Royal Caribbean International (RCL) announced at a SeaTrade convention that it will deploy 8 ships to the European market next year.  This comes as pricing in the Caribbean market is expected to soften greatly with the sluggish global economy.  One Freedom class, two Voyager class, two Radiance class, and three vision class ships will sail a reported 70 distinct itineraries, visiting 87 ports in 32 countries.  By name, the Independence of the Seas (Freedom class,) Navigator of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas (Voyager class,) Brilliance of the Seas, Jewel of the Seas (Radiance Class,) Legend of the Seas, Splendour of the Seas, and Vision of the Seas (Vision class.)

Oasis of the Seas will not visit the UK during her delivery cruise to Port Everglades.  Normally, if possible, ships visit various European ports, often New York City, and then proceed to their initial ports of operation.  During these early visits, promotional cruises are offered to select individuals.  I had the opportunity to cruise on Liberty of the Seas this past year on such a cruise.  The reason for the unusual change in early operation is the ship itself.  With the quantity of grass and trees to be installed, and the ship being finished in the winter months, Royal Caribbean will be completing that project once she makes it across the ocean.

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To begin this review, there is one thing that all of you must know. I am only 13
years old. I may not be an adult, but i can tell you how fun my cruise was from my
point of view. 

What was a cruise ship? I wondered what it was when my parents told me we were going
to Mexico on a cruise ship. At the time, it didn’t seem really exiting to me, but more
than a year would pass and i would soon find out.

When the time came to leave from our hometown in Woodland to head to Los Angeles
California, the thought of going on this cruise seemed to get better. We drove for
6 hours before we reached L.A. We booked a hotel that was a block away from the port.
I remember drive to the port a day earlier and seeing to Celebrity ships depart, it
was so cool. 

The next day we packed and headed toward the port. Our ship lay next to another ship,
this ship was Norwegian cruise lines Norwegian Star. And as we drove closer I saw
the name Vision of the Seas displayed on the side. We boarded the ship about 5 hours
before we had to depart for our 7 day Mexican round trip. We had to do a little life
boat drill before we could leave. We departed at about 5:00 PM. We were at seas
all of the next day, this gave me time to explore the ship.

There was a Centrum, theater, inside and outside pool, a rock wall, dance clubs, and
a cool round window lounge at the top of the ship called a viking crown lounge. Not
to mention all of he other cool things. The ports weren't so great. I didn't get to go
to Cabo San Lucas because my parents went alone. In Mazetlan, we went to a beach and
everybody tried o keep selling us things, not fun. But in Puerto Vallarta, we got to
go Horse back riding in the forest, that was very enjoyable. 

We had a whole day coming back to our port before we had to depart the ship. 

I think i liked the cruise ship more than the ports. Departing was fairly easy, they
checked our cards and we got our suitcases and we were gone. Well theirs not much
more i have to say. You really have to go for yourself to get a real feeling of
what its like. My parents want to go on an Alaskan cruise on either Radiance or
Serenade of the Seas.

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