Royal Caribbean Explorer of the Seas Alaska Reviews 2017

Prowl line brand founded in Kingdom of norway and based in Miami, Florida, United states of america

This commodity is about the cruise line. For its parent holding company, see Royal Caribbean area Group.

Royal Caribbean area International

Royal Caribbean's headquarters in Miami, Florida
Formerly	Royal Caribbean Cruise Line
Blazon	Subsidiary
Industry	Hospitality Tourism
Founded	1968; 54 years agone  (1968) in Kingdom of norway
Headquarters	Miami, Florida, Us
Key people	Richard D. Fain (Chairman, CEO) Michael Bayley (President)
Services	Cruises
Parent	Regal Caribbean area Grouping
Website	royalcaribbean.com
Footnotes / references [1] [2]

Royal Caribbean International (RCI), too formerly known equally Royal Caribbean Cruise Line (RCCL), is a prowl line brand founded in 1968 in Norway and organised equally a wholly endemic subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group since 1997. Based in Miami, Florida, U.s., it is the largest cruise line by acquirement and second largest by passengers counts. In 2018, Purple Caribbean International controlled 19.2% of the worldwide cruise marketplace by passengers and 14.0% by revenue.^[iii] It operates the v largest rider ships in the globe. Equally of January 2022, the line operates twenty-six ships and has iv additional ships on social club.

History

Royal Caribbean area's first ship, Song of Kingdom of norway

Royal Caribbean's third transport, Sun Viking

Royal Caribbean Prowl Line was founded in 1968 by three Norwegian shipping companies: Anders Wilhelmsen & Company, I.Thousand. Skaugen & Company, and Gotaas Larsen. The newly created line put its first send, Vocal of Norway, into service two years later. A year later, the line added Nordic Prince to the fleet and in 1972 it added Sun Viking. In 1978, Song of Norway became Royal Caribbean area's starting time passenger ship to be lengthened. This was accomplished via the insertion of an 85-foot (26 yard) section to the vessel'south severed center. Following the success of this work, Nordic Prince was likewise stretched in 1980. During the stretching of both ships, their sterns were modified to create more open space, yet Sun Viking was neither stretched nor modified. In 1982, Royal Caribbean area launched Song of America, over twice the size of Lord's day Viking and at the time the third largest rider vessel afloat (later on Norway and Queen Elizabeth 2).^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1986, Royal Caribbean area leased a coastal belongings in Labadie, Haiti, to exist used as a individual destination for its guests, renamed as Labadee.^[4] After a corporate restructuring in 1988, the line launched Sovereign of the Seas, the largest passenger vessel afloat at the time.^[v] That aforementioned year, Royal Caribbean also merged with Admiral Cruises.^[6] Two years afterward in 1990, Nordic Empress and Viking Serenade entered service and Royal Caribbean purchased a second private destination, Piffling Stirrup Cay, an island in the Bahamas, which they branded as CocoCay.^[vi]

Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas in Nassau, Bahamas

The second and third Sovereign-class cruise ships Monarch of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas were delivered in 1991 and 1992 respectively.

Regal Caribbean went public on the New York Stock Commutation in 1993. Over the side by side two years, the company experienced rapid growth, and it built a new corporate headquarters in Miami, Florida, and replaced the Nordic Prince with a new vessel, the Legend of the Seas.^{[ commendation needed ]}

Post-obit these events, ii new Vision-class vessels entered service, Splendour of the Seas and Grandeur of the Seas. In 1996, the company contracted with Finland's Aker Finnyards for the construction of 130,000-ton vessels and, in 1997, the line'south oldest send, Vocal of Kingdom of norway, was sold and two new Vision-grade ships entered service, Rhapsody of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas.^{[ citation needed ]}

Reorganisation and renaming

In 1997, it merged with the Greek cruise line Glory Cruises and changed its name from Royal Caribbean area Cruise Line to Royal Caribbean area International. At the same time, Royal Caribbean area Group was formed as Majestic Caribbean area Cruises Ltd. to serve every bit a holding company that owned both Celebrity Cruises and Imperial Caribbean International. The next year, the concluding of the visitor's older vessels, Song of America and Sunday Viking, were retired. In 1998, Vision of the Seas came into service, the last of the Vision-class ships.^{[ citation needed ]}

In 1999, Voyager of the Seas, the line's newest and earth's largest cruise ship entered service with much attending from the news media. Ii years later, the line took commitment of a second Voyager-course transport, Explorer of the Seas, and the first of a new Radiance class of more environmentally friendly^{[ clarification needed ]} prowl liners, Radiance of the Seas.

In 2000, Royal Caribbean operated a series of land-and-sea-based "prowl tours" in Alaska, featuring glass-domed train cars to scenic destinations within the country and Canada. Over the next ii years, they also introduced cruise tours to destinations throughout Europe.^[vii]

The Voyager-class Navigator of the Seas and the Radiance-form Luminescence of the Seas were put into service in 2002. Mariner of the Seas and Serenade of the Seas, some other pair of Voyager and Radiance-class ships, were introduced the side by side year, and rock-climbing walls were made a characteristic of every Royal Caribbean area ship that yr. A quaternary Radiance-course ship, Jewel of the Seas, followed in 2004, and the line's Nordic Empress was reconditioned and re-christened as Empress of the Seas, which was later sold to Pullmantur Cruises in 2008. In 2005, Enchantment of the Seas underwent a massive renovation including enlarging the ship with a 74-human foot (23 m) midsection.^{[ citation needed ]}

Construction commenced on Liberty of the Seas, the line's newest ship, at Aker Finnyards in 2005, and the vessel launched the next twelvemonth as the largest passenger vessel in the earth. Freedom of the Seas 's sis ship, Liberty of the Seas, was launched in 2007, and Independence of the Seas was delivered in 2008.^{[ citation needed ]}

An even larger class, the Oasis course, featuring Haven of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, was launched in 2009 and 2010, guaranteeing Imperial Caribbean the ship size lead for years to come. In Dec 2012, Royal Caribbean announced that they had ordered a tertiary Haven-grade cruise send from STX France, which would be larger than the previous ships in the class.^[8] In March 2014, Imperial Caribbean announced that they had ordered a fourth Haven-Class ship from STX France.^[ix]

In February 2013, Royal Caribbean announced the first two ships of their newest Quantum class, Quantum of the Seas and Canticle of the Seas, which were beingness built at the Meyer Werft shipyard.^{[x] [11] [12]} In May of that year, Majestic Caribbean area announced that they had signed a contract for a tertiary Quantum-form transport for delivery in mid-2016.^[xiii]

In September 2014, Royal Caribbean area announced that the third Quantum-class ship would be named Ovation of the Seas,^[fourteen] and in February 2015 they announced that the tertiary Oasis-class ship would be named Harmony of the Seas.^[15]

In March 2015, Purple Caribbean announced that they had agreed to sell Splendour of the Seas to TUI Cruises in the 2nd quarter of 2016.^[16]

In June 2016, Purple Caribbean area announced that they had agreed to sell Fable of the Seas to TUI Cruises in the second quarter of 2017.^[17]

The company lobbies in various jurisdictions in which it operates. In the Usa, lobbying expenditure records are held by the Senate Office of Public Records.^[eighteen] In Southward Australia, the company is represented by lobbying company Richardson Coutts Pty Ltd.^[19]

In 2017, Royal Caribbean agreed to use Port Everglades as a preferred booth for its Oasis class ships.^[twenty] The new agreement extended the past contract with Port Everglades until 2026, contingent upon a $100 million remodeling of Prowl Terminal 25, and approved by the Broward County Board of County Commissioners.^[20]

On 15 March 2018, Majestic Caribbean appear that they will comport a huge renovation for their individual island, Coco Cay, which is halfway done with parts opening in Dec 2018 and early to late 2019 with its first opening in May 2019 and its official opening with everything completed past November or Dec 2019.^{[ citation needed ]}

In Dec 2020, during the COVID-nineteen pandemic, Majestic Caribbean suspended sailings beyond its fleet. Information technology also sold Empress of the Seas and Majesty of the Seas,^{[21] [22]} with the former going to Cordelia Cruises.^[23] As of 12 January 2021^[update], its first and only ship to resume sailing was Quantum of the Seas, which began sailing from Singapore in December 2020 under wellness and rubber regulations formulated by the Singapore government.^[24]

On June 29, 2021, Royal Caribbean International's Ovation of the Seas became the first cruise transport to return to the Port of Seattle since the COVID-19 Pandemic began.^[25]

Fleet

Current fleet

Since Sovereign of the Seas entered service in 1987, all subsequent Royal Caribbean ships have names ending with the phrase "of the Seas".

Vision class

The Vision class consists of three pairs of sis ships. Legend and Splendour, congenital at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France accept a gross tonnage of approximately seventy,000. Grandeur and Enchantment were built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards, Helsinki, Finland and had an original tonnage of approximately 73,000 GT. The final pair, Rhapsody and Vision were also built at Chantiers de 50'Atlantique, and have a tonnage of 78,000 GT. In 2005, a 74-human foot (23 m) midsection was added to Enchantment of the Seas, bringing its tonnage to over 80,000 GT. All ships of this class feature over ii acres (8,100 mⁱⁱ) of glass. Royal Caribbean sold both Splendour of the Seas and Legend of the Seas to Marella Cruises. Splendour of the Seas last sailed for Royal Caribbean on four April 2016, and the terminal Legend of the Seas sailing for Regal Caribbean left port on 13 March 2017.^{[26] [27]} In October 2019, Royal Caribbean announced a program to transfer Grandeur of the Seas to Pullmantur Cruises afterwards its last scheduled sailing on 21 March 2021.^[28] However, following Pullmantur's filing for bankruptcy, Royal Caribbean after announced in Baronial 2020 that Grandeur would remain in Royal Caribbean area'south fleet.^[29]

Ship	Year built	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Send image
			Double	Maximum
Grandeur of the Seas	1996	73,817[30]	1,992[31]	2,440[31]
Rhapsody of the Seas	1997	78,878[32]	i,998[33]	2,416[33]
Enchantment of the Seas	1997	82,910[34]	ii,252[35]	2,730[35]	Lengthened in 2005
Vision of the Seas	1998	78,717[36]	2,050[37]	two,514[37]

Voyager form

The Voyager-class ships were the largest course of cruise ships in the world when constructed and were the first ships to have an ice rink at sea and the outset to have Purple Caribbean's "Royal Promenade" mall concept, a master thoroughfare extending most of the length of the send, flanked by bars, cafes, and shopping venues. They were congenital at Kvaerner Masa-Yards' (now Meyer Turku) facility in Turku, Republic of finland. They take a gross tonnage of around 137,000 tonnes. Activity options onboard all v ships include a basketball courtroom, at least three pools, a mini-golf grade, a stone wall, an ice skating rink and, originally, an inline skating runway. Navigator of the Seas replaced the inline skating runway with a Flowrider surf simulator in 2014, and similar changes are planned for Voyager and Explorer.^[38]

Navigator of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas are second-generation Voyager-class vessels, and feature glass stateroom balconies that extend out from the superstructure of the ship and a larger Windjammer buffet area.

Ship	Twelvemonth built	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Ship prototype
			Double	Maximum
Voyager of the Seas	1999	138,194[39]	3,114[40]	3,840[40]
Explorer of the Seas	2000	138,194[41]	three,114[42]	3,840[42]
Adventure of the Seas	2001	138,193[43]	3,114[44]	3,807[44]
Navigator of the Seas	2002	139,999[45]	3,376[46]	4,000[46]
Mariner of the Seas	2003	139,863[47]	iii,114[48]	iii,807[48]

Radiance class

All Radiance-class ships accept a gross tonnage of 90,090 and environmentally friendlier gas turbine engines. The Radiance-class ships have over 3 acres (12,000 1000²) of glass, glass exterior viewing elevators, over 700 balcony staterooms, two-level glass windowed dining rooms, alternative restaurants, a retractable glass roof over a pool, an outdoor puddle, as well as the commencement self-leveling billiard tables at ocean. The Radiance course ships were constructed at Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Frg. Unlike the preceding Voyager class, these ships are built to the Panamax class factor, assuasive them to pass through the Panama Culvert.

Ship	Year congenital	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Ship paradigm
			Double	Maximum
Radiance of the Seas	2001	90,090[49]	two,143[l]	2,466[50]
Brilliance of the Seas	2002	90,090[51]	two,142[52]	2,543[52]
Serenade of the Seas	2003	90,090[53]	2,146[54]	2,476[54]
Jewel of the Seas	2004	xc,090[55]	ii,112[56]	2,502[56]

Freedom class

The Freedom-class ships are lengthened versions of the second-generation Voyager-form ship, and contain a 400-human foot (120 m) Regal Promenade mall running much of the length of the send, an ice skating rink, basketball game courtroom, several pools, a mini-golf form, and a rock wall. New features on the Freedom class include the FlowRider surfing simulator, the H2O Zone kids water play area, a boxing ring, and hot tubs cantilevered over the side of the ship. At 154,407 gross tons, the Freedom-course ships were the largest ships in the world from 2006, until the debut of the Haven form in 2009.^[57]

Send	Yr congenital	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Transport prototype
			Double	Maximum
Freedom of the Seas	2006	156,271[58]	3,782[59]	4,515[59]
Liberty of the Seas	2007	155,889[60]	3,798[61]	4,960[61]
Independence of the Seas	2008	155,889[62]	3,634[63]	4,375[63]

Oasis class

The Oasis-form ships are the largest passenger ships always congenital, having surpassed the Freedom-form ships. They tin can accommodate up to v,400 passengers at double occupancy and they have a maximum chapters of half dozen,296 passengers. Furthermore, the ships have a gross tonnage of at least 225,282 tons, and cost the line around United states$i.4 billion each. The first ii ships in the class, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas,^{[64] [65]} were delivered in 2009 and 2010 by STX Europe Turku Shipyard, Finland.^[66] The third and fourth ships in the class, Harmony of the Seas and Symphony of the Seas were built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in Saint-Nazaire, France. They were the beginning to also come up with the Ultimate Completeness.^[67] Purple Caribbean International, in conjunction with The states Today, sponsored a contest to proper noun the first two vessels.^{[64] [68] [69]} On 18 Feb 2019 Imperial Caribbean announced the club of a 6th Oasis class vessel from Chantiers de l'Atlantique for commitment in 2023 with a double occupancy of 5,714 and gross tonnage of 231,000.

Transport	Yr built	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Ship image
			Double	Maximum
Haven of the Seas	2009	226,838[70]	5,400[71]	vi,780[71]
Allure of the Seas	2010	225,282[72]	5,492[73]	half-dozen,780[73]
Harmony of the Seas	2016	226,963[74]	v,497[75]	6,687[75]
Symphony of the Seas	2018	228,081[76]	5,518[76]	6,680[76]
Wonder of the Seas	2022[77]	236,857	5,734	6,988	The largest rider ship in the globe by gross tonnage every bit of Jan 2022[update].

Quantum class

The Quantum-form of ships debuted equally the second largest grade of cruise ships in the world. The Quantum-grade ships were the first ships built for Royal Caribbean by Meyer Werft since the Radiance class and share many features with those ships, including indoor pools with retractable roofs, vast expanses of glass, outdoor seating in the "Windjammer" cafe, and self-leveling pool tables.^{[78] [79]} Other distinctive features of the Breakthrough-class include the "Due north Star" ascertainment capsule mounted on the cease of a 41-meter-long (135 ft) crane arm,^[lxxx] "RipCord by iFLY" a skydiving simulator,^[81] the three-deck-high Two70° lounge and performance venue at the aft of the ship featuring panoramic windows that catechumen into projection screens,^[82] and the multi-purpose SeaPlex facility which hosts activities such equally basketball, roller skating, bumper cars, and a trapeze schoolhouse.^[83] The Quantum class was the first form designed specifically for Dynamic Dining, and feature several dissever complementary dining facilities instead of a unmarried main dining room.^[84] Each venue will maintain the aforementioned menu and staff throughout the prowl.^[85] Unlike the before Voyager, Freedom, and Oasis grade, Quantum-class ships exercise not feature a Viking Crown Lounge or ice skating rink, and the Royal Promenade mall downward the center of the ship is not featured in its traditional form.^{[86] [87]}

Four ships, Quantum of the Seas, Anthem of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas, and Spectrum of the Seas ^{[88] [89]} have been built so far. A fifth send, Odyssey of the Seas was delivered in March 2021.^[90]

Ship	Year built	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Transport image
			Double	Maximum
Quantum of the Seas	2014	168,666[91]	four,180[91]	iv,905[91]
Canticle of the Seas	2015	168,666[92]	4,180[92]	4,905[92]
Ovation of the Seas	2016[93]	168,666[94]	4,180[13]	4,905[xiii]
Spectrum of the Seas	2019	169,379[95]	4,246[95]	5,622[95]	Commencement Quantum Ultra Class [96] transport
Odyssey of the Seas	2021[77] [97]	167,704[98]	four,200		Floated out in Nov 2020.[99] Delivered on 31 March 2021.[100] second Quantum Ultra-form cruise ship

Future fleet

Ship	Class	Estimated date of completion	Current status	Gross tonnage	Berths		Notes	Send image
					Double	Maximum
Icon of the Seas	Icon class	Fall 2023[77]	Under structure every bit of 26 May 2021	200,000	v,650		1st LNG powered Project Icon cruise transport[101]
Utopia of the Seas	Oasis course	2024[77]	Agreement signed eighteen Feb 2019	231,000	5,714[102]		6th Oasis-form prowl ship[103]
TBA	Icon class	2025[77]	Agreement signed 10 Oct 2016	200,000	v,650		2d LNG powered Projection Icon cruise ship[101]
TBA	Icon class	2026[77]	Agreement signed two July 2019	200,000	five,650		tertiary LNG powered Project Icon prowl transport[104]

Former fleet

Ship	Class	Year congenital	Elapsing in service for Majestic Caribbean International	Electric current condition	Gross tonnage	Notes	Send image
Song of Norway	Vocal of Kingdom of norway class	1970	1970–1997	Scrapped in 2013 as the Formosa Queen.[105]	22,945	Lengthened in 1978
Nordic Prince	Song of Norway class	1971	1971–1995	Scrapped in 2015 every bit the Pacific [106]	23,149	Lengthened in 1980
Sun Viking	Song of Kingdom of norway grade	1972	1972–1998	Sold for scrap in 2021.	16,607
Song of America	Vocal of America class	1982	1982–1999	Operating equally the Celestyal Olympia for Celestyal Cruises	37,584
Viking Serenade	-	1982	1990–2002	Scrapped in 2018 as the Body of water Gala 1.[107]	xl,171	Transferred from Majestic Caribbean area's subsidiary Admiral Cruises in 1990.
Sovereign of the Seas	Sovereign class	1987	1988–2008[108]	Scrapped in 2020 as the Sovereign	73,192	Largest cruise send from 1987 to 1990.
Monarch of the Seas	Sovereign class	1991	1991–2013[109]	Scrapped in 2020 equally the Monarch	73,192
Splendour of the Seas	Vision class	1996	1996–2016	Operating as the Marella Discovery for Marella Cruises	69,130[57] [110]
Legend of the Seas	Vision class	1995	1995–2017	Operating as the Marella Discovery two for Marella Cruises	69,130[57]
Empress of the Seas	Empress form	1990	1990–2008 2016–2020[21]	Sold to Cordelia Cruises[23]	48,563	Sailed for Pullmantur Cruises as Empress from 2008 to 2016.
Majesty of the Seas	Sovereign class	1992	1992–2020[21]	Sold to Seajets and renamed Majesty of the Oceans[21]	78,941

Private resorts

Royal Caribbean area operates two privately owned resorts that are used equally stops on some Caribbean and Commonwealth of the bahamas itineraries. They are Labadee, a resort on the northern coast of Haiti, and Coco Cay, a individual island in the Berry Islands region of the Commonwealth of the bahamas. Each resort features canopies for eating, lounge chairs, palm trees, white sand beaches, and a number of activities.

The visitor is planning to open additional private resorts in Asia^[111] and on Lelepa Isle, Vanuatu.^[112]

Ports of call

Royal Caribbean operates internationally and has many ports of telephone call.

United states of america ports

United States ports for Royal Caribbean include Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Cape Liberty Cruise Port, Honolulu Harbor, PortMiami, the Port of Seattle, the Port of Galveston in Galveston, Texas, the Port of Los Angeles, the Port of New Orleans, the Port of San Diego, the Port of Seward in Seward, Alaska, the Port of Baltimore, the Port of Boston, Port Canaveral in Greatcoat Canaveral, Florida, and Port Tampa Bay in Tampa, Florida, Port of San Juan in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[113]

International ports

Amidst these are the Port of Amsterdam, the Port of Barcelona, the Port of Quebec, the Port of Shenzhen, the Port of Stockholm, the Port of Vancouver, the Port of Auckland, the Port of Beijing, the Port of Civitavecchia, the Port of Singapore, the Port of Sydney, the Port of Venice, the Port of Copenhagen, the Port of Hong Kong, the Port of Melbourne, the Port of Shanghai, and the Port of Southampton.^[113] Marmagao Port, Goa.

Awards

2019 and 2020 Awards

The cruise line has been presented with more than than 100 notable awards during the form of 2019 and 2020.^[114]

Previous Travel awards include

• "Best Cruise Line Overall" 2016 past Travel Weekly ^[115]
• "Cruise Line of the Yr 2018" by Cruisedaily^[116]

Incidents and controversies

Equally of 2008, Royal Caribbean had 22% of the market share in cruise line operation. Cruise line operators are criticized for using this large economic bear on to cut deals with home ports, ports of call, and agencies.^[117]

Norovirus outbreaks

In January 2014, an outbreak of norovirus aboard Explorer of the Seas sickened 689 of 4,237 passengers and crew (16.3%), causing the ship to render to port two days early.^{[118] [119]} The outbreak reportedly marked the greatest number of cases of illness aboard a prowl ship in two decades,^[120] barely exceeding a 2006 outbreak aboard the Carnival Cruise Lines' Carnival Liberty that sickened 679 of 3,970 passengers and coiffure (17.1%).^[121] Imperial Caribbean offered all passengers aboard that prowl a 50% refund of their cruise fare, an additional 50% (plus ten% for each day ill passengers were quarantined) of their prowl fare as a credit towards some other cruise, and reimbursed actress travel expenses for guests returning dwelling house early on.^[122]

Docking in Republic of haiti

In the backwash of the 2010 Republic of haiti earthquake, Royal Caribbean area continued docking cruise ships at the Labadee resort, located approximately sixty miles from the epicenter of the earthquake, during the ongoing humanitarian crisis. Royal Caribbean vice president John Weis defended the decision, citing relief supplies delivered through the ships and proceeds from the telephone call going towards relief efforts. The decision to go on docking was criticized nevertheless and created concern among passengers.^{[123] [124]}

George Allen Smith case

On five July 2005, passengers on board Luminescence of the Seas reported what appeared to be blood on a office of the ship below the passenger balconies. After a search, George Allen Smith was discovered to be missing and thought to accept fallen overboard. A criminal investigation into possible foul play was conducted, and a cursory printing release on the visitor's investor relations website announced the settlement of the case,^[125] later revealed to be more $1 million.^[126]

Ecology record

In 1998 and 1999, the company was fined US$9 one thousand thousand considering i of its ships, Sovereign of the Seas, had repeatedly dumped oily waste into the sea and tried to hide this using false records, including simulated piping diagrams given to the US Declension Guard. Because the company was and is incorporated in Republic of liberia, Royal Caribbean argued that this case was non in the jurisdiction of US courts. Despite their statement, they were unsuccessful.^[127]

White Isle eruption

On 9 December 2019, a volcanic eruption occurred killing 21 people from Ovation of the Seas. It occurred on New Zealand's White Isle (Whakaari) while Ovation was docked in the nearby Port of Tauranga. Despite an increment in seismic activeness in preceding weeks 47 people, including 38 passengers and crew from the ship, were on the island when information technology erupted.^{[128] [129] [130]} Equally of December 10, 2019^[update], 44 of the 47 were injured, missing, or killed.^[131] A Royal Caribbean area spokesperson said the line was "devastated past today's events",^[132] and the ship remained in port until 10 Dec to assist with recovery efforts.^[133] In April 2020, legal action was commenced in Commonwealth of australia on behalf of relatives and Ovation passengers against Royal Caribbean area.^[134]

Expiry of Chloe Rae Margaret Wiegand

On vii July 2019, eighteen-month-old Chloe Rae Margaret Wiegand was dropped to her expiry from an open window by her grandfather Salvatore Anello on Freedom of the Seas while docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.^[135] He was later arrested on counts of homicide by authorities in Puerto Rico.^[136] The family attempted to file a civil suit against Regal Caribbean claiming that Anello did not know the window was open up. Royal Caribbean later on released several videos from surveillance cameras showing the incident. Equally of 25 February 2020, Anello took a plea deal with authorities,^[137] however the civil lawsuit was however approved by a judge.^[138]

COVID-xix pandemic

During the COVID-nineteen pandemic, the Miami Herald reported that, afterward cruises were cancelled worldwide and they had disembarked all passengers, Royal Caribbean Cruises had refused to repatriate many of their crew members due to the associated costs, with many crew members turning to desperate measures, such every bit hunger strikes, every bit a result.^{[139] [140]}

As part of the Cruise Line International Clan (CLIA), Royal Caribbean has volunteered to pause operations through 31 October 2020. Previously, the pause was to end on 15 September 2020.^[141]

At the finish of Oct 2020, Royal Caribbean area extended its global sailing suspension through December 2020.^[142] That suspension was and then extended through April 30, 2021.^[143]

On 16 June 2021, Royal Caribbean International announced that it was delaying the inaugural sailing of their newest cruise liner, Odyssey of the Seas after eight coiffure members tested positive for SARS-CoV-2–COVID-xix. 6 of the crew members were without showing signs of symptoms while the other ii were experiencing mild symptoms of the illness. The delay was extended until 31 July 2021.^[144]

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