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The new year is nearly upon us! Here at Byte Size Cruises we are so excited for the new ships to be released in 2025. We already did a longer post on all of the posts to be released in 2025 and in this post we will focus on only the ones that we are especially excited about. If you want to check out this post on our YouTube channel, click here. Let's get started!
1. The Norwegian Aqua.
The Norwegian Aqua is coming out in March of 2025 and we will be on this ship in August, 2025. We can't wait! This is going to be a Prima Plus class ship. Norwegian has looked at the way passengers have reacted to the previous Prima ships and in response they've made this ship a bit bigger (about 10% larger than the Prima and the Viva) and given passengers more options. On the excitement scale, we are an 8 out of 10 to check out this brand new ship!
2. MSC World America
This new cruise ship is coming out in April of 2025! This is the second world class ship from MSC and it is a huge ship. At double occupancy it holds 5,000 passengers and is almost as large as an Oasis class ship. On this ship there is going to be a lot of neighborhoods, cool restaurants, and some other things that I have never seen on a cruise ship before. We don't know when we will be on World America but this ship is a 9 out of 10 on the excitement scale for when we get there.
3. Star of the Seas by Royal Caribbean.
Star of the Seas is launching August of 2025 and is the second in the Icon class of ships for Royal Caribbean. Now, our team will be on an Icon ship in May of 2025 but it won't be this brand new ship. While we are excited for this ship to be released, we also are aware of how expensive Royal Caribbean cruises have gotten recently so we are hoping the prices will level out soon. While we would love to be on this ship and check out all the new things they've added, we will wait a bit until the cost is more reasonable. For this reason, we are a 4 out of 10 on the excitement meter for this ship.
4. Brilliant Lady by Virgin Voyages
This new ship is coming out in September of 2025 and we will be sailing on this ship by the end of the year out of New York. There isn't a lot of variety on Virgin ships; they all have the same style and venues on board. Since we aren't expecting anything new, this ship lands at a 5 out of 10 on the excitement meter for us.
5. The Star Princess
The Star by Princess Cruises is coming out later in 2025 and we are very excited for this ship. This is a large ship for Princess coming in at 175,000 gross tons, so we know they're branching out and including new and exciting things for passengers. With this one we are at a 7 out of 10 on the excitement meter and we are definitely looking forward to getting on a Princess cruise soon.
There are some other ships coming out in 2025 but these are the ones we are the most excited about. Are you cruising on a new ship in 2025? Let us know! We would love to hear from you.