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title: "How much does a cruise ship cost?"
description: "A cruise ship costs 2,000,000,000 $. How that compares to other things, and where the number comes from."
url: https://atoneplace.net/cost/cruise-ship/
site: "At One Place"
---

# How much does a cruise ship cost?

**Typical cost: 2,000,000,000 $**

The largest class of cruise ship in service; figures are for Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas, the biggest afloat.

## How that compares

*Cruise ship against things of a similar money.*

- Hubble Space Telescope: 4,700,000,000 $
- One World Trade Center: 3,900,000,000 $
- Shanghai Tower: 2,400,000,000 $
- Cruise ship: 2,000,000,000 $
- Nuclear submarine: 2,000,000,000 $
- Space Shuttle: 1,600,000,000 $
- Burj Khalifa: 1,500,000,000 $
- Saturn V: 1,230,000,000 $

## How to read this figure

This is a typical purchase price, not a quote. Actual prices move with specification, brand and where you buy.

> Prices are in US dollars and are indicative only. They date faster than anything else on this site — treat them as an order of magnitude. Installation, delivery and tax are excluded unless the note above says otherwise.

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## Common questions

### How much does a cruise ship cost?

A cruise ship costs 2,000,000,000 $.

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