The continued Purple Sea disaster continues to impression Royal Caribbean’s operations within the Center East.
Passengers booked on Voyager of the Seas’ October 25, 2025, crusing obtained affirmation that the 14-night one-way cruise from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, to Singapore, Singapore, has been canceled.
“To keep away from the persevering with unrest within the Purple Sea space, and after exploring all choices, our upcoming October 20, 2025, Voyager of the Seas crusing has been redeployed,” reads an e-mail despatched to company.
It is unclear the place Voyager is being redeployed to. Nevertheless, the 137,276 gross registered ton (GRT) vessel is scheduled to start crusing from Australia on December 13, 2025, following a 12-night cruise from Singapore to Brisbane departing on December 1.
She’ll stay in Brisbane, Australia via 2026, providing 3- to 9-night cruises to Australia and the South Pacific.
Various choices for passengers
Royal Caribbean is not leaving these company stranded and supplied a couple of choices for these impacted by the canceled voyage.
“Each facet of your time with us needs to be gratifying, so we’ve put collectively some different choices that we hope will be just right for you and people in your social gathering,” the e-mail continues.
The primary is to re-book certainly one of two 7-night itineraries on Voyager of the Seas.
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The sooner of the 2 departs on September 29, 2025, from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy, and cruises to Naples, Italy; Sicily (Messina), Italy; Santorini, Greece; Ephesus (Kusadasi), Turkey; and Mykonos, Greece, earlier than disembarking in Athens (Piraeus).
The second possibility is a brand-new itinerary on October 20, 2025. This one-way cruise sails from Rome (Civitavecchia), Italy, to Barcelona, Spain, calling at Naples, Italy; Sicily (Messina), Italy; Florence/Pisa (La Spezia), Italy; Cannes, France; and Provence (Marseille), France.
Passengers who re-book certainly one of these cruises can have their unique stateroom value protected on the unique charge or decreased to the present fare, whichever is much less. Those that already paid their reserving in full will obtain a refund if the chosen cruise fare is decrease.
The second possibility is to re-book on every other Royal Caribbean Worldwide crusing and have the non-refundable deposit change charges waived. With this alternative, company are answerable for paying the distinction in value for the cruise fare, taxes, charges, gratuities, and different non-cruise fare gadgets.
Nevertheless, like possibility 1, passengers who paid their cruise off will obtain a refund if their new chosen fare is decrease than their unique reserving.
The third possibility lets company cancel and obtain a full refund of any paid portion of the cruise fare, together with non-refundable deposits and pre-paid add-ons, to their unique type of fee.
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If a future cruise credit score (FCC) was used, Royal Caribbean will refund any cash paid along with the certificates quantity and concern a brand new voucher.
Passengers have till October 22, 2024, to name 888-281-9344 to tell them of their choice. If Royal Caribbean hasn’t heard from company by October 22, their reservation will mechanically be canceled and refunded.
Cruise ships have been affected by the Purple Sea disaster since final yr
Probably the most notable, maybe, was Royal Caribbean’s Final World Cruise. As a substitute of crusing via the Purple Sea, the two,143-passenger ship was rerouted round Africa after permitting company to vote on a brand new itinerary.
The “Immersive Africa” possibility was the extra port-intensive of the 2, whereas the second, “Africa & Greece,” had extra days at sea to meet up with the initially scheduled ports in Egypt and Greece.
In the long run, “Immersive Africa” received, taking passengers to ports like Pointe Des Galets, Reunion Island; Port Elizabeth, South Africa; Cape City, South Africa; Walvis Bay, Namibia; and Dakar, Senegal—all to keep away from the continued geopolitical battle.
Earlier this yr, Royal Caribbean additionally canceled a cruise aboard Anthem of the Seas scheduled for October 14, 2024. As a substitute of crusing via the Suez Canal, Anthem is to sail round Africa with none company onboard.
Anthem wrapped up her European season on October 2 after a 12-night cruise to the Canary Islands, Portugal, and Spain. Her subsequent crusing is not scheduled to depart till November 7, cruising from Dubai to Singapore.
She’ll stay in Asia till April 2025, when she’ll reposition to Alaska for the summer time season.
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