Following up on its strategy to draw in first-time and younger, time-pressed customers—and to wow them with its best ships, its beautiful private islands and two new beach clubs—Royal Caribbean’s 2026-2027 lineup is heavier than ever on Short Caribbean.

Only one thing will be missing. This week the cruise line also announced it will continue to skip San Juan, Puerto Rico, where ongoing port issues make it impossible for the biggest ships to berth.

The short-cruise lineup, though, will grow by a whopping eight ships, for a total of 11, sailing two to five nights from November 2026 and April 2027. They are available for booking effective Feb. 27.

• From Port Canaveral, Utopia of the Seas will offer three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas.
• Harmony of the Seas’s four-night cruises to the Bahamas and five-night cruises to Cozumel, Mexico; all will include stops at Perfect Day at CocoCay. There’s also a two-night sailing.
• Explorer of the Seas will offer four-night sailings to the Bahamas and five nights to the Dominican Republic, Labadee, and Cozumel.
• From Fort Lauderdale, Oasis of the Seas will offer three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas and CocoCay.
• Vision of the Seas will sail three- and four-night cruises to Bimini, The Bahamas, and Grand Bahama Island.
• Grandeur of the Seas will sail three- and four-night cruises to The Bahamas, including Perfect Day and Key West.
• From Tampa, Rhapsody of the Seas will sail new four- and five-night itineraries.
• From Miami, guests can try three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas and CocoCay on Wonder of the Seas through at least early 2027.
• Freedom of the Seas will sail on four- and five-night cruises to Grand Cayman, Falmouth, Labadee, Cozumel, Dominican Republic, and The Bahamas.
• And from Galveston, Texas, Liberty of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas will sail four- and five-night cruises to Cozumel, with the longer itinerary adding Costa Maya.

San Juan Dock Repairs Stretch to July

After months of skipping stops in San Juan, Puerto Rico, meanwhile, Royal Caribbean has been forced to cancel more visits to the capital city this spring and summer.

This week, guests on the May 3, June 7, June 21, and July 19 sailings of Icon of the Seas were advised the ship will be skipping the popular city “due to ongoing improvements to the pier infrastructure in San Juan” that will not be completed in time. Originally scheduled for completion in June, the repairs now are scheduled to extend into July.

Icon’s May and June sailings will stop in Ponce, Puerto Rico, instead of San Juan, and the July 19 cruise will stop in Phillipsburg, St. Maarten.

Guests with pre-paid shore excursions in San Juan will receive automatic refunds to their original form of payment, but no other compensation is being offered.

Symphony of the Seas also will skip San Juan; its April 6 sailing will stop at Nassau in the Bahamas instead.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis and Icon Class ships have not been able to dock in San Juan since November 2024, when the largest pier, Pier 3-West, was damaged. Disney Cruise Line’s newest ship, Disney Treasure, also was unable to stop in San Juan; it switched the stop on its Feb. 1 sailing from San Juan to Disney Lookout Cay at Lighthouse Point, its private island.

The San Juan Cruise Port has filed a negligence lawsuit against MSC Cruises, whose ship hit the pier.