Built for a purpose
- Builder / location
- Meyer Turku, Turku, Finland
- Original role
- Icon-class cruise ship
Why it was built
Legend of the Seas extends Royal Caribbean’s Icon-class programme rather than attempting a record-breaking hull. Its recorded gross tonnage of 248,663 GT makes it one of the largest cruise ships in the directory, delivered in 2026. The design repeats the class arrangement of accommodation, dining and outdoor amenities within one very large passenger vessel.
List of the largest cruise ships ↗Meyer Turku: Icon of the Seas ↗
Built where the Icon class is built
The ship was completed at the Meyer Turku yard that also built the earlier Icon-class vessels. That continuity matters when reading the numbers: the class name identifies a design family, while each hull still has its own construction and delivery milestones. A launch, a float-out and a delivery are three different moments in a shipyard schedule.
Capacity in perspective
The profile records a maximum of 7,600 passengers. That is an upper figure: occupancy in revenue service runs below the maximum when cabins are single or double rather than filled. Comparing passenger numbers across cruise ships therefore needs the same caution the site applies to container capacity, since the nominal figure is not a guarantee for any specific sailing.
Historical information reviewed 9 September 2026. Documented journeys are not live vessel positions.