Deployment 2026-27 Booking Season Begins

[patattack]

I am waiting for something out of Amsterdam (I know that is a dream) and Iceland.

 

Pat

[smokeybandit]

17 minutes ago, wreckem2013 said:

I was looking at the royal website and Ovation does’t seem to be doing Ketchikan. It also isn’t always hitting Hubbard. And they all seem to be down a port day due to the need to spend extra time in Vancouver at the beginning or end of the cruise. And yeah they are double they are way more expensive than previous one ways. So much for my 2026 plans. I was wondering how they were going to deal with the bridge/tide issues. Wasn’t expecting less of an experience for more money. 

Yep. Can't pull the trigger on Ovation.

 

Sadly all three of the others are ridiculous in price, too.

[STEVE-O]

8 minutes ago, smokeybandit said:

Yep. Can't pull the trigger on Ovation.

 

Sadly all three of the others are ridiculous in price, too.

We've done 3-6 Alaska sailings for 5 years in a row (counting 2025) all on Royal.

 

With today's prices, that streak of sailings will end after 2025.

 

 

[dsvd79]

We just booked our Alaskan Cruise!  Woop woop!

[ONECRUISER]

4 hours ago, Ken at the beach said:

No Panama canal releases

Last 3yrs been Booking my Panama Canal Cruises day of release in Feb & March

[ThirdGenCruiser]

15 hours ago, Ken at the beach said:

Has anyone seen any indication of what this may be.  It is not available to book and I can't bring up the itinerary but that is normal prior to official release.

 

 

Appears this would be a Singapore round trip?  Before it on 12 March is a 4 night Singapore return cruise to Penang and Phuket. Afterwards there is a 3 night gap before the 17 April 14 night Singapore to Tokyo one-way cruise.

 

EDIT: One Aussie TA is calling the one-way Singapore to Tokyo itinerary "Far East". Just a theory but what if this 29 nighter were a Singapore>Tokyo>Singapore cruise (or two if B2B)?

Edited Wednesday at 04:33 AM by ThirdGenCruiser

[Saab4444]

4 hours ago, gallagher123123 said:

Is it just me, or is Voyager a strange choice for Alaska?

Explorer has also done it for many years from Seattle so nothing new.

[Hoopster95]

5 hours ago, gallagher123123 said:

Is it just me, or is Voyager a strange choice for Alaska?

 

40 minutes ago, Saab4444 said:

Explorer has also done it for many years from Seattle so nothing new.

 

Voyager is a really dumb choice, as was Explorer.

[cruiselover04]

4 hours ago, patattack said:

I am waiting for something out of Amsterdam (I know that is a dream) and Iceland.

 

Pat

That’s what I’d like too. 🤞

Jenni

[FionaMG]

7 hours ago, Ken at the beach said:

No Panama canal releases

 

Maybe they're only going to do Serenade from Cartagena. That time line would fit, wouldn't it? 26 April to 5 May? The other 3 are all coming from Asia Pacific. So a Panama Canal from the US would require a 5th ship.

[Ethanol95]

3 hours ago, ThirdGenCruiser said:

 

Appears this would be a Singapore round trip?  Before it on 12 March is a 4 night Singapore return cruise to Penang and Phuket. Afterwards there is a 3 night gap before the 17 April 14 night Singapore to Tokyo one-way cruise.

 

EDIT: One Aussie TA is calling the one-way Singapore to Tokyo itinerary "Far East". Just a theory but what if this 29 nighter were a Singapore>Tokyo>Singapore cruise (or two if B2B)?

Sounds like its the seasonal set of Singapore - Tokyo - Singapore (14nights each). Seems like they are extending it if that's the case from the most recent of 12n + 12n. Or something along those lines. 

Edited Wednesday at 07:47 AM by Ethanol95

[bonsai3s]

2 hours ago, Ethanol95 said:

Sounds like its the seasonal set of Singapore - Tokyo - Singapore (14nights each). Seems like they are extending it if that's the case from the most recent of 12n + 12n. Or something along those lines. 

 

Any chance it could be Singapore to Tokyo then Tokyo to L.A.?

[lovesthebeach2]

7 hours ago, ONECRUISER said:

Last 3yrs been Booking my Panama Canal Cruises day of release in Feb & March

That’s what we’re looking for 2026 fall.

[springaussie]

34 minutes ago, bonsai3s said:

 

Any chance it could be Singapore to Tokyo then Tokyo to L.A.?

I was thinking more likely Dubai, India, Sri Lanka, 
Jordan would probably be too far with a heap of sea days. 

[ThirdGenCruiser]

@bonsai3s I don't think so, as there is already a 14N Tokyo to Vancouver cruise advertised for 1 May 2026.

 

The three cruises before and after the missing gap as seen on RCI's website:

• 6 March 2026 - 3N Singapore - Penang - Singapore
• 9 March 2026 - 3N Singapore - Penang - Singapore
• 12 March 2026 - 4N Singapore - Penang - Phuket - Singapore
• 16 March 2026 - Large gap with no cruises published yet
• 17 April 2026 - 14N Singapore to Tokyo
• 1 May 2026 - 14N Tokyo to Vancouver
• 15 May 2026 - 7N Vancouver to Seward

 

Based on the earlier post from @Ken at the beach suggesting a 29N Far East cruise for 16 March, my guess is a Tokyo B2B (14N/15N), followed by a 3N short cruise:

• 16 March - 14N Singapore to Tokyo
• 30 March - 15N Tokyo to Singapore
• 14 April - 3N Singapore - Penang - Singapore

 

But I like @springaussie's idea more - eager cruisers could combine that with the 17 April Singapore to Tokyo sailing to visit numerous ports both west and east of Singapore.

 

 

 

 

[smokeybandit]

I don't even mind Voyager. But not at Icon-level prices

[Ethanol95]

3 hours ago, bonsai3s said:

 

Any chance it could be Singapore to Tokyo then Tokyo to L.A.?

Highly unlikely. Actually now that I look at the past comments, it could be more of a roundtrip pair to somewhere else IE. Hong Kong, Bali+ or maybe even somewhere in Philippines, which is then followed by the 14 night 1 way to Tokyo on 17th April.

[barbeyg]

Now to wait for Mediterranean and especially fall TA dates.  Sigh. 
 

Hope those of you booking AK have a great cruise! 🙂

Edited Wednesday at 01:09 PM by barbeyg

[ONECRUISER]

6 hours ago, lovesthebeach2 said:

That’s what we’re looking for 2026 fall.

Same, those are ones came out in Feb-Mar last 3 years that I Booked. Did 4 Panama Canal Cruises in last 2yrs, have 2 Booked up coming and just completed one last week on Radiance, still onboard finishing a B2B. Compared to 3-7day Cruises(per day pricing) cheaper and as whole typically cheaper then 5+ yrs ago, except the new "Sunset Balcony" pricing.  Miss the 12-14nite Boston/Florida Repos and 10-11n Caribbean Cruises Royal did for 3+ Decades, so take what I can get... 

Edited Wednesday at 02:32 PM by ONECRUISER

[lovesthebeach2]

17 minutes ago, ONECRUISER said:

Same, those are ones came out in Feb-Mar last 3 years that I Booked. Did 4 Panama Canal Cruises in last 2yrs, have 2 Booked up coming and just completed one last week on Radiance, still onboard finishing a B2B. Compared to 3-7day Cruises(per day pricing) usually Cheaper then 5+ yrs ago, hasn't been too bad except the new "Sunset Balcony" pricing.  Miss the 12-14nite Boston/Florida Repos and 10-11n Caribbean Cruises Royal did for 3+ Decades, so take what I can get... 

I agree with the Boston to Florida repos….we had 2 of ours cancelled in both 2020 and 2021 and I haven’t seen them since either..

Edited Wednesday at 02:32 PM by lovesthebeach2
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[smokeybandit]

Here I am still pressing reload hoping RC will add some Sky Jr Suites to the Anthem/Ovation routes.