Ovation of the Seas
THREE of Royal Caribbean’s largest cruise ships, the Ovation of the Seas, Mariner of the Seasand Voyager of the Seas, will be homeporting from Singapore starting October.
This marks the cruise operator’s longest homeport season from the city-state yet, which will run for eight months totalling 55 cruises and is expected to bring an estimated 200,000 guests to ports in South-east Asia.
The deployment of these three ships will increase Royal Caribbean’s South-east Asia capacity by 30 per cent in 2017 over 2016.
Initiating the season is Mariner of the Seas starting October till March next year with 39 sailings that range from three- to seven-night itineraries to destinations like Penang, Langkawi, Port Klang, Phuket, Bangkok and Ho Chi Minh City.
This Mariner of the Seas season sees the introduction of a three-night Penang Weekend Cruise and a four-night Phuket Cruise. Other highlights include festive Christmas and New Year cruises and themed cruises featuring salsa and cosplay themes.
Royal Caribbean’s newest and largest ship, Ovation of the Seas, will then homeport from Singapore in the months of March and April 2017, as announced earlier.
It will make 10 sailings comprising three- to five-night itineraries to Penang, Phuket and Bangkok as well as a 12-night one-way cruise to Tianjin with port calls at Ho Chi Minh City, Danang, Hong Kong and Seoul.
Following this will be Voyager of the Seas making six sailings of between three to five nights from May 2017.
Itineraries include calls at Kuala Lumpur, Penang and Phuket, plus one eight-night one-way cruise to Hong Kong with stopovers at Bangkok, Ho Chi Minh City and Nha Trang.
