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NAME

FREEDOM OF THE SEAS

CLASS

CRUISE SHIP

ENT/SERVICE

2006

BUILT

AKER FINNYARDS / TURKU / FINLAND

WEIGHT

158,000 TONS

LENGTH

1,112 FEET

WIDTH

126 FEET WATERLINE / 184 FEET AT THE BRIDGE WINGS

SPEED

21.6 KNOTS - DIESEL ELECTRIC ENGINES


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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