SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS, the world's largest cruise ship, left her birth place on Saturday 24 March © RCI
World’s largest cruise ship enters service
mar 26 2018
CruiseThe world’s largest cruise ship, SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS, was handed over to her owners Royal Caribbean International at the STX France Shipyard in Saint Nazaire on 23 March. The 228,081gt vessel takes over the title of biggest cruise ship in the world from fleet mate HARMONY OF THE SEAS, but only just as the latter is 226,96gt. Both vessels, however, have the same passenger capacity – 5,518 double occupancy and 6,680 total passenger capacity.
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