Royal Caribbean’s Newest Ship Forced to Make Last-Minute Port Cancellation
If you're booked on Legend of the Seas' July 25–August 2, 2026 Rome-to-Barcelona sailing, know that the July 28 Naples call was replaced with a day near Provence/Marseille, France. Check whether your Naples excursions were booked directly through Royal Caribbean, which typically issues refunds, or through an independent operator, which follows its own cancellation policy. If you have future Legend of the Seas Naples calls booked for August 7, 14, 21, or 28, no bans are in place affecting those stops.
What stands out to me is the gap between what guests were told and what Royal Caribbean has confirmed: nothing. A captain reportedly invoked a "ban," yet the article notes Legend of the Seas has four more Naples calls on the books for August, so whatever happened here reads as a one-off, likely weather-driven decision rather than a policy shift. The losers are guests who paid for independent Naples tours and now have to fight for refunds through third-party operators, while those who booked directly with Royal Caribbean are protected. This is the second itinerary change on this sailing — Alicante was already swapped for La Spezia — which tells me this particular voyage has been unusually turbulent operationally. In the reader's shoes, I'd book excursions through the cruise line whenever the itinerary has already shown signs of instability.