How Much Does Star of the Seas Cost? 2026 Pricing Guide

Royal Caribbean's second Icon-class ship sails one itinerary type: 7-night Caribbean cruises from Port Canaveral. That makes pricing analysis unusually clean — every sailing is the same product, same ship, same length.

We've tracked 40,560 fares across 123 Star of the Seas sailings since October 2025. If you've read our Icon of the Seas pricing guide, the short version: standard cabins cost nearly the same on both ships. The differences are in suites, seasonality, and booking behavior. For the full side-by-side, see our Icon vs Star price comparison.

This guide focuses on Star specifically — what each room type actually costs, which months are cheapest, and what price you should book at.

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Star of the Seas Itinerary and Routing

Every Star of the Seas sailing is a 7-night Caribbean cruise departing Port Canaveral, Florida. Royal Caribbean runs two rotation patterns:

• Eastern Caribbean: CocoCay (Perfect Day) → St. Thomas → St. Maarten
• Western Caribbean: CocoCay (Perfect Day) → Cozumel → Costa Maya

Every sailing includes a stop at CocoCay, Royal Caribbean's private island. Port Canaveral is about 45 minutes from Orlando — making Star the default Icon-class option for anyone combining a cruise with a theme park trip.

This single-itinerary setup means pricing is straightforward. You're not comparing 3-night getaways to 9-night voyages. It's always the same product: 7 nights, Caribbean, Port Canaveral. The only variables are cabin type, season, and how far out you book.

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Star of the Seas Rooms: What Each Cabin Type Costs

Here's what Star of the Seas cabin prices look like across all 40,560 tracked fares. For the full room-by-room breakdown with P25/P75 thresholds per season, see our Star of the Seas room prices guide. For context on where these sit in the broader market, see our average cruise prices breakdown.

All figures are per-person, double occupancy. "For Two" is the total cabin cost for a week before taxes, fees, and onboard spending. The "Good Price" column is the 25th percentile — 75% of observed prices are higher than this threshold.

A note on suites. The $579 median excludes specialty inventory like Star Class suites, which can run $2,500+/night. Those outliers push the raw average to $663 — a number that doesn't reflect what most suite shoppers actually pay.

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Seasonal Pricing: When Star of the Seas Is Cheapest

Seasonality is the single biggest lever on Star of the Seas prices. Fall departures run 15-25% less than spring and summer across every cabin type. If you have any flexibility on travel dates, this is where the savings are.

Inside Cabins

Inside rooms are the steadiest category on the ship — low volatility, predictable pricing.

At $201/night, a fall inside cabin runs $54/night less than summer — a $756 difference for two guests. That's significant if you don't need to travel during school breaks.

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Oceanview Cabins

Oceanview sits between inside and balcony at $256/night median. Limited inventory on Star compared to older ships.

The fall-to-winter jump is the steepest of any cabin type — $66/night, nearly 30%. You're paying $23/night more than inside for a window. Whether that's worth it depends on your priorities, but the pricing patterns track closely to inside cabins.

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Balcony and Infinite Balcony Cabins

Star of the Seas features Royal Caribbean's Infinite Balcony design across many balcony staterooms — a floor-to-ceiling window wall where the upper portion opens to let in air. These are priced in the same category as traditional balcony cabins.

Spring is the most expensive balcony season — $52/night more than fall, adding $728 to a 7-night booking for two. Spring break demand from the Orlando market drives this. When Royal Caribbean drops spring balcony prices back to $280/night, that's not a sale — that's what every other season costs.

Family of 4 estimate: A 7-night balcony sailing at typical pricing runs $3,900–$4,400 total for four guests (roughly double the per-person rate).

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Suites

Suite pricing on Star shows the most dramatic seasonal swings and the most volatility of any cabin type.

Two things stand out here. First, fall and holiday suites are priced identically — $487 vs $484. You're not paying a holiday premium for suites. That's unusual across the industry and worth noting if you want a suite during the holidays.

Second, winter suites cost $251/night more than fall — a $3,514 difference for two guests. That's nearly enough to pay for a second inside cabin on the same sailing.

Suite volatility runs at 87.2% CV, driven partly by specialty suites that can spike above $11,000/night. Standard suites are more predictable, but still swing harder than any other room type.

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When to Book Star of the Seas

Book 180+ days out. The data across all booking windows is clear, and it's even more pronounced on Star than across the broader market. For the month-by-month timing breakdown and seasonal booking strategies, see when to book Star of the Seas.

Once you cross inside 180 days, inside and balcony prices jump 16-17% and never come back down. The slight dip at 0-60 days for standard cabins is misleading — at that point you're choosing from leftover inventory in less desirable cabin locations.

Suites punish late booking the hardest. A 60% premium at 0-60 days means paying $303/night more than the 180+ day price. On a 7-night sailing for two, that's an extra $4,242.

Should you wait for a price drop? Probably not. We detected 286 price drops versus 388 price increases across all tracked fares. When prices do drop, the average decrease is 15.2% — but increases average 19.0%. The math doesn't favor waiting. If you're at or below the good price thresholds in the table above, book with confidence.

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Are There Deals on Star of the Seas?

Almost never. Out of 320 deal candidates our scoring algorithm evaluated, only 11 scored 75 or above on our 0-100 scale. Just 2 hit 90+ — both suites.

Royal Caribbean doesn't need to discount Star. Demand from Port Canaveral's Orlando market keeps cabins full. That doesn't mean you can't get a fair price — it means the opportunity is in booking the right season at the right time, not waiting for a 40% flash sale that isn't coming. For a full comparison of whether the Star premium is justified, see is Star of the Seas worth it.

The best deals we've ever tracked on Star:

• Inside: $141/night (Nov 30, 2025 — 33% below market)
• Balcony: $177/night (holiday season — 34% below market)
• Suite: $502/night (Nov 9, 2025 — 72% below market, score: 100)

All three were last-minute fall sailings. The pattern is consistent: the rare deals cluster around fall departures close to sail date. But "rare" is the key word — you can't plan around them.

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How to Track Star of the Seas Prices

Checking a Star of the Seas price once tells you almost nothing. Prices change constantly, and without context you can't tell if $260/night for a balcony is a good price or an average one. (It's good — that's below the 25th percentile.)

For Star of the Seas price history and current trends, check the Star of the Seas ship page. To track specific sailings and get scored automatically, Cruise Radar evaluates every fare on a 0-100 scale based on 2.6M+ price snapshots across 75+ ships — the score appears right on the booking page so you'll know whether the price you're seeing is actually good.

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How We Collected This Data

This analysis draws from 40,560 fare snapshots across 123 unique sailings tracked October 2025 through February 2026. All sailings are 7-night Caribbean departures from Port Canaveral. Percentile thresholds reflect the distribution of all observed prices, giving you a benchmark for whether a given quote is above or below typical. For our full data collection and scoring methodology, see how it works.

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Pricing data by All Aboard Analytics. Updated February 2026.