Utopia of the Seas

Utopia of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International. She is the sixth ship in the Oasis class and entered service on 19 July 2024 out of Port Canaveral.^[3] By gross tonnage, she is the third largest cruise ship in the world, larger than sister ship Wonder of the Seas, but surpassed by the Icon-class cruise ships, starting with Icon of the Seas.

Utopia of the Seas

Utopia of the Seas in La Rochelle on June 25, 2024
History
Name	Utopia of the Seas
Owner	Royal Caribbean Group
Operator	Royal Caribbean International
Port of registry	Nassau, Bahamas
Route	The Bahamas
Ordered	2019
Builder	Chantiers de l'Atlantique, Saint-Nazaire, France
Laid down	15 September 2020
Launched	16 September 2023
Christened	15 July 2024
Completed	14 June 2024
Maiden voyage	19 July 2024
In service	19 July 2024
Identification	Call sign: C6GI9 IMO number: 9880001 MMSI number: 311001259 DNV ID: 42320
Status	In service
General characteristics
Class & type	Oasis-class cruise ship
Tonnage	236,473 GT, 290,833 NT[1]
Length	362.12 metres (1,188.1 ft)
Beam	47.46 metres (155.7 ft)
Draught	9.3 metres (31 ft)
Decks	18 decks
Installed power	6 × Wärtsilä W12L46TS-DF, 15,600 kW (21,200 hp) each[2]
Propulsion	Diesel-electric; 3 × 20 MW (27,000 hp) ABB Azipod, all azimuthing 4 × 3.5 MW (4,700 hp) Wärtsilä CT-3500 bow thrusters
Capacity	5,668 passengers (double occupancy)
Crew	2,290

History

Utopia of the Seas under construction in April 2023

On 18 February 2019, Royal Caribbean and Chantiers de l'Atlantique announced an order of a sixth Oasis-class cruise ship for delivery in Fall 2023.^[4] She is the first in the class to be powered by liquefied natural gas.^{[5][failed verification]}

Royal Caribbean applied to register a trademark for Utopia of the Seas in 2021, along with 23 other ship names.^[6] The company announced the name Utopia of the Seas at the steel cutting ceremony on 5 April 2022,^[7] and the keel was laid on 1 July.^[8]

The LNG-tanks were built by Wärtsila and delivered in November 2022.^[9] Utopia of the Seas was floated out of the building dock in September 2023,^[10] and started her sea trials on 7 May 2024.^[11][12]

Pool deck of Utopia of the Seas

Utopia of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean on 13 June 2024, leaving the shipyard ten days later, and arrived at Port Canaveral on 11 July.^[13][14][15] She started her maiden voyage on 19 July from Port Canaveral.^[16][17]

On February 26, 2025 Utopia of the Seas diverged from her routine sailing route to the Bahamas to pass the historic ocean liner SS United States as it was being towed to Mobile, Alabama to be prepared for conversion into an artificial reef.^[18]