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264 ocean cruise ships

Cruise ships, ranked and explained

Size, age and class shape what a cruise feels like. Browse every ship from the major ocean lines, see which are the biggest and newest, and open any ship for its specs, sister ships and highlights.

Photo: Corey Seeman, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

By gross tonnage

The 25 largest cruise ships

#ShipCruise lineYearGross tons
1Icon of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2024248,663
2Star of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2025248,663
3Legend of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2026248,663
4Utopia of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2024236,473
5Wonder of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2022235,600
6Symphony of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2018228,081
7Harmony of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2016226,963
8Oasis of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2009226,838
9Allure of the SeasRoyal Caribbean2010225,282
10MSC World EuropaMSC2022215,863
11Disney AdventureDisney—208,108
12MSC World AmericaMSC2025205,700
13Costa ToscanaCosta2021186,364
14ArviaP&O Cruises2022185,581
15Costa SmeraldaCosta2019185,010
16MSC EuribiaMSC2023184,011
17IonaP&O Cruises2020184,000
18AIDAcosmaAIDA2021183,858
19Carnival CelebrationCarnival2022183,521
20Carnival JubileeCarnival2023183,521
21AIDAnovaAIDA2018183,200
22Mardi GrasCarnival2020181,808
23MSC VirtuosaMSC2020181,541
24MSC GrandiosaMSC2019181,541
25Star PrincessPrincess2025177,800

Among the ships in our guide; tonnage from Wikidata. Gross tonnage measures enclosed volume, not weight.

The newest cruise ships

Ships by cruise line

Royal Caribbean International(30)

P&O Cruises(6)

AIDA Cruises(11)

Holland America Line(11)

Oceania Cruises(8)

Viking(11)