MS Allure of the Seas

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Career

Name:	Allure of the Seas
Owner:	Royal Caribbean International
Operator:	Royal Caribbean International
Port of Registry:	TBA
Ordered:	February, 2006
Builder:	Aker Yards, Turku, Finland
Cost:	USD 1.2 billion (EUR 755 million)
Status:	On Order
General characteristics
Class and type:	Oasis Class cruise ship
Tonnage:	220,000 GRT
Displacement:	app. 100,000 tons
Length:	1,181 ft (360 m)
Beam:	154 ft (47 m)
Height:	213 ft (65 m) above water line
Draft:	30 ft (9 m)
Decks:	16 Passenger Decks
Installed power:	8 Wärtsilä V12 Engine @ 17,500 hp each
Propulsion:	3 × 20 MW Asea Brown Boveri Azipod, all azimuthing^{[citation needed]}
Speed:	20.2 kn (37.4 km/h/23.2 mph)
Capacity:	5,400 passengers
Crew:	TBD

The MS Allure of the Seas is a cruise ship that will be the sister ship to the world's largest ship, the Oasis of the Seas. She was designed under the name "Project Genesis". She was ordered in February 2006. She will begin construction soon at the Aker Yards in Turku, Finland. In May 2008 she was named Allure of the Seas after a contest was held to name the new ship.^[1]