Apart from these two, Majesty of the Seas, Monarch of the Seas, Enchantment of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas and Freedom of the Seas will also be cruising around the Caribbean and the Bahamas.

Royal Caribbean has now also announced that six other cruise ships, the Navigator of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, Jewel of the Seas, Brilliance of the Seas and Adventure of the Seas will embark on a range of four to 12-day Caribbean cruises during the winter of 2012/13.

During 2012, Freedom of the Seas, Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas will embark on seven-night cruises of either the Eastern or Western Caribbean. Oasis and Allure depart from Port Everglade (in Ford Lauderdale), while Freedom departs from Port Canaveral.

Brilliance of the Seas will join Adventure of the Seas to offer seven-night cruises to the Southern Caribbean islands. Both of them will depart from San Juan in Puerto Rico.

Enchantment of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas will continue to cruise from Baltimore and Cape Liberty in Bayonne respectively.

Meanwhile Majesty of the Seas and Monarch of the Seas will continue offering three and four-night cruises to the Bahamas from Miami and Port Canaveral. These cruises call at Coco Cay (a private island in the Bahamas belonging to Royal Caribbean) and Nassau.