Harmony of the Seas Europe July 2021

[erinsmom03]

Has anyone else seen the same thing I have today? I'm looking at Harmony July 2021 cruises, and there are overlapping Western Mediterranean itineraries! Very confusing! Is this real? It looks like some people board the cruise ship in Barcelona for their 7 night cruise and then other people board in Rome for their 7 night cruise. I've never heard of this before!

[gatour]

I haven't heard of Royal Caribbean doing this, but other cruise lines have.

[h20skibum]

Not unusual for some of the European cruises. 

[erinsmom03]

The dates line up for overlapping cruises...

Cruise A.                              Cruise B

July 4.   Barcelona

July 5.   Palma de Mallorca

July 6.   Provence

July 7.   Florence/Pisa

July 8.   Rome.                     July 8

July 9.   Naples.                  July 9

July 10. Cruising.               July 10

July 11. Barcelona             July 11

[little britain]

It’s called Interporting and RCI have done it for at least the past 5 years on their European season.

Some people board in Rome and the majority board in Barcelona.

It works very smoothly. 
 

MSC regularly do this and they have people boarding and disembarking every day. 
It only works, of course, when the ship does the same cruise week after week. 
It makes it far easier for you to fly to the port that offers you better Flights or cheaper flights or easier connections.

Edited February 15, 2020 by little britain

[erinsmom03]

Thanks, Little Britain! This is a new area to me, our first European cruise will be July 2021.  We already have the 12 night British Isles booked on Jewel of the Seas.  Now I'm debating between exploring a couple cities on our own before the BI cruise, or another cruise before it...

[Biker19]

12 hours ago, little britain said:

It’s called Interporting and RCI have done it for at least the past 5 years on their European season.

They don't seem to be doing it with Allure this year.

[Norwich Cruiser]

10 hours ago, Biker19 said:

They don't seem to be doing it with Allure this year.

Strange that as they are with Harmony in 2021