Royal Caribbean News Round-Up: September 28, 2025

Happy weekend! We have a look back at all the Royal Caribbean news from this week to share with all of you.

href="https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2025/09/23/royal-caribbean-icon-class-ship-order">More Icon Class ships are on the way!

Royal Caribbean placed an ✨

order for its fifth Icon Class ship, with options to build a sixth and seventh ship.

Plus, the announcement included a mention of a new class of ship.

Royal Caribbean News

• Royal Caribbean CEO talks rumored new ship size and where it could ✨

  sail

• Royal Caribbean announces date for next Presidents Cruise in 2026
• Royal Caribbean redeploys ✨

  cruise ships sailing from Puerto Rico in latest deployment change

• Carnival almost bought Royal Caribbean. Former CEO shares secrets in his new book
• Wonder of the Seas vs Oasis of ✨

  the Seas

• After a $13,000 bill, why one cruiser regrets not buying travel insurance
• How much everything on a short 4-night cruise on Wonder of the Seas ✨

  costs

• Family paid $150,000 to stay in Royal Caribbean's suite on its new ship

New Royal Caribbean Blog Video: 8 Things To Bring (Even Though It's Included)

Have you subscribed to the Royal Caribbean Blog YouTube Channel? We share some great videos there regularly, all about taking a Royal Caribbean cruise!

This week, we are ✨

sharing our latest video: 8 Things To Bring (Even Though It's Included).

Royal Caribbean adjusts Caribbean itineraries due to tropical storm

More than half a dozen Royal Caribbean ships have had to change their plans due to two tropical disturbances in the Atlantic.

Symphony, Star, and Utopia of the Seas are just some of the ships that had to change or cancel port calls due to ✨

Hurricane Humberto and future Tropical Storm Imelda.

A couple ships had to go to Canada instead of tropical destinations to avoid the storms.

Royal Caribbean is "trying to avoid" loyalty changes Carnival has made, CEO says

While speaking at a fan event, Michael Bayley said they do not want to make changes to their ✨

loyalty program similar to what Carnival did.

Royal Caribbean fans were instantly concerned after Carnival announced sweeping changes to their loyalty program.

Mr. Bayley specifically said it's not a direction he wants to take Royal Caribbean into with future updates.

Here's when 2027-2028 cruises will go on sale

Royal Caribbean just posted their deployment schedule when new summer 2027 cruises will be ✨

available.

Right now, cruises are only bookable through early 2027, but new options will be added going as far out as April 2028.

For a number of weeks this fall, a new batch of sailings will go on sale to Caribbean, Alaska, Europe, and beyond.

First photos from inside the new Bahamas beach club

Matt got an exclusive tour of Royal Beach Club Paradise Island opening later this ✨

year in Nassau, Bahamas.

The new beach club is a first-of-its-kind destination that offers an all-inclusive day pass, and it's exclusive to Royal Caribbean passengers.

The opening is set for late December 2025.