Due to increased demand, Royal Caribbean will operate four Panama Canal transit sailings aboard the 2,000-passenger Vision of the Seas, two next fall and two in spring 2013.
It will be the ship’s first Panama Canal transit since 2009.
The Vision of the Seas’ four sailings are a significant increase in the line’s Panama Canal cruises. The Radiance of the Seas had operated just one trans-canal sailing in 2011 and 2010.
The Vision of the Seas will offer two 14-night Panama Canal itineraries sailing from Port Everglades and San Diego on Oct. 5 and 19, 2012, respectively.
Two 15-night sailings on March 18 and April 2, 2013, also depart Port Everglades and San Diego, respectively.
The ship will sail transatlantic repositioning cruises. A 14-night westbound itinerary on Sept. 21, 2012, will travel from Southampton to Port Everglades, calling at Gijon and Vigo, Spain; Lisbon, Portugal; and Ponta Delgada, Azores.
Its 13-night eastbound itinerary sails on April 17, 2013, from Port Everglades to Southampton, calling at Lisbon; Vigo; and Le Havre, France.
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