Star of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[Lloyd555]

If you're thinkng that Star of the Seas could be bigger/longer than Icon of the Seas, apparently not.

 

Thanks to @Eremita85

for bringing article to my attention. 

 

From this article:

https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000010077095.html?fbclid=IwAR3JrUxC3AO0AXFFrH5LquyeM_cMn00-O3LaYnq2mzhC-fQxzVATGoFWnqw

 

CEO of TURUN TELKA Tim Meyer said at the keel-laying ceremony that the ship is as big as the first Icon ship, so they will share the title of the world's largest cruise ship.

 

It is also based on the Icon 1 in its technical characteristics.  I can't really say anything else about it, because the subscriber will inform about the differences and new features in his own schedule.

 

 

Edited December 23, 2023 by Lloyd555

[Oceansaway17]

On 12/21/2023 at 11:14 PM, Eremita85 said:

Yep they are building Mein Schiff 7 here in Meyer Turku. The other picture with the ship inside the hall is from Meyer Werft in Germany, they are building Silver Ray in there: https://www.meyerwerft.de/de/unternehmen/webcam/index.jsp

aw ok thanks for the clairification.  I was a bit confused.

[Oceansaway17]

1 hour ago, Lloyd555 said:

If you're thinkng that Star of the Seas could be bigger/longer than Icon of the Seas, apparently not.

 

Thanks to @Eremita85

for bringing article to my attention. 

 

From this article:

https://www.is.fi/taloussanomat/art-2000010077095.html?fbclid=IwAR3JrUxC3AO0AXFFrH5LquyeM_cMn00-O3LaYnq2mzhC-fQxzVATGoFWnqw

 

CEO of TURUN TELKA Tim Meyer said at the keel-laying ceremony that the ship is as big as the first Icon ship, so they will share the title of the world's largest cruise ship.

 

It is also based on the Icon 1 in its technical characteristics.  I can't really say anything else about it, because the subscriber will inform about the differences and new features in his own schedule.

 

 

aw no 12 inches longer or a few thousand pounds so as to have bragging rights.  Wondering when the name for the third ship will come out. 

[Lloyd555]

A question about Meyer Werft's webcam (some of Star's blocks are in Hall 5 as shown in some earlier posts here) had me reminiscing and looking back at Quantum of the Seas's build  thread. My introduction to Royal Caribbean cruise ship builds started with this ship here on Cruise Critic. I wanted to check out my first ever post.

Apparently  it's  this one...

 

 

Sigh. I was such a novice.

Thanks to all the others who contributed to the thread and showed me the ropes, as well as get me excited about cruise ship construction. 

 

😁

 

AND NOW BACK TO OUR REGULARLY SCHEDULED PROGRAM...

Edited December 23, 2023 by Lloyd555

[Tough as Leather]

Checking out the Turku marina webcam, I'm seeing some white & blue modules that I can only assume belong to the Star of the Seas. 

 

[Eremita85]

14 hours ago, Tough as Leather said:

Checking out the Turku marina webcam, I'm seeing some white & blue modules that I can only assume belong to the Star of the Seas. 

 

Yep, they arrived on monday. Came from Germany, maybe originally from Meyer Werft but Meri brought them either from Wismar or Rostock, where it visited before coming to Meyer Turku.

Edited December 27, 2023 by Eremita85

[Panda Monium]

Looks like a piece of the Star of the Seas being lifted.

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

Time to start an Icon 3 thread. 
 

Steel cutting started. Photo courtesy- Royal Caribbean Blog

 

 

[Lloyd555]

Meri transporting blocks to Mayer Turku. 

📷

@Eremita85

 

Edited January 28 by Lloyd555

[Lloyd555]

From Port of Turku on Instagram:

 

Last week, quite a pearl passed through our port. It is an element manufactured by Mobimar for a cruise ship under construction at the Meyer shipyard. The element weighing about 150 tons was moved by self-propelled trailer onto a barge and then by sea to Meyer's shipyard. #projectloading #throughtheport #meyerturku #becausetimematters #kunajallaonmerkitystä

 

[Lloyd555]

📷 @Eremita85

 

 

[FreestyleNovice]

On 12/23/2023 at 11:02 PM, Lloyd555 said:

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I was such a novice.

 

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I see what you did there. 

 

[Panda Monium]

A view from inside the dry dock with the Pearl off to the side.

 

[True Liandry]

Interesting what different will be on Star. Oasis and Allure was very similar, (95% the same), later Oasis class ships became more different. But there was some years between Allure and Harmony. Now RCI build 3 Icon class ships, so they could be very similar. Or maybe each new Icon ship will be different, or first two wil be almost the same and third will be different. What do you guys think?

[Nathan Graveson]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2B-PBfFcWaA

 

Thought you might find this an interesting conversation... A few allusions to a 4th Icon Class ship being ordered soon?

 

[cruise1957]

I read somewhere 5 Icon Class with the first 2 being very similar then the next ones being a second generation Icon Class. We will see if that actually happens.

[Lloyd555]

The Pearl onboard the Star of the Seas. 

📷

@Eremita85

 

 

 

 

Edited February 10 by Lloyd555

[Panda Monium]

 

 

 

[Panda Monium]

Top decks somewhere. 🤔

 

 

[Lloyd555]

1 minute ago, Panda Monium said:

Top decks somewhere. 🤔

 

 

 

Deck 16

 

[Panda Monium]

A good view from inside the dry dock.

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

Anyone know roughly how many "man hours" of labor are involved in bringing one of these behemoths to reality ?

 

Tom

[Tough as Leather]

This is cool.

video: Burac

 

 

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

On 2/19/2024 at 9:41 AM, Tom-n-Cheryl said:

Anyone know roughly how many "man hours" of labor are involved in bringing one of these behemoths to reality ?

 

Tom

 

I found a rough guesstimate HERE. I suspect that something like the Star would probably exceed their upper range (of 2.5 million man hours).

Tom

[Tom-n-Cheryl]

34 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

This is cool.

video: Bura