Icon of the Seas Itinerary
About Icon of the Seas’s Schedule
Icon of the Seas is a 250,800-gross-ton Icon-class ship launched in 2024 sailing for Royal Caribbean. She carries roughly 5,610 guests with about 2,350 crew looking after them. Her most recent CDC sanitation inspection scored 100 out of 100.
We are currently tracking 50 scheduled sailings for this ship, departing between September 2026 and August 2027. Most of those voyages leave from Miami and Galveston. Sailings run from 6 to 9 nights, with 7 nights the most typical length.
Port-by-port breakdowns are published for 46 of these 50 sailings so far, and we add more as each itinerary is confirmed.
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Typical ports for this itinerary — confirm the exact call list for this date with the cruise line.
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Typical ports for this itinerary — confirm the exact call list for this date with the cruise line.
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Typical ports for this itinerary — confirm the exact call list for this date with the cruise line.
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Typical ports for this itinerary — confirm the exact call list for this date with the cruise line.
Typical ports for this itinerary — confirm the exact call list for this date with the cruise line.
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What Icon of the Seas's Autumn Caribbean Season Is Actually Like
Here's the thing about booking a cruise that runs from September through December: you're not booking one season, you're booking four of them stacked in a trench coat. Icon of the Seas's autumn run out of Miami — 7-night sailings hitting Philipsburg in St. Maarten, Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas, and Royal Caribbean's own Coco Cay — starts in the tail end of hurricane season and finishes the week before Christmas crowds descend. What that means for you depends almost entirely on which week you pick.
The blunt truth about September and early October: it's still hurricane season, full stop. The Atlantic season officially runs June 1 through November 30, with August through October historically the busiest stretch. The good news for 2026 specifically is that NOAA's outlook has trended calmer as the season's gone on — its August update put the odds at 75% for a below-normal season, largely credited to El Niño conditions. That's not a guarantee against a rogue storm, and it's not a reason to skip travel insurance either. In practice, it means the ship reroutes around weather with days of notice rather than sailing into it — if your port order shuffles, that's the itinerary keeping you away from a storm, not a downgrade.
By the back half of October the storm risk drops off fast, and cruisers who track the calendar treat November 1–20 as something of an open secret: hurricane season is winding down, holiday crowds haven't arrived, and fares haven't reinflated yet. Days stay warm — Caribbean November runs roughly 70s to low 80s°F with the odd shower rather than a daily soak — without August's humidity. If your dates are flexible, that window is the best value-to-weather trade in this entire autumn run.
| Window | Conditions | Trade-off |
|---|---|---|
| Late Sept–mid Oct | Warm, humid, tail of hurricane season | Cheapest fares; real (usually manageable) storm-routing risk |
| Nov 1–20 | Settled, warm, drier | Best value-to-weather ratio of the season |
| Thanksgiving week (the Nov 21 sailing) | Warm, calm, hurricane season basically over | Family crowds, fares ticking up |
| Dec sailings through the 19th | Warm, dry season underway | Heaviest crowds and prices of the run — this sailing returns Dec 26, making it the one Christmas-week departure in the whole batch |
On the ports themselves: Charlotte Amalie in St. Thomas is genuinely worth getting off the ship for if duty-free shopping interests you at all — it carries the most generous duty-free allowance in the Caribbean at $1,600 per person, versus $800 almost everywhere else, spread across Havensight Mall by the pier, downtown Main Street, and the more upscale Yacht Haven Grande marina. If rum is on the list, sort out what you're actually allowed to bring back onboard before you buy — it's stricter than the shop clerk will let on. Philipsburg on St. Maarten pairs a boardwalk-and-casino strip with easy access to both the Dutch and French sides of the island, and rewards a lazy, unbooked day as much as an excursion. Coco Cay is the stop where the day plans itself: as Royal Caribbean's private island, no other line's ship is competing for beach chairs, but Thrill Waterpark's slides and wave pool fill up fast — get off early if that's the plan.
On length: 7 nights is simply the length this ship sails here, and it's enough time to actually use what's on board — a ship this size rewards slow exploring — without every port day feeling rushed. Pack for real summer heat regardless of the month: swimsuits, sun protection, and a light rain layer for pop-up squalls that show up even outside hurricane season. If you're sailing near Thanksgiving or that final December departure, budget extra patience for embarkation and buffet lines — a ship built to carry 5,610 guests plus 2,350 crew feels different running light in October than it does stacked for the holidays. It's also worth knowing what you're expected to tip and when before you're standing at guest services wondering why your onboard account looks the way it does.
Recent Schedule Changes
See CDC inspection scores, outbreak history, and our honest verdict for this ship.
View Icon of the Seas Profile Roll Call 👋Schedule data last updated: Sep 13, 2026 6:33 AM · Source: CruiseMapper