Royal Caribbean Sets Short Cruises to the Bahamas, the Caribbean

Royal Caribbean International announced its short cruise program for 2009-10, offering 18 two- to five-night itineraries on 306 departures. Cruises are available from Tampa, Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and Miami aboard Navigator of the Seas, Enchantment of the Seas, Grandeur of the Seas, Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas.

Bookings are open for these short cruises. Navigator of the Seas and Enchantment of the Seas offer year-round Caribbean cruises. From May 2009, Enchantment of the Seas will offer four- and five-night Western Caribbean itineraries for the summer season from Port Everglades, which include a call at Key West. From November 2009, Navigator will sail similar Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami.

Majesty of the Seas will operate three- and four-night Bahamas cruises from Miami. Monarch of the Seas will begin its first full-year deployment in 2009 at Port Canaveral. Grandeur of the Seas will sail from the Port of Tampa on four- and five-night Western Caribbean cruises to Belize City, Cozumel and Progreso.

Grandeur also will return to Costa Maya, docking at the newly constructed pier, which replaced the one destroyed by Hurricane Dean in 2007. Royal Caribbean also has enhanced the http://www.cruisingpower.com/ website to give travel agents a central online repository for current and upcoming deployment openings.