The largest cruise ship in the history of shipbuilding has launched. Look what's inside it!

Mid-May 2016 is a memorable moment for all connoisseurs of large cruise ships. It was on this day that the largest cruise ship in history, called “Harmony of the Seas,” launched in Saint-Nazare (France).

This monster is owned by Royal Caribbean International. It took two and a half years to build the ship. The first starting point of “Harmony of the Seas” was Southampton (England), and from there the ship set off on its first voyage – to Rotterdam.

"Harmony...", like other ships of the company (all of them have the prefix "... of the seas" in their names), will sail under the Bahamian flag and have a home port of Nassau. The ship will be based in Barcelona.

Many times larger than the Titanic

The dimensions of "Harmony..." are amazing: 362 meters in length (longer than the Eiffel Tower), 18 decks, displacement - over 200 thousand tons! Being one hundred meters longer than the infamous Titanic, it is almost five times larger in volume.

City by the sea

The ship can accommodate up to 9 thousand passengers and crew members, a real floating city! There is even a helipad. Larger than any vessel ever at sea The size of the ocean monster is amazing even when compared with the previous generation of sea record holders - Quantum class vessels of the same company. Preparing for the big voyage A couple of days after leaving the shipyard in San Nazaire, the ship reached the resort of Southampton. After some adjustment work, the vessel was brought back to normal operation.

Safety

Taking into account more than a century of experience in sea cruises, and especially the sad fate of the Costa Concordia ship in 2012, the liner is brought to a state of maximum preparedness for incidents. The crew is carefully selected, exercises are regularly conducted, and the number of seats in life-saving equipment exceeds the number of people on board.

Crew

The ship's first crew is 2,100 people from 77 different countries.

Passengers

Harmony of the Seas will accommodate up to 6,780 passengers. Despite its respectability, the ship is designed for passengers of different incomes; the owner company offers very affordable prices for cruises, and there are a number of promotional offers. More than 60% of ship guests are visiting Royal Caribbean International ships for the first time.

Entertainment for every taste

Like other cruise ships, Harmony of the Seas has on board all possible types of entertainment for tourists. The ship will have five-star restaurants, a casino, a theater, an ice skating rink, and more. There will even be a chapel with a Catholic priest.

Floating park

But this was not enough: the ship has a real park the size of a football field! In addition to 52 trees and 48 grape bushes, it will contain more than 10 thousand plants.

Price

The cost of building the ship exceeded one billion dollars, but, as the experience of the cruise business shows, this investment will pay off, and within a few years the cruise liner will begin to generate income.

Good luck!

After a trial four-day cruise, the ship will relocate to the Western Mediterranean and will sail to resorts in Spain, Italy and France on various routes. Let's wish Harmony of the Seas a fair wind!