Dangle over the edge of Anthem of the Seas

Are you ready to soar hundreds of feet above the sea?

Modeled on the London Eye, the North Star takes passengers more than 300 feet above sea level in a glass capsule dangling over the edge of Royal Caribbean's Anthem of the Seas.

The 168,666-ton Anthem of the Seas is a sister ship to Royal Caribbean's much-ballyhooed Quantum of the Seas, which debuted in October with a number of first-for-the-industry features including the North Star and a bar with robot bartenders.

See Anthem of the Seas like you never imagined in this stunning aerial video.

The ships are being billed as the most technologically advanced cruise vessels ever. They boast super speedy Internet (a first for the cruise industry) and an all-digital check-in process that is cutting sidewalk-to-ship boarding times to under 10 minutes. Other gee-whiz features include the first skydiving simulators at sea and the first bumper cars at sea.

Anthem and Quantum are the third and fourth largest cruise vessels ever built, smaller in size only to two other Royal Caribbean ships: Four-year-old Allure of the Seas and five-year-old Oasis of the Seas.

With the addition of Anthem, Royal Caribbean now has 23 vessels.

Anthem will be christened on April 20 in front of more than 1,000 invited guests. The ship will home port in Southampton through October for sailings to the Mediterranean and Canary Islands before permanently moving to the New York area. It'll sail out New Jersey's Cape Liberty Cruise Port to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Canada and New England.