Royal Caribbean extended its Labadee suspension through June 2027, scrapping all 62 calls on the first-half schedule — including both brand-new Icon-class ships. If you're booked, your cruise still sails; you'll be swapped to CocoCay, Nassau, Cozumel, or another stop. We break down which ships are affected and exactly what to check on your reservation.

That flat daily rate sounds irresistible — but the cruise lines know the math usually works in their favor. We run the real break-even numbers line by line, factor in the gratuity nobody mentions, and show you the drinks-per-day you'd actually need to come out ahead (and when to skip the package entirely).

Trying to follow a ship in real time? MarineTraffic is the deepest general-purpose AIS tool, CruiseMapper packs the most cruise reference data and deck plans, and CruiseKick sits between them as a clean, cruise-first tracker. Since all three read the same AIS feed, we tested them on one sailing to show where each actually wins.