Royal Caribbean

Cruise line · ships, cruises and homeports

Royal Caribbean sails 31 ships from 29 homeports to 192 ports. Most cruises are 6–8 nights, mostly in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda.

View the fleet Where it sails

ShipsShips in service: 31
CruisesCruises · 12 mo: 1,793
Homeports: 29
PortsPorts visited: 192; next 12 months
Avg ship ageAverage ship age: 16 yrs

The Royal Caribbean fleet

31 ships in service

Find a ship

Ship	Built	Gross tonnage	Decks	Cabins	Guests	Crew
Hero of the Seas Icon class · 2027 · 250,800 GT	2027	250,800	18	2,805	–	2,350
Icon of the Seas Icon class · 2023 · 248,663 GT	2023	248,663	20	2,805	5,610	2,350
Legend Of The Seas Icon class · 2026 · 248,663 GT	2026	248,663	19	2,805	5,610	2,350
Star of the Seas Icon class · 2025 · 248,663 GT	2025	248,663	20	2,805	5,610	2,350
Utopia of the Seas Oasis class · 2024 · 236,473 GT	2024	236,473	18	2,834	5,668	2,290
Wonder of the Seas Oasis class · 2022 · 235,600 GT	2022	235,600	18	2,867	5,734	2,204
Symphony of the Seas Oasis class · 2018 · 228,081 GT	2018	228,081	18	2,759	5,518	2,200
Harmony of the Seas Oasis class · 2016 · 227,073 GT	2016	227,073	18	2,856	5,697	2,200
Oasis of the Seas Oasis class · 2009 · 226,838 GT	2009	226,838	18	2,801	5,602	2,109
Allure of the Seas Oasis class · 2010 · 226,637 GT	2010	226,637	18	2,859	5,718	2,103

Where Royal Caribbean sails

Ships starting a cruise in each region, by month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Most of the fleet sails in the Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda: 23 ships at its busiest in Nov and 16 in May. Royal Caribbean also sails in Mediterranean, Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal and West Coast USA and Canada, and 6 more regions.

Region	Oct	Nov	Dec	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep
Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda	18	23	23	23	23	23	23	16	16	16	17	17
Mediterranean	4	1					6	6	6	6	6	6
Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal	3	3	3	3	3	3	4	2	2	2	2	3
West Coast USA and Canada	1	2	2	3	2	3	2	2	1	1	1	2
Asia	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	2
Alaska								4	4	4	4	4
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
East Coast USA									1	1	2	2
Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands								1	1	1	1	1
Baltic, Norwegian Fjords, Russia								1	1	1	1

Ships in region:1–23–56–1516+

A ship counts in a region when a cruise starting that month has most of its port calls there.

How long Royal Caribbean cruises are

Share of sailings by length, against other cruise lines in the same region and month · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

Region

Month

Across all regions, 49% of Royal Caribbean sailings are 6–8 nights, against 49% for other cruise lines.

Royal Caribbean

1,793 sailings

45%49%

Other cruise lines

14,211 sailings

19%49%17%14%

Up to 5 nights6–8 nights9–13 nights14+ nights

Length	Royal Caribbean	Other lines	Difference
Up to 5 nights	45% · 813	19% · 2,732	+26 pts
6–8 nights	49% · 886	49% · 6,990	Same
9–13 nights	5% · 83	17% · 2,436	−13 pts
14+ nights	1% · 11	14% · 2,053	−14 pts

Sailings starting in the period. A voyage sold from several embarkation ports is counted once. Region = where most of the sailing’s port calls are. Difference in percentage points.

Royal Caribbean capacity

Available passenger cruise days (APCD): lower berths × nights · Oct 2026 – Sep 2027

APCD · 12 months: 40.3M
Share of all capacity: 12.3%; of 326.9M APCD on 45 lines
Rank by capacity: 2nd; ahead of Carnival Cruise Line 31.2M, Costa Cruises 29.5M
Berths at sea per day: 117,592; average

By month

APCD per month · share of all cruise capacity that month below · Oct counts from 23 Oct

0.75M

3.48M

3.62M

3.60M

3.24M

3.62M

3.38M

3.67M

3.68M

3.81M

3.68M

Oct

14.0%

Nov

12.7%

Dec

12.3%

Jan

12.2%

Feb

12.2%

Mar

12.2%

Apr

12.1%

May

11.9%

Jun

12.1%

Jul

12.3%

Aug

12.4%

Sep

13.1%

Busiest monthOther months

By region

Royal Caribbean APCD and its share of all cruise capacity in each region · top 8 regions

Region	APCD	Share of region
Bahamas, Caribbean, Bermuda 24.0% of the region	26.6M	24.0%
Mediterranean 4.3% of the region	4.32M	4.3%
Hawaii, Mexico, Panama Canal 19.5% of the region	2.15M	19.5%
Asia 14.3% of the region	2.06M	14.3%
Alaska 14.1% of the region	2.03M	14.1%
Australia, New Zealand and Pacific Ocean 15.3% of the region	1.53M	15.3%
West Coast USA and Canada 40.4% of the region	0.88M	40.4%
Western Europe, Azores, Canary Islands 1.7% of the region	0.31M	1.7%

Berths = guests at double occupancy. Each ship-night is counted once, even when the voyage is sold from several ports, in the month it falls in. A sailing’s nights count in the region where most of its port calls are. All capacity = the cruise lines CruiseDig tracks, not the whole industry.

Where Royal Caribbean cruises start

Top 10 of 29 homeports by departures in the next 12 months

Homeport	Departures	Ships	Plan your departure
Port Canaveral United States · 5 ships	264	5	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Miami United States · 7 ships	232	7	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Fort Lauderdale United States · 7 ships	217	7	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Tampa United States · 3 ships	143	3	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Los Angeles United States · 3 ships	137	3	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Galveston United States · 4 ships	121	4	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Bayonne United States · 3 ships	71	3	ParkingHotelsGetting there
San Juan Puerto Rico · 3 ships	65	3	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Civitavecchia Italy · 4 ships	51	4	ParkingHotelsGetting there
Shanghai China · 1 ship	51	1	ParkingHotelsGetting there

Top ports of call

Calls in the next 12 months · 175 ports

1Perfect Day at CocoCayBahamas627
2NassauBahamas458
3CozumelMexico387
4Costa MayaMexico285
5RoatanHonduras146
6EnsenadaMexico141
7PhilipsburgSint Maarten138
8St. ThomasU.S. Virgin Islands130
9OranjestadAruba99
10WillemstadCuraçao96
11JuneauUnited States73
12NaplesItaly69