This is Royal Caribbean’s video of Star of the Seas, the next Icon class ship, touching water for the first time during her float out at the shipyard. It’s mostly music and footage of the dry dock flooding and the ship floating free, with a quick word from the team about what comes next.
Star of the Seas Float Out at the Shipyard
Star of the Seas floats for the first time in Royal Caribbean's float out video, as the dry dock fills and tugs move her to the outfitting pier.
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Key Takeaways
- The float out is when Star of the Seas touched water for the very first time.
- About 92 million gallons of water filled the dry dock overnight, which is enough to fill 140 Olympic size pools.
- Once she floated free, four tugs moved the ship about 1,000 feet to the outfitting pier.
- The team calls the float out the start of the next phase, moving from heavy construction to outfitting.
- Outfitting is when the interiors start coming to life, or as they put it, when they give the ship her soul.
- They describe this stage as the sprint to the finish.
Good to Know
This video was shared in October 2024, while Star of the Seas was still under construction. At that point she was set to debut from Port Canaveral in summer 2025, so if you’re looking at it now, keep in mind it’s a construction milestone, not a look at the finished ship.
Star of the Seas follows Icon of the Seas in the Icon class. Royal Caribbean said she’d have 8 neighborhoods and more than 40 restaurants, bars and lounges, with room for 10,000 guests and crew.
If you love seeing how these giant ships come together, the float out is one of the coolest milestones to watch. It’s the moment the work shifts from building the steel structure to finishing everything guests will actually see on board.