{"id":23149,"date":"2023-06-20T14:30:47","date_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:30:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/20\/utopia-of-the-seas-quickie-cruises-will-be-the-focus-for-giant-new-royal-caribbean-ship-the-points-guy\/"},"modified":"2023-06-20T14:30:47","modified_gmt":"2023-06-20T14:30:47","slug":"utopia-of-the-seas-quickie-cruises-will-be-the-focus-for-giant-new-royal-caribbean-ship-the-points-guy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/entertainment.runfyers.com\/index.php\/2023\/06\/20\/utopia-of-the-seas-quickie-cruises-will-be-the-focus-for-giant-new-royal-caribbean-ship-the-points-guy\/","title":{"rendered":"Utopia of the Seas: Quickie cruises will be the focus for giant new Royal Caribbean ship – The Points Guy"},"content":{"rendered":"


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In an unexpected twist, a giant new Royal Caribbean<\/a> ship scheduled to debut in 2024 will sail short voyages to the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Royal Caribbean on Tuesday revealed that Utopia of the Seas<\/a> \u2014 a massive, 18-deck-high cruise vessel that will be one of the biggest ever \u2014 would sail three- and four-night voyages to the Bahamas from Port Canaveral, Florida, after it debuts in July 2024.<\/p>\n

Each of the voyages will include a stop at Perfect Day at CocoCay<\/a>, Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

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Traditionally, major cruise lines such as Royal Caribbean have devoted their biggest and newest vessels to seven-night sailings \u2014 a more lucrative market \u2014 and placed smaller and older vessels on shorter runs.<\/p>\n

Utopia of the Seas is one of two giant new ships that Royal Caribbean plans to debut in 2024 \u2014 both among the biggest cruise vessels in the world.<\/p>\n

The other new vessel, Icon of the Seas<\/a>, will arrive in January 2024 and has been getting more press of late as it’ll be the biggest cruise ship ever built. It’ll also boast a number of unusual new features, as you can see in our sneak-peek video below. TPG’s video team got exclusive access to the ship in May at the shipyard in Finland where it’s being built.<\/p>\n

While Icon of the Seas is the first of an all-new class of ships for Royal Caribbean (the Icon class), Utopia of the Seas is just the latest ship in the line’s 14-year-old Oasis-class series of vessels.<\/p>\n

Related: The 6 types of Royal Caribbean ships, explained<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

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Launched in 2009 with the debut of Oasis of the Seas, the Oasis-class ships have dominated the world of megasize cruise ships since that year. At the time the class began rolling out, the vessels were around 40% bigger than the next-biggest cruise ships, and they have continued to be the biggest and most amenity-laden ships in the world ever since.<\/p>\n

Royal Caribbean on Tuesday said Utopia of the Seas would measure 236,860 tons, making it just a tad bigger than the most recent Oasis-class ship to debut, the 1-year-old Wonder of the Seas<\/a>. That would make it the second-biggest cruise ship in the world at the time it debuts, just behind Icon of the Seas. Icon of the Seas will measure about 250,600 tons, according to Royal Caribbean.<\/p>\n

At 236,857 tons, Wonder of the Seas is currently the biggest cruise ship in the world.<\/p>\n

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