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- Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas has revised the itinerary of one of her earliest voyages, departing on August 2, 2026, to swap out Florence, Italy, for Marseille, France.
One of the first itineraries that Royal Caribbean’s new-build Legend of the Seas will sail after she debuts in July 2026 has been altered, booked guests have learned, and while the revision is limited, it removes an extremely popular port call — Florence, Italy.
The altered voyage sails roundtrip from Barcelona on August 2, 2026. In its notice to guests, the cruise line revealed that the ship will call at Marseille, France, rather than La Spezia, the port for Florence and Pisa, on Day 3 of the cruise.
“Our ship will be unable to safely dock in Florence/Piza (La Spezia); so as a result we’ll now enjoy a Sea Day instead,” the notice to booked guests explained.
“While we won’t be able to visit [Florence] on this sailing, we’ve added a new destination to our itinerary! We’ll now visit Provence (Marseille), France, on Day 3 instead,” it added.
Additionally, the cruise line stated that the time in port at Palma de Mallorca, Spain, would be adjusted to a 7 a.m. arrival and a 5 p.m. departure.
The new itinerary currently has the ship calling at Palma de Mallorca on Day 2, followed by Marseille on Day 3. After the new at-sea day, the ship will visit Rome and Naples, and enjoy another sea day before returning to Barcelona.
These changes followed an earlier, major announcement that the 250,800-gross-ton ship would enter service early, three weeks before her original launch date.
On September 18, 2025, Royal Caribbean introduced three new 7-night preview sailings — on July 11, 18, and 25, 2026, that Legend of the Seas will operate thanks to her ahead-of-schedule construction process. It means that the maiden cruise is now departing on July 11, 2026.
New Inaugural Voyage to Sail Roundtrip From Rome
The new maiden voyage aboard Legend of the Seas operates roundtrip from Rome on July 11, 2026, with port calls to Naples, Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, and Marseille.
As a courtesy, guests who were booked on the original maiden voyage, August 2, 2026, were invited to switch their reservation to one of the earlier cruises.
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Suite guests have until September 24, 2025 to move their reservation to July 11, 2026 and receive price protection on the cruise fare they paid. Guests booked in non-suite accommodations can transfer their reservation, but at prevailing cruise rates.
All guests who move their booking to either the July 18 or 25, 2026 departures will pay a cruise fare at prevailing rates for the added voyages, and reservations are subject to stateroom or suite availability.
The ship’s July 18, 2026 itinerary visits the same ports as the July 11, 2026 cruise, but the July 25, 2026 sailing is 8 nights, with calls to Naples, and Palma de Mallorca, Alicante, and Malaga, Spain.
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Legend of the Seas, which has a capacity for up to 7,600 guests, is under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland. The ship reached a construction milestone on August 29, 2025, when she was floated out of her construction bay and touched water for the first time.
The ship, fourth in Royal Caribbean’s Icon class, has entered the outfitting stage, when interior spaces such as accommodations and restaurants are installed, along with technical systems like plumbing and electrical.
