Royal Caribbean Orders Two More Icon-Class Megaships From Meyer Turku

Royal Caribbean Group is doubling down on the world’s largest cruise ship class, confirming orders with Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku for a sixth and seventh Icon-class vessel to be delivered in 2029 and 2030.

The deal expands one of the cruise sector’s most significant shipbuilding programs and further extends Royal Caribbean’s long-term pipeline of megaship deliveries at a time when major cruise operators continue to lean into larger, more technologically advanced vessels despite broader uncertainty in global cruise-shipbuilding capacity.

The order falls under a long-term framework agreement securing Royal Caribbean access to Meyer Turku construction slots through 2036 and follows the