Royal Caribbean

The Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, based in Miami, is the main rival to the Carnival Corporation and run many smaller cruise lines such as Celebrity Cruises and Azamara Cruises. They are the proud owners of the largest cruise ships in the world, the 158,000 ton Freedom class ships. These monsters are small in comparison to their next project, which is currently in production. This is the whopping 220,000 ton Oasis class of ship. Amazingly they will carry over 5,000 passengers, the size of a small town!

In spring 2008, Independence of the Seas was delivered to Royal Caribbean Cruise from the Akar shipyard, she is the third and last in the Freedom class range and at 158,000 tons is the largest cruise ship to be home ported in the UK. To accommodate her, Royal Caribbean Cruise has signed a multi million pound contract with the port of Southampton to extend one of the piers to accommodate her.

Now known as Royal Caribbean International, the former Royal Caribbean Cruise Line offers an American style cruise that caters for almost anybody. Their ships have more facilities for children than any other cruise line and are just as great for family cruises as they are for discerning couples wanting a more adventurous cruise.

Independence of the Seas or Independence of the Sea

Just found a great blog post on whether it is Independence of the Seas or Independence of the Sea on the unofficial Royal Caribbean Cruise website. For search engine optimization purposes, that s makes a lot of difference. As they say, it is officially Independence of the Seas. Read More →

Royal Caribbean Develop Falmouth

Royal Caribbean is working alongside the Jamaican Port Authority in a bid to develop the Falmouth cruise port in Jamaica so that Oasis of the Seas can visit the port when she starts her Western Caribbean cruises in May 2010. This is not the first time that Royal Caribbean have worked with a port authority,... Read more »

Royal Caribbean Updated

The Royal Caribbean website has just been updated with some new pages and a revised page on Independence of the Seas. Read More →

Oasis of the Seas on Sale

The worldwide sale of Oasis of the Seas took place during the week with thousands of people the world over ready to pounce on the phones to book one of the 5,400 spaces on her first cruise out of Fort Lauderdale in 2009. Oasis of the Seas will be the largest cruise ship in the world when she joins... Read more »