Exploring Florida’s exciting new cruise ships launching in 2025
The next vessel to take the title of world’s largest cruise ship is headed to Port Canaveral. Disney is sending a new ship to Port Everglades for the first time. And new ships will debut from Norwegian, MSC Cruises, Princess, Celebrity and more.
These are some of the cruise highlights for Florida coming in 2025.
The marquee event has to be the arrival of Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, a sister ship to current titleholder Icon of the Seas. Landing the newest and largest ship is a first for Central Florida with the past titleholders all making their debuts out of South Florida.
Those ports, though, will get plenty of new ship action as well while cruise lines feed demand with new hardware. Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and PortMiami saw record passenger counts of nearly 20 million in 2024, with each forecast to grow further in the coming year.
Here’s a rundown of what’s new in Florida cruising in 2025:
Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas: Coming in at more than 250,000 gross tons, it will be incrementally bigger than Icon of the Seas, which debuted out of PortMiami in 2024 and can sail with 10,000 people on board including crew and passengers.