Royal Caribbean Opens Sales for Summer 2028: 11 Ships, Four Homeports

Royal Caribbean has put its summer 2028 Caribbean and Mexico programme on sale, with 11 ships sailing from Florida, Texas, Puerto Rico and the US North-east between April and October 2028. The deployment puts four Icon Class ships — the line's newest and highest-capacity class — at the centre of the peak-season offer, giving agents an inventory set heavy on premium hardware nearly two years out.

What's sailing where in summer 2028?

Miami carries the flagship load. Hero of the Seas will run seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean voyages calling at St Maarten, St Thomas, Cozumel and Perfect Day CocoCay in the Bahamas. Symphony of the Seas follows a post-refurbishment slot from Miami with six- and eight-night cruises calling in Curaçao and Jamaica — a refreshed ship is a standard sales hook, so agents should expect marketing support around it.

Elsewhere in Florida, Legend of the Seas departs Fort Lauderdale on six- and eight-night itineraries, while Star of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas sail seven-night voyages from Port Canaveral. In short: three Florida ports, six ships.

The Gulf and island legs round out the map:

• Icon of the Seas sails from Galveston, Texas, on six- and eight-night Western Caribbean itineraries visiting Cozumel and Roatán, Honduras
• Brilliance of the Seas operates from Tampa
• Enchantment of the Seas departs San Juan, Puerto Rico, calling at Antigua, St Lucia, Dominica and Barbados

From the North-east, Vision of the Seas sails from Baltimore, while Independence of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas depart Cape Liberty on itineraries covering Bermuda, the Caribbean, Canada and New England. In plain terms, Royal Caribbean is spreading capacity across eight homeports rather than concentrating it in Miami.

How do private destinations fit in?

Selected sailings will call at Perfect Day CocoCay and Royal Beach Club Paradise Island in Nassau — both Royal Caribbean-owned venues. That matters commercially: every call at a proprietary destination keeps shore-venue spend inside the company and gives sellers a differentiated product competitors can't match.

Bookings for the summer 2028 programme are open now. Agents selling early-bird inventory on the Icon Class ships should note the long lead time — 2028 sailings going on sale in 2026 gives the line two booking seasons to fill them.