{"id":50243,"date":"2026-11-09T16:34:53","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:34:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/legend-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-arrives-in-us-for-debut-caribbean-sailings\/"},"modified":"2026-11-09T16:34:53","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T15:34:53","slug":"legend-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-arrives-in-us-for-debut-caribbean-sailings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/09\/legend-of-the-seas-cruise-ship-arrives-in-us-for-debut-caribbean-sailings\/","title":{"rendered":"Legend of the Seas cruise ship arrives in US for debut Caribbean sailings"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Guests can now experience <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal-caribbean\">Royal Caribbean\u2019s <\/a>newest <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/cruise-ships\">cruise ship<\/a>, <em>Legend of the Seas<\/em>, in the US for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/cruise\/legend-of-the-seas-royal-caribbean-review-b3034834.html\"><em>Legend of the Seas<\/em><\/a> launched in the Med during summer 2026, the first Icon class <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/cruise\">cruise ship<\/a> to be unveiled in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Passengers enjoyed sailings between Barcelona and Rome from May until October,<\/p>\n<p>She has been sailing across the Atlantic since the end of October and arrived in the US on Saturday, 7 November ahead of her inaugural US sailing from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. <\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/cruise\/legend-seas-royal-caribbean-cruise-ship-dining-entertainment-b2845693.html\"><em>Legend<\/em><\/a> will kick off its Caribbean season with a three-night getaway to the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/cruise-lines\">cruise line\u2019s<\/a> private Perfect Day CocoCay island in The Bahamas this week.<\/p>\n<p>An official naming ceremony will take place on 11 November, where <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/royal-caribbean-international\">Royal Caribbean<\/a> executives, crew, loyalty guests, government officials, and the ship\u2019s godmother, General Lori J. Robinson, will gather to celebrate the ship\u2019s arrival.<\/p>\n<p>Michael Bayley, president and chief executive of Royal Caribbean, said: \u201cWe\u2019re proud to welcome <em>Legend of the Seas<\/em> to Fort Lauderdale after an incredible inaugural season in Europe.<\/p>\n<p> <a class=\"echo_read_more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/travel\/cruise\/legend-of-the-seas-caribbean-cruises-b3081773.html\" target=\"_blank\">\u00a0\u00bb\u00a0More Info >>><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Guests can now experience Royal Caribbean\u2019s newest cruise ship, Legend of the Seas, in the US for the first time. Legend of the Seas launched in the Med during summer 2026, the first Icon class cruise ship to be unveiled in Europe. Passengers enjoyed sailings between Barcelona and Rome from May until October, She has<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55,"featured_media":50244,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wpai_generated_summary":"","wpai_meta_description":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[856,36,42],"class_list":["post-50243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-travel","tag-cruise","tag-mixtv","tag-travel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/55"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50243"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50243\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/50244"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mixtv1.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}