Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas Completes Key Construction Milestone

Image: The Legend of the Seas touched water for the first time during its float-out ceremony. (Photo Credit: Royal Caribbean)
Image: The Legend of the Seas touched water for the first time during its float-out ceremony. (Photo Credit: Royal Caribbean)
Lacey Pfalz
by Lacey Pfalz
Last updated: 12:30 PM ET, Tue September 2, 2025

Royal Caribbean’s Legend of the Seas, expected to debut in August 2026, just completed a key construction milestone, celebrating its float-out ceremony this week, which is the first time the ship touches water. 

The float-out occurred at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland.

The Legend of the Seas is the third Icon Class ship in the fleet, and will offer eight different neighborhoods, the Category 6 waterpark, a skywalk and ropes course called Crown’s Edge and much more. 

When it debuts, it will sail across Europe on 7-night Western Mediterranean trips before heading to the Caribbean in November, where it will sail 6-night Western Caribbean and 8-night Southern Caribbean itineraries. 

It will be the fourth Royal Caribbean ship to be fueled with liquefied natural gas (LNG), which produces less emissions. 

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Lacey Pfalz is Associate Editor at TravelPulse. She's a passionate advocate of responsible travel and believes the best travel experiences happen outside of a planned itinerary. Lacey currently lives in rural Wisconsin. She can be reached at [email protected].

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