That makes each vessel slightly smaller than the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas, which has a gross tonnage of 250,800 – though the giant Royal Caribbean ship has a maximum passenger capacity of 7,600, or 5,610 based on double occupancy.

Norwegian Cruise Line will follow up its Prima-Plus class with its largest ship class to date. Fincantieri has received a firm order for the construction of four new Norwegian cruise ships each with a gross tonnage of approximately 226,000, which will make this new class of ships the largest ever built for the cruise line.

Norwegian Cruise Line and Fincantieri finalize an order of 4 giant new cruise ships at approximately 226,000 gross tons.

Norwegian Cruise Line had already announced it was planning to compete with Royal Caribbean in the big-ship game, but details on just how big its new Pinnacle class would be were revealed

Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings (NCLH) has confirmed a €2 billion ($2.08 billion) order for four new cruise ships with Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri, almost a year after signing the initial letter of intent on 8 April 2024.

Italian shipbuilder Fincantieri and Norwegian Line Holdings (NCL) have finalized a deal for four new cruise liners, marking the largest single order ever placed with the shipbuilding company