Royal Caribbean’s Next New Cruise Ship Float...

Royal Caribbean’s subsequent new cruise ship, Legend of the Seas, touched water and floated for the primary time at present on the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.

Legend of the Seas would be the third Icon class ship, the most important class of cruise ships on the earth at near 250,000 gross tons. The ship is at the moment scheduled to debut in August 2026.

The float-out marks a big development milestone for Legend of the Seas. Now that the ship is out of dry dock, it’ll transfer to the ultimate stage of development, the outfitting.

Meyer Turku posted a number of pictures on their Fb web page exhibiting the dry dock being crammed with water.

Casimir Lindholm, CEO of Meyer Turku, gave the next assertion:

“Legend of the Seas continues the state-of-the-art Icon Class, which permits the Finnish maritime trade to showcase its distinctive experience at its greatest.

“The shipyard, Royal Caribbean, and an in depth community of companions work collectively to develop the processes and ideas from ship to ship. Alongside its sister ships, Legend of the Seas can even mark an necessary milestone in more and more accountable shipbuilding.”

Legend of the Seas will sail a sequence of cruises within the Mediterranean staring subsequent August earlier than repositioning to Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for the winter season.

As soon as the ship is at Port Everglades, it’ll supply six- and eight-night cruises to the Caribbean that additionally go to CocoCay, Royal Caribbean’s personal island in The Bahamas.

Now that Legend of the Seas is out of dry dock, the keel can now be laid for a 4th, and at the moment unnamed, Icon class ship.