Royal Caribbean Ships by Class: Size & Features [2026]

Royal Caribbean’s Voyager Class is known for its size. They’re the 6th largest in the world behind the Oasis, Quantum and Freedom Classes. Some defining features of the Voyager Class include the ice skating rink, Royal Promenade and Flowrider surf Simulator.

The Oasis Class is famous for having the world’s largest cruise ships and some of the most expensive as well. These 226k ton vessels cost roughly $1.4 billion each and hold nearly 10k passengers and crew in total! The Oasis Class also has RC’s newest ship, the Symphony of the Seas.

Royal Caribbean’s Quantum Class came in a close second in size to the Oasis ships. The innovations that come with this class, however, are huge. Included in this family of vessels are the following groundbreaking features: The North Star, RipCord Skydiving Simulator, Two70, SeaPlex and Music Hall. The Quantum Class is also the first of the fleet to experiment with Dynamic Dining. Oh, and there are robot bartenders too.

The Radiance Class consists of four ships: Radiance, Brilliance, Serenade and Jewel of the Seas. Royal Caribbean went big on the "glass" with this class of ships. You’ll come across glass elevators, two-tiered glass dining rooms, and retractable glass roof over the pool. The Radiance was also the first class to feature the self-leveling pool tables.

The Vision class is a group of six cruise ships built by Royal Caribbean International, and operated by themselves and Marella Cruises. Although called a class by Royal Caribbean, the Vision-class ships were built as three pairs of sister ships, each pair differing from the others in size and design. Unlike other Royal Caribbean classes, the Vision class is not named for the first ship built; Vision of the Seas was the last ship in the class to be built. Royal Caribbean had been promoting "Project Vision" for some time before ordering the first two ships in the class in 1992, but Vision of the Seas was not ordered until 1994.

Vision-class ships were designed to have more glass windows than any other ships at the time they debuted, and therefore greater views of the oceans from interior spaces. Ships in the Vision class were also the fastest built in 25 years thanks to their diesel-electric propulsion systems (the first in the Royal Caribbean fleet), which allowed the larger engines to be placed closer to the middle of the ships for better weight balance.

Royal Caribbean’s Freedom Class is the next generation to the Voyager Class. In addition to adding some significant length to these ships, a bunch of fun features were commissioned. As seen below, you’ll find this class features a basketball court, rock wall, mini-golf course, ice skating rink, Flowrider surf simulator, boxing ring, and H20 Zone. This set of ships had the record for "largest ships in the world" from 2006 until 2009.

The Icon class (formally Project Icon) is a class of cruise ships ordered by Royal Caribbean International to be built by Meyer Turku in Turku, Finland. As of 2024 this class is the largest cruise ship class ever constructed. Royal Caribbean plans to have three Icon-class ships by 2026.

Royal Caribbean’s Quantum Ultra Class came in a close second in size to the Oasis ships. The innovations that come with this class, however, are huge. Included in this family of vessels are the following groundbreaking features: The North Star, RipCord Skydiving Simulator, Two70, SeaPlex and Music Hall. The Quantum Ultra Class is also the first of the fleet to experiment with Dynamic Dining. Oh, and there are robot bartenders too.