Enchantment Of The Seas
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| Spec |
Value |
|---|---|
| Age | 28 years (in service since 1997) |
| Class | Vision class |
| Length | 301 metres (990 feet) |
| Beam | 32 metres (106 feet) |
| Tonnage | 82,910 gross tonnes |
| Capacity | 2,284 lower berth (2,741 maximum) |
| Crew | ~770 |
| Speed | 22 knots |
| Itinerary | Tampa year-round: Western Caribbean |
Prefer to sail Royal Caribbean from Australia?
Enchantment of the Seas is based at Tampa in Florida, so an Australian booking is a fly-cruise. For a no-fly Royal Caribbean cruise from Sydney or Brisbane, see:
What is the Enchantment of the Seas?
Enchantment of the Seas is an 82,910 gross tonne, 301-metre Vision-class ship operated by Royal Caribbean International, the fifth of the Vision-class hulls and one of the line’s smaller, more traditional ships rather than a thrill megaship. She carries around 2,284 guests at lower-berth capacity (2,741 maximum when every upper berth and sofa bed is filled), with around 770 crew on board. Her standout features include the seven-storey Centrum atrium, the glass-roofed adults-only Solarium with its retractable roof, the 40-foot Rock Climbing Wall, and the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges added in her 2005 lengthening.
Built in 1997 by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Helsinki in Finland, Enchantment of the Seas had her defining moment in 2005, when she was sailed to Rotterdam, cut in two, and a 22-metre midsection welded in, adding 151 cabins, an expanded pool deck, and the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges that remain her signature, in a structural stretch unique among her Vision-class sisters. She is registered in the Bahamas and sails year-round Western Caribbean cruises from Tampa, Florida, with no Australian homeport, so Australian guests fly to join her.
How many decks does the Enchantment of the Seas have?
Enchantment of the Seas has 11 decks, with cabins on seven of them, so your stateroom sits on one of those. The remaining decks hold the public spaces you use during the cruise: the seven-storey Centrum atrium, the two-deck My Fair Lady Dining Room, the Windjammer Cafe buffet, the two-deck main show lounge, the funnel-wrapped Viking Crown Lounge, the Vitality Spa & Fitness Center, the Adventure Ocean kids’ centre, Casino Royale, and the expanded pool deck with its main pool and three whirlpools, the 40-foot Rock Climbing Wall, the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges, and the adults-only Solarium with its retractable glass roof.
What cabins does the Enchantment of the Seas have?
Enchantment of the Seas carries 1,142 cabins across four core tiers. As a 1997 hull she predates the all-balcony era, so the mix leans heavily to interior and ocean-view rooms, and her standard interior is compact by modern standards. You can book:
- Interior cabins, including the standard Interior at around 142 square feet and a larger Family Interior for groups travelling with children.
- Ocean View cabins, which add a window and are the largest tier on the ship at around 430 cabins, in sizes from the standard Oceanview up through a larger Oceanview layout and a single Ultra Spacious Oceanview.
- Balcony cabins, with a real private balcony, in a single Spacious Balcony category at around 190 square feet plus a 36-square-foot balcony, around 154 cabins in total.
- Suites, which on the Enchantment of the Seas are tiered by size rather than grouped into Royal Caribbean’s Star, Sky, and Sea Royal Suite Class (that program runs only on the line’s newer Oasis, Quantum, and Icon-class ships, not this Vision-class hull). They run from the Junior Suite up through the one and two-bedroom Grand Suites and the Owner’s Suite to the single Royal Suite at the top, at around 1,087 square feet. Larger suites add Concierge access and priority services. There is no loft suite on this class.
There are around 95 suites in total.
What does the Enchantment of the Seas itinerary look like?
Enchantment of the Seas sails a year-round Western Caribbean schedule from Tampa, with flexible short-getaway lengths from 4 to 7 nights. Several itineraries include a day at Perfect Day at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas. Sample ports across her sailings include:
- Cozumel and Costa Maya in Mexico.
- Grand Cayman and Key West.
- Perfect Day at CocoCay in the Bahamas.
What are the top facilities on the Enchantment of the Seas?
Enchantment of the Seas has eight standout facilities:
- The seven-storey Centrum atrium, the social heart of the ship, lined with bars and lit by walls of glass, with aerial-performance stagings overhead.
- The funnel-wrapped Viking Crown Lounge, a high, glass-walled observation lounge wrapped around the funnel — a Vision-class signature.
- The glass-roofed adults-only Solarium, with a retractable roof for all-weather sunbathing and a quieter pool away from the family deck.
- The 40-foot Rock Climbing Wall on the aft funnel.
- The bungee trampolines and suspension bridges added in the 2005 lengthening, an uncommon combination at sea.
- The expanded pool deck with the main pool and three whirlpools.
- Mini-golf, golf simulators, a sports court for basketball and other court sports, and a billiards room.
- The Adventure Beach kids’ pool and slide on the family pool deck.
What is the onboard experience of the Enchantment of the Seas?
Enchantment of the Seas‘s onboard experience covers six areas:
- Dining
- Bars and lounges
- Entertainment
- Activities and pools
- Wellness and fitness
- Kids and teens programming
Dining is built around the two-deck My Fair Lady Dining Room, the 1,346-seat main restaurant, which serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner with set seating or flexible My Time Dining. Casual included options are the 24-hour Windjammer Cafe buffet, the Solarium Café in the adults-only Solarium, and Park Café for salads and sandwiches. Café Latte-tudes serves specialty coffee and sweets. Specialty (extra-charge) dining is limited to a single venue, the Chops Grille steakhouse — this is a deliberately compact line-up rather than the multi-restaurant collection on the line’s megaships. Ben & Jerry’s serves scoop ice cream for a fee, and 24-hour room service is available.
Bars and lounges cluster around the seven-storey Centrum atrium. The R Bar is the classic cocktail bar with a resident mixologist; Boleros covers Latin music and cocktails; the Champagne Bar handles sparkling pours. The Schooner Bar is the nautical piano lounge, the Colony Club hosts music, dancing, comedy and cabaret, and Café Latte-tudes adds the specialty-coffee corner. The funnel-wrapped Viking Crown Lounge is the high, glass-walled observation bar — a Vision-class signature. Casino Royale runs the gaming floor and its bar.
Entertainment centres on the two-deck main show lounge, which stages Broadway-style production shows such as Stage to Screen and Can’t Stop the Rock, alongside comedy and game shows. The seven-storey Centrum atrium doubles as an entertainment venue with aerial performances, live music, and parties. The Colony Club hosts cabaret and dance events, and Casino Royale covers the gaming.
Activities and pools lead with the 40-foot Rock Climbing Wall on the aft funnel and the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges added in the 2005 lengthening. The expanded pool deck carries the main pool and three whirlpools, while the glass-roofed adults-only Solarium, with its retractable roof, is the quieter all-weather pool retreat. Active options include a mini-golf course, golf simulators, a sports court for basketball and other court sports, and a billiards room. There is no FlowRider or waterslide on this class.
Wellness and fitness centre on the Vitality Spa & Fitness Center, with a full menu of massages, facials, and body wraps plus a salon. The adults-only Solarium, with its retractable glass roof, doubles as the calmer wellness retreat away from the family pool deck, and the gym carries cardio and weights.
Kids and teens programming runs through Adventure Ocean, split into Aquanauts (ages 3 to 5), Explorers (6 to 8), and Voyagers (9 to 11), with an infant creche for younger guests, a dedicated teen lounge and disco for ages 12 to 17, and a video arcade. The Adventure Beach kids’ pool and slide rounds out the family offering.
Who is the Enchantment of the Seas best for?
Enchantment of the Seas is a strong fit for you in three scenarios:
- You’re a couple, an older cruiser, or a first-timer who wants a smaller, calmer, and more affordable Royal Caribbean ship for a short 4 to 7 night Western Caribbean getaway from Tampa, drawn to the glass-walled Centrum, the funnel-wrapped Viking Crown Lounge, and the adults-only Solarium rather than the thrill features on the line’s megaships.
- You’re a cruise-history enthusiast who appreciates the 2005 stretch story, when she was physically cut in two and lengthened by 22 metres in just over a month at Rotterdam, gaining 151 cabins, an expanded pool deck, and the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges that are still on board.
- You’re a budget-minded family with younger children who’ll use the Adventure Ocean kids’ clubs, the Adventure Beach kids’ pool, and the bungee trampolines on a short, well-priced Caribbean sailing.
Enchantment of the Seas is a smaller, older Vision-class ship, so she’s less suited to you if you’re chasing modern megaship thrills such as the FlowRider, waterslides, the AquaTheater, or Oasis-class neighbourhoods (none of which she carries), or if you want a spacious-balcony-dominated cabin mix, since this 1997 hull predates the all-balcony era and ocean-view cabins outnumber balconies. She’s also not an option for Australian guests wanting a home-port departure: she sails only from Tampa, so this is a fly-cruise.
Where does the Enchantment of the Seas dock in Tampa?
Enchantment of the Seas sails year-round from the Port Tampa Bay Cruise Terminal on Florida’s Gulf coast. Tampa pairs naturally with a pre or post-cruise stay, and the longer transit to the Western Caribbean by way of the Gulf of Mexico is one reason her sailings tend to settle into a 4 to 7 night rhythm. Pier assignments can vary by voyage, so check your booking for the exact terminal. She does not sail from Australia, so Australian guests fly to Tampa to join her.
Prefer to sail Royal Caribbean from Australia?
Enchantment of the Seas sails only from Tampa, so an Australian booking is always a fly-cruise. Royal Caribbean’s Australian-homeported ships are all larger and more modern than this intimate Vision-class hull, so none replicates her small-ship feel, but if boarding closer to home matters most, three fleetmates sail from Australian homeports:
- Anthem of the Seas is the big-ship upgrade, a newer Quantum-class ship that homeports in Sydney and Brisbane in the Australian summer. Her signature features, the North Star observation pod and the RipCord by iFLY indoor skydiving simulator, are a generation beyond the Vision-class feature set on Enchantment of the Seas. See Anthem of the Seas cruises.
- Ovation of the Seas is the other Quantum-class Australian regular, with a similar newer-generation feature set to Anthem of the Seas on Sydney and Brisbane summer rotations. See Ovation of the Seas cruises.
- Voyager of the Seas is the closest in traditional feel, an older Voyager-class fleetmate that sails Australian summers from Sydney and Brisbane and carries the Royal Promenade and the Studio B ice rink, though she is still a sizeable step up from Enchantment of the Seas. See Voyager of the Seas cruises.
Enchantment of the Seas FAQs
How old is the Enchantment of the Seas?
Enchantment of the Seas entered service in 1997 as the fifth of Royal Caribbean’s Vision-class ships, which makes her around 28 years old in 2026. She was built by Kvaerner Masa-Yards at Helsinki in Finland, and her landmark moment was the 2005 lengthening at Keppel Verolme in Rotterdam, which cut her in two and inserted a 22-metre midsection pre-built at Aker Finnyards. She had her most recent drydock in June 2024 for routine maintenance.
How many passengers can the Enchantment of the Seas carry?
Enchantment of the Seas carries around 2,284 guests at lower-berth capacity (standard double occupancy) and up to 2,741 passengers when every upper berth and sofa bed is filled. With around 770 crew, that is roughly 3,054 people on board at standard occupancy and about 3,511 at full capacity.
How long is the Enchantment of the Seas?
Enchantment of the Seas measures 301 metres (990 feet) in overall length, with a beam of 32 metres (106 feet). She is one of the longer-serving and smaller ships in the Royal Caribbean fleet, and her current length and 82,910 gross tonnes both reflect the 2005 lengthening — before that refit she measured 279 metres and around 74,000 gross tonnes.
What are the noisy rooms to avoid on the Enchantment of the Seas?
Three cabin positions on the Enchantment of the Seas are worth avoiding if you’re a light sleeper, based on researched architectural patterns for the Enchantment of the Seas that transfer across the Vision-class hull (sisters Grandeur of the Seas, Rhapsody of the Seas, and Vision of the Seas):
- Cabins on Deck 8, directly below the pool deck, the Windjammer buffet, and the fitness centre, which pick up early-morning deck-chair scraping, gym noise, and buffet activity from above. Aft cabins directly under the fitness centre are the worst-affected of these.
- Forward cabins on Deck 4, directly below the two-deck main show lounge, which catch evening production-show and daytime rehearsal noise from the multi-deck theatre above.
- Aft cabins on Deck 2, above the engines, which can pick up engine hum and vibration, though the evidence for this pattern is thinner than for the first two.
Call Cruise Guru on 13 13 03, use Contact Us, or submit a Request a Call Back form, and a consultant can advise on specific deck and cabin numbers within the category you are considering.
Does the Enchantment of the Seas have a water slide?
No, Enchantment of the Seas doesn’t carry waterslides, and she does not have a FlowRider either. As a smaller, older Vision-class hull she has the class-standard expanded pool deck rather than a slide complex, and her water feature for younger children is the Adventure Beach kids’ pool and its small slide. Her headline active features are different: the 40-foot Rock Climbing Wall, the bungee trampolines and suspension bridges added in the 2005 lengthening, mini-golf, and golf simulators. For a Royal Caribbean ship with The Perfect Storm waterslide complex, her fleetmates Adventure of the Seas and Allure of the Seas both carry it.
Can Australian cruisers book the Enchantment of the Seas?
Yes, Australian cruisers can book the Enchantment of the Seas, but you’ll need to fly to the United States to join her in Tampa, on Florida’s Gulf coast. She sails year-round Western Caribbean cruises and has no Australia, New Zealand, or South Pacific departures, so for a no-fly Royal Caribbean sailing from Sydney or Brisbane, the section above on Anthem of the Seas, Ovation of the Seas, and Voyager of the Seas is the better starting point.
Royal Caribbean prices these fares in US dollars, and at recent exchange rates indicative cruise-only fares for her 7-night sailings start from around A$2,200 per person for an interior cabin, around A$2,420 for an oceanview, and around A$3,890 for a balcony, which works out to roughly A$195 per person per day at the entry tier, making her one of the more affordable Royal Caribbean ships in the fleet. Suite pricing was sold out at the time we last checked, and these are volatile snapshots that move with the exchange rate, so check the live fares on this page for current suite availability and pricing on your chosen sailing.
