Panama Canal - 2025 - West to East ?

[Needz2Cruise]

Does anyone have any insight on when (or if) RCCL west to east Panama Canal cruises for the fall of 2025 will be released?

 

It looks like Radiance, Anthem, Quantum and Serenade will be in Alaska for the summer of 2025, so I would think some of them would be candidates. I know the canal has been expanded, but I'm guessing the larger ships might not be able to go thru the canal (?)

 

Thanks for any insight!

[Tree_skier]

I think they will be released with the week of Feb 12.  

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

 

[RobInMN]

Watch this thread.

 

Radiance and Serenade will go back to the Caribbean. I assume Anthem & Quantum will go to Australia or something. While the canal has a new set of locks, ships are still limited by the Bridge of the Americas and/or other factors that disqualify the Quantum class ships from going through. Some disussion:

 

[Needz2Cruise]

2 hours ago, Tree_skier said:

I think they will be released with the week of Feb 12.  

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

 

Good to know! I'll be sure to keep looking, especially that week.

[bestcee]

If it helps, we booked Sept 2024 LA to New Orleans in April 2023, right when it was released. 

[Needz2Cruise]

Good to know! Thanks for the info. I thought it might be earlier than that, but we'll see.

[Needz2Cruise]

On 1/22/2024 at 12:18 PM, Tree_skier said:

I think they will be released with the week of Feb 12.  

 

https://creative.rccl.com/Sales/Royal/Deployment/2025_2026/2025-2026_Deployment_Opening_Schedule.pdf

 

 

Well, thanks for that, and there was a lot released this week, but not eastbound Panama Canal. I see Los Angeles is on the list for deployment next week (Feb 19 week), so maybe it'll be then, since some of the Panama Canal cruises have started or ended from there. Any other guesses?

[Ashland]

We did the Panama Canal on Serenade San Pedro to Tampa Oct 2-15 2022 and it was an amazing itinerary.