Royal Caribbean to Send Legend of the Seas to Santo Domingo

Following an announcement in April that it will homeport a ship at an unspecified port in the Dominican Republic, Royal Caribbean International has revealed that it will sail the Legend of the Seas out of Santo Domingo, the Dominican Republic, beginning December 16.

The Legend will sail out of Santo Domingo through spring 2008, offering alternating eight-day itineraries that can be combined for a 16-day vacation.

The ship will call in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Roseau, Dominica; St. George´s, Grenada; Margarita Island, Venezuela; Oranjestad, Aruba; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Point A Pitre, Guadeloupe; Fort De France, Martinique; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Castries, St. Lucia.

Royal Caribbean said that since the itineraries do not include any U.S. ports, they are “likely to be popular with international guests.”

The company also said that the Splendor of the Seas will sail in South America from December 20, 2007 through mid-February 2008, on alternating seven- and nine-day round trip itineraries from Santos, Brazil to Rio de Janeiro and Portobelo, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Argentina; Punta Del Este, Uruguay, and four other destinations in Brazil.

In mid-February the Splendor will be the first ship to sail “around the horn” of South America from Santos, Royal Caribbean said.

The line will offer 14- and 16-day itineraries that sail from Santos to Valparaiso, Chile, from Valparaiso to Buenos Aires, from Buenos Aires to Valparaiso, and from Valparaiso to Santos. Ports of call include Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Buenos Aires, Puerto Madryn and Ushuaia, Argentina; Cape Horn, Punta Arenas, Puerto Montt and La Serena, Chile; and Punta Del Este, Uruguay.