Symbol of the Oceans is a voyage transport worked for Regal Caribbean Worldwide and is the lead boat of the Symbol class. She entered administration on 27 January 2024 out of Port Miami in the US. At 248,663 gross weight (GT), Symbol of the Oceans is the biggest voyage transport in the world.
History 
In October 2016, Regal Caribbean and Finnish shipbuilder Meyer Turku declared a request to assemble two boats under the venture name "Icon". The boats were supposed to be conveyed in the second from last quarter of 2023 and in 2025 and would be arranged by DNV.
Imperial Caribbean applied to enroll a brand name for "Symbol of the Oceans" in 2016.
Steel-cutting for Symbol of the Oceans started in June 2021.In October 2021, Regal Caribbean declared that the main LNG tank for the boat was introduced at the Neptun Werft in Rostock, Germany. In December 2021, the drifting motor room unit, including the LNG tanks, was towed to Turku in Finland by tug. The fall was laid in April 2022. In May 2022, Illustrious Caribbean affirmed that Symbol of the Oceans would be greater than the Desert garden class.
On 19 June 2023, Symbol of the Oceans cruised for the first of her ocean trials. She got back to the Meyer Turku shipyard on 22 June for changes in accordance with her frameworks, and to have inside spaces finished and furnished.
On 27 November 2023, the boat was authoritatively given over to Imperial Caribbean, only two months in front of the authority debut from Miami in January 2024.
On 1 December 2023, Symbol of the Oceans passed added to the Incomparable Repertoire Extension in Denmark. The boat moored at the Navantia Shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, for definite furnishing work.
The boat withdrew Cadiz on 23 December 2023 for Puerto Rico and on 10 January 2024 showed up at her home port, PortMiami. On 23 January, the naming function was held and Symbol of the Oceans was dedicated by footballer Lionel Messi. Her authority launch started on 27 January out of PortMiami in the US.
Design
Symbol of the Oceans can be fueled by liquified gaseous petrol (LNG). The boat has six multi-fuel Wärtsilä motors; these can be controlled with both LNG and distillate fuel. Natural gatherings have said that LNG is a seriously harming fuel as it delivers more hurtful ozone depleting substance emissions. The boat contains other elective energy highlights, for example, the utilization of power devices to create power and new water. Symbol of the Oceans is the principal Illustrious Caribbean vessel to utilize such technology. 
Details
Exorbitant interest from energetic cruisers
Interest in the huge boat is certainly high among journey fans.
Colleen McDaniel, supervisor in-head of Voyage Pundit, told CNN Travel that Symbol of the Oceans is the most explored point on the cruising site such a long ways in 2024.
For devoted cruisers, McDaniels said, the greatest buzz around Symbol of the Oceans is the way that it's the primary in a completely new class of boat for Regal Caribbean, which last appeared another class of boat, Quantum Class, in 2014.
"Pondering all that is changed in voyage - and travel - in the beyond 10 years, there are such countless new ideas and choices to be amped up for locally available," McDaniels said, referring to Symbol of the Oceans as "totally notable for the business."
Next up in Imperial Caribbean's Symbol Class of boats is Star of the Oceans, under development in Finland and because of presentation in August 2025 for Caribbean sailings out of Florida's Port Canaveral, close to Orlando, with comparable conveniences to Symbol of the Oceans.
"The uncommon interest for Symbol of the Oceans incited Illustrious Caribbean to open appointments for Star of the Oceans - Symbol's sister transport - 90 days sooner than initially arranged," said an organization representative.
New boat 'neighborhoods'
Symbol of the Oceans' eight different locally available "neighborhoods" are intended to engage cruising's multigenerational socioeconomics as well as travelers with various interests, incorporating families with small children and grown-ups just voyagers.
Contributions inside them range from Imperial Caribbean's most memorable swim-up bar adrift, Swim and Tonic, in the boat's Chill Island area, to The Lemon Post in another family-centered area called Surfside, where visitors can arrange mother and-me and daddy-and-me mixed drinks and mocktails inside strides of a youngster sprinkle region.
While Regal Caribbean was at that point known for its installed areas, which visitors can bob between, McDaniels expressed Symbol of the Oceans has stepped up the idea on this boat.
"In actuality, this boat was made to contend straightforwardly with resorts ashore, especially those that take care of families," she said.
The new boat's most expected to propose for families may be Surfside At hand 7. Designed for families with kids 6 and more youthful, it revolves around a Seussian-looking merry go round for which children settled on a definitive decision on the ride-on characters (a rainbow-toothed narwhal and a pool floatie-style flamingo, among other eccentric animals).
Illustrious Caribbean applied to enlist a brand name for "Symbol of the Oceans" in 2016.[13]
Steel-cutting for Symbol of the Oceans started in June 2021.In October 2021, Illustrious Caribbean declared that the primary LNG tank for the boat was introduced at the Neptun Werft in Rostock, Germany. In December 2021, the drifting motor room unit, including the LNG tanks, was towed to Turku in Finland by tug. The fall was laid in April 2022. In May 2022, Regal Caribbean affirmed that Symbol of the Oceans would be greater than the Desert garden class.
On 19 June 2023, Symbol of the Oceans cruised for the first of her ocean trials. She got back to the Meyer Turku shipyard on 22 June for changes in accordance with her frameworks, and to have inside spaces finished and furnished.
On 27 November 2023, the boat was formally given over to Regal Caribbean, only two months in front of the authority debut from Miami in January 2024.
On 1 December 2023, Symbol of the Oceans passed added to the Incomparable Repertoire Extension in Denmark.The boat moored at the Navantia Shipyard in Cádiz, Spain, for definite equipping work.
The boat left Cadiz on 23 December 2023 for Puerto Rico and on 10 January 2024 showed up at her home port, PortMiami. On 23 January, the naming function was held and Symbol of the Oceans was dedicated by footballer Lionel Messi. Her authority first venture started on 27 January out of PortMiami in the US.