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Source: https://www.instagram.com/thecruiseshipwallysofficial/ Some recent photos of Viva as she gets closer to delivery.

On February 13th Norwegian Viva showed as being in Brindisi, Italy. Does anyone know the ship was actually here during sea trials or if this was an error? I have yet to see any photos of Norwegian Viva out on open waters...

I made this Google Doc to track the Royal fleet. It is quite interesting to see the deployments change over time. Link: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1xkbVVxHetJL1UyJim_ajIofAAv7cTQI4Rn0IGNO-czY/edit?usp=sharing Here is the remainder of 2023.

Yeah this doesn't look right.

Fantastic! Thank you for sharing. I assume that this mega-block will be taken to Fincantieri Marghera? Or will the ship be fully assembled at VARD Tulcea? Thanks!

This is Prima Class #3? What shipyard is this?

Three mega-ships under construction at once for Royal. Exciting times indeed! Would love to collect a list of all of the CruiseCritic threads of ship construction across the various cruise lines. I know Norwegian Viva has a construction thread. Any others I am missing?

Link to the facebook page that will be live-streaming the new ship unveiling at 5:45pm EST: https://www.facebook.com/events/970394354352465/?acontext={"ref"%3A"52"%2C"action_history"%3A"[{\"surface\"%3A\"share_link\"%2C\"mechanism\"%3A\"share_link\"%2C\"extra_data\"%3A{\"invite_link_id\"%3A3421916491370644}}]"}

Viva floating. Source: https://www.instagram.com/thecruiseshipwallysofficial/

Some fantastic photos of Prima in Southampton. Source: https://www.facebook.com/MaritimePhotographic/

Viva's place will be filled by Cunard's next ship "Queen Anne". Queen Anne is already a good bit assembled so it should occupy the dry-dock for much less time than Prima/Viva. Here is Queen Anne in Marghera already. Source: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cg_8gJpoPyd/

Some really great photos of Viva (and Prima). Source: https://www.cruisetricks.de/erste-bilder-und-videos-von-der-norwegian-prima/

The first photos of Norwegian Viva being painted. It has a different design from Prima (though very similar) and different colors. A fair amount of purple can be seen.

Photos from the Utopia of the Seas keel-laying ceremony at Saint-Nazaire. Also, a photo of some Utopia pieces: Sources: Pic 1: https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/tourism/royal-caribbean-completes-keel-laying-for-utopia-of-the-seas Pic 2: https://www.instagram.com/thecruiseshipwallysofficial/ Pic 3: https://twitter.com/LoyaltoRoyal_/status/1541146625384513536/photo/1

Prima is making a visit to the port of Trieste, Italy today. Anyone know why it is stopping here?