Editor’s Note: Sign up for Unlocking the World, CNN Travel’s weekly newsletter. The new cruise eraConstruction is complete on the world’s biggest cruise ship, which is expected to set sail in Caribbean waters in January 2024. Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas is nearly 1,200 feet long and will be home to the world’s largest waterpark at sea. China’s first homegrown large cruise ship, the Adora Magic City, recently undocked in Shanghai after four years of construction. And finally, an electric cruise ship with enormous solar sails is set to launch in 2030.

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