Caribbean cruise line guide
The biggest ships afloat and the widest choice of Florida departures, with the private-island beach day at Perfect Day at CocoCay built into most Caribbean sailings.
Royal Caribbean fields the two largest cruise ships in the world, Icon of the Seas and Star of the Seas, and sails the Eastern, Western, and Southern Caribbean from homeports including Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Galveston, Port Canaveral, San Juan, New York, and San Diego. The Oasis- and Icon-class fleet runs seven-night Eastern and Western loops from Florida, three- and four-night Bahamas escapes, and an eleven-night Southern voyage from New York that calls on the islands between St. Maarten and San Juan. Almost every route is built around a stop at Perfect Day at CocoCay, the line's private island in the Bahamas.
The fleet
Specs from Royal Caribbean's published ship fact sheets; itineraries reflect the Caribbean programs shown below.
Home port: Miami and Galveston, Texas
Itineraries
Itineraries
Itineraries
Itineraries
Itineraries
Home port: Galveston, Texas
Itineraries
Routes
Here are the port calls in order for each itinerary.
7 nights · Round-trip from Miami
Route in order
Ships on this route
Icon of the Seas
The western rotation opens with a beach day at Perfect Day at CocoCay, then runs the western trio of Cozumel, Roatán, and Puerto Costa Maya before the run back to Miami. Departures rotate the three Mexican and Honduran ports.
7 nights · Round-trip from Miami
Route in order
Ships on this route
Icon of the Seas
Icon's eastern rotation calls at Philipsburg, St. Maarten, then San Juan, Puerto Rico, and finishes at Labadee, Royal Caribbean's private destination on the north coast of Haiti, before the run back to Miami.
7 nights · Round-trip from Galveston, Texas
Route in order
Ships on this route
Icon of the Seas
Icon's Galveston season for 2027-28 turns the seven-night Western formula into a Gulf loop: Roatán, Cozumel, and a full beach day at Perfect Day at CocoCay before the run back to Texas.
5 nights · Round-trip from Galveston, Texas
Route in order
Ships on this route
Liberty of the Seas
Liberty's five-night Western run from Galveston calls at Cozumel and Puerto Costa Maya, with sea days on the way down and the way back, before the return to the Texas coast.
7 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Star of the Seas
The St. Kitts rotation opens with Perfect Day at CocoCay, then two island calls: Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Basseterre, St. Kitts, with sea days on either side of the run to and from Port Canaveral.
7 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Star of the Seas
Star's western rotation leads with Perfect Day at CocoCay, then Puerto Costa Maya, Roatán, and Cozumel; some departures sail the three western ports in the opposite order.
3 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Utopia of the Seas
The weekend loop: Nassau's shops and beaches on day one, then Perfect Day at CocoCay, the line's private island. The same itinerary also runs in four nights with an added day at sea.
3 nights · Round-trip from Miami
Route in order
Ships on this route
Wonder of the Seas
Wonder's Miami escape opens at Perfect Day at CocoCay and finishes in Nassau; the shortest three-night sailings skip Nassau entirely and spend the port day at the island.
11 nights · Round-trip from Cape Liberty, New York
Route in order
Ships on this route
Odyssey of the Seas
Odyssey's long Southern loop crosses nearly the whole island arc: Philipsburg, St. Maarten; St. John's, Antigua; St. Croix; Fort-de-France, Martinique; Bridgetown, Barbados; Castries, St. Lucia; Basseterre, St. Kitts; and San Juan before the run back to New York. Shorter Southern sailings that pair Aruba and Curaçao also operate from Latin American homeports.
7 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Star of the Seas
Star's main eastern rotation opens at Perfect Day at CocoCay, calls at Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and San Juan, Puerto Rico, and finishes at Labadee, Royal Caribbean's private beach destination on Haiti's north coast.
11 nights · One-way from Orlando to Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Star of the Seas
Star's long open-jaw voyage sets sail from the Orlando area (embarking at Port Canaveral), calls at Perfect Day at CocoCay, Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, and Philipsburg, St. Maarten, and debarks at Port Canaveral after the crossing back.
7 nights · Round-trip from Cape Liberty, New York
Route in order
Ships on this route
Odyssey of the Seas
Odyssey's week-long Bahamas run heads south from New York to Nassau and a full beach day at Perfect Day at CocoCay, with the rest of the week at sea.
8 nights · Round-trip from Cape Liberty, New York
Route in order
Ships on this route
Odyssey of the Seas
The eight-night version of the Bahamas run keeps the same Nassau and Perfect Day at CocoCay calls and adds an extra sea day for the long coastal cruise from New York.
7 nights · Round-trip from Cape Liberty, New York
Route in order
Ships on this route
Oasis of the Seas
Oasis runs a weekly Bahamas loop from New York: Nassau, a full day at Perfect Day at CocoCay, then a mid-week call at Port Canaveral on the Florida Space Coast before the cruise back north.
9 nights · Round-trip from Cape Liberty, New York
Route in order
Ships on this route
Oasis of the Seas
Oasis's longer autumn and spring voyages add a Miami day to the Bahamas formula: Nassau, Perfect Day at CocoCay, and a call at the Cruise Capital of the World before heading back up the coast.
3 nights · Round-trip from Fort Lauderdale
Route in order
Ships on this route
Allure of the Seas
Allure's short Bahamas escape pairs Nassau with a full beach day at Perfect Day at CocoCay; the four-night departures add an extra sea day.
6 nights · Round-trip from Fort Lauderdale
Route in order
Ships on this route
Allure of the Seas
Allure's western cruise opens at Perfect Day at CocoCay, crosses to Falmouth on Jamaica's north coast, and finishes with a Nassau call before the overnight run back to Fort Lauderdale.
4 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Explorer of the Seas
Explorer's four-night Bahamas and Dominican rotation: Perfect Day at CocoCay, Nassau, and Puerto Plata on the Dominican Republic's north coast.
5 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Explorer of the Seas
The five-night edition stretches the short rotation to five calls: Perfect Day at CocoCay, Nassau, Puerto Plata, and Cozumel off the Yucatán coast.
7 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Explorer of the Seas
Explorer's holiday-week sailing calls at Grand Bahama Island, San Juan, Puerto Plata, and Grand Turk in the Turks & Caicos, a festive run timed for the winter break.
7 nights · Round-trip from Tampa
Route in order
Ships on this route
Enchantment of the Seas
Enchantment's western loop from Tampa crosses the full western Caribbean: Puerto Costa Maya, Roatán, Belize City, and Cozumel before the crossing back to Tampa Bay.
8 nights · Round-trip from Port Canaveral
Route in order
Ships on this route
Adventure of the Seas
Adventure of the Seas sails an eight-night Eastern Caribbean round trip from Port Canaveral: St. Croix; Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas; San Juan, Puerto Rico; and Perfect Day at CocoCay, the line's private island, before the return to Port Canaveral.
7 nights · Round-trip from San Juan
Route in order
Ships on this route
Brilliance of the Seas
Brilliance's Southern route from San Juan calls at St. Croix, then runs the ABC trio of Oranjestad, Aruba; Willemstad, Curaçao; and Kralendijk, Bonaire, before the crossing back to Puerto Rico.
7 nights · Round-trip from San Juan
Route in order
Ships on this route
Enchantment of the Seas
Enchantment's San Juan season, sailing from April 2028, runs the ABC trio of Oranjestad, Aruba; Willemstad, Curaçao; and Kralendijk, Bonaire, with sea days on the way out and the way back.
Personal travel planning
This guide gives you the ideas; the best vacation starts with a conversation. Tell us who is traveling, when you would like to go, and how you prefer to travel, and we will shape every detail around you.
Tell us who is traveling, when you would like to sail, and which of these ships fits your group. A travel advisor will compare the Eastern, Western, and Southern routes with you and match you to the right sailing and cabin, at no cost and with no obligation to book.
