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The first large cruise ships were the Voyager-class from Royal Caribbean Group's Royal Caribbean International (RCI). These ships, which debuted in 1998 at over 137,000 GT, were almost 30,000 GT larger than the next-largest cruise ships, and were some of the first designed to offer amenities unrelated to cruising, such as an ice rink and climbing wall. [1]
Icon of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world [24] by gross tonnage. [26] [27] [3] The ship has a crew of 2,350, and a capacity of 5,610 passengers at double occupancy, or 7,600 passengers at maximum capacity. [5] Icon of the Seas has 20 decks with seven swimming pools and six water slides. The company claims the ship has the tallest ...
As of 2024 this class is the largest cruise ship class ever constructed. Royal Caribbean plans to have at least four Icon-class ships, which will include Icon of the Seas (entered service in 2024), Star of the Seas (entering service in 2025), and unnamed third and fourth ships (planned to enter service in 2026 and 2027). It also has an option ...
On 31 October 2019, MSC announced the name of the first World-class ship as MSC Europa and held the ship's steel-cutting ceremony at Chantiers de l'Atlantique, inaugurating the construction for the ship. [5] The ship was later revealed to be renamed MSC World Europa, announced during her keel-laying ceremony on 29 June 2020. [6]
On 18 February 2019, Royal Caribbean and Chantiers de l'Atlantique announced an order of a sixth Oasis-class cruise ship for delivery in Fall 2023. [4] She is the first in the class to be powered by liquefied natural gas. [5] Utopia of the Seas under construction in April 2023.
The Oasis-class ships surpassed the earlier Freedom-class ships as the world's largest and longest passenger ships. Oasis of the Seas is also 8.5 metres (28 ft) wider, and with a gross tonnage of 225,282, is around 70,000 tones larger. [14] [15] Oasis-class vessels can carry over 5,400 passengers.
Wonder of the Seas under construction in Saint-Nazaire France in 2020 Wonder of the Seas in Port of Naples. On 25 May 2016, the Royal Caribbean Group signed a memorandum of understanding with STX France (now Chantiers de l'Atlantique) for a fifth Oasis-class ship for delivery in the spring of 2021. [13] and two more ships of the Edge class. [14]
World's largest cruise ship from March 2018–January 2022 Symphony of the Seas is an Oasis -class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International . [ 8 ] She was built in 2018 in the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire , France, [ 9 ] the fourth in Royal Caribbean's Oasis class of cruise ships.