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Port Canaveral Provides Enthusiastic Send Off to World’s Largest Cruise Ship Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas

By  //  August 18, 2025

ship begins sailing week-long cruises to The Bahamas and eastern and western Caribbean

Star of the Seas wave out event from Port Canaveral’s Jetty Park. (Canaveral Port Authority Image)

BREVARD COUNTY • PORT CANAVERAL, FLORIDA – Port Canaveral’s Jetty Park shoreline was filled with hundreds of park visitors, campers, and beachgoers providing an enthusiastic send-off to the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, as she embarked from the Port on her maiden voyage Saturday afternoon.

The multitude of cruise fans had assembled at the Port’s popular recreational facility to join in the “Star-Studded Sailabration” – complete with custom branded “wave-out” banners and oversized signage – to bid “bon voyage” to Star of the Seas guests and crew members who were aboard the Port’s newest homeported ship for the inaugural sailing.

Port Canaveral’s Jetty Park shoreline was filled with hundreds of park visitors, campers, and beachgoers providing an enthusiastic send-off to the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, as she embarked from the Port on her maiden voyage Saturday afternoon.

Escorted by Canaveral Fire Rescue’s Fireboat 2 and tugboats, Christine S from E.N. Bisso and the Patriot from Marine Towing of Port Canaveral, providing a traditional maritime water cannon salute, Star of the Seas was the new “starlet” in a parade of cruise ships departing Port Canaveral that afternoon, including Royal Caribbean’s Adventure of the Seas, Carnival Cruise Line’s Mardi Gras and Freedom, the Disney Treasure, and the Norwegian Aqua.

Star of the Seas wave out event from Port Canaveral’s Jetty Park. (Canaveral Port Authority Image)

The free “Party in the Park” was organized by the Port as a celebration of cruising for the Port community to enjoy a day of family-friendly fun with food trucks, a DJ, a bubble machine, themed giveaways and more. “Star-Studded Sailabration” participants could also have their photo taken with a real-life DeLorean car inspired by Star of the Seas’ new “Back to the Future: The Musical,” and featured in the beloved 1985 film.

After returning from her inaugural four-day voyage, Star of the Seas will be officially christened during an invitation-only naming ceremony aboard the ship while she is docked at Port Canaveral’s Cruise Terminal 1.

The ship will begin sailing week-long cruises to The Bahamas and eastern and western Caribbean at the end of the month.

Port Canaveral’s Jetty Park shoreline was filled with hundreds of park visitors, campers, and beachgoers providing an enthusiastic send-off to the world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Star of the Seas, as she embarked from the Port on her maiden voyage Saturday afternoon. (Canaveral Port Authority Image)
The multitude of cruise fans had assembled at the Port’s popular recreational facility to join in the “Star-Studded Sailabration” – complete with custom branded “wave-out” banners and oversized signage – to bid “bon voyage” to Star of the Seas guests and crew members who were aboard the Port’s newest homeported ship for the inaugural sailing. (Canaveral Port Authority Image)