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SHIPSHAPES
Aby-the-numbersguide tofiveothernewships thatwill bemakingabigsplash in thecomingyear
HarderBetter Faster Stronger
When it debuts inMay2016, Royal Caribbean International’s
Harmony of the Seaswill be the largest cruise shipon theplanet.
Here’s how this state-of-the-artmegaship stacks up.
LENGTH
1,187FEET
164 feet longer
than theheight of
theEiffel Tower
(1,023 feet)
CAPACITY
5,479PEOPLE
More than6.5
timesmorepopu-
lous thanVatican
City (842people)
ROOMS
2,747
3.5 timesmore
rooms than
BuckinghamPalace
(775 rooms)
GROSSREGISTER
TONNAGE
227,000GRT
About 5 timesbig-
ger than theTitanic
(46,000GRT)
PAINTREQUIRED
132,000GALLONS
One-fifthof the
capacityof an
Olympic-sizepool
(660,000 gallons)
CARPET
REQUIRED
970,000SQ. FT.
Almost 17 football
fields (57,600
square feet)
INDUSTRYFIRSTS
FIRSTONBOARD INTERACTIVEPUZZLE
>
ROYALCARIBBEAN INTERNATIONALANTHEMOFTHESEAS
DesignedbyPuzzleBreak, Escape from theFuture is the first at-sea interactivepuzzlegame. Participants are “locked”
ina room together andmust search for clues and solvepuzzles as a team inunder anhour inorder toescape.
hemi culture
2015
cruise special
LINE /SHIP
VIKINGOCEANCRUISES
OCEAN SEA
HOLLANDAMERICA
MSKONINGSDAM
CARNIVALCRUISELINE
CARNIVALVISTA
REGENTSEVENSEAS
EXPLORER
SEABOURN
SEABOURNENCORE
CAPACITY
930
2,650
4,980
750
600
LAUNCH
APRIL2016
APRIL2016
MAY2016
JULY2016
LATE2016
ROOMS
465
1,331
1,968
377
300
LENGTH
745FEET
975FEET
1,055FEET
735FEET
690FEET
DECKS
10
12
15
14
12
BARS/EATERIES
8
21
27
10
10
