Royal Caribbean drops Labadee calls through April 2028
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If Labadee is still on a booking you hold, check the email and the app before you trust the public page.
Royal Caribbean’s travel updates, read 2 Nov 2026, still say every Labadee visit is suspended for the rest of 2026. That block is stamped 29 Jan 2026 at 5:00 p.m. EDT. April 2028 is not on it.
Royal Caribbean Blog, Matt Hochberg, updated 30 Oct, says travel agents got a Friday notice that swaps Labadee out of sailings through April 2028. Travel Market Report, Michael Pihach, carried the same notice on 31 Oct. The photo here is the one on that Travel Market Report page, credited to Royal Caribbean. The file path is a March 2024 folder. The page does not say the frame was taken for this notice.
What the email says
The blog prints three lines from the note to agents. Travel Market Report prints the same lines. This desk has not seen the email itself.
The note says the line is sorry for the inconvenience, and that client safety is the priority. It says the replacement ports differ from the itinerary guests booked, and that the line still wants them to see those ports. The blog ends that last sentence with an exclamation mark.
The blog says the notice covers 44 itineraries on nine ships. Travel Market Report prints 44 and the same nine names. This post does not recount the dates.
| Ship in both reports |
|---|
| Adventure of the Seas |
| Allure of the Seas |
| Explorer of the Seas |
| Freedom of the Seas |
| Harmony of the Seas |
| Independence of the Seas |
| Serenade of the Seas |
| Star of the Seas |
| Symphony of the Seas |
A name on that list is not a promise that every cruise on the ship changed. The blog’s notes are date by date.
The blog says that three months ago the line had cancelled visits through July 2027. An earlier note on this site, Bayley on a Labadee return, records a 5 Oct Royal Caribbean Blog report that the pause ran through June 2027. June and July are both in print. This post does not pick one. The new horizon in the 30 Oct blog is April 2028.
A few replacements, so you can see the shape
These rows are groupings in the 30 Oct blog. Times are the blog’s. A row is one group, not the whole ship.
| Ship and dates in the blog | What the blog says you get |
|---|---|
| Allure of the Seas, 4 July through 24 Oct 2027, nine departures | Nassau, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The second sea day moves to day 5. |
| Adventure of the Seas, 23 July 2027 | Cozumel, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. |
| Independence of the Seas, 8 July 2027 | Puerto Plata, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The San Juan departure moves from 2:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. |
| Star of the Seas, 19 Dec 2027 | Costa Maya on day 4, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Cozumel the next day, 7:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. The blog says this replaces Labadee and Falmouth. The second sea day moves to day 6. |
| Symphony of the Seas, 23 Jan 2028 | Nassau, 7:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. The first sea day moves to day 3. Falmouth is the next day, 7:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. |
| Harmony of the Seas, 19 Feb 2028 | Nassau, 7:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. The first sea day moves to day 4. |
The blog also prints a long Adventure list that gets Grand Turk from 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and many more Allure, Explorer, Freedom, Serenade, and Star dates. Some of those notes skip a second port, or move a time in Nassau, CocoCay, or another call. Read the date on the blog against your sailing. One Grand Turk day is not the plan for the ship beside it.
The blog says the changes cover the scheduled Labadee visits the line had already announced. It does not print a first day back.
What this means for you
Open the cruise in the app, and read the message if Royal Caribbean or your agent sent one. The travel-updates page is still the January 2026 text about the rest of 2026.
If your date is on the blog’s list, the Labadee day is gone, and another day on the same cruise may have moved with it. The blog says a prepaid shore excursion bought through Royal Caribbean refunds automatically. It does not name a tour you booked on your own. It also does not print a fare refund. The cruise is still a cruise, with a different port day.
The words above follow the travel-updates page read 2 Nov 2026, Royal Caribbean Blog updated 30 Oct 2026, and Travel Market Report on 31 Oct 2026.
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Questions
- Is Labadee cancelled on your cruise?
- Your Labadee call is off only if the sailing is one of the 44 itineraries in the Royal Caribbean Blog list updated 30 Oct 2026. That note covers nine ships through April 2028. The public travel-updates page, read 2 Nov 2026, still describes a suspension for the rest of 2026.
- What replaces Labadee?
- The 30 Oct blog gives no single replacement for every date. Allure dates from 4 July through 24 Oct 2027 get Nassau. Adventure on 23 July 2027 gets Cozumel. Harmony on 19 Feb 2028 gets Nassau. Star of the Seas on 19 Dec 2027 gets Costa Maya and Cozumel.
- Do you get the cruise fare back?
- The blog prints no fare refund. It says a prepaid shore excursion booked through Royal Caribbean is refunded automatically. It prints no dollar amount and no rule for a tour you bought elsewhere. Travel Market Report on 31 Oct prints the same email lines and adds no fare refund.
Sources
Tier 1 = the cruise line’s own published material · Tier 2 = an established cruise-news outlet- TIER 1Royal Caribbean travel-updates page, read 2 Nov 2026: the Labadee block is stamped Last Updated January 29, 2026, 5:00 p.m. EDT. The heading is All Labadee sailings through December 2026. The text says the line has suspended all visits to Labadee for the remainder of 2026 while it monitors the situation with its Global Security and Intelligence team, that itinerary modifications are communicated directly to affected guests ahead of their sailings, and that guests should check back. The page does not mention April 2028, a ship name, a replacement port, or a shore-excursion refund.
Royal Caribbean, checked 2 Nov 2026 · Read 2 Nov 2026. The HTML last-modified header on that fetch was 2 Nov 2026, 06:52 GMT. The Labadee paragraph on the page still carries the 29 Jan 2026 stamp. This is the public notice. It is not the agent email. - TIER 2Royal Caribbean Blog, Matt Hochberg, updated 30 Oct 2026: travel agents received a Friday notice swapping scheduled Labadee visits for sailings through April 2028. The printed email lines are: We're sorry for any inconvenience this may cause. Your clients' safety is our top priority. While we know it's not the original itinerary we planned, we appreciate your understanding and can't wait to explore these new destinations with your clients. The blog says that three months ago the line had cancelled visits through July 2027, that nine ships were updated, and that 44 itineraries which had included Labadee were updated. It says Labadee is a private beach the line has continuously operated in Haiti since 1988. It prints ship-by-ship replacement notes, including port times, moved sea days, and a few other port swaps. It says these changes essentially cancel all scheduled visits the line had previously announced. It says any prepaid shore excursion booked through Royal Caribbean will be automatically refunded. It does not print a fare refund, a refund timeline, or a rule for a third-party tour. The page does not include the email as a document, only the lines above.
Royal Caribbean Blog, checked 30 Oct 2026 · Read 2 Nov 2026. Load-bearing source for the Friday notice, the 44, the nine ships, the sample replacements, and the excursion line. This desk did not see the agent email itself. - TIER 2Travel Market Report, Michael Pihach, 31 Oct 2026: Royal Caribbean extended the Labadee suspension through April 2028. The article says that, according to Royal Caribbean Blog, agents were notified on Friday 30 Oct, and that the changes replace Labadee with another port or a sea day. It says 44 itineraries across nine ships are affected, and that the previous suspension covered visits through July 2027. It prints the same two email passages as the blog. It names the same nine ships. It says guests will visit another destination or spend more time at sea, depending on the itinerary. The photo credit on the page is Royal Caribbean. The image file path contains 2024/03. The article does not date the photo, and it does not print a fare refund or an excursion rule of its own.
Travel Market Report, checked 31 Oct 2026 · Read 2 Nov 2026. Agrees with the blog on the Friday notice, the 44, the nine ships, and the July 2027 prior window. The hero is this page's photo. The byline on the page is printed PIhach.
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