Royal Caribbean Cruises See The World In Style

R oyal Caribbean cruises to        Royal Caribbean offers 13- and     ports of call all around        14-night cruises, as well. Ports   the world. Their ships          of call include Hubbard Glacier,   range in size from the                Skagway, Icy Strait, Ketchikan,    (relatively) small Empress of the     and the Inside Passage.            Seas that carries just over 2,000                                        passengers, to the incredibly         Three time zones away, the summer  large Freedom family of ships,        cruise north to New England and    each of which can carry 3,634         Canada is also popular. Departing  voyagers. An as-yet-unnamed ship      from several destinations along    is currently being built that         the east coast, this cruise takes  will carry an incredible 5,400        voyagers into and past Boston,     guests out to sea.                    Bar Harbor, Halifax, and New                                             Brunswick before returning home.   So where do all these people go?                                         Well, that depends on the time of     Looking for something a little     year. In the summer, many people      more exotic? Try leaving from      want to cruise north. Alaska is       Sydney, Australia on the Rhapsody  one of the most popular               of the Seas for a cruise that      destinations, and Royal Caribbean     will take you around Australia     serves that area with four ships:     and over to New Zealand before     the Radiance of the Seas, the         returning to Australia. These      Vision of the Seas, the Serenade      cruises sail during the northern   of the Seas, and the Rhapsody of      hemisphere's fall and winter       the Seas.                             seasons, which means it's a                                              glorious spring and summer "down   Departing from San Francisco,         under". Now that's how you shake   Seattle, or Vancouver, British        off those winter blues!            Columbia, Canada, these cruises                                          are typically 7 nights, although      But some people say cruising is    about kicking back and watching       Winter cruises are most popular    the water go by. If that's your       to warmer climates, like Bermuda,  style, consider Royal Caribbean's     Hawaii, and South America. Royal   transatlantic crossings. These        Caribbean sails its Splendour of   typically take 12 to 15 nights        the Seas to Sao Paulo, Brazil in   and you'll sail on one of several     winter and spring. These cruises   ships. In the shoulder seasons        last from 3 to 8 nights, although  (spring and fall), you can find       there is a longer, 14-night        great bargains on these cruises       cruise that includes Brazil and    by booking a "repositioning"          the Panama Canal. All of these     cruise.                               depart from Sao Paulo, Brazil,                                           except for the 14-night cruise,    Many cruise ships sail northern       which departs from Ft.             routes in the summer and southern     Lauderdale.                        routes in the winter. In between                                         they must be moved from one           Check travel web sites or contact  locale to another. This is called     a cruise specialist to stay on     "repositioning" and it may            top of bargains being offered on   involve big savings for you.          Royal Caribbean cruises. There                                           are often specials offered on      The sailing is one-way, of            short cruises, underbooked         course. Once the ship gets to its     sailings, or off-season routes.    new destination, it won't be                                             returning to the old locale for       If you're interested in shore      about six months. You need to be      excursions, package deals that     prepared to return home on your       include airfare (if required),     own, but the savings on these         cruise, transfers and several      cruises can make buying a plane       excursions may turn out to be      ticket a no-brainer.                  cheaper than purchasing each                                             thing separately. A Royal          Caribbean cruise can include as       you can design the vacation        much or as little as you like, so     that's just right for you.         About the Author: Cruise Trips is the only website you'll need to plan fantastic vacations. Learn about options like Royal Caribbean cruises or cooler trips like Alaskan cruises. Published At: www.Isnare.com