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- ROYAL CARIBBEAN MAY SURPRISE US THIS YEAR.
Royal caribbean is know for the Big ships. In fact they own the top largest cruise ships in the world for the past decade. So this year we may all be surprised by their next ship announcment.
This is why we like celebrity! Size is perfect. Roughly 3000 passengers.😊
We do too. One thing I have noticed though recently is that it seems they are doing very few Caribbean cruises that are longer than 7 or 8 days, especially in 2026.
Fantastic picture beautiful 😍 ships 🚢 ❤❤❤❤
We would love it
A lot of people like the smaller ships including me and my wife. My favorite ship on any cruise line is Enchantment of the Seas. Having a modern small ship would be amazing! We’ve talked about this for awhile now. I’m glad it is on the agenda.
Enchantment of the seas is also my favorite. It’s the first one I was ever on and it is still the one I love most.
I loved the Enchantment! Also the Rhapsody of the Seas. Loved them both.
You don’t like cruising then obviously, you just like the ports and the ships are a much more comfortable way to get there than planes. If you liked cruising and partying you would appreciate the large ships and how far they have come
I like the smaller ships without all of the slides, etc. 1400 to 2000 maximum people.
I am so excited about RCL making smaller ships. I really prefer ships without the amusement park on top. The smaller ships make cruising feel like cruising!
Try Viking, Oceania, Celebrity Summit, NCL Spirit
Good idea to have a mix of ship sizes in the Royal Caribbean fleet. Now please include self-serve laundromats in the new design, especially if the small ships are intended for longer cruises.
I think it's good to have a mix of big and smaller (not too small). It meets the needs of everyone this way.
Hope the smaller ship design includes a promenade deck that goes around the entire ship. I love walking the entire deck to get my steps in.
My favorite ship is Brilliance of the Seas. Love Radiance class.
That is great news RCL has finally realized that it's time to roll out some smaller ships that go to other ports, and also to cater to the loyal passengers who do prefer the ambiance if being on a smaller ship but with newer amenities. So happy to hear this. Thank you Don for sharing this news with us. Happy New Year to you !
My wife and I have been enjoying sailing on Holland America, especially their pinnacle ships.
I am glad new smaller ships are being considered
Serenade and Jewel are my favourite RCCL ships - smaller, more intimate, friendlier, and can access more ports.
So glad to hear this news even though my cruising days are long behind me.
I would love to see some smaller ships being built. Perhaps a few that could sail out of Tampa. You know we have the limitation of the Skyway Bridge, so large ships are not an option. Consequently, we only have some of the oldest ships in the fleets, and most of them need extensive work. It would be nice to have at least one or two modern options.
Yes you're right!
I sailed on the Serenade OTS out of Tampa and it was amazing!
My husband and I liked the small ships. You could get to know the passengers and crew. It is much more personable. My favorite was the Jewel of the seas. Cruise directors were great too!
We are taking the Jewel of the Seas this August to the Norway fiords. First time on this ship. I understand it is getting an upgrade this April. Does anyone know what the upgrade will include? Thanks!
How can you know 2500 people on a cruise?
Hi Don. It is not just Royal
that needs smaller ships. All the lines need smaller ships and cruises of 7+ day cruises.
Would love to see new smaller ship come into balitmore
I would love it if they built a few smaller ships.
I think
That is brilliant of Royal. Caribbean! I think the smaller ship would do very well with certain cruisers who are not into the mega ships!!!
This ship will sell out immediately. So many people want a new smaller ship. I would be happy with an extensive refurbishment of some of the older ships.
Just got off our first voyager class ship.. the Navigator of the Seas and it’s got a lot of charm at a great price point. Don, let’s not forget that a lot of people view the ship as a destination and simply want to get away. We’ve done Cozumel and Costa Maya so many times, it doesn’t matter to us. Just getting away and meeting people is priceless for us. ❤
We love RC Mariner of the Seas!!!
Going on the Mariner in 7 days!! This will be my 3rd time on the Mariner. I love the smaller mid size ships.
I agreed we need to build small ships in any cruise lines not only Royal Caribbean.
Don, I am thrilled to hear this news. I don’t need to be on the biggest ship in the world. I just need a ship that has good service, good food, good entertainment (not necessarily a HUGE Broadway production) and some pool space. I really nice ship that is smaller appeals to me. A smaller ship isn’t where families will want to go, it might attract an older crowd, with more educational lecture opportunities and smaller ports. Can’t wait to book a new “small” RCI ship!!!!
You’re right Don. All these mega ships limit ports. But I would just stay on and enjoy a less grounded ship. That is exactly what they should do; build new smaller ships like 3000 passengers. Great idea. 💡
Would love to see a newer,smaller ship!!!
Don, you are absolutely correct! Wife and I are higher level (perks) with Royal and are totally burnt out in the Caribbean and the Large and Larger ships from them. So we have switched to Princess for our 2 next cruises on Royal Princess to Alaska. We have not cruised with Princess since 2014 but now we are looking to cruise new or great cruise ports like Alaska and no more "Bus Routes". This will be our 3rd and 4th cruise to Alaska but never on Princess. Thanks Don for what you do!
Neat idea from their CSO
I would love to see RCCL build new small to medium
ships
We've been on the larger ships too and have always had a good experience. However, we prefer the smaller ships. I think RCI recognizes that there is a need for new smaller ships in their fleet as well as the big ships.
There is a group of us that have been advocating to Michael Bailey about our need for a new smaller ship instead of refurbishing the old ones. It was a discusion on the President cruise last July, during a top tier talk event. Its not because of needing to go smaller ports because they are doing that with mall ships. Its about what us Loyal2Royal have been asking for.
The smaller cruise ships may be more expensive to run, but they're favourites for a reason. The cruise lines are shooting themselves in the foot going bigger. Alaska cruises will be a distant memory if they don't stop with these mega ships. The ones going there now are already too big. Good luck seeing any of these mega ships on the west coast. The Panorama proved that there is an issue with emergency repairs with the only dry dock in Portland.
Bout time
We cruised Allure of the Seas out of Galveston about a year ago. I generally prefer a smaller ship but I did really love the shows.
Radiance of the seas has huge amount of windows on a smaller ship. It’s awesome.
Actually enjoy the oasis class now and then but when you get right down to it the 2500 to 3500 passenger ships are my favorite! The radiance class was one of our best cruises ever! Actually they might think of taking one of their older ships and spending half the money of a new ship build and just redo one of the older ships including the power plant! Caribbean Princess is a great old ship as is Mariner and Brilliance of the seas.
royal should go smaller that way they have the best of both worlds.
My favorite is the Radiance of the Sea and it is one of the oldest. I hope that they do build some smaller ships.
Wish carnival would build a smaller ship
We need new ships that can clear the bridge near Montreal and for many other reasons elsewhere.
There is really no reason why Royal Caribbean cannot come out with,smaller,more intimate ships than the biggies they currently operate. I am sure there is a market for such ships
I’m currently on the Ultimate world cruise and what I would like to see Royal do is do some longer cruises in the 60,70 or even 80 day range
We really like CELEBRITY MILLENNIUM 😊
Great news! Our first cruise was on Serenade-of-the-Seas and love the ship. Great size and feel. Others are very nice as well but sometimes just too big and busy. Hope Royal brings this fruition.
Everyone thinks bigger is better, not always true
We like the smaller ships. Especially the NCL Dawn and the NCL Star. We will be sailing to Alaska in May on our first larger ship. The NCL Bliss. 😊
Yay!!!
Hooray… smaller is the best way!
While I'm a fan of big ships - I'm looking forward to a new smaller ship out of RCCL. I would love to see an updated/upgraded Vision or Voyager class. Like others have said, I think it would definitely be a more personable experience. I'm wondering how many Royal fans cruise Celebrity due to their ships being smaller? Thanks for everything you do Don!
We cruise Celebrity for two reasons: smaller ships and fewer kids running around.
@@jimhudson1737 This is also why we enjoyed Celebrity as well. We liked the Edge, since for as small as it was - it was still a large ship. And fewer kids running around. :-)
Hi don it is about time to have smaller ships hope their entertainment will be better then big ships the big ships have terrible acts I don’t even bother anymore to go and see their shows so let’s hope in a year or two we will see improvements
Hopefully the new small ship will go out of Tampa. Living outside of Tampa if we want to cruise local you have to go on an old ship so hopefully this will change that since big ships can’t fit under the skyway bridge.
I’ve sailed on Rhapsody of the Seas and loved it. Easier to meet people and share places they’ve been, what to do on the ship and excursion experiences.
🎉Smaller=$$$$
I'm glad to hear you say that you want to try different cruise lines I have been hoping you would review Viking, Star Clippers or Wind Star
Think the smaller ship is a great idea, i have been om 40 Royal Caribbean cruises and the Liberty is the largest one yet. I plan on keeping it that way.
Think there is a market for ships about the size of HAL Masdam/Veendam about 1500 guests with a refined experience, an out door promenade deck and some exclusive on shore events that are unusual, a Crowne Lounge that rivals the Suit Lounge. Prices would probably be about the same as Icon
With prices on the rise and we love royal but money wise they might have out priced us.
I agree Don, We sailed on Jewel OTS and liked the different port options, but it needed modernization.
Supposed to get one in April.
We loved Jewel of the Seas Transatlantic in 2018! A fun time! We just did Princess Enchantment Mediterranean cruise .. it was really nice too and fun but still like RC. The food was way better too. We have no interest in going on a huge ship.
Saw Icon the length through Central Park and Boardwalk there is your smaller ship 😊😅😮🎉
Be great if they continue the crown which has been missing on quantum class and now icon class. The Viking crown lounge is one of the key identifiers of their ships!
I think the larger the ship, the more problems onboard with unruly guests and such.
Tender boats needed.
I would also like smaller but new ships.
If RC is resurrecting the normal-sized ship, they should bring back the Song of Norway classic profile with the crown surrounding the funnel. Just saying . . .
Exciting news! However smaller is relative, eh? With RCL's largest now pushing 7000 passengers, just how much smaller is this potential new class of ship? I'm hoping for a 2000-pax ship.
We are fans of the small er ships up to 3000 people.
Those great big monsters are nothing for us, we sailed on another cruise line in December. The ship had 6000+ people, it was "not nice at all" to put it in friendly words!!!
Please, please, please keep a few of the small ships as a template and definitely build new ones of that size.
With many countries limiting passenger count and emissions this is a great idea!
Just booked a Holland America cruise for the first time. It will be different!
Sounds like they're going Celebrity size ships.
Why does every cruise from Galveston only go to Cozumel, Costa Maya, and Roatan? There are literally dozens of ports that are completely ignored.
😊Does Princess have any new small ships? I know that Celebrity has some new small ships like the Flora.
Don just hoped of the Royal Princess doing back to back cruises,what a disappointment. Much larger than the ships I’m use to Corral Sea and the Island . More guests for revenue but the cafe is the same size Wheehouse Bar is smaller and no dance floor. With more guests means harder to find a table and if you do you can’t have a conversation because all the noise from the atrium, my party off 6 2 have canceled our next cruise and we are all looking for another more friendly cruise line. We are all long time cruisers with Princess all having done over 20 plus cruise.
Hope they do build smaller. Wonder, as much as I love the Oasis class, was too much. No interest in Icon!
Bigger is not always better. My wife and I are going back to smaller ships. More personal service.
I love Oasis class ships although I have only been I have been on is Harmony of the Seas (twice). The only other Royal ship I have been on is Independence of the Seas.
However I do also like the medium sized ships like Holland America has. They are more intimate, more traditional and can access ports the huge ships can not get into. So I think it's good news that Royal is looking at some smaller options. It will be interesting to see what they include on them, will they just revert back to the traditional style or will they have some of the features that you only see on Royal.
I would think that crew/passenger ratio as well as the ship's capacity er passengers would matter more than ship size. A ship that has too many passenger for its tender capacity will make transfer longer and mroe tedious than one that has tender capacity that better matches the number of passengers. Same with dining room and various activities/entertainment. Where larger ships have an advantage is the daytie activities such as go kart, water slides and other amusement park type of activities only pssible on the larger ships.
If cruise line has a terminal capable of habdling the largest ship, but you travel on a small ship, you may find that terminal and embarquation/disembarquation far more pleasant and efficient since that ship doesn't come close to overloading the port faciities.
One last thing: a smaller ship going to less frequented ports means you're not lost in a sea of tourists in a port of call and can better experience the city you are visiting. If there is only one small ship docked in Skagway, your experience in town will be vastly different than the current trend of having 4-5 mega ships all docked at same time and the tourist populations 4 times the size of local population which turns the town into an theme park attraction.
Which size (pax) of the ship do you think they will build?
In recent years, all the companies have focused on the new cruisers, but now they're beginning to realize that it's hard to retain this clientele of new cruisers because they have no attachment to the companies and are just looking for the latest ship.
Not me.
In your opinion what is the best ship for Alaska?
Royal has a bunch of TikTokers on it and wait til that goes wrong
First of all, what do they mean by "smaller" ships? The Quantum class is 4k+, the Freedom class is 3k+, and the Vision class is 2k+ in terms of capacity. Freedom class ships are still darn LARGE, nowhere near Oasis and Icon class ships, but large in their own right. I suspect they will never build ships smaller than one that would accommodate 3k passengers. Will this satisfy those who are asking for SMALLER SHIPS? I say it will NOT! That's not what those looking for smaller ships are asking for. They want ships under 2k passengers and I don't think that is going to happen.
"I don't do this too often" Only EVERY video.
Why do you act surprised? The big ships will ensure passenger numbers and revenue while replacing some of their older ones moth new smaller ones. They are the industry leader for a reason. Unlike you who are an industry troll!
I think the ships are getting way too large! I like the smaller ships!