Royal Caribbean’s Radiance of the Seas Goes Dark After Cozumel Departure
If you're sailing on Radiance of the Seas' next voyage — the 5-night trip to Costa Maya and Cozumel departing Tampa at 4 p.m. on May 18, 2026 — no delays have been announced, so proceed as planned. Passengers on the current four-night cruise should expect arrival in Tampa at 7 a.m. on May 18 as scheduled. Royal Caribbean has not commented on the power loss, so check official channels for any updates before you sail.
What strikes me here is the sequence: a medical emergency sends Radiance of the Seas back to Cozumel, and about an hour after finally leaving, the ship loses power — twice — in the Gulf of Mexico. Royal Caribbean hasn't said a word about what caused either the outage or confirmed details on the medical case, which is standard corporate silence but leaves passengers filling gaps with flashlight dance parties and Facebook posts. My read is this is a 2001-built Radiance-class ship showing its age, though nothing in the reporting confirms mechanical fault. The real signal for travelers is that despite two power losses and a course reversal, the line held the schedule — 7 a.m. arrival in Tampa, no changes to the May 18 Costa Maya sailing. If I were booked on that next cruise, I'd still show up as planned, but I'd watch for any statement from Royal Caribbean on root cause before final boarding.