It’s uncommon for a ship that’s nearly 20 years previous to be handled as a newcomer, however Royal Caribbean Worldwide’s Jewel of the Seas received a model new welcome at her model new Florida homeport lately. The Radiance-class vessel is now crusing from Port Canaveral for the winter 2022-2023 season.
New Homeport for Jewel of the Seas
When a brand new ship arrives at a port, significantly a homeport, for the primary time, there may be nice fanfare to commemorate the event. However what about when the ship is already an older vessel in a cruise line’s fleet?
Jewel of the Seas was lately redeployed to Port Canaveral, the 18-year-old ship’s first time homeporting from the central Florida port and the second busiest passenger cruise port on this planet.
To mark the event, port officers offered the ship’s grasp, Captain Trond Holm, with a commemorative plaque that includes the ship’s photograph and inscribed with the date of her first go to together with the inscription, “Could you have got quick winds and following seas.”
Jewel of the Seas‘ addition to the Port Canaveral roster of homeported ships makes her the fourth vessel within the Royal Caribbean fleet to be setting sail from central Florida, becoming a member of her fleet mates Surprise of the Seas, Independence of the Seas, and Mariner of the Seas.
“We’re thrilled to have Jewel of the Seas at Port Canaveral and really excited to welcome her as our fourth Royal Caribbean Worldwide homeported ship,” mentioned Captain John Murray, Port CEO. “Our companions at RCI have entrusted us with a few of their most beneficial belongings and we couldn’t be extra proud.”
Collectively, the 4 Royal Caribbean ships at Port Canaveral can supply wonderful cruises to greater than 17,500 friends without delay. Every ship represents a distinct class of vessel and affords new and distinctive onboard experiences for all friends to get pleasure from.
Jewel of the Seas, as a 90,090-gross ton, Radiance-class vessel, is the smallest of the 4 fleet mates, adopted by the Voyager-class Mariner of the Seas, the Freedom-class Independence of the Seas and the most important cruise ship on this planet, the Oasis-class Surprise of the Seas.
Cruises on Jewel of the Seas
Jewel of the Seas will stay homeported from Port Canaveral via mid-April, 2023, providing 4- to 8-night itineraries to a wide range of locations, together with Japanese, Western, and Southern Caribbean routes, in addition to Bahamas sailings and different choose choices.
Relying on the crusing date and precise itinerary, the ship might be visiting common ports similar to Ocho Rios, Costa Maya, Cozumel, San Juan, St. Croix, Bimini, Key West, and lots of extra.
Most sailings may also have calls to one in every of Royal Caribbean Worldwide’s personal locations, both CocoCay in The Bahamas or Labadee in Haiti, and a few itineraries embody each ports of name.
On April 22, 2023, Jewel of the Seas will depart Port Canaveral for the final time on a 12-night one-way transatlantic crusing to Amsterdam, the place she’s going to stay homeported for the summer time season, providing cruises to discover the British Isles, Iceland, Eire, the Arctic Circle, and the Norwegian fjords.
Jewel of the Seas will spend the winter of 2023-2024 homeported from San Juan, Puerto Rico, however might return to supply extra sailings from Port Canaveral sooner or later.
Jewel of the Seas joined the Royal Caribbean fleet in 2004. The ship can welcome 2,112 friends when booked at double occupancy, and as much as 2,502 friends when all berths are crammed. Onboard, 842 crew members are available to offer superior service on all 12 passenger decks.
