Royal Caribbean International will install iPad mobile digital devices in every stateroom onboard the newly revitalized Splendour of the Seas. The touch-screen tablet will let guests access the daily Cruise Compass of events and activities as well as personal daily itineraries, including shore excursions.

Royal Caribbean International will transform the Centrum on its Vision-Class ships beginning with Splendour of the Seas. The Centrum, located in the center of the ships, will become a venue featuring day-time activities, nightly entertainment and aerial spectacles. The Centrum’s Champagne Bar also will be reinvented into the R Bar with a 1960s vibe and signature cocktails.

Royal Caribbean International’s Mariner of the Seas arrives in Galveston, Texas, today, Nov. 11, while Voyager of the Seas enters New Orleans and Jewel of the Seas enters Tampa on Nov. 12. The three ships will operate from the Gulf of Mexico ports seasonally through April.

Royal Caribbean International’s Splendour of the Seas will end its revitalization on Nov 25, 2011, with more than twice the number of dining options previously available to guests. The enhancements include a variety of new restaurants first introduced aboard Oasis-class ships.

Costa Cruises has added the 927-guest Costa Voyager to its fleet, transferring the vessel from Iberocruceros, its Spanish brand, where it sailed as Grand Voyager. Costa Voyager will operate weeklong cruises in the Red Sea calling at destinations in Egypt, Israel and Jordan throughout 2012.

The surprise news has broken in Bermuda that after fifteen calls this year by Carnival Cruise Lines, the line has cut back its 2012 program from a dozen calls to just one next April. The curious thing is that no one seems to have said why this is happening, except that Carnival has planned alternate itineraries elsewhere.