Adventure of the Seas moored at Barbados. |
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| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Adventure of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: | Nassau, Bahamas |
| Builder: | Kvaerner Masa-Yards (Finland)[1] |
| Cost: | $500 million[1] |
| Christened: | November 10, 2001 by Rudy Giuliani in New York[1][2] |
| Maiden voyage: | November 18, 2001[3] |
| In service: | November 2001[1] -present |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9167227[4] Call Sign C6SA3[5] MMSI 311263000[5] |
| Status: | In Active Service as of 2011 |
| Notes: | CDC sanitation score: 100% (1/4/2009)[6] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Voyager class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 137,276 GT (gross tonnage)[1] |
| Length: | 1,020 ft (310.90 m) |
| Beam: | 157.5 ft (48.01 m)[3] |
| Draft: | 28.8 ft (8.78 m)[1] |
| Decks: | 15 decks |
| Installed power: | diesel-electric (75,600 kW)[1] |
| Propulsion: | 3 Azipods[1] |
| Speed: | 22.5-knot (42 km/h; 26 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,114 passengers[3] |
| Crew: | 1,180 crew |
| Notes: | 14 elevators, post-Panamax |
MS Adventure of the Seas is the third Voyager-class cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International that cannot transit the Panama Canal.[7]
Voyager-class ships are some of the largest passenger ships in the world; currently, only Cunard's Queen Mary 2, Norwegian Epic, Royal Caribbean International's Freedom class and Oasis class ships are larger.
She was built in Aker Finnyards in Turku, Finland and completed in 2001. From 2001, she mostly sailed in the Southern Caribbean and departed weekly from the port of San Juan, Puerto Rico. She is now (2011) based in the Mediterranean in the Summer and offers seven day cruises from Malaga and in the winter she departs from San Juan, Puerto Rico.
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