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Freedom of the Seas is the first
of three cruise ships in this class to
enter service for the Royal Caribbean
Cruise Line. Liberty of the Seas
2007 and Independence of the
Seas 2008. This class of cruise ship
is really a stretched version of the five
142,000 Voyager of the Seas class that
entered service between 1999 and
2003.
Freedom of the Seas was the
first passenger ship to exceed the size
of the previous largest passenger ship,
Queen Mary 2. Cunards
Queen Mary 2 is 150,000
tons, 1,131 feet long and 131 feet
wide.
Freedom of the Seas has 15
passenger decks, ice rink, surfing pool,
various other pools, 1,350 seat theatre,
showroom, 12 bars, casino, fitness
center, 1,800 staterooms, 733 inside and
1,067 outside with 844 having verandas.
These ships can carry 3,600 passengers
based on double occupancy or 4,370
passengers maximum as some rooms can
accommodate families of up to eight.
There is a crew of around 1,360.
Freedom of
the Seas is operated on cruises
out of Prt Canaveral - Eastern &
Western Caribbean.
Liberty of
the Seas is operated out of
Miami - Bahamas, Eastern Caribbean &
Western Caribbean.
Independence
of the Seas is operated out of
Fort Lauderdale - Caribbean and out of
Southampton/England - Mediterannean,
Canary Islands and various British Isles
ports.
The 220,000 GRT, Royal Carribean, Oasis of the Seas, entered service
in late 2009.
Websites US: www.royalcaribbean.com. UK:
www.royalcaribbean.co.uk.
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