Grandeur of the Seas was the first of four ships in this class to enter service for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. These four ships are slightly larger than RCCLs previous largest ships, the 73,192-ton Sovereign class. The other three sisters Enchantment of the Seas entered service in 1997, Rhapsody of the Seas 1997 and Vision of the Seas 1998.

This class of cruise ship has 10 passenger decks, 2 pools, 8 bars, casino, fitness center, 870-seat theatre, 576 outside cabins of which 212 have verandas, 399 inside cabins, can carry 1,950 passengers and a crew of 760.

Grandeur is mainly operated on cruises out of Fort Lauderdale & Tampa - Caribbean.

Enchantment is operated on cruises from Norfolk & Baltimore - Bahamas & Caribbean. Another route is from Colon in Panama - Southern Caribbean.

Rhapsody cruises out of Seattle and Vancouver - Alaska as well as a number of routes out of Sydney/Australia to the South Pacific.

Vision is operated on cruises from Sao Paulo to various South American ports. Her northern Europe cruises depart from Copenhagen, Oslo and Stockholm.

Websites US: www.royalcaribbean.com. UK: www.royalcaribbean.co.uk.