Freedom of the Seas: The New Biggest Cruise Ship
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 04.18.06 | 11:45 AM ET
The former biggest cruise ship, the Queen Mary 2, is six meters longer, but Royal Caribbean’s new 4,375-passenger capacity Freedom of the Seas is 15 meters wider, reports the BBC. As we mentioned a few months ago, this is the one with the FlowRider “surfing pool” on board, and it’s creating a stir in Hamburg on the eve of its maiden transatlantic voyage. Waiting in the wings to become the next new biggest ship, though, is a $1 billion cruise liner, which Royal Caribbean hopes will make its debut in 2009. After that, I imagine we’ll welcome the $2 billion cruise ship, a Delaware-sized vessel with a 32 screen multiplex, 17 Starbucks coffee outlets and a NASCAR oval.
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
