Royal Caribbean Worldwide has cancelled a number of 2024 cruises for Jewel of the Seas resulting from a change within the ship’s upcoming deployment and repositioning plans. Visitors are being notified in regards to the change and provided the chance to rebook on comparable itineraries or obtain a full refund.
Cruises Cancelled for Jewel of the Seas
Royal Caribbean has reached out to friends booked aboard Jewel of the Seas for the July 29 and August 10, 2024 departures to inform them that these cruises have been cancelled.
“Our unique plan for Jewel of the Seas was to supply sailings departing from Amsterdam, Netherlands via August tenth, 2024. Nonetheless, resulting from change in our itinerary planning, Jewel of the Seas will now sail from Haifa, Israel starting August 16, 2024,” the e-mail defined.
“To accommodate the ship’s repositioning to Haifa, your upcoming Jewel of the Seas cruise has been cancelled.” The impacted sailings have been to have been Iceland and Arctic Circle itineraries, actually once-in-a-lifetime cruises for keen vacationers.
The July 29, 2024 cruise was a 12-nigth roundtrip Iceland and Eire exploration, visiting a number of ports in each these locations, together with Akureyri, Reykjavik, Isafjordur, and Seydisfjordur in Iceland, Belfast in northern Eire, Holyhead in Wales, and Cobh (Cork) in Eire, returning to Amsterdam on August 10.
The August 10, 2024 departure was then to have been a 12-night round-trip Arctic Circle cruise, calling on seven completely different ports of name alongside the western coast of Norway, together with Honningsvag and Tromso, each above the Arctic Circle and a number of the northernmost cruise locations on the earth.
“We all know how a lot effort and time go into planning your trip, and we’re terribly sorry for the inconvenience,” the e-mail continues.
As soon as Jewel of the Seas begins crusing from Haifa, Israel, the ship can be providing quite a lot of itineraries together with visits to Greece, Italy, Cyprus, and Spain, starting from 3-10 nights relying on the departure date.
Choices for Cancelled Cruises
Impacted friends have a number of choices to select from rather than their now-cancelled 2024 cruises.
Whereas a full refund is an possibility, friends with some flexibility of their journey plans can even rebook to completely different 2024 itineraries, together with a really comparable 13-night Arctic Circle crusing departing on July 5, 2024, in addition to a 12-night Iceland and Scotland cruise departing on June 23, 2024.
Rebooking home windows differ, and different compensation provides might also be out there relying on which cancelled cruise friends have been beforehand booked aboard, in addition to what stateroom class they’d chosen and the way the cruise fare has been paid.
Different Iceland and Arctic Sailings
Visitors who can not sail aboard Jewel of the Seas could wish to think about completely different Royal Caribbean ships or dates for this dream voyage.
If friends are capable of transfer up their journey plans by a yr, Jewel of the Seas is providing comparable 2023 Iceland & Eire cruises departing on June 5 and June 29, and 2023 Arctic Circle cruises crusing on June 17 and July 11.
Departing August 10 2024, Serenade of the Seas is providing a 9-night Final Norwegian Fjords cruise that can see quite a lot of the identical stunning area, if not above the Arctic Circle.
For friends whose dream vacation spot is Iceland, Serenade of the Seas can be providing a 22-night Final Iceland, Greenland & Caribbean Cruise departing Amsterdam on August 19, 2024.
Each Serenade of the Seas cruises are a part of the ship’s “Final World Cruise” that can embody 274 nights, visiting 150 locations in 65 nations, one of many longest cruises ever provided.
Itineraries haven’t but been introduced for 2025, however no less than one ship is certain to offer wonderful Arctic Circle and Iceland sailings for that summer time.
