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Freedom of the Seas Cruise Ship

www.ucruiser.com filmed Freedom of the Seas while it was leaving Port Canaveral for the very first time. The port arranged a Sail-a-Bration event to celebrate the worlds largest cruise ship. MS Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. It is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom Class of cruise ships, and can accommodate over 4300 passengers and 1300 crew on fifteen passenger decks. In addition to two sister ships, Freedom of the Seas will keep the title of the largest passenger ships ever built (by gross tonnage) until construction of the Oasis Class ships in 2009, also owned by Royal Caribbean International. The Freedom of the Seas was built at the Aker Yards drydock in Turku, Finland, which also is building the other ships of the Freedom Class. Upon its completion, it became the largest passenger ship ever built, taking that honor from Cunard's RMS Queen Mary 2. Freedom of the Seas is 2.4 metres narrower than QM2 at the waterline, 6 metres shorter, has 1.5 metres less draft, is 8.3 metres less tall and 10 mph slower. Freedom of the Seas however is the larger ship in terms of gross tonnage. While its gross tonnage was estimated to range from 154000 GT to 160000 GT, its official rating by Det Norske Veritas, a Norwegian marine classification society, is 154407 GT, compared with QM2's 148528 GT. Freedom of the Seas has the highest gross tonnage of any passenger ship yet built. The ship features three swimming areas an ...

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