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Royal Caribbean to send Legend of the Seas to Santo Domingo
(Travelweekly.com, 06/08/2006)

Is this in anyway related to the planned Sans Souci port revitalization project?

Following an announcement in April that it will homeport a ship at an unspecified port in the Dominican Republic, Royal Caribbean International has revealed that it will sail its [2,064-passenger] Legend of the Seas out of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, beginning Dec. 16, 2007

The Legend will sail out of Santo Domingo through spring 2008, offering alternating eight-day itineraries that can be combined for a 16-day vacation. The ship will call in Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Roseau, Dominica; St. George’s, Grenada; Margarita Island, Venezuela; Oranjestad, Aruba; Basseterre, St. Kitts; Point A Pitre, Guadaloupe; Fort De France, Martinique; Bridgetown, Barbados; and Castries, St. Lucia...

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A new homeport in the Dominican Republic ..

In a first for any major cruise line, Royal Caribbean will homeport a ship in the Dominican Republic. The Splendour of the Seas will operate seven-night itineraries in the southern Caribbean from December 2007 through March 2008.


Block said that homeporting in the Dominican Republic will be an advantage for passengers from Europe, Canada and Latin America, who have to obtain U.S. visas to sail out of Florida or Puerto Rico. She added that the Dominican Republic is already a popular destination with international travelers and has decent airlift.