Hope you had a great week and are staying safe out there. Hopefully you had a chance to keep up with what’s new with Royal Caribbean this week. But if not, here’s a roundup of this week’s news.
Royal Caribbean has cancelled all of its Labadee visits for 2026.
Visits had been suspended through April, but the cruise line made the decision this week to cancel the rest of the scheduled visits through the end of December.
Gang violence has not gotten any better, and concern for safety prompted the change.
Royal Caribbean News
New RCB Video: Royal Beach Club Review: Best excursion ever?
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 — Royal Beach Club Review: Best excursion ever? — and don’t forget to subscribe here.
Royal Caribbean Group launches Points Choice
It’s about to become easier to cruise across any of the Royal Caribbean Group brand with the launch of Points Choice.
Beginning at the end of this month, you can earn loyalty points when cruising on any cruise line within the Royal Caribbean Group family.
Points can be moved up to 14 days after a sailing, with changes managed online.
Royal Beach Club updated the menu to offer more food and healthier choices
Less than a month after opening, Royal Caribbean revamped its food menu at the Royal Beach Club so that it can offer more options.
Citing guest feedback, the menu received an update this weekend to add fresher and lighter array of choices.
Plus, other menu items were reworked to rely less on fried food.
Royal Caribbean reversed an unpopular change to its specialty restaurant
Grilled vegetables are back on the menu at Izumi hibachi once again, following controversy that it was removed.
The menu was updated recently to remove grilled vegetables from the included food choices. Instead, it would cost $5 to add it.
Royal Caribbean has now rolled it back to include them as part of the hibachi meal.
Passenger misses ship after going to the wrong port
A cruise ship passenger got confused and went to the wrong Florida homeport and missed their cruise completely.
The confusion stemmed from where “Port Everglades” is versus “Port Canaveral”.
Furthermore, their appeal to join the ship in The Bahamas was denied.
Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast
The 592nd episode of the Royal Caribbean Blog Podcast is now available, breaking down potentially big cruise ship news.
If the rumor mill is right, Royal Caribbean could be on the brink of revealing they’re working on two different new ship classes at the same time.
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