Royal Caribbeans Navigator Wraps Up Year-Round Operations on West Coast

The Navigator of the Seas recently embarked on a repositioning voyage to Asia, wrapping up a five-year deployment on the West Coast.

Now set to offer regular itineraries departing from Singapore, the Royal Caribbean ship had been sailing from Los Angeles regularly since late 2021.

In early October, the Voyager-class vessel kicked off a repositioning voyage that will cross the Pacific ahead of arriving in Tokyo, Japan.

The 15-night cruise will also feature visits to additional Japanese destinations, such as Hakodate, Muroran and Shimizu.

The Navigator of the Seas is then scheduled to embark on a repositioning voyage to Southeast Asia ahead of its winter season sailing from Singapore.

Sailing to Japan, South Korea, China and Vietnam, the 11-night cruise is highlighted by a 17-hour call to Hong Kong, in addition to a visit to Nagasaki.

Starting in late October, the 3,348-passenger ship offers a series of two- to ten-night cruises from the Marina Bay Cruise Center to destinations in Thailand, Malaysia and Vietnam.

The vessel's schedule also features open-jaw cruises sailing between Singapore and Japan on select dates.

As part of a redeployment initiative announced by Royal Caribbean earlier this year, the Navigator will continue to operate in Asia during the summer of 2027.

Initially set to return to Los Angeles for the season, the ship is now scheduled to offer itineraries from Yokohama and Singapore through next October.

The vessel will then return to California for a winter season offering cruises to the Mexican Riviera and Baja California.

Resuming service after the pandemic layup, the Navigator started its year-round operations in Los Angeles in November 2021.

At the time, the deployment marked Royal Caribbean's return to the homeport after more than a decade-long hiatus.

One of the largest cruise ships in the world at the time, the 142,000-ton vessel originally entered service for Royal Caribbean in 2002.