Friday 3 June 2016

Harmony on the Sea!





It is like a floating city. The world’s biggest cruise ship Harmony of the Seas set sail on its maiden voyage to the UK from France recently. The Euro 1-billion, 16-deck ship is bigger than the Eiffel Tower and holds the record for being the widest cruise ship ever built; boasting a 6,360-passenger capacity. It’s been compared to a floating city with more than 2,500 state-rooms , 20 dinning venues, 23 swimming pools and a park with more than 10,000 plants and 50 trees. It’s a dream ship!

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The world’s largest cruise ship, which is a third longer than the Titanic leaves port for the first time as it set sail from France to UK. Harmony of the Seas, which cost Euro 1-billion to build and weighs 227,000 tonnes is on it’s first-ever sea trial. The ship, which is nearly 330 foot longer than Titanic, has around 500 of its maximum 2,000 crew abroad for trial. For months, tourists have been allowed on board to wonder at the luxury interiors of the ship that has 16 decks. The cruise liner made in France and stretches to 1,187 feet, which means it’s 165 feet longer than the iconic Eiffel Tower.

MS Harmony of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship constructed by STX France at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France for Royal Caribbean International. With gross tonnage of 227,000 tonnes, she is the largest passenger ship in the world, surpassing her older sisters – MS Oasis of the Seas and MS Allure of the Seas by some 2000 tonnes, as well as 7.1 feet in length. The success of the first two Oasis-class ships led Royal Caribbean Cruises to order a third ship of the type in December 2012.

Harmony of the Seas was floated out on 19 June 2015, began her first sea trials on 10 March 2016 and was delivered to Royal Caribbean on 12 May 2016. After building time of 32 months, the ship first set sail on 15 May 2016 from the STX France docks in Saint-Nazaire, viewed by over 70,000 people. Her initial destination was Southampton, England, although the home port will be Barcelona, Spain.

The booking will soon start for tourists. For the inaugural season to commence on 7 June 2016, Harmony of the Seas will offer seven-night western Mediterranean cruises originating from Barcelona and Rome (Civitavecchia). At the end of the summer and autumn season (in late October), the ship will cross the Atlantic to United States, where she will offer seven-night eastern and western Caribbean cruises from Port Everglades, Florida and Port Canaveral starting in November. It has 2,747 state-rooms of different types to accommodate 5,479 guests ranging from small interior rooms to larger rooms to suites, some are fitted with wall-mounted 80-inch screens, covering nearly the floor to ceiling, that display the ship’s environment as if through a large window, called ‘virtual balconies.’ These screens were first fitted on the Quantam class of cruise ships. A full 43 categories of state-rooms are offered, starting from a room of 180 square feet. Several types of suites are available, including the new Royal Class. The ship is divided into seven neighborhoods, including Central Park and Broad Walk like its Oasis class sisters.

The amenities include : Vitality Spa and a fitness centre, Splashway Bay and H2O Zone water park, three water slides called Perfect Storm, ten storey high Ultimate Abyss, a spiraling dry slide with two cylinders, 23 swimming pools with two Flow Rider surf simulators, Casino, 3D Movie theatre, Puzzle break: Escape the Rubicon, a high-tech live room escape game, for up to 12 players at a time, designed by Seattle-based Puzzle Break, in partnership with Hollywood set design company Show FX, 20 dining venues, the first double-storey Wonderland restaurant, 11,252 works of art, Studio B ice rink, The Aqua Theatre for diving shows and 3D flying shows with acrobats, the Bionic Bar where drinks will be made solely by two robotic arms, 1400 seat Royal theatre for Broadway-style shows such as Grease (musical), over 10,000 species of plants, including 50 trees in Central Park, Dream Works experience with characters from Shrek, Kung Fu Panda, two rock climbing walls, full size basketball court, adventure ocean programs for children and youth and Voom, high-speed internet.



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