Legend of the Seas Heads to Cadiz Drydock Before Maiden Voyage
Legend’s Central Park is planned with more than thirty thousand five hundred real plants, with Navantia workers set to prepare its gardens in Dique 4.
Royal Caribbean's newly delivered Legend of the Seas is scheduled to arrive at Navantia's Cadiz shipyard on June 22, 2026, for a five-day drydock before its July 4 maiden voyage from Civitavecchia. The 250,800-gross-ton LNG-powered ship, delivered by Meyer Turku in Finland this month, is expected to undergo final adjustments in Spain before opening its Western Mediterranean season.
The schedule leaves less than two weeks between the planned drydock arrival and the ship's first passenger sailing.
Cadiz work centers on final outfitting
The Cadiz newspaper Diario de Cadiz identified Dique 4 as the planned dock for the shipyard call. The outlet reported that Navantia workers will prepare the gardens and green areas in Legend's Central Park, with additional technical work, inspections and provisioning also planned during the stay.
On Legend, Royal Caribbean's Central Park is an open-air area among the ship's eight neighborhoods and is planned with more than 30,500 real plants. Navantia handled a similar horticultural assignment for Icon of the Seas in late 2023, when the yard installed more than 10,000 live plants aboard the first Icon-class ship.
Delivery put the ship on its startup clock
Royal Caribbean took delivery of Legend of the Seas at Meyer Turku on June 10 during a handover attended by more than 1,200 crew members and partners. The ceremony was led by Royal Caribbean Group Chairman and CEO Jason Liberty, Royal Caribbean International President and CEO Michael Bayley and Meyer Turku CEO Casimir Lindholm.
"Legend of the Seas is the third Icon Class ship built at our shipyard," Lindholm said. He called the vessel "an exceptional project in terms of both scale and technical complexity."
At nearly 365 meters long, Legend carries 2,805 cabins, 5,610 passengers at double occupancy and 2,350 crew. Its diesel-electric plant uses six Wartsila 46TS-DF dual-fuel engines and three 20-MW ABB Azipod units, and the ship's shore-power system allows it to shut down main engines when connected to a local grid while berthed.
Europe first, then Port Everglades
The opening Mediterranean program is built around seven-night cruises from Civitavecchia and Barcelona, with calls in Spain, France and Italy, including Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca, Marseille and La Spezia. After a repositioning voyage to Florida, Legend is scheduled to operate six- to eight-night Caribbean and Bahamas itineraries from Port Everglades.
Royal Caribbean also added a three-night Bahamas cruise from Port Everglades on Nov. 8, 2026, ahead of the previously scheduled Nov. 11 Fort Lauderdale inaugural sailing. Guests already booked on the Nov. 11 cruise were offered options that included keeping their booking or moving to the new sailing, with changed reservations priced at prevailing rates based on availability.
Royal Caribbean's next Icon ships
Following Legend's delivery, Royal Caribbean's orderbook stands at seven ships. Hero of the Seas is scheduled for 2027 as the fourth Icon-class ship, with seven-night Caribbean cruises from PortMiami; the company's longer Meyer Turku framework also covers Icon 5 in 2028 and the sixth and seventh Icon-class ships in 2029 and 2030.
A separate trade and media preview sailing is scheduled to run from Malaga to Rome on June 29.
See current Legend of the Seas fares and itineraries on Cruise Lookup.
