The largest cruise ship in the world Symphony of the Seas(Symphony of the Seas) of the Royal Caribbean company (photo in the article), went on his first trip in April 2018. Prices are promised to be low, the duration of cruises is from 8 days
In April 2018 (Symphony of the Seas) - the largest liner in the world, the Royal Caribbean company, set off on its first trip.
For 2020 - the liner is still the largest on the planet
Extensive first trip program
The Mediterranean Sea became the liner's habitat for the whole summer. Tourists will enjoy and get a lot of impressions from visiting cities and countries of the coastal zone. Ports of Barcelona, Palma de Mallorca. Spain, Florence, Pisa, Rome, Italy. November 24 - milestone. When the liner switches to a permanent Miami route for the purpose of cruising. The Eastern and Western Caribbean have been designated as a place of permanent navigation.
For information to interested people: the duration of such cruises is 8 days.
Schedule of liner tours for the next dates
What surprises and amazes the imagination
A tourist liner can be called a small sea town. He is able to take on board 5500 travelers. They will be located in 2775 cabins for two. Passengers have the opportunity to take a walk on 16 decks cruise liner.
Just imagine the scale of this cruise ship, its length 362 meters, while the Eiffel Tower is 324 meters, and the infamous Titanic is only 291 meters.
For clarity, we compared them together:
Information for gourmets
A special culinary program has been developed for the cruise ship. More than 20 restaurants will implement the program. Restaurants are located in 7 zones of the giant liner.
Let's take the Hooked restaurant as an example. The menu of this restaurant will offer tourists seafood and oyster dishes. During lunch and dinner, passengers have a great opportunity to admire the wonderful views of the open sea: the restaurant is located at the head of the liner. This area is called the Solarium.
Delicious tacos, burritos, and other tasty treats await at El Loco Fresh Mexican, featuring the wonders of Mexican cuisine.
The Sports Zone is the location of the Playmakers Sports Bar Arcade restaurant. 100 seats of this restaurant will always be occupied by fans to watch and cheer for a football or hockey team in a live broadcast. They offer 30 TVs, which are conveniently located in the hall for comfortable viewing from anywhere.
The bar on the Boardwalk will become a place of pilgrimage for lovers of wings, delicious burgers, craft beer, and play your favorite computer game. A great variety of slot machines are at the service of thrill-seekers around the clock.
All restaurants will present themselves with an updated culinary program, the main goal of which is to deliver complete travel satisfaction to their customers. The extensive possibilities presented for food enjoyment will fully cope with the set goals, and turn the trip into a memorable event.
The use of nanotechnology
The wishes of lovers of extreme recreation are taken into account. High-tech achievements are used on the liner. For this purpose, a laser tag will be installed on the liner. Special Effects: An arena will emerge in the reality TV genre that will unfold a fierce battle between good and evil. The goal is lofty and noble: to save from death an unknown planet, lost in an endless galaxy.
For tourists who want to test themselves in the struggle for life, they can test themselves in a team fight: they must get out of the submarine before the time when it must surely die. All participants will successfully acquire not only unforgettable experience but also get a certain share of life experience.
For the convenience of passengers
When registering on the liner, there are no queues. For this to happen, innovative achievements are taken into account. Face recognition, barcodes, beacons - these are the achievements that simplify check-in and make it hassle-free for passengers.
Guests are given the option of registering through the Royal Caribbean mobile app and uploading their personal details at home to register on the ship. Arriving on the ship, they only go through a security check and immediately go to the cabin intended for them.
Services welcome guests on board the giant liner, all the achievements and technologies that each of the guests are accustomed to at home are provided. They will be able to take advantage of various navigation methods and the fastest internet.
Why you should travel:
- The ship is equipped with everything necessary for a great holiday;
- The use of high technologies for organizing the life of tourists;
- A huge choice for every tourist of opportunities for recreation;
- A unique nutrition program and the ability to choose any cuisine;
- An interesting travel program: there is an opportunity to visit famous historical places;
- In fact, it is not expensive compared to other liners.
Video tour of the largest liner in the world
Royal company Caribbean International”instructed Finnish shipbuilders to build a completely new class of passenger liners that can hold the palm for many years. This is how the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" was born, which was launched as the largest passenger ship in the world on October 28, 2009. In addition, the liner won first place in another nomination, as the most expensive ship on the planet. $1.24 billion was spent on its construction, the average cost of staying in the port of such a vessel will cost the owners $230,000.
Liners of the new class "Genesis" the first-born "Oasis of the Seas" and already under construction "Allure of the Seas" surpassed its predecessor "Freedom of the Seas" and became 21 m longer, 8.5 m wider and almost 43 percent heavier .
Passenger ships of the Genesis project have become truly remarkable liners. From bold design to a plethora of innovations and technological advances in passenger amenities, all of which will now help attract new customers for an unforgettable sea voyage.
The liner "Oasis of the Seas" has absorbed all the best that is on the ships of the company "Royal Caribbean International". His first voyage on December 05, 2009 will take place on a grand scale, including the most luxurious party at sea. For its guests, this is an amazing sea voyage, and for the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship, it is the readiness to withstand any threat: hurricanes, giant waves, and even contagious diseases.
The ship was built by the STX Europe shipbuilding company specifically for Royal Caribbean International, the construction of the Oasis of the Seas cost £ 855 million. The length of the vessel is 361 meters, the width is 66, and its highest point rises 72 meters above the water surface . The displacement of the liner is 225 thousand tons. Oasis is 40% larger than any other cruise ship in the world. The ship, five times the size of the Titanic, can accommodate 6,360 passengers and 2,160 crew on sixteen decks in 2,704 cabins. By the way, the new liner is 2 times larger than the previous record holder - Queen Mary II.
The vessel is equipped with 6 Wärtsilä engines - three 12-cylinder and three 16-cylinder. Together, its power plants generate 96 MW of power, which allows the ship to reach speeds of up to 22.6 knots. The new owners of the ship were very surprised to learn that the Oasis had four more onboard cabins than planned.
New safety practices and design features that are completely new to cruising have made the Oasis of the Seas one of the most anticipated cruise ships in history. The ship has so-called telescopic tubes, which can be reduced if you need to sail under the bridge. The world's largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas, had to be partially dismantled so that it could pass under the Danish Great Belt Bridge. But even after the height of the pipes was reduced, the distance between the ship and the building was less than half a meter. For safety reasons, traffic on the bridge was blocked for 15 minutes. Hundreds of people gathered on both sides of the river to look at the brightly lit cruise ship, which rises above the water like a 20-story building.
There is a lot of entertainment here, both for ordinary inhabitants and for millionaires. The ship is equipped with a water amphitheater, a carousel (made "life-size"), a floating park, an ice rink, a golf course, 4 swimming pools, which required a total of 2300 tons of water, volleyball and basketball courts, a climbing wall and a children's area with theme parks and children's science labs. It has, among other things, 10 spa baths and surf simulators. The liner is so large that it is divided into "districts" with special themes, including a tropical area with palm trees and wines. In total, 12,000 plants and 56 trees have been planted on the ship - this is the world's first park on a ship with an area of 2,000 square meters. m, which has become a kind of analogue of the "Central" Park in New York. Therefore, its passengers can relax in the park in the shade of real trees, listen to Broadway musicals and watch an ice show.
The 750-seat outdoor amphitheater is located at the stern and is modeled after the ancient Greek amphitheatre. The indoor theater, located in another part of the ship, is designed for 1,300 guests. A two-week cruise on the miracle ship "Oasis of the Seas" will cost a rather modest amount: from £1300 for a place in the cheapest cabin. Construction of its twin vessel called "Allure of the Seas" is scheduled for completion in late 2010.
Passengers like to celebrate all the time, but if the cruise is “premium class”, and almost all people are wealthy, then there should be about 20,000 bottles of champagne on board, more than 14,000 kg of meat products, 44,000 fresh eggs, 6,600 kg of salad, 3,000 kg of onions, 22,000 kg of potatoes and this is only a small part of the food supply.
After loading is completed, the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship sets off for its first cruise voyage. And if you forgot something, then alas, it’s too late to correct mistakes. The liner left the port of Everglades and the cruise began.
Doctors on the cruise ship Oasis of the Seas are hoping to avoid another type of natural disaster. If at least two people with a viral disease board the ship, it will spread instantly, since everyone is in a confined space. The liner is equipped with disinfectants in all public places, especially before meals.
Cruises on the liner are, as a rule, a guarantee of first-class food 24 hours a day. Especially during holiday cruises, when on board the liner its staff arranges a real feast. The restaurants serve the most exquisite dishes.
And waste disposal is the most important part of the internal structure of the ship. The Oasis of the Seas liner has its own waste processing plant, where all garbage is carefully sorted. Tin cans are pressed, glass is shattered to prepare for recycling, and all other solid waste is stored until it is landfilled at the nearest port, because the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship is an environmentally friendly ship.
Over three hundred cooks work on board. It is in the galley that the products are located, the cost of which is 2 million US dollars. Due to strict hygiene regulations, the galley is not open to anyone except registered employees. About 70,000 main dishes are served daily on the ship, of which 15,000 are desserts.
All entertainment during the cruise is the responsibility of the cruise director. The most difficult part of his job: to make everything so that the guests were satisfied. He plans entertainment, communicates with guests and keeps them in good spirits. It has its own film studio on board. Its employees film daily material on board the liner, and then, after editing, they broadcast it to the cabins, usually in the evening.
Not less than amazing place on the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" is considered the "Royal Promenade", which runs through the center of the ship. There is a unique transparent backlit elevator. This place has so many shops and bars that it looks like small town. On board the cruise ship "Oasis of the Seas" you can find a lot of entertainment.
Traditionally, an artificial wave pool is installed on the upper deck. Its pumps pump up to 112,000 liters of water per minute.
One of the most popular events on the ship is the theatre, which seats about 2,000 people. The ice show also attracts a lot of spectators. To ensure that everything goes smoothly, the engineers turn on the ship's stabilization system.
February 24, 2010- Royal Caribbean realized that the idea of tracking one person to others might appeal to many, and they were right, the novelty quickly became very popular
On the largest cruise ship in world oasis of the Seas, Royal Carribeans offer the latest in IT technology, ID bracelets and iPhones so that people can find each other in the giant liner's myriad spaces. Wristbands are personal RFID identifiers, although they can be not only bracelets, but also badges or clips. WiFi operates throughout the ship, the signal from the bracelet via WiFi goes to the Apple iPhone mobile phone, equipped with detailed diagram liner, that is, at any time one person can know exactly where the other is.
There are almost 1000 places on the ship where you can go to WiFi, and at first the company just wanted to make it so that people could communicate with each other via mobile phones and not only communicate, you can get this or that information through the ship's iPhone, order a service, etc. etc., but then realized that the idea of tracking one person to others might appeal to many, and they were right, the novelty quickly became very popular. It is not difficult to guess that parents became the main consumers of identifiers. The liner is incredibly huge, there are a lot of places where a child can get lost, and this can become a problem not only for parents, but for the entire crew, searching for a lost person on a ship is a many-hour and extremely difficult operation, a general ship emergency, and preferably at this time drive all other passengers into cabins or public areas.
At first, Oasis of the Seas offered badges as an identifier, but then they went further and now they offer bracelets, which is much more convenient, since they can serve as a kind of pager. If you give a signal from the iPhone, the bracelet starts to vibrate, and its owner will understand that they are looking for him. If this is a child, then okay, but teenagers are unlikely to like such IT surveillance. The young man met a girl at a disco and retired with her in a darker and more secluded place, since there are plenty of such places on a giant liner, and the damned bracelets suddenly begin to vibrate, what is it like? But what a blessing to parents ...
The device works on the basis of Ekahau's real-time RTLS location system, the signal from the identifier is processed by the DeFi Royal Connect program and issued to the end server, and from there it gets to the iPhone, the location accuracy is 3-3.5 meters. The bracelets are powered by rechargeable batteries, and there is more than enough charge for a week-long cruise. After the end of the cruise, the bracelets are handed over to the administration and charged again. Reviews, they say in Royal Caribbean, are still very good, but they still do not know how and where this novelty can be used, in addition to surveillance, they collect data. During cruises, users of the electronic spy are interviewed, and it is hoped that the information collected will expand the scope of Wi-Fi RFID identifiers.
Voytenko Mikhail
Some numbers:
5,000 kilometers of electrical wiring
12,000 plants, including real trees, but the plants will be installed and planted later, upon the arrival of the liner in the USA
7,000 works of art will decorate the premises of the liner or be displayed in the halls of 90,000 square meters of carpeted floors
The construction of the liner took 525,000 square meters of steel - an area equivalent to 72 football fields
And did you know that…
Propellers for this giant will be manufactured by a Russian plant - Baltiysky Zavod OJSC
OJSC Baltiysky Zavod has completed the manufacture of the first propeller designed for the world's largest ocean cruise liner Genesis. The vessel, 360 meters long, is being built by the Norwegian company Aker Yards at its shipyard in Finland. The Baltic Shipyard will equip the liner with two propellers. The diameter of each product is more than 6 meters.
Contracts for the manufacture of propellers for cruise liners Genesis, Super Star Libra, Celebrity and Hall, which are being built at the Finnish shipyard, were signed by Baltiysky Zavod OJSC (St. Petersburg) and FSUE Zvezdochka (Severodvinsk) in 2007. According to the terms of the agreements, the St. Petersburg enterprise will supply the customer with several dozen sets of blades, hubs and fairings, as well as sets of spare parts for propellers by the end of this year. The value of the contracts is more than 10 million euros.
Baltiysky Zavod is the only manufacturer in Russia of large propellers (weighing up to 70 tons, diameter - up to 8 m) made of bronze and brass. The company manufactures modern propellers for all types of warships and submarines; large-capacity tankers and bulk carriers; nuclear and diesel-electric icebreakers; container ships and passenger ships; small coastal, river and pleasure craft; fast ships and boats.
One evening, the captain of the liner gives dinner to his guests. Cruisers love formal occasions. Each of them tries to bring home the memory of the sea voyage for this, several professional photographers work on board the ship. Approximately 30,000 photographs will be taken during the cruise.
The charm of any cruise travel lies in the fact that in the ports where the liner stops, passengers will find a lot of new sensations.
On the liner, everything is done for customers, but there are always passengers who behave badly and interfere with others. Such people are asked to leave the ship at the nearest port. But the worst thing is when a passenger dies on board. Then the whole team has to console his loved ones. The body is placed in its own morgue.
Crew members and attendants lead a full life, but completely isolated from the guests. They are not allowed to use the main aisles on board the ship unless absolutely necessary. All personnel move through a hidden system of service corridors and stairs. To do this, in the center of this labyrinth is the main passage that runs along the entire length of the ship. It has the unofficial name E-95, and crew members use it to get to their cabins, where they can take a break from the guests. Laundry on such a ship is one of the busiest among all types of ships. The employees of this plant work around the clock.
In nightclubs liner« Oasis of the Seas» DJs do their job well. While they are warming up the audience, night falls on the ship and then most of the 750,000 lamps on the ship light up. Electricity on the cruise ship is generated by diesel generators made to order by the company " Wartsilla».
The most secure room on a cruise ship is the engineering control post. From here they monitor the weather situation, control the work power plant and control all ship systems. This is the center of power on the passenger ship, so entry here is strictly prohibited.
On liner« Oasis of the Seas» 4,500 km of electric cable have been laid, so the main thing for the ship's engineers is not bad weather, but fire. Such liner consumes an average of up to 11,000 kg of fuel per hour. A sudden spark in any place is much more dangerous than a hurricane. The operating costs are huge - even a slight deviation from the course can result in a considerable amount.
During bad weather and the impossibility of safely entering the port, the captain of the vessel can give an order not to enter the port, and the cruise director immediately announces the changed plans to the passengers. This adds to the work of the entertainment service as everyone stays on board.
A cruise ship« Oasis of the Seas» became the first passenger ship in the world to have seven independent theme areas on board Central Park, Boardwalk, Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone so no one gets discouraged here.
Central Park is located in the open air in the center of the ship and forms a public space with sidewalks, flowers and trees. Its grounds are used for outdoor walks, street performances and concerts. Above the surroundings of the park, 334 cabins stretch to the height of a five-story building, 254 of which have balconies that overlook the park. Central Park has a number of boutiques, a garden, many gazebos, a sculpture park, cafes, restaurants and a wine bar.
Despite the size liner, some passengers suffer from seasickness. Although the entire staff maintains a straight face, some have to deal with a variety of problems on board, from natural disasters to crime. The security service in civilian clothes takes over this case. They have video surveillance cameras and the ship's own law enforcement agencies at their disposal.
In the event of an evacuation cruise ship a modern system of rescue boats is provided, as well as inflatable life rafts, which are located at strategic points on the ship. Solving safety and security issues, the requirement of guests. Even on such liners as " Oasis of the Seas» with excellent organization, people can sometimes get lost. Often they are late in ports, so the liner is always reminded that the ship is leaving exactly on schedule.
The ship has a huge selection of cabins, which include deluxe rooms and family rooms. A novelty is 25 duplex rooms with balconies. Each of them covers an area of 1524 sq. m and is designed for six people. The room has its own piano, bar, jacuzzi and library. Balcony area 78 sq. meters. All cabins are equipped with LCD TVs, bathrooms with plenty of mirrors.
Length - 361 m;
Width - 66 m;
Height - 72 m;
Displacement - 225282 tons;
Power point- eight diesel engines Wartsila» with a capacity of 17,500 hp each;
Propulsion system- three steering columns of the Azipod type with a capacity of 27200 hp each;
Speed - 22.6 knots;
Number of decks - 16;
Number of passengers - 6360 people;
Number of cabins - 2704;
Crew - 2100 people;
Here we can see the construction process
On the night of April 14-15, 1912, the Titanic sank. At that time, it was the largest ocean liner in the world.
Today, the Titanic would not have entered the top 50 largest passenger ships. Modern liners are much larger and more luxurious.
If you are looking for vacation ideas, we suggest thinking about a sea cruise. We have prepared the top of the largest and coolest cruise ships in the world.
Queen Mary 2
Length: 345 meters
Capacity: 2620 passengers
Release year: 2004
Cost: $900 million
Cruise price: $380 - $95,149
Queen Mary 2 is the oldest ship on our list. It was built in 2004 and renovated in 2016 at a cost of $117 million.
On board Queen Mary 2 there are fifteen restaurants and bars, five swimming pools, a casino, a theater, a cinema, the world's first marine planetarium and the largest marine dance hall. There is a strict dress code on the ship: you can only be in swimsuits by the pools.
The company's website offers more than two hundred cruises on Queen Mary 2: from a two-day trip along the route Southampton - Hamburg to a trip around the world in 113 days.
Freedom of the Seas
Length: 338 meters
Capacity: 4370 passengers
Release year: 2006
Cost: $800 million
Cruise price: $520 - $41,926
From 2006 to 2008, Freedom of the Seas was the largest passenger ship in the world. In 2007 and 2008, two more of the same were built: Liberty of the Seas and Independence of the Seas. These three ships held the title of the largest until 2009.
Freedom of the Seas has an ice skating rink, a boxing ring, a water park, a climbing wall, a surf simulator and a 120-meter shopping area with shops, bars, restaurants and slot machines. A distinctive feature of such ships is the transparent-bottomed pools that protrude from the ship's hull and hang over the water.
The most popular destination is cruises for 3–7 days on caribbean and the Bahamas. There are two week cruises mediterranean sea and trips to the Norwegian fjords for 8 nights.
Disney Dream
Length: 339 meters
Capacity: 4000 passengers
Release year: 2011
Cost: $900 million
Cruise price: $1516 - $59,500
Disney Dream is the first of the two largest cruise liners of the Disney Cruise Line, which is part of the empire of The Walt Disney Company. In 2012, another similar ship was built - Disney Fantasy.
These ships have a mini-golf course, sports simulators, a full-fledged basketball court that can be transformed into a football field, volleyball and tennis courts. Disney Dream is the first ship in the world to have a waterslide built on it. This attraction is called AquaDuck - a slide 233 meters long and as high as a five-story building.
Both ships are based in Florida and sail in the Caribbean and the Bahamas. Cruises last from three days to a week.
Quantum of the Seas
Length: 348 meters
Capacity: 4905 passengers
Release year: 2014
Cost: $935 million
Cruise price: $549 - $14,746
The first of three twin ships that gave the name to the Quantum series. Anthem of the Seas was built in 2015 and Ovation of the Seas in 2016.
Quantum of the Seas has a unique attraction - North Star. Observation deck in the form of a glass ball for 14 people rises 91 meters above sea level - it's like a 30-story building in height. Quantum of the Seas is the first ship to feature a vertical wind tunnel - a free fall simulator. On board there is a rollerdrome, a climbing wall, table tennis and billiards, a theater that plays Broadway productions, and a casino.
The interior cabins, which do not face the ocean, have large floor-to-ceiling screens that show the view overboard. They are called "virtual balconies".
The ships operate flights to Asia and Australia. There are five-day cruises in China and Japan, and longer two-week cruises in New Zealand and Australia. There is also a very exotic one - 11 days in Alaska.
Symphony of the Seas
Length: 362 meters
Capacity: 6680 passengers
Release year: 2017
Cost: $1.35 billion
Cruise price: $308 - $11,082
Now Symphony of the Sea is the largest passenger ship in the world. There are three other ships of the same Oasis series: Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas. But Symphony of the Seas still surpasses its twin brothers in size, albeit not by much.
These ships are the most luxurious of the existing ones. They have tropical parks and two-story cabins on board, as well as volleyball and basketball courts, two climbing walls, an ice rink, a carousel, a bowling alley and a theater - that is, all possible entertainment.
Casino Royale at Oasis of the Seas is one of the largest seaside casinos in the world. Allure of the Seas opened the world's first Starbucks at sea. And on Harmony of the Seas, they built a water slide as high as a 10-story building.
Royal Caribbean has many destinations, but the most popular of them are three-day cruises in the Bahamas and Europe, week-long cruises Caribbean, and a two-week cruise from Florida to Barcelona.
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The largest cruise ships have the most luxurious and impressive amenities. These are almost gigantic cities floating on the ocean. Below is a list with photos of the ten largest cruise ships in the world.
Liberty of the Seas is a Freedom class cruise ship. Started regular flights in May 2007. This 15-deck liner can accommodate 4,370 passengers with a crew of 1,360. It was built in 18 months at the Aker Finnyards shipyard in Turku, Finland. It has a length of 338 m, a width of 56 m. The maximum speed is 21.6 knots (40 km/h). Gross tonnage - 155,889 GT.
Norwegian Escape is a cruise ship built by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany in just 17 months in October 2015. She is 325.9 meters long, 41.4 meters wide and has a gross tonnage of 165,300 GT. It can accommodate 4,266 passengers and 1,733 crew members. The painting on the body is the work of Jamaican artist and conservationist Guy Harvey.
Norwegian Joy is a cruise ship built by the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany in 2017 specifically for the Chinese cruise market. Unusual in that he was given a godfather, the Chinese singer Wang Lihom, and not, as is customary, a godmother. The Joy is 333.46 meters long, 41.40 meters wide, and has a gross tonnage of 167,725 GT. Capable of accommodating 3,883 passengers and 1,700 crew members.
MS Ovation of the Seas is a Quantum-class cruise ship. Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. and is operated by Royal Caribbean International. Flying under the flag Bahamas with a home port in Nassau. The ship was laid down on March 5, 2015 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The launch took place on February 18, 2016. Chinese actress Fan Bingbing became the godmother of the ship. Its first flight took place on April 14, 2016 from Southampton (UK) to Tianjin. The length of the liner is 348 m, the width is 48.9 m, the gross tonnage is 168.666 GT. Can accommodate 4,180 passengers.
MS Anthem of the Seas (Hymn of the Seas) - cruise ship, company-owned Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. It was laid down on November 20, 2013 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Launching took place on February 20, 2015. On April 10, 2015 the ship was commissioned. He was christened on April 20, 2015, and British historian and publicist Emma Wilby became his godmother. The liner made its first flight on April 22, 2015 from Southampton to the coast of France and Spain. Gross tonnage - 168.666 GT, length - 348 m, width - 49.4 m. Capacity - 4,180 people.
MS Quantum of the Seas (Quantum of the Seas) is a Quantum-class cruise ship of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. It was laid down on August 2, 2013 at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. Launching took place on August 9, 2014. On October 28, 2014, the vessel was put into operation, and on October 31 of the same year it was transferred to the service of the fleet of the customer company. The first flight was carried out on November 2, 2014. Godmother of "Quantum" was the American actress Kristin Chenoweth. Its first flight took place on November 2, 2014 from New Jersey to Atlantic coast USA. The length of the liner is 348.1 m, the width is 49.4 m. The gross tonnage is 168.666 GT. Passenger capacity - 4 180 people.
MSC Meraviglia is a high-tech cruise ship that entered service on June 3, 2017. Belongs to Italian cruise company MSC Cruises. His baptism ceremony in Le Havre on June 3, 2017 was attended by actor Patrick Bruel, musical group Kids United and comedian Gad Elmaleh. Godmother was Sophia Loren. With a length of 315.83 meters and a gross tonnage of 171,598 GT, the ship can accommodate 5,700 passengers.
Oasis of the Seas is one of the largest cruise ships in the world. It was built at the Norwegian shipyard in Turku - STX Europe, commissioned by Royal Caribbean International in October 2009. Its construction cost was about $1.5 billion, making it the most expensive passenger ship in the history of civil shipping. Can carry 6,630 passengers and 2,160 crew members. Its length is 361.6 m, width - 47 m, gross tonnage - 225.282 GT.
MS Harmony of the Seas is a cruise ship built by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France in 2015. Owned by the American company Royal Caribbean International. The vessel is 362.12 meters long, 47.42 meters wide and has a gross tonnage of 226,963 GT and has 2,744 passenger cabins. The maximum number of people on board is 6,360 passengers and 2,400 crew members.
MS Symphony of the Seas is an Oasis class cruise ship built by the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France between October 2015 and March 2018. Owned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. As of June 2017, it is the largest passenger ship in the world. It has a length of 362 m, a beam of 65.68 m and a gross tonnage of 228,081 GT. Capable of accommodating 5,518 passengers and a crew of 2,200.
So, a few words about Harmony of the Seas.
The 18-deck giant with a displacement of 227,000 tons can accommodate up to 6,000 guests in its 2,747 cabins.
The liner is 40% larger than its predecessors from the Freedom class: the length of the vessel is equal to the length of four football fields, the carpet area is 89,000 square meters. m., the weight of water in the giant's filled pools is 2300 tons, passengers consume more than 50 tons of ice per day. But its main miracle, nevertheless, remains the Royal Promenade - a walking street along the entire liner with many restaurants, lounge bars and boutiques. On the first two floors of the Royal Promenade there are numerous cafes and bars, and on the third - cabins for guests.
In the evening, guests are always waiting for incendiary rhythms of music and a parade from the DreamWorks studio.
One of the most popular places on the liner - Central Park, created in the form of New York's Central Park. The feeling of complete relaxation is created here by thousands of tropical plants and real forest tropics. Cozy cafes and restaurants complete the picture. By the way, in the park there is an entrance to the first bar-elevator on a cruise ship - Rising Tide Bar! There is even a real French carousel on board, which is hand-painted.
In the evening, the liner is transformed, and many colorful shows appear before the eyes of tourists - musicals, concerts, parades, jazz ... There is an ice rink on board, where you can go skating during the day and enjoy a wonderful bright ice show in the evening! Zest entertainment program- Aqua Theatre. Acrobats and dancers do incredible things that add up to a theater on the water!
Never before have so many water activities been offered to guests - on board the Harmony of the Seas 4 pools, 10 hot tubs and 2 wave pools for surfing.
For those who love the extreme slide, Ultimate Abyss is the highest slide in the sea, rising 30 meters above its level and stretching from deck 16 to deck 6!
The Zip Line attraction will not leave anyone indifferent - a breathtaking slide on a rope attraction at a height of more than 25 meters, deck 16. For lovers active rest- climbing wall.
Harmony of the Seas is a great family vacation!
A separate area has been made for children, which includes an area for babies and toddlers, a craft studio, an art studio, a science laboratory, and a children's theater. For teenagers there is a special room with slot machines and a dance club.
The choice of cabins is huge - from the interior to the Presidential Royal Suite, whose area is 108 sq.m + balcony 45 sq.m and can accommodate up to 14 people!
