Is Star of the Seas Worth It? What the Pricing Data Says

The short answer: you're paying a 51-62% premium over Oasis-class ships for the same Caribbean itinerary — but Star occasionally produces deals that Icon never does. That's what 40,560 tracked fares reveal when you compare Star of the Seas to every other Royal Caribbean ship in our database.

Whether that premium is worth it depends entirely on what you value. Here's what the data says.

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The Premium, in Actual Dollars

Star of the Seas is the most expensive ship in Royal Caribbean's fleet for suites, and the second most expensive for standard cabins (behind Legend of the Seas, which runs Alaska itineraries). Here's the gap versus Oasis-class.

Oasis-class average includes Oasis, Allure, Harmony, Symphony, and Wonder of the Seas. Based on all-season medians.

The suite premium is the steepest. At $576/night versus $356/night, you're paying $220 more per person per night for a Star suite compared to Oasis-class. On a 7-night cruise for two, that's $3,080 in additional fare — before drink packages or gratuities.

This is the opposite of Icon. Icon's suites carry the smallest percentage premium over Oasis-class (26%). Star's suites carry the largest (62%). If you're a suite buyer, that gap matters. For the full suite comparison, see our Icon vs Star price analysis.

For cabin-type-specific seasonal breakdowns, see our Star of the Seas room prices guide.

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How Star Stacks Up Across the Fleet

To understand Star's pricing in context, here's where it falls among Royal Caribbean's 7-night balcony medians and ships from other lines in the same range.

Star sits in a narrow band between $260-$300/night that includes Icon, Celebrity Edge, and Norwegian Encore. If you're cross-shopping those ships, Star's pricing is competitive. If you're comparing it to Oasis-class ships, the gap is substantial.

Star is $5/night more than Icon for balcony. That's $70 total for a 7-night trip for two — essentially identical. Your departure port matters more than the ship. Star sails from Port Canaveral (near Orlando). Icon sails from Miami. Pick the port that's more convenient. We mapped the full Icon-class cost-per-night comparison across the fleet.

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Star Actually Produces Deals — Unlike Icon

This is the data point that surprised us. Star of the Seas has produced better deal scores than Icon of the Seas, despite being newer.

Active deal candidates (non-rejected) across all cabin types.

Star has scored a perfect 100 twice. Icon's best day is 79. Star has produced 2 pro-level deals (90+) — Icon has produced zero. That's a meaningful difference for deal hunters.

But don't plan around it. Three total non-rejected deals is still a tiny number. The deals that did appear were fall suites — consistent with the pattern that Star's rare discounts cluster around off-peak suite inventory. You can't reliably wait for them.

For context on how we score fares and what these thresholds mean, see our deal scoring methodology.

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The Season Lever Is Your Only Real Discount

Since Star rarely discounts in the traditional sense, the biggest pricing lever you have is when you sail.

Fall is the clear winner across every cabin type. A fall balcony at $257/night costs $52/night less than a spring balcony at $309/night. Over 7 nights for two guests, that's $728 in savings.

Winter suites are surprisingly expensive. At $670/night, winter suites cost nearly as much as spring ($678). This is unusual — most ships offer a winter discount on suites. The Port Canaveral market keeps winter suite demand strong.

For the full seasonal timing guide, see when to book Star of the Seas. We broke down every cabin type and season combination in our Star of the Seas room prices guide.

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Price Spikes Outnumber Drops

We detected 674 price anomalies on Star of the Seas across our tracking period. The direction skews up, not down.

57.5% of anomalies are price spikes. Only 42.5% are drops. And the magnitude tells a more important story:

Suite spikes average 31.9%. When suite prices move up, they move up aggressively. When they come down, the average decline is 19.7% — meaningful, but far smaller than the typical spike.

What this means practically: If you see a Star price you like today, it's statistically more likely to go up tomorrow than down. And if it does drop, the average decline won't offset a spike that happened the week before. This is similar to how Icon prices behave — Icon-class ships in general hold their pricing.

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The Math on Alternatives

A balcony cabin on Wonder of the Seas (Oasis-class) averages $207/night. The same cabin type on Star costs $276/night. That's $69/night more, or $966 for two guests over 7 nights.

What $966 buys you instead:

• A beverage package for both guests at sale pricing
• WiFi for the entire cruise plus two specialty dining experiences
• Nearly half the cost of a shore excursion package

The honest take: If you've never sailed a mega-ship and want the newest, biggest vessel sailing from Port Canaveral, Star delivers. The premium is the price of admission to the latest generation of cruise ship.

If you've sailed Oasis-class before and the Caribbean itinerary is what you're after, Wonder or Allure at $69-119/night less buys nearly the same vacation — plus enough savings to upgrade your onboard experience significantly.

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Bottom Line

Star of the Seas is Royal Caribbean's most expensive ship for suites and the second most expensive for standard cabins. Based on 40,560 tracked fares, the ship commands a 51-62% premium over Oasis-class ships.

The surprise is that Star occasionally produces real deals — something Icon has never done. But "occasionally" means 3 total qualifying fares in our tracking history. Don't plan around it.

Book fall, book early, and use the price thresholds in our Star pricing guide to know whether the price you're seeing is actually good.

Cruise Radar scores every fare 0-100 based on 2.6M+ price snapshots, then shows you the score right on the booking page — so you'll know whether any Star price you find is worth booking.

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Methodology

This analysis draws from 40,560 price snapshots across 123 unique Star sailings tracked October 2025 through February 2026. Fleet comparisons use our broader database of 2.6M+ snapshots across 9 cruise lines and 75+ ships. Deal scores compare each fare to its ship-specific baseline — Star is always scored against Star, never mixed with other ships. For our full methodology, see how it works.

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Pricing data by All Aboard Analytics. Updated February 2026.