Royal Caribbean International
Eastern Caribbean Cruise
Caribbean
Sailing Itinerary
Trip Details
Departs: January 22, 2027
Returns: January 27, 2027
Departure Port: Orlando (Port Canaveral)
Ship: Explorer of the Seas
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Your Ship
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
Ashore
Where You Stop
Grand Turk
Puerto Plata
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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