PORT CANAVERAL — Royal Caribbean Utopia of the Seas godmother Meghan Trainor brought the bass while Florida brought the heat for the new massive cruise ship’s naming ceremony on Monday.

The Grammy-award singer and songwriter performed her now decade-old hit “It’s All About That Bass,” although in the gentlest way with a ukulele accompaniment under the searing sun from Port Canaveral ahead of the new ship’s final practice sailing before paying customers board this Friday.

Trainor performed her godmotherly duties saying “bless this ship and everyone who sails on it” as video showed a bottle of sacrificial champagne taking a ride on the ship’s zipline for the traditional christening smash.

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Then a storm of paper confetti poured down on and adhered to the sweaty crowd while a drone-propelled disco ball flew overhead.

Attendees were given Utopia-themed sun visors and mini fans as well as bottles of water before the event.

Royal Caribbean Group President and CEO Jason Liberty joked the crowd was supposed to point all the fans toward the stage.

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Trainor did just the one song for the ceremony and it was delayed momentarily while the passing Disney Wish cruise ship blew its horn to the tune of “When You Wish Upon a Star.”

”Shhhh,” Traner joked. “Is it done?”

Quiet was not on the naming ceremony menu leading up to Trainor’s official duties as one third of Run DMC, Joseph “DJ Run” Simmons, joined DJ Ruckus for an hour-long trip through 80s and 90s hip hop history mixed with other crowd-pleasing hits to stoke up the attendees despite the sweltering weather.

The crowd then got a sample of the new AquaTheater show “Aqua80sToo” with an energetic performance to an amped-up version of New Order’s “Blue Monday,” although the performers had the benefit of being partially submerged in water.

Trainor had 52 contest-winning fans in the crowd, and she was set to perform one full concert on board later in the week as the ship finished out its last shakedown cruise.

It begins its normal three- and four-night Bahamas itineraries Friday with each sailing promising to be part of what Royal Caribbean has dubbed the “World’s Biggest Weekend” visiting the line’s private Bahamas island Perfect Day at CocoCay.

This is the first time the cruise line has assigned short sailing duties to one of its new ships. The sixth Oasis-class vessel sailed directly from the French shipyard where it has been under construction since 2022 to Port Canaveral and marks the largest vessel ever to call the Central Florida port home.

“It’s easy to access. It’s pretty much in Orlando so there’s a huge volume of tourists coming into the area,” said Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley during a press conference Tuesday morning. “It’s been a very big drive-up market. Probably one of the biggest in the United States. And it goes to the No. 1 destination for Royal Caribbean in the world.”