New cruise ships on order 2016

Here at World of Cruising we aim to keep you up-to-date on all cruise ship news which is why we have put together this definitive guide on all the cruise ships currently on order by cruise lines around the world.

2016

Carnival Cruise Line

• Name: Carnival Vista
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: April 2016
• Gross tonnage: 133,500
• Passenger capacity: 3,954
• Further reading: behind the scenes; Carnival returns to Europe; coin ceremony

Dream Cruises (Genting Hong Kong)

• Name: Genting Dream
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: November 2016
• Gross tonnage: 150,000
• Passenger capacity: 3,400

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

• Name: Seven Seas Explorer
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: June 2016
• Gross tonnage: 54,000
• Passenger capacity: 738
• Further reading: final countdown; new pan-Asian restaurant; spa facilities; preview images; exclusive food tours

Royal Caribbean International

• Name: Ovation of the Seas
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: April 2016
• Gross tonnage: 168,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,180
• Further reading: heading to China

• Name: Harmony of the Seas
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: May 2016
• Gross tonnage: 227,700
• Passenger capacity: 5,400
• Further reading: complete entertainment line-up; ten-storey slide; sports equipment; panoramic art; new splash park; float-out photographs; Harmony of the Seas itineraries; Oasis 3 receives new name

Seabourn

• Name: Seabourn Encore
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2016
• Gross tonnage: 40,350
• Passenger capacity: 604
• Further reading: Grand Wintergarden Suites design revealed; suite designs; itineraries go on sale; steel-cutting ceremony; keel laying ceremony; exterior renderings revealed

TUI Cruises

• Name: Mein Schiff 5
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: June 2016
• Gross tonnage: 99,700
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

2017

AIDA Cruises

• Name: AIDAperla
• Shipyard: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries
• Delivery expected: Originally March 2016, delayed until 2017
• Gross tonnage: 124,500
• Passenger capacity: 3,300

Dream Cruises (Genting Hong Kong)

• Name: World Dream
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: November 2017
• Gross tonnage: 150,000
• Passenger capacity: 3,400

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Washington State
• Delivery expected: Second quarter 2017
• Gross tonnage: to be confirmed
• Passenger capacity: 100
• Further reading: announcement

MSC Cruises

• Name: MSC Meraviglia
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: May 2017
• Gross tonnage: 167,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,500
• Further reading: itineraries released; construction begins

• Name: MSC Seaside
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: November 2017
• Gross tonnage: 154,000
• Passenger capacity: 4,140
• Further reading: MSC Seaside to home-port in Miami; steel-cutting ceremony

Norwegian Cruise Line

• Name: Norwegian Joy, 喜悦号 in Chinese (originally was to be named Norwegian Bliss)
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Spring 2017
• Gross tonnage: 164,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,200
• Further reading: Steel cutting ceremony; China home-port announced; Norwegian Joy named

Princess Cruises

• Name: Majestic Princess / 盛世公主号 (Shèng Shì Gōng Zhǔ Haò)
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: April 2017
• Gross tonnage: 143,000
• Passenger capacity: 3,560
• Further reading: Announcement; Europe itineraries; Captains announced

Silversea Cruises

• Name: Silver Muse
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: April 2017
• Gross tonnage: 40,700
• Passenger capacity: 596

Star Clippers

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Brodosplit
• Delivery expected: Winter 2017
• Gross tonnage: 8,770
• Passenger capacity: 300

TUI Cruises

• Name: Mein Schiff 6
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: Winter 2017
• Gross tonnage: 99,700
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

Viking Ocean Cruises

• Name: Viking Sky
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: January 2017
• Gross tonnage: 47,800
• Passenger capacity: 930

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: late 2017
• Gross tonnage: 47,800
• Passenger capacity: 930
• Further reading: order placed

2018

Carnival Cruise Line

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Spring 2018
• Gross tonnage: 133,500
• Passenger capacity: 3,954

Celebrity Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2018
• Gross tonnage: 117,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,900

Crystal Cruises

• Name: Crystal Endeavor
• Shipyard: Lloyd Werft
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2018
• Gross tonnage: 25,000
• Passenger capacity: 200
• Further reading: Announcement

Holland America Line

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2018
• Gross tonnage: 99,500
• Passenger capacity: 2,650

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Nichols Brothers Boat Builders, Whidbey Island, Washington State
• Delivery expected: 2018
• Gross tonnage: to be confirmed
• Passenger capacity: 100
• Further reading: announcement

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; Seaside class
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: May 2018
• Gross tonnage: 154,000
• Passenger capacity: 4,140

Norwegian Cruise Line

• Name: to be confirmed; Breakaway-Plus class
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Spring 2018
• Gross tonnage: 164,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,200

Ponant

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Vard
• Delivery expected: Summer 2018
• Gross tonnage: 10,000
• Passenger capacity: 184
• Further reading: announcement

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Vard
• Delivery expected: Autumn/Winter 2018
• Gross tonnage: 10,000
• Passenger capacity: 184
• Further reading: announcement

Royal Caribbean International

• Name: to be confirmed; Oasis-class; codenamed “Oasis 4”
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: Winter 2018
• Gross tonnage: 227,700
• Passenger capacity: 5,400
• Further reading: steel-cutting ceremony

Seabourn

• Name: Seabourn Ovation
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Winter 2018
• Gross tonnage: 40,350
• Passenger capacity: 604

Scenic Ocean Cruises

• Name: Scenic Eclipse
• Shipyard: Uljanik Group, Croatia
• Delivery expected: 31 August 2018
• Gross tonnage: 16,500
• Passenger capacity: 228
• Further reading: announcement

TUI Cruise

• Name: Mein Schiff 7
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: Winter 2018
• Gross tonnage: 99,700
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

Viking Ocean Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2018
• Gross tonnage: 47,800
• Passenger capacity: 930
• Further reading: order placed

2019

AIDA Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Winter 2019
• Gross tonnage: 180,000
• Passenger capacity: 5,000
• Further reading: announcement

Costa Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: Winter 2019
• Gross tonnage: 180,000
• Passenger capacity: 5,000
• Further reading: announcement

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2019
• Gross tonnage: 135,500
• Passenger capacity: 4,200
• Further reading: announcement

Crystal Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; Exclusive-class vessel
• Shipyard: Lloyd Werft
• Delivery expected: 2019; pushed back from late 2018
• Gross tonnage: 99,000
• Passenger capacity: 1,000
• Further reading: Announcement

Lindblad Expeditions-National Geographic

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: to be confirmed
• Delivery expected: 2019
• Gross tonnage: to be confirmed
• Passenger capacity: to be confirmed

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; Meraviglia class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: early 2019
• Gross tonnage: 167,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,500

• Name: to be confirmed; Meraviglia-Plus class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: October 2019
• Gross tonnage: 177,100
• Passenger capacity: 6,300 (max)
• Further reading: order placed

Norwegian Cruise Line

• Name: to be confirmed; Breakaway-Plus class
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2019
• Gross tonnage: 164,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,200

P&O Cruises Australia

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2019
• Gross tonnage: 135,500
• Passenger capacity: 4,200
• Further reading: announcement

Ponant

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Vard
• Delivery expected: Spring 2019
• Gross tonnage: 10,000
• Passenger capacity: 184
• Further reading: announcement

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Vard
• Delivery expected: Summer 2019
• Gross tonnage: 10,000
• Passenger capacity: 184
• Further reading: announcement

Princess Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed, Royal Princess class
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: late 2019
• Gross tonnage: 143,700
• Passenger capacity: 3,560
• Further reading: announcement

Royal Caribbean International

• Name: to be confirmed; Quantum class
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Spring 2019
• Gross tonnage: 168,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,180

Saga Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Summer 2019
• Gross tonnage: 55,900
• Passenger capacity: less than 1,000
• Further information: announcement

TUI Cruises

• Name: Mein Schiff 8
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: Winter 2019
• Gross tonnage: 99,700
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

Virgin Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2019
• Gross tonnage: 110,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,800
• Further reading: company formation

2020

AIDA Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Winter 2020
• Gross tonnage: 180,000
• Passenger capacity: 5,000

Celebrity Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: Winter 2020
• Gross tonnage: 117,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,900

Costa Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Turku
• Delivery expected: Winter 2020
• Gross tonnage: 180,000
• Passenger capacity: 5,000

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2020
• Gross tonnage: 135,500
• Passenger capacity: 4,200
• Further reading: announcement

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; Meraviglia-Plus class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: September 2020
• Gross tonnage: 177,100
• Passenger capacity: 6,300 (max)
• Further reading: order placed

Princess Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed, Royal Princess class
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2020
• Gross tonnage: 143,700
• Passenger capacity: 3,560

Regent Seven Seas Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; Explorer class
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2020
• Gross tonnage: 54,000
• Passenger capacity: 738

Royal Caribbean International

• Name: to be confirmed; Quantum class
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: Autumn 2020
• Gross tonnage: 168,600
• Passenger capacity: 4,180

Viking Ocean Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: 2020
• Gross tonnage: 47,800
• Passenger capacity: 930
• Further reading: order placed

Virgin Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected:Spring 2020
• Gross tonnage: 110,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,800

2021

Disney Cruise Line

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: 2021
• Gross tonnage: 135,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

Saga Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: 2021
• Gross tonnage: 55,900
• Passenger capacity: less than 1,000
• Further information: announcement

Virgin Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Fincantieri
• Delivery expected: Spring 2021
• Gross tonnage: 110,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,800

2022

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; World-class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: 2022
• Gross tonnage: 200,000+
• Passenger capacity: 5,400

2023

Disney Cruise Line

• Name: to be confirmed
• Shipyard: Meyer Werft
• Delivery expected: 2023
• Gross tonnage: 135,000
• Passenger capacity: 2,500

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2024

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; World-class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: 2022
• Gross tonnage: 200,000+
• Passenger capacity: 5,400

2025

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; World-class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: 2022
• Gross tonnage: 200,000+
• Passenger capacity: 5,400

2026

MSC Cruises

• Name: to be confirmed; World-class
• Shipyard: STX France
• Delivery expected: 2022
• Gross tonnage: 200,000+
• Passenger capacity: 5,400

(Photo credit to Carnival Cruise Line)