It is like a floating city. The world’s biggest cruise ship Harmony of
the Seas set sail on its maiden voyage to the UK from France recently. The Euro
1-billion, 16-deck ship is bigger than the Eiffel Tower and holds the record
for being the widest cruise ship ever built; boasting a 6,360-passenger
capacity. It’s been compared to a floating city with more than 2,500 state-rooms
, 20 dinning venues, 23 swimming pools and a park with more than 10,000 plants
and 50 trees. It’s a dream ship!
The world’s largest cruise ship,
which is a third longer than the Titanic leaves port for the first time as it
set sail from France to UK. Harmony of the Seas, which cost Euro 1-billion to build
and weighs 227,000 tonnes is on it’s first-ever sea trial. The ship, which is
nearly 330 foot longer than Titanic, has around 500 of its maximum 2,000 crew
abroad for trial. For months, tourists have been allowed on board to wonder at
the luxury interiors of the ship that has 16 decks. The cruise liner made in
France and stretches to 1,187 feet, which means it’s 165 feet longer than the
iconic Eiffel Tower.
MS Harmony of the Seas is an
Oasis-class cruise ship constructed by STX France at the Chantiers de
l’Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France for Royal Caribbean
International. With gross tonnage of 227,000 tonnes, she is the largest
passenger ship in the world, surpassing her older sisters – MS Oasis of the
Seas and MS Allure of the Seas by some 2000 tonnes, as well as 7.1 feet in
length. The success of the first two Oasis-class ships led Royal Caribbean
Cruises to order a third ship of the type in December 2012.
Harmony of the Seas was floated
out on 19 June 2015, began her first sea trials on 10 March 2016 and was
delivered to Royal Caribbean on 12 May 2016. After building time of 32 months,
the ship first set sail on 15 May 2016 from the STX France docks in
Saint-Nazaire, viewed by over 70,000 people. Her initial destination was
Southampton, England, although the home port will be Barcelona, Spain.
The booking will soon start for
tourists. For the inaugural season to commence on 7 June 2016, Harmony of the
Seas will offer seven-night western Mediterranean cruises originating from
Barcelona and Rome (Civitavecchia). At the end of the summer and autumn season
(in late October), the ship will cross the Atlantic to United States, where she
will offer seven-night eastern and western Caribbean cruises from Port
Everglades, Florida and Port Canaveral starting in November. It has 2,747
state-rooms of different types to accommodate 5,479 guests ranging from small
interior rooms to larger rooms to suites, some are fitted with wall-mounted
80-inch screens, covering nearly the floor to ceiling, that display the ship’s
environment as if through a large window, called ‘virtual balconies.’ These
screens were first fitted on the Quantam class of cruise ships. A full 43
categories of state-rooms are offered, starting from a room of 180 square feet.
Several types of suites are available, including the new Royal Class. The ship is divided into seven neighborhoods,
including Central Park and Broad Walk like its Oasis class sisters.
The amenities include : Vitality Spa and a fitness centre, Splashway Bay
and H2O Zone water park, three water slides called Perfect Storm, ten storey
high Ultimate Abyss, a spiraling dry slide with two cylinders, 23 swimming pools
with two Flow Rider surf simulators, Casino, 3D Movie theatre, Puzzle break:
Escape the Rubicon, a high-tech live room escape game, for up to 12 players at
a time, designed by Seattle-based Puzzle Break, in partnership with Hollywood
set design company Show FX, 20 dining venues, the first double-storey Wonderland
restaurant, 11,252 works of art, Studio B ice rink, The Aqua Theatre for diving
shows and 3D flying shows with acrobats, the Bionic Bar where drinks will be
made solely by two robotic arms, 1400 seat Royal theatre for Broadway-style
shows such as Grease (musical), over 10,000 species of plants, including 50
trees in Central Park, Dream Works experience with characters from Shrek, Kung
Fu Panda, two rock climbing walls, full size basketball court, adventure ocean
programs for children and youth and Voom, high-speed internet.
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Indonesia
has world’s largest Buddhist temple
The Borobudur Temple, located on the Indonesian
island of Java, is the largest Buddhist temple. Built in the 9th
century during the reign of Syailendra dynasty, the temple was constructed with
approximately 56,000 cubic meters of volcanic stone, has around 504 Buddha
statues and is decorated with 2,672 relief panels. It was restored with
UNESCO’s help in the 1970s.
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