New BIGGEST Cruise Ship FLOATS for the 1st Time! Star of the Seas is Afloat!
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the next world's largest cruise ship and the second in the icon class the star of the Seas has just floated out at her Shipyard at May turu in Finland
the 1.7 billion Euro ship was laid down in December of 2023 so it's remarkable to think just how much work has been done in such a short period of time
this giant vessel is expected to enter service in August of 2025 meaning there's less than a year until she'll be completed and have her sea trials and then into service
the float out itself is a carefully staged and orchestrated event where 92 million gallons of water... was brought into the dry dock to carefully float the ship
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Royal Caribbean's Star of the Seas is afloat! This is what Royal Caribbean had to say: MIAMI, Oct. 3, 2024 – Floating on air, Royal Caribbean International and thousands of workers celebrated the new Star of the Seas floating one step closer to its highly anticipated debut. The next combination of the best of every vacation reached a major construction milestone as it floated for the first time, a moment marked less than one year ahead of its mic-drop introduction at one of the world’s top travel destinations, Port Canaveral (Orlando), Florida, in August 2025. Next up, the new vacation enters the final stages of construction. To kick off the milestone, a ceremony – a maritime tradition, complete with a shot from a cannon – took place in the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, to celebrate 19 months (and counting) of hard work put in by the thousands behind Star’s construction. Then, the proverbial floodgates opened to fill the dry dock with 92 million gallons of water – an overnight process that took nearly nine hours. Star was then floated out of the dock and into the outfitting pier, where it will continue to take shape inside and out. From the dry dock to the water, how the moment unfolded can be seen here. Royal Caribbean will double the world’s best vacation count with Star, bringing new twists and acclaimed experiences introduced by Icon of the Seas to the greater Orlando area. Across eight neighbourhoods that are destinations in themselves, there are ways for every type of family and vacationer to make memories, from thrills like six of the fastest and tallest waterslides to 40-plus ways to dine and drink and the Surfside neighbourhood designed for young families. And it’s all combined with seven nights of island hopping to idyllic destinations like the cruise line’s Perfect Day at CocoCay in The Bahamas. -- ✓ Join the channel to get access to perks: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCgk7SzYDkiXWWBfMqXYH0cA/join 🚢 Cunard History Website: https://www.chriscunard.com/ 📚 Buy books: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/books 👕 Buy cruise merch: https://chrisframeofficial.Teemill.com/ 🛳️ Learn about cruising: https://www.chrisframe.com.au/ 🎧 Big Cruise Podcast: https://thebigcruisepodcast.com/ 🌐 Frame & Cross Consultancy: https://frameandcross.com/ -- Imagery Support: Cruise Ships CC BY SA 2.0 Elisfkc from Orlando - https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Carnival_Ecstasy_(31842202836).jpg Icon's Overlook Bar - Shipsoftheworld1 CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Icon_Overlook_Bar.jpg Icon's Central Park - Shipsoftheworld1 CC BY SA 4.0 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Icon_of_the_Seas#/media/File:Icon_Central_Park.jpg Icon's Aquadome - Shipsoftheworld1 CC BY SA 4.0 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Icon_Aquadome.jpg Video Support: Peter Knego @midshipcinema Video by Pixabay: https://www.pexels.com/video/banknotes-856511/ Video by Tom Wielspütz: https://www.pexels.com/video/cranes-in-a-dry-dock-in-hamburg-port-10833093/ Video by Kelly : https://www.pexels.com/video/close-up-footage-of-the-river-water-4174019/