Royal Caribbean Group predicts the third quarter load factors to average 95 percent, with regions such as the Caribbean, Alaska, Bermuda, Canada and the West Coast to average about 100 percent, ...

Royal Caribbean has strong ambitions to grow in California, and it chose Ovation of the Seas to lead that charge, swapping the ship's planned 2025 deployment to Tianjin, China for Los Angeles.

Earlier this week, Royal Caribbean called off its Spectrum of the Seas cruise for Jan. 6 after nine guests on its Jan. 2 trip were identified as close contacts to a local Hong Kong COVID-19 case.

Royal Caribbean is the second cruise ship company to temporarily move its operations to Norfolk following the March 26 bridge collapse. To stream 13News Now on your phone, you need the 13News Now app.

Along with Carnival Cruise Line, Royal Caribbean International is also expected to move their Baltimore operations to Norfolk following the Francis Scott Key bridge collapse on Tuesday.