Similarly, Royal Caribbean has alluded to plans for a smaller class of ships to replace some of its aging vessels. Since 2023, Royal Caribbean's top executives have been suggesting that their team has a smaller class of ships in development called the Discovery class.

Disney Cruise Line announced Friday that three of its future ships in its expansion to a fleet of 13 in the next seven years will be smaller than all but its original two vessels.

Surpassing the Wish-class ships, another new Disney cruise ship, the Disney Adventure, will set sail from Singapore in December as the largest Disney Cruise Line ship by far. At 2