Check out the first glimpse of the company’s next megaship.
Royal Caribbean’sIcon of the Seas , the humans ’s big cruise ship , is still months away from do sail with passenger out of its home porthole in Miami . And yet , the company officially unveiled the name of its sequel in the Icon Class of ships on Thursday , along with a computer - generated glance of what it ’ll look like .
Continuing the general naming melodic theme give by Icon of the Seas , the new ship will be known as Star of the Seas . She ’ll debut sometime in the summertime of 2025 , and is presently under construction at the Meyer - Turku shipyard in Turku , Finland , according to the company . This is the same shipyard where Thrillist gota behind - the - scenes search at construction on Icon of the Seasearlier this twelvemonth .
Star of the Seas will be the third ship in Royal ’s overall fleet to be powered by the slightly more environmentally friendly fuel , flux innate gaseous state ( LNG ) , follow in the footsteps of Icon of the Seas and the sail giant ’s other trade name - new ship , Utopia of the Seas , the sixth and likely final ship in the Oasis Class . The company describes Star as its " most sustainable ship " and marks another step toward its destination of launching a final - zero sail ship by 2035 , grant to a military press sacking .
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" The idea of combining the best of every character of holiday into one ultimate adventure has create more fervour than ever anticipated , and Star of the Seas will be the next sheer response to the phonograph record - breaking consumer need we ’ve seen for nearly a year and counting with Icon of the Seas , " Michael Bayley , United States President and CEO of Royal Caribbean International , said in a statement .
But that ’s about it . In typical Royal Caribbean manner , the companionship and its execs are saving the most exciting contingent about this massive new floating vacation machine for later . There are no confirmed details on the vessel ’s sizing or where it will sail from , but you may safely have a bun in the oven a steady stream of regular announcements revealing the ship ’s overall stats , entertainment venues , thrills and attractor , restaurants , bars , and other amenities from now through when it launches in 2025 . And by then , they ’ll be well afoot in ride the third ship in the Icon Class .
It ’s clearly a scheme that works . Icon of the Seas led to the company’ssingle largest reservation day and high volume hold week ever . There ’s so much requirement for the ship — with its six platter - discontinue water slides , enormous pools , and 40 - plus food and boozing options — that they had to open up extra bookings for 2025–2026 sailings three months early on . ikon will make her initiatory voyage in January of 2024 .
Will Star of the Seas end up take the world ’s largest sail ship title from its precursor ? With Icon ’s megascopic tonnage of 250,800 and capacity for up to 7,600 passenger , the engineering maniac at the troupe will really have to bear on the limits to get there .
