WHATS THE BIGGeST....?

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All cruise lines categirize their ships by class. The Freedom of the Seas, Liberty of the Seas, & Independence of the Seas are all Freedom Class ships (the largest class for RCL & the largest ships at sea currently). They are exact layouts of each other.
Here are the stats:

Freedom Of the Seas:
Class: Freedom Class
Maiden Voyage: June 4, 2006
Passenger Capacity: 3,634
Crew: 1,365
Draft: 28'
Speed: 21.6 knots
Length: 1,112'
Decks: 15
Gross Tonnage: 160,000 tons

Independence Of the Seas:
Class: Freedom Class
Maiden Voyage: May 17, 2008
Passenger Capacity: 3,634
Crew: 1,365
Draft: 28'
Speed: 21.6 knots
Length: 1,112'
Decks: 15
Gross Tonnage: 130,000 tons

They are sister ships with the exact layout. The only difference is Freedom of the Seas is 2 years older.

Zef H

Currently the largest cruise ships belong to the Freedom class, which includes the Freedom of the Seas (2006) , Liberty of the Seas (2007) and Independence of the Sea (2008). All three are the same, the only difference being the interior colors and the names given to the public areas. The ships are about 158,000 gross registered tons (GRT - which is a space rating, not a weight rating).

However, in 2009 a bigger ship will begin sailing. It is owned by Royal Caribbean (as are all the ships ending with "of the Seas"). The ship has not be named yet, but is currently known by its project name (Genesis). The Genesis ships (there will be two, the second one coming out in 2010) will be about 220,000 GRT.

Prior to the Freedom class the biggest ship was the Queen Mary 2 (QM2 - 2004) at 148,528 GRT. It is still the biggest ocean liner.

Prior to the QM2 the biggest cruise ships were the five Voyager class ships [Voyager (1999), Explorer (2000), Adventurer (2001), Navigator (2002) and Mariner of the Seas (2003)]. These ships are 137,280 GRT.

Prior to the Voyager class was the Grand class, which includes the Grand Princess (1998), the Golden Princess (2001) and Star Princess (2002). These ships are just under 109,000 GRT.

Prior to the Grand class was the Carnival Destiny (1996), which is just over 101,000 GRT. It was the first cruse ship to exceed 100,000 GRT.

James L

Freedom of the Seas.

Patrick S

The Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas are sisters and are the same size.
The Independence, which launches next month, will be the largest. It is roughly the same size as the other two, but will hold about 2,000 more people than the Freedom and Liberty.

I was just on the Liberty and it truly is a giant! It was a blast and there are tons of things to do and see!

Below is a link to the ship itself on RC's website.

oracleguru

Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas are the biggest - - for about two more weeks. When Independence of the Seas goes into service it will be the largest by about 6,000 tons

TINKERTOY ..... the 1 & only

The ships are identical in every way except interior decor. They are the same size and carry the same number of passengers. And they are two of the three Freedom Class ships that Royal Caribbean has. The other is the Liberty of the Seas. All three identical in size.

rob123dev123

The Freedom of the seas is the largest so far

birdbayboy

Freedon of the Seas.

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