The world's largest cruise ship is being demolished without having completed a single voyage.

It's been dubbed the "monster of the seas that never was."

An unnamed cruise ship of near-record size that was being built in Germany for an Asia-focused cruise operator will be demolished before making a single journey. 

The liquidators for the bankrupt MV Werften shipyard in Warnemunde, Germany, will demolish the majority of the half-finished ship and try to resell parts of its systems and engines

The ship, known as Global Dream 2, and a sister ship, also under construction at the MV Werften shipyard, were meant to carry over 9,000 people, making them the world's largest cruise ships by passenger capacity.

When completed, the vessels would have tied for the sixth-largest cruise ships in the world, barely behind Royal Caribbean's five revolutionary Oasis-class ships, at 208,000 tonnes each.

Both ships were ordered by Asia-based Dream Cruises, which, along with its parent firm Genting Hong Kong, went bankrupt earlier this year as a result of COVID-19 pandemic-related shutdowns. 

The MV Werften shipyard, as well as the Asia-based Star Cruises and luxury line Crystal Cruises, were all owned by Genting Hong Kong.
Both of these cruise lines are being phased out, similar to Dream Cruises. 

Global Dream 2, the sister ship to Global Dream 2, is still under construction and will not be scrapped for the time being.
The MV Werften shipyard's liquidators have been trying to sell the vessel, which is around 80 percent complete.

Both of the ships were created with Asian tourists in mind.

The two ships were to have the world's largest cinemas at sea, with eight theatres each, as well as the first theme parks atop a cruise ship, with the world's longest roller coasters.
Only one ship, Carnival Cruise Line's Mardi Gras, has a roller coaster on its upper deck at the moment.