World’s largest cruise ship heads for UK
The largest cruise ship in the world, Harmony of the Seas, has left the Saint-Nazaire shipyard in France and will arrive in the UK tomorrow.
Royal Caribbean International’s 25th ship has 18 decks, 20 dining venues, 23 swimming pools and a park with over 50 trees, some of which are 20ft tall.
One of its main attractions is the tallest slide at sea, the Ultimate Abyss, in which riders drop 100ft – or 10 storeys.
The $1 billion ship can carry 5,500 passengers and over 2,000 crew.
After a launch party on Friday, the ship will operate a four-night taster cruise to Rotterdam, then a three-night cruise to Cherbourg, before arriving in Barcelona for the summer 2016 season.
For winter 2016/17, the ship will be based in Florida, operating Caribbean itineraries.
Lisa
Lisa joined Travel Weekly nearly 25 years ago as technology reporter and then sailed around the world for a couple of years as cruise correspondent, before becoming deputy editor. Now freelance, Lisa writes for various print and web publications, edits Corporate Traveller’s client magazine, Gateway, and works on the acclaimed Remembering Wildlife series of photography books, which raise awareness of nature’s most at-risk species and helps to fund their protection.
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