Royal Caribbean Cancels Stops to Haiti on at Least...

Royal Caribbean is reportedly pausing visits to its non-public vacation spot of Labadee, Haiti, resulting from escalating unrest within the area, in line with passenger reports.

This potential resolution (the cruise line has but to immediately affirm this) comes after the same seven-month pause in stops to Labadee in 2024. It additionally comes simply months after the cruise line reassured visitors that the non-public vacation spot was secure. Even throughout a interval of regional instability, Royal Caribbean had intended to continue sailing there.

Apparently, one thing has modified.

To date, passengers crusing on Voyager of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas have reported that their itineraries have been modified, with Labadee being eliminated as a port of name and swapped for one more port.

A passenger on Voyager of the Seas reported that the captain introduced that “Royal Caribbean have [cancelled] all stops to Haiti for the following month as a result of ongoing scenario which is quickly escalating.”

Itinerary Modifications Reported by Passengers on Voyager and Oasis

Passengers on Voyager of the Seas, at present on a 5-night Jap Caribbean cruise from Port Canaveral, Florida, which departed on April 14, 2025, point out the ship will now go to Puerto Plata within the Dominican Republic as a substitute of Labadee.

The ship’s different scheduled cease at Good Day at CocoCay within the Bahamas stays on the itinerary.

Passengers on Oasis of the Seas, which departed from Port Everglades on a 6-night Western Caribbean voyage on April 13, 2025, have additionally reported receiving notification of a change.

In accordance with these passenger accounts, a letter from the cruise line said that “out of an abundance of warning, as a substitute of visiting Labadee on Thursday, we’ll get pleasure from a good looking day in Nassau, Bahamas, on Friday.”

This itinerary additionally contains calls on CocoCay and Falmouth, Jamaica.

Potential Affect on Future Sailings Primarily based on Schedules

The cancellation of those Labadee stops, as reported by passengers, is now elevating questions on future calls on the non-public vacation spot.

Primarily based on present schedules, each Voyager of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas, together with different Royal Caribbean ships like Journey of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Symphony of the Seas, Freedom of the Seas, and Grandeur of the Seas, have scheduled visits to Labadee all through April and Might.

It’s attainable that extra itinerary modifications will probably be introduced by the cruise line within the coming days and weeks, however we’ll keep tuned for these developments.

Broader Issues and Earlier Stance

This potential transfer by Royal Caribbean follows a latest resolution by its sister firm, Superstar Cruises, to alter a couple of sailings to skip Labadee.

The U.S. authorities at present has a Degree 4: Do Not Journey Advisory in place for Haiti, citing dangers of kidnapping, crime, civil unrest, and restricted healthcare.

A lot of the unrest has been concentrated in areas removed from the non-public resort of Labadee, which is about 100 miles from the capital of Port-au-Prince.  The port additionally has its personal non-public safety workforce and actually is separate from the remainder of the nation.

Regardless of Labadee’s isolation and personal safety, Royal Caribbean has nonetheless been cautious in its return to the port.

After resuming visits to Labadee in October 2024, the cruise line suspended shore excursions that required visitors to go away the managed cruise port space. One latest customer famous that “The one factor completely different about this cruise is Royal has canceled the excursions that depart the world proper concerning the pier/compound.”

The Precedence of Security

Primarily based on passenger accounts of onboard bulletins and letters, Royal Caribbean’s resolution to quickly keep away from Labadee seems to be sudden, or maybe the cruise line is wanting forward and never liking what it sees. 

The security of passengers and crew is a precedence for any cruise line, and I’m positive we’ll get extra particulars on this growing story within the coming days.

Cruise Fever has reached out to Royal Caribbean for an announcement and can replace this text with any latest bulletins or developments.