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A walk on a cruise ship is one of the most interesting and exciting types of recreation in Russia. After all, during a vacation, a tourist can enjoy beautiful views of nature without even getting up from his sun lounger. Of course, your vacation will be more comfortable on large ships from well-known companies!

Top 6 largest cruise ships

Harmony of the Sea

First place in the top is occupied by the largest liner in the world, Harmony of the Sea.

"Harmony of the Seas" - this ship belongs to the company Royal Caribbean and is the third ship in the Oasis class. The ship amazes with its size and charm.

The world's largest cruise ship's home port is in the United States, but it also cruises around Europe.

Main characteristics

The liner was built in 2016.
Length - 362 m, width - 47 m.
It can accommodate up to 5,479 passengers.
Number of decks – 18.

The largest cruise ship "Harmony of the seas"

Cabins

The largest liner is equipped with different types of cabins:

Interior Stateroom:

Capacity (max): 4 people
The cabin area is 16 m².
Quantity on the liner: 498.

Oceanview Stateroom

Capacity (max): 5 people
The cabin area is 17 m².
Quantity on the liner: 180.

Family Balcony Stateroom

Capacity (max): 6 people.
Cabin area 25 m².
Balcony area 8 m².
Quantity on the liner: 7.

Junior Suite Stateroom

Capacity (max): 4 people
The cabin area is 27 m².
Balcony area 8 m².
Number on the liner: 86.

Crown Loft Suite Stateroom

Capacity (max): 4 people
The cabin area is 51 m².
Balcony area 11 m².
Quantity on the liner: 29.

Leisure and entertainment on the ship

Ocean liner view from above

On the ship, everyone will find entertainment to their liking, because there is a very developed infrastructure.

Aquatheater.
3 large swimming pools.
family recreation area with children.
2 The Ultimate Abyss Slide. The length of the slide is 72 meters, and the descent time is 13-14 seconds,
aquapark.
2 surfing simulators FlowRider (skating is free, but the instructor is paid extra).
2 climbing walls with a height of more than 13 meters (children at least 6 years old are allowed and only in the presence of parents if they are under 13 years old).
Zip Line bungee, on which you can make a 25-meter high flight over almost the entire airliner.
Two-level Solarium Club (adults only) with two Jacuzzis. On the first tier there is access to the observation deck.
Vitality Spa, sauna (fee: 30 USD per day per person).
Theater.
Ice rink.
Casino.
Large basketball court.
A fitness center.
Circular treadmill.
Mini golf.
Table tennis.
French carousel.
A hall with slot machines.
Dazzles Club.
Card Room - Internet cafe, library and games room with board games.
The shops.
Photo gallery.

Additional Information. The next cruise that the largest ship in the world will make is “Irresistible Voyage” – November 2018. The tourist will spend 8 nights on board the ship.

During the cruise you will visit:

Fort Lauderdale (port of departure).
Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas.
Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Labadie, Haiti.

Quantum of the Seas

Large liner "Quantum of the Seas at the pier"

The second largest cruise ship in the world, Quantum of the Seas, is also owned by Royal Caribbean's Quantum class ship.

The ship's home port is Shanghai, so the ship makes short tours around Asia.

Note! The highlight of this new ship are the virtual balconies - huge panoramic screens that broadcast what is happening overboard.

Main characteristics

Year of construction: 2014.
Length 348 m, Width 41 m.
Number of decks - 18.
Number of cabins: 2090.
Number of passengers: 4180.

Description of cabins

Inner cabin - area 15 m2, capacity 4 people. Filling:

Telephone
Bathroom
TV, radio
Virtual balcony

External cabin: area 16 m2, capacity 4 people. Filling:

Private bathroom
TV, radio
Telephone
Mini fridge
Bed

Suite: area: 32 m2, capacity 4 people. Filling:

Bed
Bathroom with bath
TV, Radio
Telephone
Entertainment Center
Mini fridge

"Quantum of the Seas" Pool

Entertainment and leisure

swimming pools, jacuzzi, H2O Zone water park for children and adults, an artificial wave pool for those who like to swim in an open-air pool,
climbing wall for lovers of heights,
Royal Theatre,
entertainment area,
Music Hall,
relaxation area for adults Solarium,
spa therapy complex Vitality at Sea,
disco,
Casino Royal,
children's clubs,
North Star observation capsule, Ripcord by iFly wind tunnel for adrenaline junkies
a library where you can relax while reading a book in silence,
Seaplex sports area,
basketball court, roller skating area for outdoor enthusiasts
a conference center, so that even on vacation you can devote time to business,
beauty salon for charming tourists,
the shops.

The cruise price includes:

accommodation in a cabin of the selected category for the entire duration of the cruise;
meals on board, starting with dinner on the first day and ending with breakfast on the last day in the main restaurant and at the buffet;
on-board entertainment including musicals, world-class shows and DreamWorks entertainment;
visiting all public areas of the ship;
visiting the gym;
programs for children, adolescents and young people;
room service (steward) is ready to serve you at any time of the day.

Additional charges:

air travel;
visa processing;
medical insurance;
service fee;
port fees and taxes;
casino, telephone, internet;
drinks in the ship's restaurants during lunch and dinner;
food and drinks in bars and cafes;
shore excursions;
dinners at an alternative restaurant;
shopping in shops on board;
laundry and ironing services;
first aid station services;
hairdressing and beauty salon services;
SPA treatments;
group yoga and Pilates classes, as well as personal trainer services.

Upcoming cruises:

The tour starts on August 4th. By ship: 4 nights. Visit: Shanghai – Nagasaki – Shanghai.
The tour starts on August 16th. By ship: 7 nights. Visit: Shanghai – Osaka – Kobe – Nagoya – Shanghai.

RMS Queen Elizabeth

Liner Queen Elizabeth

Third place in the top is taken by the cruise ship RMS Queen Elizabeth - a twelve-deck cruise ship of the Cunard Line company, built in 2010. The ship carries on board the atmosphere of the 1930s.

Main characteristics

Length 294 m, width: 32 m.
Number of decks – 12.
Maximum number of passengers: 2058.
Class: Luxury

On a passenger ship:

Cunardia Maritime Museum,
internet center,
conference center,
7 bars and cafes,
3 main restaurants,
children's program,
spa and fitness center for your comfort and relaxation,
cigar room,
club,
Empire Casino,
night club,
two-tier library (the highlight of this liner),
Ballroom,
theater,
winter Garden.

Included in cost:

room service
port dues;
24-hour food on board;
tea, coffee - around the clock, juices for breakfast;
delivery of food, tea, coffee to the cabin around the clock;
entertainment programs on board;
programs for children and a children's club, work of animators;
use of swimming pools, gym, sauna, jacuzzi.

Additional charges:

air travel;
obtaining a tourist visa;
casino, telephone, internet;
shopping in stores;
laundry, ironing, first aid station, hairdresser, beauty salon services;
transfers to/from the cruise start point, from/to the hotel, from/to the airport;
medical insurance;
service fee (tip)

Schedule of the nearest flights of the lunar sea liner 2018/2019:

Tour "Canary Islands": Departure date November 1, 2018. 13 nights on the ship. Route: Southampton (London) – Lanzarote – Las Palmas (Grand Canaria) – Tenerife – Santa Cruz de La Palma (La Palma) – Madeira (Funchal) – Vigo – Southampton (London).
Tour “Canary Islands”: Departure date: December 17, 2018. 12 nights on the ship. Route: Southampton (London) – Madeira (Funchal) – Tenerife – Las Palmas (Grand Canaria) – Fuerteventura – Lisbon – Southampton (London)
Tour from Europe to Africa: Departure date – January 3, 2019. 3 nights on the ship. Route: Melbourne – Burnie – Sydney.

Costa Victoria

Liner "Costa Victoria"

Fourth place in the top cruises is occupied by the giant liner Costa Victoria of the Costa company. The Costa Victoria liner is a ship with a very long history and one of the oldest in this top. It was built in 1996, but in 2016 it was completely restored and ready for use.

On a note: The creator of the liner is the Costa company, also known for the Costa Pacifica liner.

Main characteristics

Built in 1996, renovation in October 2016.
Length 253 m, width 32 m,
Number of decks: 11.
Number of cabins - 964.
Maximum number of passengers: 2,394.

Cabins

There are 4 main types of cabins on the ship.

Inner cabin: area 11 m2, capacity 2 people, 2 beds. The room's special feature is the fold-down beds on top, which are reminiscent of the overhead bunks on trains.

Cabin with window: area 14 m2, capacity 4 people.

Mini-suite with balcony: area 41 m2, capacity 4 people. Filling:

air conditioner,
TV,
telephone,
safe,
mini bar,
ice bucket and glasses,
double bed.

Mini-suite with panoramic window: area 28 m2, capacity 4 people. Filling:

two panoramic windows,
double bed,
sofa,
dresser,
bedside tables,
small room with bunk bed and wardrobe,
bathroom

Gym "Costa Victoria"

Entertainment and leisure

3 swimming pools, one of which is located in the SPA center;
4 Jacuzzis;
excursion office;
children's club (6th deck);
photo gallery (6th deck);
shops (7th deck);
library,
theater,
casino,
Salon Concorde Plaza (the salon hosts evening musical evenings, information meetings, celebrations, etc.);
gym, sports ground,
running tracks 450 meters long on decks 6 and 12;
table soccer.

What's included in the price:

Meals on board.
Entertainment programs.
Programs for children and kids club.
Musical performances.
Use of swimming pools, gym, jacuzzi.

Paid separately:

Beverage packages.
Visa support.
Insurance services.
Transfer and flight.
Excursions.

Route: Savona, Italy - Rome, Italy - Olympia, Greece - Athens, Greece - Eilat, Israel - Aqaba, Jordan - Salalah, Oman - Male, Maldives - Male, Maldives - Victoria, Seychelles – Victoria, Seychelles – Reunion – Port Louis, o. Mauritius - Port Louis - o. Mauritius.

Splendida

The liner "Splendida" at the pier is ready to take tourists on board

The fifth position is given to the msc Splendida liner. The owner of the liner is msc cruises.

Note: Splendida was launched in 2009 and remains one of the best cruise ships with a huge amount of entertainment.

Main characteristics

Length: 333 m, width: 38 m.
Number of decks: 18
Number of cabins: 1,637

Characteristics of sea liner cabins

Inner cabin (no windows) – area 17 m2, capacity up to 4 people. Filling:

bathroom with shower,
telephone,
TV,
mini bar,
safe,
air conditioner.

Cabin with window: area: 21 m2, capacity up to 4 people. Filling:

bathroom with shower,
telephone,
TV,
mini bar,
safe,
air conditioner.

Cabin with balcony: area 22 m2, capacity up to 4 people.

Cabin "Splendida"

Suite. Filling:

bathroom with bathtub,
telephone,
TV,
interactive TV,
Nintendo Wii console,
minibar (included in price),
safe,
air conditioner,
high quality bed linen,
Egyptian cotton robes and slippers,
beds with ergonomic mattresses.

Leisure and entertainment

Information office,
24-hour cabin service,
5 restaurants,
many different bars,
cafeterias,
pizzeria,
cigar room,
Internet cafe,
theater,
basketball,
4 swimming pools (of which one is in the VIP area, one children’s pool, one pool with a water park, one with a retractable roof),
12 Jacuzzis,
Gym,
SPA center,
salon,
currency exchange point,
laundry/dry cleaning,
first aid station

Upcoming cruise: mini-cruise from China to Japan. Start date: October 17, 2018. 5 days on the ship. Route: Kita – Japan

Olympic

The Olympic liner was launched

The final, sixth place in the top is occupied by the Olympic liner.

It has not been able to transport tourists for a long time. This liner has a very complicated history, because it was built by Harland and Wolf, which is known as the company that created the Titanic. In addition to the Olympic, one class of ocean super-liners also included the Titanic and Britannic. "Olympic" is a class of ocean liners created at the beginning of the twentieth century.

The Olympic liner was launched in 1910, and already in 1911 it successfully made its first voyage.

Main characteristics

Length: 269 m.
Width 30 m.
Speed 21 knots.

The Olympic liner transported people, survived several accidents, and fought during the First World War. But in 1935, on October 11, he set off on his last voyage, leaving the port of Southampton.

A ship cruise is one of the most popular types of vacation, popular for more than a century. You can buy a ticket for the Mediterranean liner through the official website of the liner or through a tour operator. A vacation on a transatlantic ship promises to be comfortable and will give you a lot of impressions.

Who said size doesn't matter? The gigantic ships, striking in their size, are built with the latest technology and transport more than 90% of the total cargo by sea (and that’s not even counting people). The largest ships in the world are oil tankers, container ships and cruise ships.

Large ships are built for different human needs. Some, with large diesel engines, transport cargo over long distances, while naval vessels usually sail with nuclear engines so they can remain independent of fuel and remain at sea for many months. But, regardless of the method of transportation, with one look at one of the megaships you understand how much human effort and what kind of engineering genius was required to build each giant.

Here list of the largest ships in the world with photo and detailed description.

10. Planet Solar - 31 meters

What types of energy have the shipping industry tried to use - diesel, gas, nuclear, wind energy. But the solar region remained uncovered until the advent of Planet Solar. It is the largest ship powered entirely by solar energy in the world. Its length is 31 meters, and the panels are capable of absorbing almost 103.4 kW of solar energy.

The ship's speed is still low - only 8 knots, but, after all, this is a unique development. It will certainly be improved.

9. Club Med 2 - 194 meters

Built in 1992 in Le Havre, France, Club Med 2 is the largest sailing ship in the world. Its length is 194 m, and its carrying capacity is 14,983 tons. For comparison: the wing length is 117.3 meters.

In addition to 214 crew members, Club Med 2 can carry 386 passengers. The sailboat reaches speeds of up to 10-15 knots and currently operates as a cruise ship - in the summer it sails on the waters of the Mediterranean and Adriatic seas, and in the winter it goes to the Caribbean.

Club Med 2 has five masts. In addition to seven sails (they are controlled not by people, but by the ship’s computer), the ship is equipped with four diesel engines. Entertainment for passengers includes ballroom dancing, card games, music shows and, of course, stunning sea views - Club Med 2 sails, like many sailing ships before it, along the coastline and only anchors during the day and at night.

8. SSV-33 - 265 meters

The largest ship in Russia is also known as the Ural. It belongs to the class of reconnaissance ships with a nuclear power plant. The Ural was built during the Cold War, when the USSR and the USA were keeping an eye on each other. And it was intended for reconnaissance operations in, where the United States had several test sites for ballistic missiles. The length of the Ural was 265 m, the crew numbered 950 people, and the cruising speed was 21.6 knots. Thanks to the nuclear engine, the Ural was autonomous and, after refueling, could not enter the port for three months.

The Ural began its service on the Far Eastern coast, where, due to its gigantic size, there was no suitable berth for it, so the ship spent most of its time anchored in the bay. But his calmness was deceptive - in the 80s, “Ural” served as the main source of information about what was happening in military circles in the United States and Japan.

It all ended with the beginning of perestroika. First, junior conscript specialists were transferred to the reserve, then nuclear boilers were damaged as a result of a fire. For some time, the ship lived on diesel generators, until the painful, half-starved existence ended in 2001 - the Ural was laid up. Its disposal began in 2008, and by 2016 it was finally dismantled.

7. USS Enterprise (CVN-65) - 342 meters

No, this ship has nothing to do with Star Trek, but its size is truly impressive - it is the largest warship in the world in the entire history of the navy. Its length is 342 m, it can carry up to 4,600 troops, 2,520 tons of weapons, and the cruising speed of the Enterprise's namesake is 33.6 knots.

The USS Enterprise has a long and proud history.

Once it became the first among nuclear aircraft carriers (launched in 1961) and its price was so high that it was decided to abandon the planned series of ships of the same purpose and size.
The USS Enterprise began service during the Cuban Missile Crisis, then patrolled the Mediterranean, participated in the Vietnam War and, almost twenty years later, in Iraq, fought sea pirates...
In total, her service life was 51 consecutive years - longer than any other US aircraft carrier to this day.

But the world was changing, and even such a technically advanced ship, which regularly underwent modernization, became hopelessly outdated. In 2012, the ship made its last voyage. And by April 2018, it was completely disabled.

6. RMS Queen Mary 2 - 345 meters

The world's largest transatlantic liner is RMS Queen Mary 2, built in 2004. The ship received its name in honor of the first “Queen Mary”, which left the shipyard in 1936, and the abbreviation RMS (royal mail ship) was awarded only to the fastest and most reliable ships. Currently, RMS Queen Mary 2 is the only transatlantic ship cruising between Southampton and New York. However, once a year the Queen also operates as a cruise ship, making a round-the-world tour.

The Queen Mary is 345 m long and can accommodate 2,620 passengers and 1,253 crew members. It reaches a speed of 30 knots. Although the ship is smaller in size than the titanic cruise liners (however, only by 15 m), it still does not give up its position as the largest ocean liner.

The difference between a cruise ship and an ocean liner is that the first one goes on a journey and disembarks passengers locally in the same port, while the purpose of the second one is to transport passengers from one point to another.
However, this is not the only difference. The transatlantic liner makes long journeys and therefore often encounters adverse weather conditions. Therefore, its design must be stronger than that of cruise ships sailing in comfortable conditions, its seaworthiness must be better, and its engines must be more powerful.
A cruise ship, on the other hand, can afford to focus on the number of passengers carried instead of seaworthiness and endurance - that’s why they have such a funny box shape for better passenger capacity.

5. Gas carriers Q-Max - 345 meters

The world's largest carriers of liquefied gas are Q-Max ships. Their length reaches 345 m, and their total capacity varies from 262,000 to 267,000 m3. At the same time, their speed is quite good for ships of this class - 19.5 knots.

There are currently 14 vessels of this type in circulation; they were built by Samsung, Hyundai and Daewoo. The very first of them, Mozah, left the shipyard in 2007 and received its name in honor of one of the wives of the Emir of Qatar. All 14 vessels are owned by a Qatari natural gas transportation company. These are the largest ships that can dock at LNG terminals.

4. Oasis of the Seas - 360 meters

The largest passenger ships in the world are Oasis of the Seas, Allure of the Seas and Harmony of the Seas, formerly known as Project Genesis. They belong to Royal Caribbean and were built in 2009, 2010 and 2015 respectively. The length of cruise ships is 360 m, and the capacity is up to 6296 passengers, excluding the crew of 2394 people. These are the fastest of the large passenger ships - their speed reaches 22.6 knots.

There is plenty of entertainment on board so that tourists on board do not get bored. There is even surfing, a zip line 25 m long and 9 decks high, two climbing walls 13 m high, swimming pools, a basketball court, a water park and even an ice skating rink. No wonder there are so many service personnel on the ship!

The Oasis of the Seas cost about $1.14 million to build, the highest price ever paid for a civilian ship. Both Oasis and Allure currently operate week-long cruises in the Caribbean and are very popular with tourists.

3. TI class vessels - 380 meters

The largest oil tankers in service were designed and built for the Hellespont Group at a shipyard in South Korea by Daewoo (or rather its shipbuilding division) in 2003. There are four vessels in total - later the customers renamed them “TI Oceania”, “TI Europe”, “TI Asia” and “TI Africa”.

Approximately $90 million and 700,000 man-hours were spent on the construction of each vessel. They are shorter than the Knock Nevis at 78m; their length is 380 m, their carrying capacity is 440,000 tons, and they can reach a speed of 16 to 18 knots. In addition to their size, the ships impress with the grace of their outlines and the beauty of their design; If you look at them high from above, they most of all look like giant snow-white icebergs.

2. CSCL Globe and Maersk Triple E class vessels - 400 meters

In the fall of 2014, the “baptism” ceremony of the world’s largest container ship, CSCL Globe, took place. It was the first of five 19,000 TEU vessels ordered by the Chinese shipbuilder in 2013. However, since then the CSCL Globe record has been broken by OOCL class cargo carriers, the capacity of which reaches an impressive figure of 21,413 TEU - with the same length.

The 400 m long megaship is propelled by a 77,200 hp main engine. pp., whose efficiency is so high that it consumes no more fuel than a container ship with a carrying capacity of almost half as much. Fuel savings are up to 20%. This happens due to the fact that the “smart” engine reacts to the situation at sea and adjusts fuel consumption accordingly.

The Danish company Maersk ordered the construction of 20 Maersk Triple E class vessels from Daewoo. Each of them cost about $200 million. Their capacity is slightly less than that of the CSCL Globe (18,000 TEU), but they are almost identical in length. The cruising speed of the new container ships is high - from 23 to 26 knots, which makes them the fastest ships of this class in the world.

Triple E, that is, “triple E” - the principles encrypted in brief form that customers and shipbuilders adhered to:

saving;
energy efficiency;
environmental friendliness.

Currently, Maersk ships are among the most efficient container ships in terms of cost/volume of cargo transported.

1. Knock Nevis - 458.45 meters

During its service to people, the ship changed many names - Seawise Giant, Happy Giant, Jahre Viking and, finally, Knock Nevis. Measuring 1,504 feet (or 458.45 m) from stem to stern, it is the longest ship in shipbuilding history, longer than the Empire State Building laid on its side. Knock Nevis was a ULCC class of oil tanker and had the largest cargo capacity of any vessel. It is considered the largest artificial object, capable of moving independently, of all ever built by man.

At full load, the volume of cargo transported by the ship was 657,019 tons, and with a draft of 24.6 m, even the English Channel, Suez and Panama Canals were shallow for the sea giant. At the same time, the speed of the ship was surprisingly high for its size - 16 knots. The Knock Nevis was driven by a single engine with a diameter of 9 m. The braking distance from cruise speed to a complete stop took 9 km, and the turning radius of the vessel was 3 km. It was served by a team of 35 people.

Knock Nevis was built in 1979 by the Japanese shipbuilding company Sumimoto Heavy Industries at the Japanese shipyard in Yokosuko. The Greek owner named the ship "Porthos". Since then the ship has seen a lot:

traveled the seas for about 30 years;
was damaged in 1988 during the Iran-Iraq War;
was repaired and sold to Norway;
in 2009 it made its last trip to a shipyard in Gujarat, India, where it was dismantled.

Why are the largest ships in the world dangerous?

Huge ships are not very environmentally friendly. Transporting goods by sea costs the planet almost 1.4 billion tons of carbon dioxide, which is 6% of total emissions. This number is twice that of air transport.

For this reason, most marine giants are trying to switch to highly efficient and fuel-saving engines, and also use hybrid systems - there are ships that are driven by wind and solar energy.

They are called “cities of the sea” with numerous entertainments and all kinds of amenities for passengers. Until today, the Titanic was considered a legendary, large-scale passenger liner. But now the largest cruise ship in the world in 2016 is Harmony of the seas. It is 70 cubic meters high and 362 m long. It even broke the record for the longest ship of the RCI, built in 2010 Allure of the seas. The new giant is only 2 cm larger than the previous one.

The world's largest cruise ship: characteristics

The ship with a displacement of 225.282 thousand tons is equipped with 16 decks, 2704 cabins that can accommodate 5.4 thousand passengers. It is environmentally friendly among its class. Produces 20 percent less hydrocarbon emissions into the air. This is achieved through the use of new technologies.

Construction lasted 2.5 years. More than 1.5 billion US dollars were spent. The area is larger than the size of two football fields. The total power of six diesel units is 132 thousand horsepower, thanks to the engine traction it develops speeds of over 22 knots. This is the third giant of the “Largest Cruise Ship in the World” class for 2016.

To ensure that passengers have a long-lasting vacation, there are plenty of entertainment options on board the ship, and some travelers sometimes don’t have time to try everything during their stay. Here you can find leisure activities for every taste. Thrill-seekers will love the dizzying descents from the water slides, which are located at a height of 10 deck floors. Guests have at their disposal: swimming pools, casinos, exciting parties, sports grounds, and jazz clubs.

Harmony of the Seas is divided into six themed zones:

Central Park is located in the heart of the ship. A botanical garden has been created in the park. Guests have every chance to enjoy walks in the park for a long time.
Promenade (Boardwalk), Pedestrian area with cafes and bars. This sector organizes breakfast and lunch for guests.
Sports area with swimming pool. No other steamship includes so many water possibilities. In addition to many swimming pools, there are sports grounds for playing tennis, golf, etc.
Vitality at Sea spa, fitness center. This part of the infrastructure was created for complete relaxation and relaxation of travelers. There are special areas with saunas, baths, and Spa for children.
Amusement Park (Entertainment Place). Includes a casino, clubs, skating rink, theater.
Children's play area (Youth Zone). Reminds me of Disneyland.

The largest cruise ship has 4 main categories of cabins:

Suites. They differ from other rooms not only in their favorable location, but also in the large size of the living space.
Rooms with balconies. Perfect for lovers of fresh air
Cabins with a window that allow you to enjoy views of the port call.
Simple comfortable rooms.

Over the summer, the liner made seven-day trips around the Mediterranean Sea, and in the fall it will cross the Atlantic Ocean.

How much does the pleasure of riding on such a miracle of water engineering cost? Really inexpensive. Quite for an acceptable amount, which will be equal to a 1-day holiday in Thailand, but if you do not order a luxury apartment, you will stay in standard rooms. Nowadays, trips around the world by sea are not only reserved for the elite. Such entertainment is accessible to the middle class. So, all that remains is to earn money for such a voyage, stock up on a great mood and go ahead – buy a tour to the largest cruise ship in the world in 2016!

The largest cruise ship: video

Brief characteristics of the liner:

The cost of a cruise on the ship and information on prices can be found at the end of the page..

The liner is 362 meters long and 66 meters wide.
Height, counting from the waterline, 65 meters, draft 9.1 meters.
Cruising speed is 22 knots (42 km/h).
There are 16 passenger decks. There are 24 passenger elevators.
The number of cabins is 2,706. Guests: 6,318 people. The staff numbers 2,384 people, consisting of 80 countries.

The ship offers excursions, during which you can look “behind the scenes” of cruise life.

Passengers can relax in the shade of living trees - a park of exotic shrubs and trees is planted on the ship.

On board the ship there is a large original handmade carousel.

There are swimming pools with Jacuzzis, a water park with a water arena, a casino, shops and boutiques, you can buy any food and clothing for every taste.

There are restaurants and bars.

Passengers wishing to spend their time more actively can take advantage of the numerous sports facilities.

The ship even has an ice skating rink, volleyball and basketball courts, a golf course, bowling equipment, climbing walls, a fitness center, and a spa.

There is an opportunity to surf in special pools.
There is a water amphitheater with fountains, diving boards and diving towers in the open air and an indoor theater.

There is a club for lovers of humor and jazz.

Allure of the Seas offers guests some of the world's most exciting theatrical experiences. The ship also hosts ice shows, circus, themed, and other entertainment events.

There is a youth zone and kindergartens for children on the ship. Special attractions for children of all ages are also located in all other areas of the ship.

Allure of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world.

Well, this is one of the important and tasty places on the liner – the kitchen.

This is what the aircraft's wheelhouse looks like.

Well, this is a laundry room, also large, like the ship itself (there is nothing small on it). The largest cruise ship in the world

View of the large engine room of the airliner.

This is the visibility from the cabin balcony.

This beautiful view is from the upper deck of the liner.

Well, this is a nice and cozy concert hall of the ship.

Night city on the liner with shops, bars, theaters and more.

View of the ship's cabin, also one of the many and different cabins.

The liner's restaurant is in the form of a round bookcase. This is one of several restaurants.

This is what the world's largest liner Allure of the Seas looks like with the once legendary largest ship, the Titanic.

Full view from the world's largest and most beautiful ship, Allure of the Seas.

Cruise ship “Allure of the Seas”

The Allure of the Seas cruise ship's home port is Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

The sixteen-deck beautiful liner with a displacement of 220,000 tons with 2,700 spacious cabins of 37 types belongs to the new, most modern class of cruise ships - the Oasis class.

It features a unique concept of seven thematic zones. One of them is Central Park with living trees, grass and flowers.

On board the ship, guests are offered a wide range of entertainment: a climbing wall, a surfing simulator, a real ice skating rink, as well as an aquatheater - a water platform for performances by acrobats and synchronized swimmers, and a theater for 1,380 spectators, where 3 magnificent shows will be shown weekly in 4 shifts.

Description of cabins:

Only on the Oasis class there are 37 types of cabins available to guests! Including unique two-level Loft Suites: huge panoramic windows, gorgeous views of the ocean, large terraces, stylish elegant furnishings.

Characteristics:

· Area: 106 sq.m. / 44 sq.m.

· Four separate bedrooms, two of which have King-size beds and attached bathrooms.

· The other two bedrooms each have two queen-size beds and Pullman beds.

· The cabin has two additional bathrooms, with showers.

· The living room has a sofa and a dining area.

· On the balcony there is a dining area, sun loungers, a bar counter and a jacuzzi.

· Wardrobe, telephone, safe, hairdryer, air conditioning, TV, Internet access (for an additional fee), minibar, entertainment center.

· Bathrobes are provided. Free tea and coffee are provided in your room.

· Mains voltage 220 V (Euro standard) / 110 V (American standard)

· Smoking is prohibited in the cabin.

· Baby cot available on request.

Prices for sea cruises on such liners vary, but are not cheap, depending on the chosen route and days of stay, that is, for 3 nights, 7 nights, 20 nights or more. Prices range from 16 thousand rubles - 30 thousand rubles for 3 days and there are 56 thousand, 80 - 100 - 200 thousand rubles for 7 days, 20 days, etc. Here you can look at the prices, and learn more about the routes and costs of sea cruises, and also get acquainted with other types of cruise ships, which are no less good, and the prices are much cheaper, book a cruise - Nord Ex sea cruises

The largest cruise ship in the world

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Today we will talk about the largest ships on the planet: passenger, military, cargo, industrial. Some of them are so large that they cannot pass through canals and straits, and they are closed to most ports in the world.

We have selected seven of the most amazing giant ships. Five of them have recently set sail, two have already been decommissioned, and you can even buy a ticket for one. Each of them is a champion in their category.

The longest ship on Earth

Length - 488 m, width - 74 m, deadweight - 600,000 tons. Launched in 2013.

The largest ship on the planet and the largest floating structure ever created by man is the Prelude FLING. It is equal in length to the famous Western Wall in Israel. It could accommodate five full-size football fields or 175 Olympic-size swimming pools. However, its purpose is different: it is the world's first floating factory for the extraction and liquefaction of natural gas.

The vessel belongs to the Dutch-British oil and gas company Shell, was built in South Korea by Samsung Heavy Industries, and will operate off the coast of Australia, extracting gas from the ocean floor - the first drilling is planned for 2017. In the strict sense of the word, this is not exactly a ship: Prelude will not be able to sail under its own power, and will have to be towed to the workplace. But this monster is unsinkable and indestructible: it was created specifically for service in the “cyclone zone” in the open ocean and is capable of withstanding a hurricane of even the fifth, highest category. The planned service life is 25 years.

Petronas Towers with spiers

Length - 458.45 m, width - 68.86 m, deadweight - 564,763 tons. Launched in 1979, disposed of in 2010.

The largest oil tanker, Seawise Giant, was included in the Guinness Book of Records for its size. The ship is 6m longer than the 88-storey Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumpur, complete with spiers, and is approximately the width of a football field. It is so large that the draft did not allow it to pass through the Suez, Panama Canals and the English Channel.

Designed and built in Japan by Sumitomo Heavy Industries Ltd. in the mid-1970s, the tanker was intended for a Greek customer. However, he refused the purchase: during the tests, strong vibration of the hull was discovered while swimming in reverse. As a result, the ship was resold to a Hong Kong company and rebuilt: its displacement when fully loaded reached an absolute record - 657,018 tons. Over its long life, the ship changed owners and names several times, it was Happy Giant, Jahre Viking, Knock Nevis, Mont, sailed under Liberian, Norwegian, American and Sierra Leonean flags.

In 1986, Seawise Giant was nearly destroyed during the Iran-Iraq War. A missile fired by an Iraqi fighter caused a fire on board, the crew was evacuated, and the ship ran aground in the Strait of Hormuz and was considered sunk. The Norwegians found it, repaired it and sent it on a new voyage. Since 2004, the world's largest tanker has ceased to be floating and has been used as an oil storage facility near Qatar. In 2009, he made his last trip to the shores of India and was dismantled for scrap. Following the disposal of the giant, the largest supertankers are the four double-hulled TI-class ships: Oceania, Africa, Asia and Europe. They have a length of 380 m and surpass their competitors in deadweight - 441,585 tons.

Stadium running track

Length - 400 m, width - 58.6 m, deadweight - 184,605 tons, capacity - 19,100 teu (1 teu - standard 20-foot container). Launched in 2014.

In January 2015, the world's longest container ship, CSCL Globe, made its maiden voyage from China to Europe. It was built at the South Korean shipyard Hyundai Heavy Industries and is owned by the Chinese company China Shipping Container Lines. Although the ship is the largest of the container ships (it could host 400m races), it is inferior in cargo capacity to another giant: the MSC Oscar, which was also recently built in South Korea for an Italian company and can carry 124 more containers. The difference is small, but the Chinese container ship is longer and has the most powerful engine in the world: a MAN diesel engine with a capacity of 77,200 hp is hidden in the engine compartment of the vessel. With. and a height of 17.2 m. Korean shipbuilders are not going to stop there and predict the emergence of new giant container ships.

Four Statues of Liberty

Length - 382 m, width - 124 m, deadweight - 48,000 tons. Launched in 2013.

The catamaran Pioneering Spirit, which until February 2015 was called Pieter Schelte, is the absolute champion in terms of deck area. The creators claim that a small town can fit on it. The length could accommodate four Statues of Liberty (93 m with pedestal). The ship was built in South Korea according to a design by a Finnish company. Its function is to lay underwater pipelines and move drilling platforms. The ship arrived in Europe in January 2015 and has already found itself at the center of a scandal because of its name - in honor of the Nazi criminal Peter Schelte Heerm, an SS officer who was found guilty of war crimes and escaped punishment by deception. Seeing a giant ship with that name in Rotterdam, the Jewish communities of Great Britain and Holland raised an uproar, as a result of which even the British government spoke out in favor of renaming the ship. Under public pressure, the head of the Allseas company, which owns the miracle ship, and Peter Schelte’s own son, Edward Heerma, agreed not to use his father’s name in the name of the catamaran and changed it to the neutral Pioneering Spirit.

The whole city

Length - 362 m, width - 60 m, deadweight - 19,750 tons. Launched in 2009.

The largest cruise ship, Allure of the Seas, accommodates 6,296 passengers and 2,384 crew. Made in Finland by the Norwegian company STX Europe, it is owned by the American-Norwegian company Royal Caribbean International and sails between the United States and Europe. There is a whole city on board: 2,700 cabins, a park with live trees and flowers, an ice skating rink, an aquatheatre, a climbing wall, a theater for 1,380 spectators, as well as shops, bars, restaurants, baths, saunas, etc. It is noteworthy that this ship has a twin of the same class is the Oasis of the Seas cruise ship. However, Allure of the Seas is 5 cm longer. Prices for a 12-day sailing across the Atlantic from Fort Lauderdale to Barcelona start from RUB 53,600.

Six Leaning Towers of Pisa

Length - 362 m, width - 65 m, deadweight - 402,347 tons. Launched in 2010.

The largest bulk carriers for transporting ore are called Valemax: a series of ships of the Brazilian mining company Vale SA. Seven ore carriers were ordered by this company in South Korea and another 12 in China. The pioneer among the twins was the Vale Brasil, later renamed Ore Brasil: it was launched in 2010 and serves to transport ore from Brazil to Asia. This bulk carrier replaces 11,150 ore-carrying trucks, burns almost 97 tons of fuel per day and ranks second among ships in terms of deadweight, giving way to TI-class vessels. Due to its size, it can only land in some deep-water ports in Brazil, China and Europe. It could easily fit six Leaning Towers of Pisa if they were laid out lengthwise.

90 aircraft

Length - 342 m, width - 78.4 m, displacement - 94,781 tons. Commissioned in 1961, decommissioned in 2012.

The American aircraft carrier USS Enterprise (CVN-65) exceeded the length of all warships in the world, and was also the world's very first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier. The maximum capacity was 5828 people, up to 90 aircraft could be on board at the same time, but usually 60 were placed. The total ammunition ammunition was 2520 tons. Initially, it was planned to create six such aircraft, but due to the high price ($451 million) it remained the only one of its kind — its feature was not only its size, but also the presence of eight A2W type reactors.

The aircraft carrier became a symbol of US naval power and was used in almost all wars and conflicts involving this country: in the Cuban Missile Crisis, in the Vietnam War in 1965, in Iraq in 1998, in Afghanistan in 2001, in the Iraq War of the 2000s , in the fight against Somali pirates in 2011.

Over its long life, the aircraft carrier went to sea 25 times, completed one circumnavigation of the world (in 1964), set a record for the number of combat missions on board a ship (65 in one day in 1965) and almost exploded in 1969 when on board An unplanned self-launch of aerial bombs occurred, which provoked the scattering of missiles and the destruction of 15 aircraft. Then 27 people were killed, 314 people were injured, and the damage caused to the ship was estimated at $6.4 million. However, the miracle aircraft carrier was restored and continued to sail until it was decommissioned in 2012. Its complete disposal is planned for 2016.