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Martinique, St Kitts Among Destinations For Quantum of the Seas

By: Caribbean Journal Staff - April 20, 2013 - 11:48 am

Above: Royal Caribbean’s Quantum of the Seas

By the Caribbean Journal staff

Royal Caribbean has unveiled the itineraries for its planned Quantum of the Seas megaship for 2014-2015, with a host of Caribbean destinations.

The ship’s 11-night Eastern Caribbean trip, leaving out of Cape Liberty, New Jersey, will travel to Haiti’s Labadee, San Juan Puerto Rico, Charlotte Amalie in the US Virgin Islands, Philipsburg in St Maarten and Basseterre, St Kitts and Nevis.

The 11-night Southern Caribbean trip will visit Haiti’s Labadee, San Juan, Philipsburg, Basseterre, Martinique’s Fort-de-France and Barbados’ Bridgetown.

Its eight-night Eastern Caribbean trip visits Labadee, San Juan and Samana in the Dominican Republic.

And it’s seven or eight night Bahamas cruise visits stops in Royal Caribbean’s Cococay and Nassau.

The ship will be based in Cape Liberty.

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