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Cancellation Policy
Royal Caribbean International Terms

Before you cancel, read this.

Every cancellation must be received in writing and acknowledged in writing by Royal Caribbean. If you do not receive a written acknowledgement, your notice of cancellation was not received.

The short version

Cancel 90 days or more before sailing and you receive a full refund.

Inside 90 days, the charges in the schedule below apply per guest. At 30 days or less, fares are non-refundable.

Cancellation charge schedule

Charges are calculated per guest, based on the number of days between the date your written cancellation is acknowledged and the sailing date.

90 days or more prior to sailing

Full refund of total fares.

No charge
89 to 75 days prior to sailing

25% per guest of total fares.

25%
74 to 61 days prior to sailing

50% per guest of total fares.

50%
60 to 31 days prior to sailing

75% per guest of total fares.

75%
30 days or less prior to sailing

100% of the total fares — non-refundable.

100%

What the charges apply to

Cancellation charges are assessed on the total fares, which include cruise fare, air add-on, hotel packages, and any other additional service arranged through Royal Caribbean.

No refund will be permitted if a guest terminates his or her cruise after embarkation or while the cruise is in progress.

Cruise contracts are non-transferable. Name changes and cruise date changes are considered reservation cancellations and are subject to the cancellation fees above.

Name changes

Name changes are considered cancellations and are subject to penalty fees.

$75

One-time name change fee for any name change made between 89 and 1 day(s) prior to sailing.

1

Only one name change is permitted per stateroom. Should both guests need to be changed, this is considered a cancellation under the terms above.

Questions about your reservation or need to submit a cancellation in writing? Our booking line can walk you through it.