Royal Caribbean Cruise

Based in Miami, Royal Caribbean was formed in 1969 and currently operates a global fleet of ships offering cruises to over 130 destinations worldwide. These include some of the largest and most innovative ships in the world. The 138,000-ton Voyager family of ships that includes Navigator of the Seas, offering many industry firsts including a rock climbing 200ft above the ocean, an ice skating ring, in-line skating, a promenade shopping mall and much more. Navigator of the Seas cruises out of Southampton during 2007.

I was searching for an item on Independence of the Seas, when I came across a site called Royal Caribbean Cruise Newsline. It appears to be someone's personal Blog on news about Royal Caribbean.

Because of the growth of cruising in the UK, Carnival has surprised everyone by announcing that Carnival Splendor, which will be the biggest Carnival ship of all, will cruise out of Dover when she is built. One of four new builds in the UK waters she is a lot smaller than the Royal Caribbean Cruise ship Independence of the Seas which as a Freedom class ship is the joint largest ship in the world along with Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas. She is set to cruise out of Southampton; this news first broke on the Royal Caribbean Cruise Newsline site about a week before the official announcement in London. Though smaller, (however still large) the other two new builds are Queen Victoria for Cunard, which is now replacing the old lady Queen Elizabeth 2 as she retires off to Dubai to become a hotel aka Queen Mary 1 and last but by no means least is P&O's Ventura.

In the autumn of 2011 Royal Caribbean will be offering cruises from Southampton all year round aboard Independence of the Seas