Royal Caribbean's Serenade of the Seas which has been wintering in San Juan, and sailing Alaskan Itineraries in the summer in recent years, will drop the Alaskan itineraries next year, and homeport year round in San Juan.
An increase in passenger "head taxes" and tougher regulations, makiing RCL's profit margin in Alaska slimmer were cited as reasons.
Passengers sailing the Serenade from San Juan will have a choice of two Southern Caribbean itineraries:
A sven night cruise, calling at Curacao, Aruba, Dominica and St. Thomas
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A seven night cruise, calling at Barbados, St. Lucia, Antigua, St. Maarten and St. Croix.
Yes, I know . . . I'm sure Texans would love for RCL to hiomeport a ship at Galvesston year round. We truly enjoyed sailing the Rhapsody of the Seas out of there... my DH (who is a Texan living in Fla) got a huge kick out of seeing the Texas flag hanging in the atrium of the ship... and was thrilled when the crew and passengers sang a Texas song on the last evening of our cruise.
Now - back to the Serenade, and your other comment... the alternating itenaries that she will be sailing really would be ideal for doing a B2B without repeating a port. We don't enjoy flying into and out of San Juan so much, though. We also found the disembarkation a bit of a hassle on our one Southern Caaribbean cruise, though the prts were phenominal, and the Serenade is a lovely shp.
Well, we've done 2 cruises out of San Juan and I guess we've been fortunate because we've yet to have any problems. We've always flown in a day early, stayed iin great hotels, the people we've sailed with have been wonderful too.
We're also booked this coming October on Adventure. Looking forward to 7 wonderful days in the sun.
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