Cruise ship timetables with arrival and departure times of all major cruise lines scheduled to visit ports in the Bahamas in 2018.

The massive Category 5 Hurricane Irma continues to move towards South Florida, where it could deliver a devastating blow. Before it hits Florida, Royal Caribbean International will evacuate Miami Corporate Office employees on one of their cruise ships.

Due to the current developments caused by Hurricane Irma, Royal Caribbean International has issued an important notice for all employees who are on vacation and are scheduled to sign on, to double check their travel arrangements on their RCLCrewTravel website.

Medical Emergency was executed yesterday onboard Serenade of the Seas. The Royal Caribbean cruise ship made an unscheduled stop in St John's, Newfoundland after a man needed urgent medical attention. 

With maximum sustained winds of 185 mph (295 kph), recorded by the U.S. National Hurricane Center, the Category 5 Hurricane Irma is feared to be the most catastrophic storm ever. On Wednesday the storm will hit Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic, Haiti on Friday, and Cuba on Saturday before possibly reaching Florida over the weekend.

Jucelino Junior is a 33-year-old Brazilian high diving athlete who is competing in the Red Bull Cliff Diving Championship. After first making his cliff diving debut in 2009 he become permanent diver in the 2015 Red Bull Cliff Diving World Series. Today he is also part of the Royal Caribbean crew performing on Allure of the Seas as a high diver.

Royal Caribbean launched a video revealing the new Cruise ship, Spectrum of the Seas, during the steel cutting ceremony at the German shipyard Meyer Werft. The company marked the official start of construction by cutting the first piece of steel for its new Quantum Ultra class ship. The next generation engineering marvel in the Royal Caribbean fleet will officially be named Spectrum of the Seas.

A crew member died onboard Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas on July 30, 2017. Fellow crew member send to Crew Center the obituary to inform people of the passing of Naville Fernandes, from Goa, India. The sad news with the obituary was shared in the local newspaper in Goa. The death announcement says “Naville Fernandes -–Liberty (RCCL) expired onboard the ship. Funeral announcement will be made later”

Have you ever wonder how many crew members are employed in the cruise industry? Based on the data collected by the crew center team we managed to give you a rough estimate. The total number of the crew working on cruise ships is 223.914 employees. Currently on board the cruise ships worldwide there are 186.595 plus 37.319 crew members on vacation waiting to join the vessels.

If you want to send mail to Royal Caribbean crew member, be it letters or a package, you can do so at these addresses. Mail is usually received at every home port on embarkation day and is distributed as soon as possible. Royal Caribbean crew will receive their mail on board the designated cruise ship.