Royal Caribbean offers first cruises to St Vincent

FORT LAUDERFALE, USA — Cruise line Royal Caribbean on Friday began offering cruises to St Vincent for the first time.

The line’s 2,000-passenger Vision of the Seas will visit the island as part of new 11-night Southern Caribbean voyages out of Fort Lauderdale scheduled for December 3, December 24 and February 4, 2013.

The trips are among several new Caribbean sailings the line has announced for the vessel for the winter of 2012-13. Also announced: A series of 10-night Eastern Caribbean voyages that include the line’s first calls in Martinique in nearly four years, several other 11-night Southern Caribbean sailings and four Panama Canal sailings.

In addition to Martinique, the new Eastern Caribbean cruises include stops in Tortola, St Maarten, Dominica, Antigua, St Kitts and St Croix.