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Not really. Still play Caribbean music on the pool deck. Same entertainment. Same food. Only the ports change and almost no one on board speaks English.

Interested in booking Bayonne to Bermuda for summer 2025!

Apparently everything really is bigger in Texas, including our feelings on cruising from there. There are plenty of embarkation ports that are an hour or more from the nearest airport. Heck, in Europe, some of the ports of call are an hour or more from the city listed on the itinerary! ”I’m cruising to Paris this summer!”…

Are the 2025 Indy Fjords sailings likely what we will see in 2026? It looks like they’ve already removed the ports they can’t visit in 2026.

Entertainment costs? Mr. Liberty loves your suggestion!

It seems they held back short Caribbean and Wonder will transition to that in August. I agree it’s a bit strange that you could book the 7 nighters from PC starting August 2025 but not for May through July.

Perhaps not everyone wants the one family pool to feel like Spring Break in South Beach each afternoon.

I’ve felt vibration at places on every ship I’ve ever been on. Perhaps a Hilton Garden Inn would be a safer choice next time.

3rd act? Sure you weren’t just dozing off at the Schooner Bar for 3 hours? With enough hurricanes, cats start asking me if they are the jellicle choice, too.

I’m sure it did. I’d be surprised if they’d sanction it in 2024.

Each evening it releases for the next day if the next day is a port day. It is also available embarkation day—you can book the moment you are on the ship’s wifi. FYI for this and the North Star, “port day” refers to the entire day. So if you pull into port at 1 pm, you could still do either that morning “at sea” before you arrive. You don’t have to be docked. Both were also still free on embarkation day post-sail away.

I read your entire tale with bated breath fully expecting it to end with “and he was never seen again.” To be fair, Haiti is PARTICULARLY dangerous of late. If Royal won’t condone passengers climbing an active volcano, I doubt they’d sanction this. I’d take my chances with Vesuvius, personally.

Honestly surprised Freedom is going in first since it was amped.

Actual Haiti is dangerous for Americans, unlike Labadee. I don’t believe you can just waltz out of Labadee. It’s fenced.

I can’t believe I need to say this but, please don’t try to swim to actual Haiti.

It’s been updated since then. It had its last dry dock before the amps started, so it’s not technically amped but has some amp additions—in particular, 3 water slides and Splashaway Bay.

Liberty has nothing scheduled. Perhaps late 2025 or early 2026.

This year, we did 12/24-12/31. You could be in the outdoor pools by the afternoon of day 2 (it was about 70 by then) through the end of day 6. Last sea day was post-cold front and chilly.

Makes sense. Thanks for the clarity! We loved Liberty to Halifax last summer so it looks like we will sail her to Bermuda in 2025!

Interesting. The one I was looking at for 2024 had a couple stops in D.R. Must be a one-off.

Quoting this older post. If Liberty will be calling in St. Marteen in summer 2025, I presume she isn’t sailing from Cape Liberty (that seems a bit far even for the 9-day itineraries). So, perhaps Freedom will be coming to Cape Liberty instead.

Absolutely. And sometimes the algorithm they use is imperfect (typically kid-heavy weeks) and there is no more room for extra guests last minute. As suggested, the simplest solution is to plan in advance and know who you are traveling with.

Some dining, shows, appearance of pool deck since Freedom was amped.

Usually releases in February. Just a few weeks to go! Have we confirmed Liberty OTS is covering this route again? Maybe one day they’ll send Freedom OTS instead.

Are we presuming Liberty OTS returns for summer 2025 to sail to Bermuda and Canada?