CruiseTwo more Icon-class ships to be delivered by 2030.

Icon 6 and 7 confirmed for Royal Caribbean

By Travel Weekly Asia

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Apr 30, 2026

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oyal Caribbean's Legend of the Seas, the third Icon class ship, during its sea trials in April. Photo Credit: Royal Caribbean Group

Royal Caribbean has confirmed orders for a sixth and seventh Icon-class ship, scheduled for delivery in 2029 and 2030 respectively.

This comes after an order for the fifth ship – as yet unnamed – in the class was announced last September, for delivery in 2028.

Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku – which delivered the second Icon-class ship, Star of the Seas, in July last year – has already begun sea trials for the third vessel, Legend of the Seas, ahead of its July 2026 debut. A fourth ship, Hero of the Seas, is slated for delivery in 2027.

Royal Caribbean’s orders are part of a long-term agreement with Meyer Turku that has secured shipbuilding capacity through 2036.

The Icon-class ships – the world’s largest cruise ships to date – are the largest industrial projects in Finland.

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