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Royal Caribbean's Vision of the Seas.(Photo: Royal Caribbean International)

New Orleans is back on the map for Royal Caribbean.

The Miami-based line says the 2,050-passenger Vision of the Seas will operate seven-night sailings out of the city over the winter of 2018-19.

Featuring calls in The Bahamas and Mexico, the voyages will be the line's first out of New Orleans in three years.

Vision of the Seas will be repositioningto New Orleans from Miami.As part of the move, the ship will operate two 16-night sailings through the Panama Canal. The first of the trips, departing on Dec. 15, 2018, will go from Miami to Los Angeles. It'll be followed by a voyage from Los Angeles to New Orleans.

New Royal Caribbean Symphony of the Seas cruise ship will be the world's largest

The Panama Canal trips also will be Royal Caribbean's first in three years.

Christened in 1998, Vision of the Seas is one of Royal Caribbean's four Vision Class vessels, which are among the line's smallest ships.

The new trips from New Orleans opened for booking on Friday.

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