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Mainstream Cruise Lines: Royal Caribbean International
The Royal Caribbean International cruise guide helps you find professional cruise ship reviews, stats, sailing schedules, and ports of call cruise destination info for Royal Caribbean International cruise ships. Browse related Mainstream cruise ships and ports and find in-depth cruising guides for more cruises and ships that travel around the world.
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Professional Review for Royal Caribbean International
With a fleet comprised of the world’s largest ships, six of then exceeding 135,000 tons, Royal Caribbean has continually offered more innovative features than any other mass market cruise line. Beginning in 1969 with the trademark Viking Crown Lounge offering top-of-the-ship wraparound views, more recent ships introduced the Royal Promenade, a vast multi-deck-high interior boulevard of shops, bars and eateries, rock-climbing walls (all ships), in-line skating, ice skating rinks, water parks, and hot-tubs cantilevered over the side. Fleet
The fleet, now numbering more than a score, has the most
attractive mega-ship profiles, balanced, sleek and not boxy, and arguably the
most tasteful and warmest interiors. Soon the line will introduce by far the
largest ships, 220,000 tonners with nearly 6,000 berths. Most passengers once
aboard may decide never to leave during ports of call, and no doubt RCI will
welcome the onboard spending.
Itineraries
The itineraries cover North and South America, the Mediterranean and once again the Western Pacific
Dining and Decor
While Royal Caribbean has designed some of the most dramatic
multi-level and big-windowed dining rooms afloat, the mass market food does not
quite match the surroundings. The winsome dining settings, if not always the
food, also include Portofino, a reserved-seating Italian restaurant, a
1950s-style Johnny Rockets diner and sprawling buffets, rescued by some great
sea views.
Programs
The ships are loaded with activities including elaborate
programs for children.
Onboard Experience
Royal Caribbean ships, virtual cities at sea, draw all age
groups, and are busy places all day and well into the night around the pools,
in the show lounges and bars and on the biggest ships, along the Royal
Promenade.
Competitors
If Carnival ships are glitzier in decor and Norwegian offers
far more restaurant choices, Royal Caribbean offers the most bells and
whistles.
Royal Caribbean International Ships
Quick View | | Royal Caribbean�s Adventure of the Seas is one of the world's largest cruise liners, ranking beside her sibling Voyager class ships, Voyager of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas . Adventure of the Seas was completed and made her maiden voyage in 2001. Registered in the Ba... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | The Brilliance of the Seas is part of the Radiance class, numbering four ships and representing a new direction for Royal Caribbean. The ship was completed in 2002 and has a gross tonnage of 90,090. She carries 2,188 passengers, mostly Americans. Officers are Norwegian and the crew internatio... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Enchantment of the Seas is one of the older ships in Royal Caribbean's fleet, but in mid-2005 she underwent one of the most extensive rebuilds in recent cruise history, which effectively brought her into the 21st century. Enchantment was built at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Helsinki, Finland, and lau... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | A ship of dramatic and open spaces, Explorer of the Seas offers something for all cruisers and is exciting and energetic enough to truly be considered a city at sea. A Royal Caribbean cruise liner, she is 1,020-ft in length and weighs in at 142,000 tons. Brilliance shares the distincti... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | This cruise liner from Royal Caribbean made its debut in June 2006 to snatch the largest cruise ship title from the then-reigning monarch, Queen Mary 2. Measuring 158,000 tons, she is 1,112 ft long, making the Freedom of the Seas 20 ft shorter that the QM2 and beamier by no less than 50 ft. She is f... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | The Granduer of the Seas, a Royal Caribbean International cruise liner, is a Finnish-built in 1996 and refurbished in 1998. She is a Liberian-registered 74,140-ton vessel 916 ft in length and 106 ft wide. Officers are Scandinavian, and the crew of 760 is international. The ship carries 1,950... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | This cruise liner is the fourth ship in RCI's very successful Radiance class. She entered service in Europe in May 2004. At 90,090 tons, her class qualifies as the best looking Royal Caribbean ships with nicely rounded lines and good overall proportions. A large ship she is, but much smaller than th... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Launched in 1995 and refurbished in 1997, the Legend of the Seas is virtually a floating resort, complete with a Roman spa and 18 holes of mini-golf. She sails under the Norwegian flag with Norwegian officers and an international crew of 720. She is also one of the faster ships afloat, cruising at 2... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | In spring 2007, this cruise liner from Royal Caribbean International joined sibling Freedom of the Seas to snatch the largest-cruise-ship title from the then-reigning monarch, Queen Mary 2. Measuring 158,000 tons, she is 1,112 ft long. This means that Liberty of the Seas is 20 ft shorter that the QM... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International�s Majesty of the Seas, built in 1992 and refurbished in 1997, is one of RCI's Caribbean megaships. Stretching 916 ft and cruising at up to 19 knots, this 74,140-ton Norwegian-registered ship with 1,140 cabins has a number of improvements over her sibling, the ... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Mariner of the Seas is the fifth in the highly successful Voyager-class. She entered service in 2004, and the quintet formed the largest set of cruise liners until RCI's Freedom class (158,000 tons) began arriving two years later. Measuring 137,276 tons, this ship hauls 3,114 passengers (or u... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International's Monarch of the Seas entered service in 1991 as the second of three 73,941-ton Sovereign-class ships, 880 ft long and rising 14 decks. This Norwegian-registered liner carries 2,350 passengers at double occupancy but can carry 2,744 at maximum capacity. Her top c... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International�s Navigator of the Seasmade her debut in 2003 as the third of the highly-successful Voyager class that includes the Voyager of the Seas, Explorer of the Seas, Adventure of the Seas and Mariner of the Seas. At 138,000 tons and with 3,11... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | The Radiance of the Seas was the first of the Radiance Class ships (another three followed) from Royal Caribbean International. They were designed to incorporate many of the dining and entertainment options of the Voyager-class ships-and then some-while exploring the global destinations of the Visio... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International�s Rhapsody of the Seas, built in France and launched in 1997 with Norwegian registry, weighs in at 78,491 tons, extends 915 ft with a 105-ft beam, and cruises at 22 knots. Staff and crew total 765, with Norwegian officers and 55 nationalities represented. At maxi... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | The cruise liner Serenade of the Seas is one of four Radiance class ships representing a new direction for Royal Caribbean with much more attention being paid to nautical decor, from the dark-wood paneling and deep-sea blues, to the walls of glass to let you see the ocean while dining, imbibing and... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | The Sovereign of the Seas, built in France in 1988, was given a makeover in 1996, when around 220 third and fourth berths were added to increase capacity to 2,850. The shopping area was increased as well. The dramatic atrium, called the Centrum, was a first here, one that successive ships cop... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International's Splendour of the Seas, launched in 1996, is one of RCI's Vision Class behemoths, the younger sister to the Legend of the Seas. Her speed of over 24 knots permits longer stays in some ports as well as additional calls. This 69,130-ton, 867-ft ship has Nor... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International's Vision of the Seasis, with her sister, Rhapsody of the Seas, one of RCI's "Project Vision" ships, also termed "Ships of Glass." This 78,491-ton Liberian-registered vessel, built in France and launched in 1998, is a 915-ft mega-vision carrying a maximum o... Read Entire Review » |
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Quick View | | Royal Caribbean International's Voyager of the Seaseasily qualifies as one of the largest passenger ships in the world, along with her newer sisters, Adventure of the Seas and Explorer of the Seas. The 1,020-ft, 142,000-ton ship out-measures the competition by 32,000 tons and ca... Read Entire Review » |
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