Large cruise ship 'Explorer of the Seas' navigating near lush green hills under a cloudy sky.

Royal Caribbean International

Eastern Caribbean & Perfect Day

Caribbean

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Trip Details

Departs: December 11, 2026

Returns: December 16, 2026

Departure Port: Orlando (Port Canaveral)

Ship: Explorer of the Seas

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Explorer of the Seas

The only cruise ship ever built with a working ocean laboratory, now doing Adriatic summers and Florida winters

Aboard

Second of the five Voyager-class ships, completed at Kværner Masa-Yards in Turku in September 2000
Carried an atmospheric and oceanographic laboratory run by the University of Miami until 2007
A Royal Promenade four decks high, and an ice rink, both Voyager-class inventions
The Perfect Storm slides and the Tidal Wave raft slide, added in a $110 million refit completed in 2023
A three-level Lime and Coconut bar over a rebuilt pool deck
Summers on the Adriatic out of Ravenna, winters in Florida

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Ashore

Where You Stop

Orlando (Port Canaveral)

Grand Turk

Perfect Day CocoCay

Caribbean

The Caribbean

The most-sailed water on earth, and the easiest cruise to fall in love with, short flights, warm water twelve months a year, and a different island every morning.

Best Time to Go: December through April, outside hurricane season
Typical Length: 5 to 8 nights

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Aerial shot of a tropical beach with a pier, turquoise waters, and a resort in Cozumel.

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December 11, 2026This sailing
February 5, 2027
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April 2, 2027

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