After Icon of the Seas, Meyer Turku will also build Royal Caribbean's next two Icon-class cruise ships for delivery in 2025 and 2026, having already started production of the series' second vessel ...

The Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, sits docked after arriving to its home port in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Rebecca Blackwell / AP ...

World's largest cruise ship: Icon of the Seas has eight neighborhoods and 20 decks total, 18 of which are guest decks. It has 2,805 staterooms and a crew of 2,350. Royal Caribbean International.

The Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, sits docked after arriving to its home port in Miami, Wednesday, Jan. 10, 2024. Rebecca Blackwell / AP ...

Icon of the Seas is about 15,000 gross tons larger than the current world’s largest cruise ship Wonder of the Seas, but actually has less passenger capacity based on double occupancy — 5,610 ...

While Icon and Utopia share brand DNA and have many similarities, these sister ships have a few key differences that may make one preferable to the other, depending on the trip and traveler.

As such, Icon actually has slightly fewer staterooms (2,805) than Utopia (2,834), despite being a bigger ship overall. Utopia, by contrast, is part of Royal Caribbean’s Oasis class.