Royal Caribbean has announced its winter schedule called Vision of the Seas for the 2012-13 season in the Caribbean.

These itineraries offer a number of brand new destinations, including some smaller Caribbean islands seldom visited by large cruise ships, that will now be on the menu for cruise lovers.

Passengers will be able to select from a list of 19 Panama Canal and Caribbean cruises. All these cruises are between ten and 15 nights in duration and they depart from Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale and all of them are already open for reservations.

The itineraries include various combinations of an 11-day Eastern Caribbean cruise with ports of call that include St. Maarten, Tortola, Antigua, Dominica, St. Croix, St. Kitts and Martinique.

In response to repeated requests from regular travellers, Royal Caribbean International has also decided to offer four different Panama Canal departures.

There will be two 15-day Panama canal itineraries setting sail from San Diego and Port Everglades on the 19th and the 5th October 2012 respectively. Then there will also be two 16-day cruises. One will depart from Port Everglades on the 18th March 2013 and the other one from San Diego on the 2nd April 2013.

Vision of the Seas has enough glass walls to cover two acres, so guests can rest assured that they will have unobstructed views of the landscapes around the Panama Canal and the Caribbean Islands.

Royal Caribbean is an award winning international cruise brand with 22 ships in its fleet.