It Will Be a Cold Day When a 250,800-Ton Ship Floats

 Meyer Turku floats out Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas at their Turku, Finland, yard on December 8, 2022.

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Here Comes the Sun - for the Third Time

Princess Cruises announced that their next ship, the first of a new class, will be called Sun Princess, the third ship to bear that name. It's already under construction and will be delivered on January 31, 2024. Here is a quick look around it.

 

Set Completed

P&O's Pacific Adventure arrives at Sydney for the first time since the end of the pandemic (September 9, 2022, local time), marking the return to Australia of all three ships in the P&O Australia fleet.

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MSC's Robotron

The first look at the Robotron thrill ride which will debut aboard MSC Seascape in November 2022. There's nothing like it at sea.

Seascape Gets Closer to the US

Next winter, MSC will have a brand-new ship in the US market, MSC Seascape, and it just returned to the Fincantieri yard at Monfalcone (Italy) after successfully completing sea trials, which were conducted in the Adriatic August 17-20.

These photos from Fincantieri were taken during the sea trials and give you a full look at the ship's exterior. 

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