Royal Caribbean International advises for current and future sailings that the cruise line has temporarily suspended all calls to Labadee, Haiti, due to the ongoing unrest in that country, in order to ensure the safety of cruise passengers during their stopover in Haiti.

Royal Caribbean has begun contacting customers who have booked cruises with visits to its private destination of Labadee, Haiti, to inform them that the Labadee port will no longer be visited at this time for prison escapes in which nearly 5,000 inmates escaped from the national penitentiary and the Croix-des-Bouquets prison https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-41847-haiti-news-zapping.html

Aurora Yera-Rodriguez, Assistant Vice President of Royal Caribbean International, wrote "Due to the evolving situation in Haiti, and in an abundance of caution, we're temporarily suspending our visits to Labadee for our entire fleet. We continue to monitor and assess the situation with our Global Security & Intelligence Team."

The last ship to visit Labadee was the Freedom class "Liberty of the Seas", which had a stopover at the port on Wednesday March 13, 2024.

The first ships affected by these port cancellations will be "Oasis of the Seas", "Symphony of the Seas" and "Adventure of the Seas", with visits to Labadee scheduled for Thursday March 14, Friday March 15 and Sunday March 17 respectively. Each of these cruises is already underway but will adjust accordingly. The three ships will now benefit from an additional day at sea instead of their visit to Labadee. Additional activities, games and shows will be added to daily activity programs

Upcoming sailings aboard the "Mariner of the Seas", "Explorer of the Seas" and "Grandeur of the Seas" have also already seen the port cancelled.

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