The vessel will contain 200 permanent residences over 15 decks. Floor plans start out at US$3.7 million for a 1,400 sq ft, two-bedroom, two-bath apartment to US$6 million for 6,600 sq ft four-bedroom, three-bath home. All are customisable according to the buyer's wishes - one Asian family ordered a 40,000 sq ft home on the ship, costing about US$140 million.
No extravagance is spared. It provides an array of cuisines from three restaurants, a gym, pool and spa, a 535-seat movie theatre, an art gallery with both permanent and rotating collections, and a casino. It also boasts the services of a concierge, personal shoppers, a resident art historian and medical team. There will even be a longevity clinic that will perform stem cell and cosmetic procedures.
Utopia chairman David Robb says the ship will be the most luxurious vessel in the world.
"That's without question. If you look at the specifications, the materials, cost per square foot, all the metrics add up to the highest quality to date in the world. Our service level will rival the finest resorts and hotels due to the investment in the personnel and investment training that we're doing."
Utopia's residents should expect to spend three quarters of the year in port attending the world's major cultural events such as the running of the bulls in Pamplona, docking in Cannes for its yearly film festival and enjoying the New Year's Eve fireworks display in Sydney's Darling Harbour. Robb says this will allow their residents to live as if they have multiple waterfront homes around the world.
The ship's "enrichment team" will organise a full schedule of lectures and workshops aboard the ship - a talk from a Wimbledon champion, for example.