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Friday, April 23, 2010

Royal Caribbean Mariner of the Seas Moving To Galveston, TX Voyager of the Seas Moving To New Orleans

Royal Caribbean today announced plans to redeploy the Mariner of the Seas from the Mexican Riviera to Europe, effective in early 2011.

The line says the 3,114-passenger ship, which has been sailing to the Mexican Riviera year-round out of Los Angeles since early 2009, will set sail for a new home at the port of Rome (Civitavecchia) in January.

Mariner is the largest ship ever to regularly sail out of a West Coast port, and it's arrival in Los Angeles last year was heralded as a major development for the city.

With Mariner's withdrawal, Royal Caribbean no longer will have a presence in Southern California or the West Coast of Mexico -- destinations it has served for many years.

Too big to fit through the Panama Canal, Mariner will have to spend weeks sailing around South America to reach Europe. Royal Caribbean will be selling a series of repositioning cruises around the continent as it does so.

The redeployment means Royal Caribbean will have 11 of its 22 ships in Europe in 2011 -- an unprecedented number. Just last month the line said it planned to have 10 ships in Europe for 2011, up from eight this year.

Mariner will be replacing Splendour of the Seas in Rome. Splendour, in turn, will head to Venice for the summer and fall of 2011 to sail 10- and 11-night Greek Isles and Turkey itineraries for the season.

Royal Caribbean says Mariner will return to North America for the 2011-12 winter season to replace the Voyager of the Seas in offering seven-night Western Caribbean itineraries from Galveston, Texas. Voyager, in turn, will head to New Orleans, marking the line's return to the city.

Mariner's final round-trip Mexican Riviera itinerary from Los Angeles will take place on Jan. 9, 2011.