Royal Caribbean Announces More Cruising from Tampa

Royal Caribbean International announced its 2010-11 short Caribbean cruise program, which offers 331 sailings on 20 itineraries visiting 15 ports of call. The cruise line will expand its deployment in Tampa with Radiance of the Seas from autumn 2010 through spring 2011, while Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas will continue their year-round Bahamas sailings from their respective homeports of Miami and Port Canaveral. Grandeur of the Seas will reposition to Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale for summer and autumn 2010, after which Navigator of the Seas will take over. Bookings for the line’s 2010-11 short cruises are now open.


With more berths and an expanded season, Radiance of the Seas will increase Royal Caribbean’s capacity in Tampa. Radiance of the Seas’ itineraries will include a four-night sailing to Cozumel and a five-night sailing that adds Costa Maya. The ship’s 2010 season will kick off with a seven-night Western Caribbean sailing on Oct. 9, calling at Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Costa Maya and Belize City. Grandeur of the Seas will reposition from Tampa and continue sailing four- and five-night Western Caribbean itineraries from Port Everglades in April 2010. Ports include Key West, Cozumel, Costa Maya, Grand Cayman and CocoCay.


In November 2010, Navigator of the Seas will replace Grandeur of the Seas at Port Everglades, also offering four- and five-night itineraries. On one of its five-night itineraries that depart Mondays, Navigator will call at the new port of Falmouth, Jamaica, and Labadee, Royal Caribbean’s private beach on the north Haitian coast. Other ports of call will include Grand Cayman, Cozumel, Belize City and Ocho Rios. Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas will continue year-round three- and four-night Bahamas itineraries, departing Mondays and Fridays from Miami and Port Canaveral. Ports of call include Nassau, CocoCay, and Costa Maya.