Demand for cruising is soaring to warm-weather destinations like the Caribbean—but there's another underrated region that's been on travelers' radars for decades. It's a destination cruisers can't stop raving about, and Royal Caribbean's newly announced 2027 summer routes prove just how far its appeal goes.

That destination is Alaska, and one of its key gateway ports, Vancouver, just finished a record-breaking season that pumped over a billion dollars into the local economy. Here’s a look at this milestone and what’s on the horizon for 2026.

Vancouver’s 2025 Cruise Season Injected Over $1 Billion Into The Local Economy

On October 21, the Coral Princess set sail from Canada Place, signaling the end of one of the strongest cruise seasons Vancouver has seen. Despite economic uncertainty

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