand to its Pullmantur brand in 2016. Majesty of the Seas’ last 3-night sailing for Royal Caribbean International…

Voyager of the Seas Emerges From Drydock

via Royal Caribbean: Royal Caribbean International’s Voyager of the Seas, the largest cruise ship based in Asia Pacific, has just successfully completed her month-long $80 million revitalization bringing guests in the region a variety of first-at-sea features such as the FlowRider…

Quantum of the Seas Interiors

**Make sure you’re following our Quantum of the Seas live blog. As she’s about to start her regular itineraries, the coverage will end soon, so make sure you’re all caught up. A group of pax on the maiden transatlantic voyage…

[Analysis] Changes Made to Oasis in Recent Drydock & Why

The worlds largest cruise ship recently made a stop in drydock last month. The Oasis of the Seas is so large that there are only a select few drydocks cable of handling the 225,282gt ship. Taking place in Rotterdam, Netherlands…

Quantum of the Seas Inaugural Blog [Page 2]

This is an archived post that originally appeared on CruiseInd on Oct 29, 2014 @ 16:31 CLICK HERE FOR LATEST POSTS ON THE QUANTUM OF THE SEAS LIVEBLOG ARCHIVE October 27: October 25: Quantum of the Seas is still currently…

Royal Caribbean Reports Q3 2014 Earnings

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. today reported third quarter results and provided a preliminary outlook for 2015. Net Yields and Net Cruise Costs as well as Adjusted Net Income all performed about as expected for the quarter generating Adjusted Net Income…

Oasis Returns from Drydock

Oasis has sailed from her drydock and is now berthed in Rotterdam. These two webcams come courtesy of virtualvisit.nl. Over on CruiseCritic, someone has released the total changes. I have yet to cross check them with the deckplans as they…

Steel Cutting for Ovation of the Seas

With Quantum of the Seas about to head out of Papenburg Germany, Meyer Werft is wasting no time. Today they are celebrating the steel cutting ceremony of the third Quantum class ship, Ovation of the Seas.