Royal Caribbean cancels stops on this Caribbean port by means of December

Royal Caribbean has cancelled extra of its scheduled visits to Labadee, its personal vacation spot in Haiti, by means of the top of 2026.

“Out of an abundance of warning, we’ve prolonged our pause to Labadee by means of December 2026,” a Royal Caribbean spokesperson stated in a press release confirming the information to Royal Caribbean Weblog.

Previous to immediately’s announcement, the cruise line had scrapped visits by means of April 2026.

This implies no Royal Caribbean ship has visited Labadee as a part of a scheduled port cease since April 2025. And that follows a stoppage of visits in 2024.

Extending the pause in visits to Labadee an extra 8 months is the results of placing security first.

In earlier bulletins when Labadee was skipped for months, the cruise line defined the choice was made to make sure the wellbeing of friends and crew. 

Emails to friends despatched out clarify, “We have now been monitoring the evolving state of affairs in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, and out of an abundance of warning, we’re cancelling our go to to Labadee.”

Labadee is a personal seaside owned and operated by Royal Caribbean providing cruise ship passengers an unique spot for a calming seaside day. 

No different cruise strains sail to Haiti.

The place the ships will go as an alternative

Journey brokers had been despatched an inventory of changed ports for ships that had been scheduled to go to Labadee.

• Journey of the Seas  
  • Might 23 and June 20
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 9:00 AM and depart at 6:00 PM.
  • July 18  
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos, arriving at 8:00 AM and departing at 5:00 PM. Moreover, earlier than our first Sea Day, we’ll now go to Nassau, Bahamas instead of Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll arrive in Nassau at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • August 15
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 3:00 PM.
  • September 12 and October 10
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos, arriving at 8:00 AM and departing at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we’ll now go to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic instead of Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll arrive in Puerto Plata at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • October 30
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Cozumel, Mexico. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted our departure time from Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll now depart at 3:00 PM as an alternative of two:30 PM.
  • November 7
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. We’ll arrive at 10:00 AM and depart at 6:00 PM.
  • December 5
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Attract of the Seas:
  • Might 10, Might 24, July 5, July 19, August 16, August 30, September 13, September 27, and October 11
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • June 7
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll now be arriving in Falmouth at 8:00 AM and departing at 4:00 PM.
  • June 21 and August 2
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the time we’ll go to Falmouth, Jamaica, and Good Day at CocoCay. We’ll now be arriving in Falmouth at 8:00 AM and departing at 4:00 PM and we’ll now arrive in Good Day at CocoCay at 7:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • October 25
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at San Juan, Puerto Rico. We’ll arrive at 10:30 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we’re swapping our go to to Falmouth, Jamaica, for a go to to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We’ll be arriving at 9:30 AM and departing at 5:00 PM.
  • November 15, November 29, and December 13
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day as an alternative. Moreover, we’ll now depart Falmouth, Jamaica, at 5:00 PM.
  • December 20
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to San Juan, Puerto Rico. We’ll now arrive at 9:30 AM and depart at 6:00 PM.
• Brilliance of the Seas:
  • December 21
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks and Caicos. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • December 28
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Explorer of the Seas:
  • November 13 and December 11
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • November 27
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted our departure time from Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic the subsequent day. We’ll now depart at 4:00 PM as an alternative of 5:00 PM.
  • December 21
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Bahama Island. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Freedom of the Seas:
  • Might 2
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • Might 7, Might 21, August 22, October 31, and December 17
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • Might 16, Might 30, June 13, June 27, July 11, July 25, August 8, September 5, September 19, October 3, and October 17
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 7:30 AM and depart at 5:30 PM.
  • November 14 and December 26
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM.
  • November 28
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at George City, Grand Cayman*. We’ll arrive at 10:00 AM and depart at 6:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll now be arriving at 7:00 AM and departing at 4:00 PM.
  • December 12
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Costa Maya, Mexico. We’ll arrive at 9:00 AM and depart at 6:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll now arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM.
• Icon of the Seas:
  • Might 2
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Cozumel, Mexico. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we’re swapping out our visits to Philipsburg, St. Maarten and San Juan Puerto Rico. We’re now excited to discover Costa Maya, Mexico and Roatan, Honduras. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM for each of those locations.
• Independence of the Seas:
  • Might 7, June 4, July 2, and July 30
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted our departure time from San Juan, Puerto Rico. We’ll now be departing at 3:30 PM as an alternative of two:30 PM.
  • October 29
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We’ll arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Kralendijk, Bonaire. We’ll now arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • December 6
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll now arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Jewel of the Seas:
  • Might 25 and June 15
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Grand Turk, Turks & Caicos. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Legend of the Seas:
  • November 22 and December 6
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have adjusted our departure time from Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll now depart at 5:00 PM as an alternative of 4:00 PM.
  • December 20
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll now arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Oasis of the Seas:
  • April 29
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have adjusted the day and instances we’ll go to Orlando (Port Canaveral), Florida, and Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll now be arriving in Orlando on Saturday at 8:00 AM and departing at 6:00 PM and we’ll now arrive in Nassau on Monday at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
  • October 25
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at San, Juan, Puerto Rico. We’ll arrive at 10:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Orlando (Port Canaveral), Florida, Good Day at CocoCay, and Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. We’ll now be departing Orlando at 7:00 PM, we’ll now arrive in Good Day at CocoCay at 8:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM, and we’ll now arrive in Puerto Plata at 9:00 AM.
  • December 21
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have adjusted the instances we’ll go to Falmouth, Jamaica. We’ll now arrive at 7:00 AM and depart at 4:00 PM.
• Star of the Seas:
  • Might 3
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a calming Sea Day. Moreover, we have swapped our go to to San Juan, Puerto Rico, for a day in Philipsburg, St. Maarten as an alternative. We’ll arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM. We have additionally adjusted the instances for our go to to Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas and can now arrive at 8:00 AM and depart at 5:00 PM.
• Utopia of the Seas:
  • Might 4
    • As an alternative of visiting Labadee, we’ll now get pleasure from a cease at Nassau, Bahamas. We’ll arrive at 7:30 AM and depart at 5:30 PM.

The problem with changing a port of name with lower than a yr earlier than the crusing is port stops are deliberate years upfront, and that leaves few open slots in a port for a ship to name on.

Warning to not journey

Haiti has been in a state of emergency since March 2024 when gang violence surged and triggered civil panic round its cities.

The U.S. State Division lists Haiti at its highest warning stage potential, Degree 4, with the warning “Don’t journey”.

The web site then says, “Don’t journey to Haiti for any motive.”

“Crimes involving firearms are frequent in Haiti. They embrace theft, carjackings, sexual assault, and kidnappings for ransom.”

As well as, the U.S. Coast Guard has considerations about safety within the ports of Haiti. Till these are addressed, the Coast Guard advises mariners and passengers touring by means of the ports of Haiti to train warning.

Haiti’s ongoing disaster

With armed gangs now controlling a lot of the nation, it is created a significant humanitarian disaster due to widespread violence, starvation and displacement.

A lot of immediately’s troubles started in 2021 when President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated. Because of governmental instability and main financial strife, armed gangs exploited the ensuing energy vacuum.

At present, gangs management practically all of Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital metropolis, and are increasing their attain outward.

Armed teams compete violently for territory, displaying little regard for civilian lives. As gang management spreads throughout northern and western Haiti, the humanitarian disaster has deepened.

The United Nations has engaged in a number of assist missions to stabilize the nation, however earlier operations failed resulting from being underfunded and underequipped. 

A deliberate 2026 intervention is within the works.

Affect to Royal Caribbean’s backside line

Labadee is not scheduled for a lot of Royal Caribbean ships, however cancellations in earlier months have impacted income.

Throughout the Royal Caribbean Group earnings name in October 2025, CEO Jason Liberty referred to as the closure a “headwind”, “Our fourth quarter yr outlook has been trivially impacted resulting from hostile climate and the unplanned extension of the non permanent closure of Labadee, one in all our unique locations.”

Throughout that quarter, Chief Monetary Officer Naftali Holtz broke down the affect additional by saying earnings per share had been negatively impacted by $0.05 on account of hostile climate occasions and the unplanned extension of the closure of Labadee.