It is a cruise company known for big ships. Let’s find out about this company.

Some History

It was founded in 1968 by 3 Norwegian Shipping companies. They were

• Anders Wilhelmsen and Company
• I.M. Skaugen and Company
• Gotaas Larsen

The first few ships they had were the

• Song of Norway
• Nordic Prince
• Sun Viking

The Song and Prince ships were lengthened. When the Song of America was released in 1982, it was more than twice the size of the Sun Viking. It was the third largest passenger ship behind Norway and Queen Elizabeth 2.

Royal Caribbean leased some coastal property in Labadie, Haiti, in 1986, and this became a private destination for guests.

They did some restructuring and launched Sovereign of the Seas, the largest ship at the time. They also merged with Admiral Cruises. They bought a second private destination, and it is known as CocoCay.

When it went public in 1993, it quickly expanded. They merged with Celebrity Cruises since that was a Greek Cruise line. They changed the name to Royal Caribbean International.

Fleet

Here is a list of ships that Royal Caribbean International has

Vision Class

Voyager Class

Radiance Class

Freedom Class

Oasis Class

Quantum Class

Icon Class

Future Fleet

There are several former fleets, but we won’t worry about it since they aren’t part of the offerings to cruise on.

A lot of ships

You can see that they put out a ship every year and sometimes 2 in a year. They have also got bigger and bigger. Right now, the Icon of the Seas is the biggest at 250,800 Gross tonnage. It looks like Royal Caribbean is the leader at this time.

Ports

They currently have a lot of ports not only in North America but they have international ports as well.

Video

Yep, I did a video on this cruise line