A server prepares fresh guacamole tableside at Sabor’s Modern Mexican restaurant on board the Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas. The ship underwent a 24-day drydock refurbishment in January 2015.

Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas departs PortMiami on June 20 for a simulated sailing ahead of its July 2 return to sailing with paying customers, the first time since COVID-19 shut down the ...

Royal Caribbean Freedom of the Seas departs PortMiami on June 20 for a simulated sailing ahead of its July 2 return to sailing with paying customers, the first time since COVID-19 shut down the ...

The 3,782-passenger Freedom will replace the 2,050-passenger Vision of the Seas. Previously, Royal Amplified redos have refreshed the Independence, Navigator and Mariner of the Seas.

The Freedom of the Seas, which conducted a two-night cruise with a stop at CocoCay in the Bahamas, arrived around 6 a.m. The ship had 650 employees and their guests onboard.