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Royal Caribbean reveals winter 2020-21 sailings


Harry Kemble harry.kemble@travelweekly.co.uk


Royal Caribbean International’s revamped Independence of the Seas will return to Fort Lauderdale in November 2020.


The deployment was announced as part of the line’s 2020-21 winter range, which went on sale last week. The ship will reposition to the


Florida port on October 31, 2020, after sailing 16 ex-Southampton itineraries throughout next summer from May 17, 2020. The 3,858-capacity vessel,


which underwent a $100 million makeover last year, will sail four and fie-night itineraries to the western Caribbean and the Bahamas. rices for the ship’s fie-night


Western Caribbean & Perfect Day sailing, departing from Fort Lauderdale on December 5, 2020, lead in at £517. Ports of call include George Town, Grand Cayman; and Perfect Day at Coco Cay, Bahamas. In 2020, the ship will be one of


six revamped ships homeporting on Florida’s east coast in 2020. An overhauled Explorer of the


Seas will sail fie and nine-night cruises from Miami, with some calling at Perfect Day at Coco Cay.


Carnival’s upcoming ship Mardi Gras to feature 180 suites


oas that fi into a ed ore g soets and foor toeiing gass siding doors are among the new stateroom features on Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras. The vessel will also offer the


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Independence of the Seas’ ex-Southampton cruises next summer


Vision of the Seas will be offering 10 and 11-night cruises from Fort Lauderdale to the southern Caribbean, calling at islands such St Kitts & Nevis, St Thomas, Puerto Rico, Antigua and St Maarten. In 2020, Rhapsody of the Seas


returns to its homeport of Tampa, from where Brilliance of the


Seas will also sail For the first time, Adventure of the Seas will homeport in Galveston, Texas, offering for and fie-night sailings visiting Costa Maya and Cozumel, both in Mexico. Prices for a four-night western Caribbean sailing, departing from Galveston on February 1, 2021,


lead in at £432. Enchantment of the Seas will homeport in San Juan, Puerto ico, for the first time, following a summer season in Galveston. The 2,446-capacity vessel will sail seven-night itineraries to the


southern Caribbean. royalcaribbean.co.uk


widest variety of staterooms in the rands feet hen it launches in August 2020. More than 70% will feature


an oean vie or aon aong with 300 pairs of connecting cabins for families or groups. The staterooms have been


CABIN: Havana Cabana will be a Mardi Gras stateroom category


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developed in partnership with ariased design fir  esign Internationa etor anager o argreaves said “We’ve taken the best practices


LIMASSOL: The Cypriot resort is a port of call for CroisiEurope


in new interior design and hotel concepts and applied them to Mardi Gras to reate gest friendly staterooms designed to make guests feel at home.” Mardi Gras will feature more than 180 suites – more than any other Carnival Cruise Line ship. ro toer  Mardi


Gras will homeport in Port Canaveral from where it will operate Caribbean cruises. carnival.com


CroisiEurope unveils 2020 sailings in Italy, Holy Land and beyond


CroisiEurope has unveiled seven new itineraries among the 170 featured in its new 2020 worldwide programme. The river and coastal cruise


operator’s new sailings range from fie to seen nights across Erope and the Middle East. Prices for its new Cyprus and the Holy Land itinerary, a seven-night coastal cruise departing from Larnaca, Cyprus, on January 25, 2020, lead in at £1,062. Ports of call include Haifa, Limassol and Larnaca. Also new is a sailing through the northern Italian regions of Veneto, Lombardy and Emilia Romagna. The seven-day sailing, From the Canals of Venice to Renaissance- infused Mantua, starts at £1,214 and sets sail on March 29, 2020. The line is offering 15% off


all 2020 itineraries for bookings made before August 31, 2019, with


the promo code EARBOOUK. croisieurope.co.uk


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