Voyager of the Seas in La Seyne-sur-Mer, France |
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| Name: | Voyager of the Seas |
| Owner: | Royal Caribbean International |
| Port of registry: | Bahamas, Nassau |
| Builder: | Kvaerner Masa Yards |
| Cost: | US$650 million |
| Christened: | 20 November 1999 |
| Maiden voyage: | 21 November 1999 |
| Identification: | ABS class no: Call sign: C6SE5 DNV ID: 19902 IMO number: 9161716 MMSI no.: |
| Status: | Operational |
| Notes: | [1] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | DNV: 1A1 Passenger Ship RP LCS-SID BIS |
| Tonnage: | 137,276 GT (gross tonnage) |
| Length: | 311 m (1,020 ft) |
| Beam: | 47.4 m (156 ft) |
| Height: | 63 m (206.69 ft) |
| Draught: | 8 m (26 ft) |
| Decks: | 15 |
| Propulsion: | 3 x 14 MW Azipod propulsion, two azimuthing, one fixed |
| Speed: | 23.7-knot (44 km/h; 27 mph) |
| Capacity: | 3,138 passengers |
| Crew: | 1,181 crew |
| Notes: | [2] |
MS Voyager of the Seas, is a Voyager-class cruise ship, completed in 1999, for Royal Caribbean International. She is the namesake of Voyager-class ships.
It can handle up to 3114 guests, and, along with its sisters in the Voyager class, is one of the largest passenger ships in the world; currently, only the Cunard Line Queen Mary 2, Norwegian Epic and the Royal Caribbean International Freedom class and Oasis class are larger. Constructed at Aker Finnyards in Turku, Finland, the ship measures 137,276 gross tons on a 64,000 ton displacement.[1][3] It is 1,020 ft. long overall, has a waterline beam of 127 ft. and a maximum width of 156 ft (47.55 m).
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Voyager of the Seas is commonly referred to as a 'Floating hotel' due to the vast range of facilities that it offers, along with some world firsts for cruise ships when the ship was launched. Voyager features the world's first rock climbing wall (mounted on the funnel) and ice-skating rink at sea. During Voyager's first weeks at sea, there were doubts on how effective the ice rink would be due to the ice occasionally cracking in places due to the instability of the ship and hot ventilation pipes on the deck below, although these merely turned out to be teething troubles and today, the ice is used throughout the cruise as a public ice-skating venue and for the evening ice show.
Another innovative feature of Voyager of the Seas and another world first is the Royal Promenade which is a marble floored street stretching just over 3/4 the length of the ship and features shops and light dining venues. This area is the heart of the ship for evening activity , along with the three story high 'La Scala' theatre in which some of the latest production technology is used to produce Broadway standard production shows at night.
Almost all outward facing cabins on Voyager feature balconies as well as en-suite bathrooms and an innovative interactive television service.
Currently the Voyager of the Seas sails to the Mediterranean out of Venice, Italy and the Western Caribbean out of New Orleans, LA. In 2012, the ship will re-locate to Asia becoming the largest cruise ship ever to sail out of Asia. On April 14 the Voyager of the Seas will begin its relocation to Asia sailing from New Orleans to Barcelona which will visit the ports of Nassau, Ponta Delgada, Malaga, Cartagerna, Valencia, and ending the voyage in Barcelona, Spain. Then it will sail from Barcelona to Dubai on April 30 visiting Alexandria, make a transit through the Suez Canal, Sharm El-Sheikh, Safaga, arriving in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on May 15. Then the ship will sail from Dubai, United Arab Emirates to Singapore visiting Goa, Kochi, Penang, and Port Kelang then arriving in Singapore on May 26. The ship will sail summer sailings out of Singapore and out of China in the Summer of 2012. In the months of October through March 2013, the ship will sail out of Sydney visiting ports in Australia and New Zealand. In March 2013, the ship will return to Singapore.
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