Royal Caribbean International celebrated the first steel cutting for the new Project Sunshine ships. Furthering the cruise line’s next ship generation, the cutting took place at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, where the two ships will be built.

In celebrating the event, Royal Caribbean also announced the names of the two ships-Quantum of the Seas, debuting in fall 2014, and Anthem of the Seas, which will follow in spring 2015. The two ships will make up part of the Quantum ship class.
“We are extremely excited to celebrate this important milestone for our first Project Sunshine ship. After three years of design and advance planning this is the first step of the construction of the ship and I look forward to seeing it all come together in the coming months,” says Adam Goldstein, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International. “The new ship will be such a leap forward in terms of vessel design and guest experiences that we thought the name Quantum of the Seas was perfectly appropriate.”
Additional details about Quantum of the Seas will be unveiled in the coming months.
