Sunday, May 15, 2016

Photo: World Largest Cruise Ship Leaves Dock Yard

    Harmony of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship, left its shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, after 32 months of construction
It Cost $1billion, 10 storey high ,and 5,500 passengers,took 32 months to construct and named harmony of the Sea.
Built by STX France for the Royal Caribbean International, passengers will be able to watch performances of the musical Grease

 The gigantic cruise ship boasts a number of first-ever amenities, including the Ultimate Abyss (pictured), the tallest slide at sea
 Tens of thousands of people watched from shore and much smaller vessels as the Harmony of the Seas left Saint-Nazaire for Southampton
 With 18 decks in total, the cruise ship was ordered in 2012 and was built for Royal Caribbean at a cost of more than $1bn (£700million)
 Thousands of Royal Caribbean employees and media from around the world attended a traditional handover ceremony last Thursday 
 Harmony of the Seas, the widest cruise ship ever built, boasts 18 decks in total, with 16 dedicated to passenger staterooms and suites
 With a capacity of 5,479 guests at double occupancy, the 18-deck ship is set to arrive in England on Tuesday ahead of its maiden voyage
 The ship will make its maiden voyage on 22 May and spend the summer sailing the western Mediterranean from its port in Barcelona
 Harmony of the Seas will eventually sail across the Atlantic and spend the winter sailing between Florida and the Caribbean islands
 Royal Caribbean’s 25th ship was joined by a convoy of boats as it sailed into the Atlantic Ocean from the STX France shipyard
 The Oasis class ship also has a waterpark, diving shows in its AquaTheater and an auditorium that seats approximately 1,400 people
 Built by STX France for the Royal Caribbean International, passengers will be able to watch performances of the musical Grease
 Passengers won't run out of activities on the ship, which has a casino, giant climbing wall, rope slide, minigolf and floating Jacuzzis
 Harmony of the Seas encompasses 227,000 gross registered tons and is the widest cruise ship ever built, with a width of 215.5ft
 The ship's length of 1,188ft makes it 164ft longer than the height of Paris’ Eiffel Tower, and it has a cruising speed of 22 knots (25 mph)

 From September 2013, it took 2,500 workers at STX France a total of some 10 million work hours to complete the enormous vessel
 

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