Star of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[Nathan Graveson]

1 hour ago, Oceansaway17 said:

well I guess now that the shipyard has shed a few tears saying goodbye to ICON, they can now move onto STAR.  Wonder if lessons learned will make STAR build go faster.  Can't wait to hear the name of the third ship is class

My guess for the name of ICON 3 is ... Titan of the Seas

[Oceansaway17]

2 hours ago, Nathan Graveson said:

My guess for the name of ICON 3 is ... Titan of the Seas

I actually like that

[smokeybandit]

2 hours ago, Nathan Graveson said:

My guess for the name of ICON 3 is ... Titan of the Seas

Intrigue of the Seas

[Mikew0805]

3 hours ago, Nathan Graveson said:

My guess for the name of ICON 3 is ... Titan of the Seas

 

55 minutes ago, Oceansaway17 said:

I actually like that

I like it too. 

[Robo1098]

5 hours ago, Nathan Graveson said:

My guess for the name of ICON 3 is ... Titan of the Seas

Name might be a little close to a cruise ship that didn't work out so well.

[Nathan Graveson]

Some images before the beginning of sales!

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

On 11/26/2023 at 8:08 AM, Ourusualbeach said:

Do not hold your breath hoping...

I tried but it didn’t work 😀. Just checked out the website OMG 😀! Wow on all the pricing through April 2026. 

[mkdreams]

1 hour ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

I tried but it didn’t work 😀. Just checked out the website OMG 😀! Wow on all the pricing through April 2026. 

Yeah I just saw the prices, I'm not paying that for a cruise to the carribean. I will take a nice land vacation to Hawaii instead lol!

Edited December 6, 2023 by mkdreams

[Lloyd555]

Star of the Seas Blocks inside the small building Hall at Meyer Werft.

📷 Jannik Pancke

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

3 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Star of the Seas Blocks inside the small building Hall at Meyer Werft.

That's cool. Didn't realize that they were assembling some parts there. Since it all under Meyer Werft, it does make sense though.

[erby2283]

I actually didn't think the price was that bad (although I did get an ocean view balcony on Icon with three in a room for $1100 p/p back when bookings were first released). If anyone has been wanting or thinking about wanting to book Icon (or complaining about the prices of Icon), now is your time to book Star! I did a mock booking for Star with three in a ocean view balcony and it came to around $1700 per person. I will admit that's a bit steep for me and I probably wouldn't book at that rate either but it is still cheaper than what can be found on Icon today! Book early - you can always cancel. I don't usually book mega-ships but I am celebrating a birthday milestone next year with two best-friends and so we decided to go big and have a good time! 

[Eremita85]

Engines are in the house!

7.12.2023

https://www.facebook.com/Eremita85/posts/25203300252602033

Edited December 7, 2023 by Eremita85

[Tough as Leather]

Where is the FERU at now?

[Lloyd555]

3 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

Where is the FERU at now?

 

The FERU has left the Port of Turku and been brought to Meyer Turku.

 

From the Port of Turku webcam:

[Eremita85]

Some photos from today:

[Josh heinink]

When does build start

Edited December 11, 2023 by Josh heinink

[Eremita85]

1 minute ago, Josh heinink said:

When is star build starting 

As soon as they get the building pool empty of water. I think they were supposed to start the assembly today, but not sure what the situation is there right now.

[Lloyd555]

Once again, Star of the Seas block inside the small building Hall at Meyer Werft.

📷 Jannik Pancke

 

[Eremita85]

6 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Once again, Star of the Seas block inside the small building Hall at Meyer Werft.

📷 Jannik Pancke

 

Should follow this webcam apparently:

https://www.meyerwerft.de/de/unternehmen/webcam/index.jsp

Will be interesting to see how they get those blocks to Turku, by barge/tugs or open deck carrier?

[Eremita85]

Today was apparently a keel laying ceremony, but I was late to the party, people had already left Also note the flying block with part of the bow windows which will be located below the bridge.

15.12.2023

All photos: https://www.facebook.com/Eremita85/posts/25259327516999306

[Tall-Cruiser]

3 minutes ago, Eremita85 said:

Today was apparently a keel laying ceremony, but I was late to the party, people had already left Also note the flying block with part of the bow windows which will be located below the bridge.

Thanks for the update and photos. They are not wasting any time. She may be completed faster than Icon.

[Lloyd555]

Coin ceremony
Images by Meyer Turku

 

 

 

 

 

[Oceansaway17]

boy would I love to visit the yard for a day to watch.

Wondering who will be the captain and wondering what changes they will make to STAR based on first impressions of ICON.

thanks for the photo. I see MEIN is being built

But wondering what ship is inside the big building?  Is it a Princess ship?

[Eremita85]

10 hours ago, Oceansaway17 said:

boy would I love to visit the yard for a day to watch.

Wondering who will be the captain and wondering what changes they will make to STAR based on first impressions of ICON.

thanks for the photo. I see MEIN is being built

But wondering what ship is inside the big building?  Is it a Princess ship?

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

Edited December 22, 2023 by Eremita85

[RobInMN]

10 hours ago, Eremita85 said:

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

 

Every time I see pictures of Meyer Werft's Papenburg building it amazes me. The fact that a ship the size of Odyssey (and CCL's Excellence class, NCL's Breakaway Plus class ships) is actually built indoors is unreal. The pictures in that link are apparently the smaller hall 5. The larger building hall is 504m long (482m of interior dock), 125m wide and 75m tall, with an 800 ton crane. Odyssey is 347m long and 49m wide. So the building is well over twice the width, and half again as long as Odyssey. Amazing.

 

Not to mention the videos of the 22mile (36km) conveyance that ships built here have to do down the Ems to get to open sea. the Ems is not that wide in many places, nor is it really all that deep in spots either.