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Harmony Of The Seas
Harmony Of The Seas current position
Harmony Of The Seas electric current location is at Caribbean area Sea (coordinates 19.75938 Due north / -73.90908 W) cruising at speed of 21.vi kn (40 kph/ 25 mph) en route to FMT - LAB. The AIS position was reported 24 minutes agone.
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Current itinerary of Harmony Of The Seas
Harmony Of The Seas current cruise is 7 days, round-trip Caribbean Perfect Day, themed as "Easter". The itinerary starts on 17 Apr, 2022 and ends on 24 April, 2022.
Specifications of Harmony Of The Seas
Year built | 2016 / Age: 6 |
Flag state | Bahamas |
Builder | Chantiers de l'Atlantique (Saint-Nazaire, STX France) |
Class | OASIS-Plus |
Building cost | USD 1,35 billion |
Engines (power) | Wartsila (96 MW / 128738 hp) |
Propulsion power | 82 MW / 109964 hp |
Speed | 22 kn / 41 kph / 25 mph |
Length (LOA) | 362 m / 1188 ft |
Beam (width) | 47 m / 154 ft |
Gross Tonnage | 226963 gt |
Passengers | 5497 - 6410 |
Crew | 2394 |
Passengers-to-space ratio | 36 |
Decks | 17 |
Cabins | 2745 |
Decks with cabins | 12 |
Last Refurbishment | 2021 |
Sister-ships | Allure OTS, Oasis OTS, Symphony OTS, Wonder OTS, Utopia OTS |
Christened by | Brittany Affolter |
Owner | RCG-Royal Caribbean Group (via RCCL-Majestic Caribbean Cruises Ltd) |
Operator | RCI-Royal Caribbean International |
Harmony Of The Seas Itineraries
Date | Itinerary | Difference Port | Price from |
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2022 Mar 27 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $578 |
2022 Apr 03 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $551 |
2022 Apr x | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | |
2022 Apr 17 | 7 days, circular-trip Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | |
2022 Apr 24 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Port Canaveral | |
2022 May 01 | vii days, circular-trip Western Caribbean area Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Port Canaveral | $688 |
2022 May 08 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $738 |
2022 May xv | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $708 |
2022 May 22 | vii days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Port Canaveral | $908 |
2022 May 29 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Mean solar day | Port Canaveral | $928 |
2022 Jun 05 | vii days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $878 |
2022 Jun 12 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $948 |
2022 Jun 19 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean area Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Port Canaveral | $848 |
2022 Jun 26 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $1018 |
2022 Jul 03 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $898 |
2022 Jul 10 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $1058 |
2022 Jul 17 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $978 |
2022 Jul 24 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Solar day | Port Canaveral | $968 |
2022 Jul 31 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $888 |
2022 Aug 07 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Solar day | Port Canaveral | |
2022 Aug 14 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Solar day | Port Canaveral | $798 |
2022 Aug 21 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Mean solar day | Port Canaveral | |
2022 Aug 28 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $678 |
2022 Sep 04 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $688 |
2022 Sep xi | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $608 |
2022 Sep 18 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect 24-hour interval | Port Canaveral | $618 |
2022 Sep 25 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $648 |
2022 Oct 02 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $578 |
2022 Oct 09 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $728 |
2022 October 16 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Port Canaveral | $748 |
2022 Oct 23 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | $608 |
2022 Oct 30 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Port Canaveral | |
2022 November 07 | v days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2022 Nov 12 | 8 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2022 Nov 20 | 6 days, round-trip Bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | $629 |
2022 November 26 | eight days, circular-trip Southern Caribbean Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2022 December 04 | half dozen days, round-trip Commonwealth of the bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | $478 |
2022 December 10 | eight days, round-trip Southern Caribbean area Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2022 Dec xviii | vi days, round-trip Bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | $508 |
2022 Dec 24 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Vacation Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | $848 |
2022 Dec 31 | vii days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Perfect Twenty-four hour period Y | Fort Lauderdale | $818 |
2023 January 07 | 8 days, round-trip Labadee, Aruba Curacao Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | $749 |
2023 January 15 | 6 days, round-trip Commonwealth of the bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | $528 |
2023 January 21 | 8 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2023 Jan 29 | six days, circular-trip Bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | $468 |
2023 February 04 | 8 days, round-trip Southern Caribbean Cruise | Fort Lauderdale | |
2023 Feb 12 | 6 days, round-trip Bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | $548 |
2023 Feb 18 | viii days, circular-trip Southern Caribbean Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | |
2023 Feb 26 | 6 days, circular-trip Bahamas, Jamaica Labadee Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | $528 |
2023 Mar 04 | 6 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Prowl | Fort Lauderdale | |
2023 Mar 11 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Twenty-four hours | Miami | |
2023 Mar 18 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Mean solar day | Miami | |
2023 Mar 25 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect 24-hour interval | Miami | |
2023 April 01 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Solar day | Miami | |
2023 Apr 08 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Apr 15 | vii days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Apr 22 | seven days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 April 29 | vii days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 May 06 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Day, Mexico Honduras Prowl | Miami | $853 |
2023 May 13 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 May 20 | seven days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 May 27 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Solar day St. Thomas Prowl | Miami | $873 |
2023 Jun 03 | vii days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean area Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Jun 10 | seven days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Solar day | Miami | |
2023 Jun 17 | 7 days, circular-trip Perfect Twenty-four hours St. Thomas Cruise | Miami | $1008 |
2023 Jun 24 | 7 days, circular-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Twenty-four hour period | Miami | |
2023 Jul 01 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Jul 08 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Solar day St. Thomas Cruise | Miami | $1058 |
2023 Jul 15 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Mean solar day | Miami | |
2023 Jul 22 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Jul 29 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Twenty-four hours St. Thomas Cruise | Miami | $1088 |
2023 Aug 05 | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Aug 12 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Mean solar day | Miami | |
2023 Aug 19 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Day St. Thomas Cruise | Miami | $953 |
2023 Aug 26 | seven days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Sep 02 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Sep 09 | 7 days, round-trip Perfect Day St. Thomas Prowl | Miami | $923 |
2023 Sep sixteen | 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Sep 23 | 8 days, circular-trip Perfect Day, Aruba Curacao Cruise | Miami | $879 |
2023 Oct 01 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Oct 08 | seven days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Oct xv | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Solar day | Miami | |
2023 Oct 22 | vii days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Day | Miami | |
2023 Nov 01 | iv days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $318 |
2023 Nov 05 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $558 |
2023 November 12 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $567 |
2023 Nov nineteen | seven days, round-trip Western Caribbean Prowl | Galveston | $958 |
2023 Nov 26 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $528 |
2023 Dec 03 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $538 |
2023 Dec 10 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Prowl | Galveston | $558 |
2023 Dec 17 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean area Prowl | Galveston | $567 |
2023 December 24 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $1028 |
2023 Dec 31 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $1197 |
2024 Jan 07 | seven days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $628 |
2024 January 14 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $558 |
2024 Jan 21 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $567 |
2024 January 28 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $578 |
2024 February 04 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $608 |
2024 Feb 11 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $598 |
2024 Feb 18 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $567 |
2024 Feb 25 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Prowl | Galveston | $598 |
2024 Mar 03 | vii days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $618 |
2024 Mar x | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $843 |
2024 Mar 17 | seven days, circular-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $728 |
2024 Mar 24 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Cruise | Galveston | $658 |
2024 Mar 31 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $628 |
2024 Apr 07 | 7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $688 |
2024 Apr 14 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $628 |
2024 Apr 21 | vii days, round-trip Western Caribbean area Prowl | Galveston | $628 |
2024 Apr 28 | 7 days, circular-trip Western Caribbean Cruise | Galveston | $628 |
Harmony Of The Seas Review
Review of Harmony Of The Seas
The 2016-built Harmony of the Seas cruise send is the first of all four identical Haven Plus-grade Royal Caribbean liners (currently world'southward largest passenger liners), with sisterships Symphony OTS (2018), Wonder OTS (2022) and Utopia OTS (2024). The Imperial Caribbean Harmony transport exceeds in size and passenger capacity the original Oasis-class vessels Oasis OTS and Allure OTS. Its edifice cost is USD 1,35 billion (2014 shiporder rates).
The vessel (IMO number 9682875) is currently Bahama islands-flagged (MMSI 311000396) and registered in Nassau.
History - construction and ownership
Royal Caribbean International (RCI) is a US passenger shipping company, trademarked travel make and subsidiary owned past Royal Caribbean Grouping (RCG/shipowner). RCI was established in 1968 and currently has over i/5 of the worldwide cruise marketplace. RCI besides has RCCL'southward largest fleet as both numbers of vessels and GT tonnage (ship sizes and capacities). All RCI liners accept names catastrophe with "of the Seas".
The 6400-passenger ship Harmony OTS was ordered from STX French republic in December 2012. The contract was signed post-obit a failed agreement with the Government of Republic of finland concerning the edifice of the ship at STX Finland. Steel cutting started in September 2013. Harmony is often called a floating "megacity" and offers onboard opportunities that are endless. The ship comprises 7 neighborhoods, named Royal Promenade, Fundamental Park, Boardwalk, Youth Middle complex, Entertainment Zone, Sports Zone and Spa/Fitness complex.
In comparison to the sisterships Allure and Oasis, Harmony OTS is heavier past 1700+ tons, 3+ meters wider, and able to adjust 100 more passengers. The vessel debuted in May 2016 in Southampton, UK.
Harmony of the Seas features a multi-deck h2o slide area that is a offset for Royal Caribbean area. It is also the offset Oasis-grade ship with robot bartenders serving drinks in the Bionic Bar, a concept that debuted in 2014 on Quantum of the Seas. Harmony has bigger cabins than Attraction and Haven in some categories, and windowless interior cabins outfitted with Virtual Balconies, offering a existent-time view of the outdoors (kickoff debuted in 2014 on Navigator of the Seas).
Harmony's Suite passengers benefit from sectional new areas including a suite lounge, a private restaurant called Littoral Kitchen and full-service Suite Sun Zone. New restaurants include the Wonderland Imaginative Cuisine eating place which first debuted on Quantum. Too added to Harmony is the modern Mexican restaurant Sabor, recently added to Allure and Freedom of the Seas.
Harmony'due south starting time cruise with paying travelers was on May 22, 2016. Post-obit an initial serial of Mediterranean Sea itineraries, the send was repositioned to Fort Lauderdale for 7-night Eastern and Western Caribbean roundtrip itineraries.
Harmony of the Seas left port (Saint-Nazaire) for the offset fourth dimension on March 10, 2016. Leaving from French republic (without cruise passengers) the vessel started sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean to test its engines and propulsion (maneuverability). The transport had only 500 crew (out of 2000) for the trials. The passage from the shipyard to the ocean was assisted by six tug boats. The Helm was assisted by three pilots guiding the vessel out of St Nazaire estuary.
On the side by side YouTube video, yous tin see the nigh prominent features and the ship construction procedure of Haven 3 form - the world's largest-ever cruise liners.
Decks and Cabins
Harmony Of The Seas staterooms (2745 total, in 37 grades) include 189 Suites, 1293 Balcony, 200 Oceanview, 505 Within, also 477 Boardwalk-Primal Park Balustrade, 78 Boardwalk-Central Park Interior, 18 Promenade View. Most cabins are sized 150-180 ft2 / 14-17 m2. Most cabin balconies are sized 55 ft2 / v m2. The largest is the Royal Loft Suite (1530 ft2 / 142 m2 plus 850 ft2 / 79 m2 terrace with Jacuzzi). Wheelchair-accessible cabins are 46.
The gunkhole has 17 decks, of which 16 are rider-accessible and 12 with cabins.
Shipboard dining options - Food and Drinks
The ship's 3-deck Quantum Dining Room is designed as three separate restaurants situated on different decks - American Icon Grill (Deck iii), The Grand (Deck 4) and The Chic (Deck v). Harmony likewise includes some Quantum restaurants, such every bit Sabor Modern Mexican, Wonderland Imaginative Cuisine, Coastal Kitchen. Ship's Bionic Bar is famous for its dancing robot bartenders. Its location is on the Royal Promenade. The Izumi Restaurant features a la carte hibachi, teppanyaki and sushi menu. A full of 25 onboard dining options are available (14 are free, including room-service).
Follows the complete listing of Harmony of the Seas restaurants and food bars.
- American Icon Grill (a la bill of fare restaurant which offers open seating breakfast, dejeuner, "Brasserie 30" bill of fare; with two assigned dinner seatings and Individual Dining area.)
- The Grande (offers DreamWorks themed breakfast, two fixed dinner seatings and "My Time Dining")
- Chic (features an expansive bill of fare of dinner options; two seatings and "My Time Dining" program)
- Johnny Rockets (128-seat fast food eating place)
- Sabor (Mexican a la carte restaurant, reservation-only, with "Playground" kids area)
- 150 Central Park (76-seat speciality restaurant, dinner only)
- Wonderland Imaginative Cuisine (gourmet dishes)
- Windjammer Marketplace cafe eating house (offers Early on Breakfast at 6:xxx a.m., Breakfast between seven:00-11:thirty a.1000., Lunch eleven.30-3:xxx p.m. and Dinner half-dozen.xxx-ix:00 p.one thousand.)
- Jamie's Italian Eating house (menu, deck 8) is a 132-seat speciality trattoria restaurant (at surcharge USD 30 pp dinner, USD twenty pp luncheon/sea days only) via a partnership with British celebrity chef Jamie Oliver,
- Chops Grille (steakhouse/seafood)
- Sorrento's (Italian restaurant)
- Izumi (Asian/Japanese restaurant)
- Solarium Bistro (good for you dining)
- Coastal Kitchen (Grand Suites' and above passengers, Pinnacle members)
- WipeOut Cafe (fast food bar)
- Boardwalk Dog House
- Park Cafe (deli bar, casual-dining)
- Mini Bites casual eatery
- Harmony was the first Haven-grade transport on which in 2017 was introduced the new Majestic Caribbean speciality dining package.
The following dining venues are complimentary - Park Cafe, Windjammer Marketplace (cafe), Main Dining Room, Solarium Bistro, Cafe Promenade, Sorrento'south Pizza, Boardwalk Dog House, Mini Bites, Coastal Kitchen (for suite passengers merely).
Speciality dining venues (at surcharge) are Johnny Rockets, Sabor, Vintages, Jamie's Italian, Chops Grille (steakhouse), 150 Central Park, Izumi (sushi), Wonderland, Vitality Buffet (spa).
Shipboard entertainment options - Fun and Sport
The new Harmony of the Seas transport is a novelty mixture of Oasis-class deck layout and Quantum-form innovations. The brand-new additions include the first-ever Regal Caribbean waterslides created by ADE (Aquatic Design and Engineering); climbing play area for kids; Suite Dominicus Zone; Starbucks coffee bar and classic video games arcade located in the Boardwalk neighbourhood; 15 Studio cabins designed for solo travellers.
Amid the new technologies on the Majestic Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas are the RFID wristbands or "WOWbands" - an optional pick to replace the SeaPass cards, allowing passengers to practise purchases onboard and to admission their cabins. Typically, the wristbands are offered complimentary to all passengers. However, on Canticle of the Seas RCI charges U.s.a.$five. Inferior Suite and above guests nevertheless receive the wristbands for free.
The Harmony cruise ship also boasts with the DreamWorks Feel - a themed programming in partnership with the Walt Disney Company. This new amusement programme is aimed at families and offers movies-themed DreamWorks activities on select RCI ships within the fleet. The listing of special activities includes characters meet and greets (of course, plus photo ops). Character Breakfast is offered in the dining room; 3D DreamWorks movie screenings are featured in the Amber Theater; Themed games are provided by "Hazard Ocean" youth program. A new Adventure Ocean Theater show (named "Away We Go!") was too announced for Harmony of the Seas. It is a black light puppet show for the iii-11-year onetime fix. An boosted part of the onboard kids' programming is the YouTube bear witness "Muffalo Spud," educational activity kids to draw annihilation using merely letters and numbers.
Boosted amenities include Complimentary 24-hr Room-Service, Supervised Youth plan Voyagers (from 9 to eleven years), Explorers (6 to 8 yr), Aquanauts (three-5yr), Royal babies and tots (from 6 months to 3 years), Internet/WiFi Access, Laundry.
Follows the complete list of Harmony of the Seas lounges, clubs and other entertainment venues for kids, teens and adults.
- Imperial Theater (features 3D Movies, aerial acrobatic performances and Broadway-style productions)
- Studio B Lounge (indoor ice-skating rink; as well serves as a spot for ice shows, cooking demos, game parties)
- AquaTheatre (2-deck, 600-seat, with a deep pool)
- Amusement Place nightclub; "The Attic" One-act Lodge; Diamond Social club Lounge and Bar (past guests only); Jazz on 4 Bar and Social club; On Air Club (karaoke bar); Boleros Latin Bar and Lounge; Kick and Bonnet Pub; Rising Tide Bar (moving cocktail bar); Bionic Bar; Schooner Bar (piano bar); Starbucks Bar; Sabor Taqueria and Tequila Bar; Vintages (wine bar); Trellis Bar; Rising Tide Bar; Dazzles (2-deck music and dancing lounge); Suite Sun Deck, Bar and Lounge; Sky Bar
- Art Gallery; Focus Photo Gallery and Shop
- Boardwalk neighbourhood (with games and attractions)
- Central Park (outdoor area with live plants)
- Carousel (with handcrafted wooden figures)
- Casino Royale; Card Room
- Vitality at Sea Spa and Fettle Centre
- Imperial Promenade Boutiques (perfumes, jewellery, duty-free alcohol, general shop, logo/souvenirs)
- Solarium lounge (includes Solarium Cafe, pool bar and adults but pool area); Solarium Bar
- Video Games Arcade; Explorers, Aquanauts, Gamble Science Lab; The Living Room and Night Club teen areas; Fuel Teen Disco; Royal Babies and Tots Nursery; Adventure Body of water kids lounge expanse; Kids' Artery; Workshop (family unit venue); H2o Zone family and kids area
- Sports Court (basketball, volleyball, soccer; tennis tables); FlowRiders (surf simulators); Cypher Line (82 ft/25 yard); Jogging Rail; Stone-climbing Walls; Harmony Dunes Mini Golf.
Next video is RCI'southward official 1-minute transport bout.
Itineraries
Harmony of the Seas itinerary programme is based on 7-dark Caribbean cruises from Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades Florida). Harmony itinerary program features an Inaugural prowl season in Europe with Mediterranean itineraries and round-trip departures from Civitavecchia-Rome and Barcelona.
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Harmony OTS is Royal Caribbean'south third Oasis-class liner - with sisterships Symphony, Wonder, Oasis and Attraction. These are currently the world's biggest rider vessels. Even so, Harmony is "the biggest of them all", beingness only two,15 m (seven ft) longer. Regal Caribbean area planned Harmony's cost per berth to exist lower compared to Allure and Oasis.
On September 15, 2014, RCCL trademarked the shipnames Spectrum of the Seas, Joy of the Seas, Harmony of the Seas, Emblem of the Seas, Apex of the Seas. In 2015, RCCL abandoned the trademarks Emblem of the Seas, Passion of the Seas, Pulse of the Seas (on September 7) and the trademarks Noon of the Seas, Joy of the Seas, Spectrum of the Seas (on September 14).
The post-obit aeriform photo shows an Oasis-class vessel (equally looked from higher up).
Harmony OTS is the near technologically advanced and energy-efficient passenger liner ever built. It is equipped with a new-generation exhaust gas cleaning system (multi-stream scrubbers) and features a hull lubrication system allowing the ship to float on air bubbles (created around the hull) thus reducing drag and increasing fuel efficiency. Like the sisters, Harmony has telescoping funnels to exist able to sail under bridges. The vessel was ordered in 2012 (December 27). The steel-cutting ceremony (shipyard/hull number A34) was held on September 23, 2013.
The vessel'south powerplant consists of 4x Wartsila marine diesel engines (model 12V46F, 12-cylinder, total ability output 57,6 MV) plus 2x Wartsila 16V46F (16-cylinder, total output 38,iv MV). The propulsion system is diesel-electrical, consisting of 3x ABB Azipods (360-caste azimuthing thrusters) with combined ability output twenty MW.
The vessel was delivered on March 12, 2016, departing from St-Nazaire Shipyard (STX French republic) for sea trials in the Atlantic Ocean. A total of 6 tugboats were needed to go it out of the STX dock and into the Loire River estuary. Iii pilots who accept trained on a cruise ship simulator in Nantes France helped the send's Helm (Gus Andersen) in the maneuvers needed to guide the vessel out of St Nazaire estuary. Ocean trials connected until March 13. Sea trials are standard for all new ships for assessing vessel'due south seaworthiness and operation (engines, mechanism, systems).
On May 12, 2016, RCCL-Imperial Caribbean area officially took ship's delivery. The inaugural cruise (maiden voyage) was on May 22 (4-24-hour interval roundtrip from Southampton to Rotterdam). Ship'due south Captain (Chief) is Johnny Faevelen. He previously has served equally Helm on the Purple Caribbean ships Nordic Prince (currently MV Ocean Star Pacific), Sun Viking (aka SS Oriental Dragon), Sovereign, Monarch, Splendour, Voyager, Explorer, Adventure, Navigator and Mariner.
On November 4, 2016, globe'due south 3 largest passenger liners (Harmony, Attraction and Oasis) met off Florida'due south coast. The unique consequence was live-streamed officially past RCI, starting at approx 5 pm EST. The meeting at open sea coincided with the Harmony's inflow at Port Everglades (US homeport), finishing a thirteen-night Transatlantic repositioning cruise from Barcelona to Florida (Oct 23 - Nov five).
On November 10, 2016, was the vessel'due south christening anniversary held at Port Everglades (Fort Lauderdale). Transport'due south godmother was Brittany Affolter - a 23-yr-old "Teach for America" educator in Miami-Dade, who won a contest with over 1000 nominees. The naming anniversary featured a robotic operation at the ship'due south Aqua Theater. An aerialist descended from to a higher place with a button. Mrs Affolter pressed the push button. It activated a robot bartender, which punched a second button to release the bottle of champagne rigged to the onboard zilch-line. The ane-k loftier bottle (custom-made Veuve Clicquot champagne) whizzed down the zippo-line and crashed into a steel plate to a higher place the swimming pool. At the AquaTheater, Jon Secada gave a live concert.
In mid-Oct 2015 was announced that before the European inaugural flavour, Harmony would offering (off-schedule) two mini cruises from United kingdom (circular-trips from port Southampton England). These were on May 22, 2016 (v-days / iv-nights Southampton to Rotterdam Kingdom of the netherlands) and May 27, 2016 (4-days / 3-nights Southampton to Cherbourg France). The Harmony transport spent its 2016 summer in Europe, operating 7-solar day roundtrips leaving from Barcelona (homeport) and Civitavecchia-Rome.
In the USA, Royal Caribbean homeported Harmony in Fort Lauderdale (Port Everglades) Florida. Roundtrips from Port Everglades (wintertime 2016-2017) offered seven-night itineraries visiting call ports in the Eastern and Western Caribbean. The itinerary program was similar to the Allure OTS's and included The Bahamas (Nassau), St Thomas, St Maarten, Jamaica (Falmouth), Haiti (Labadee), Mexico (Cozumel).
The send'due south first drydock was a month-long project (Apr 2021) at Navantia Shipyard in Cadiz Spain. The docking was for routine maintenance works (washed to cruise ships usually every 5 years) to continue them properly maintained. Harmony OTS's 2021 drydock included mainly technical works (propellers, fin stabilizers, lesser valves, hull painting) and classification inspection.
Fun fact is that this RCI send has a namesake - the 2011-launched "COSCO Harmony". The vessel is among the world'southward largest container ships (capacity xiii,114 containers) and operated past COSCO Line.
Fun ship facts
All Royal Caribbean Oasis-course ships are the globe'southward start cruise vessels with a DNV Green Passport. This is a cardinal element for the Clean Send Design certificate. The document is not compulsory, but information technology shows the environmental delivery of the operator line Royal Caribbean International. Some other interesting feature is that their hulls take a special not-toxic covering that minimizes friction and saves fuel.
Follows a list of fun facts near the Harmony OTS - world'south largest-ever rider ship.
- Ultimate Abyss slide is at 150 ft (45,70 m) above sea level, featuring 31 sections, two 360-degree circles, 27-degree slide incline, a 28 yard (92 ft) serpentine-like drop, 13,14 seconds boilerplate sliding time (top to lesser), around 300 small LED lights and graffiti artworks.
- Aquatheater has 2 diving boards installed x m (33 ft) higher up its swimming puddle.
- The ship was synthetic out of 500,000 individual pieces (27 times the pieces used for the Eiffel Belfry'south construction).
- The vessel'south construction required around 2500 workers, over 0,5 million litres of paint, over 90,000 m2 (968,750 ft2) of carpet.
- The transport's art collection has more works than the Louvre museum (in Paris) has paintings. The onboard art'south worth is over USD 6,five million.
- The transport has a total of 23 "h2o areas" (swimming pools, large-size outdoor jacuzzies, waterslides, lowriders).
- The ship has 20 restaurants and offers over 300 individual menu options. Eight speciality restaurants offer over 200 different dishes daily. Full eatery seating is 4908 seats.
- The onboard confined menus have a full of 127 speciality cocktails, in addition to all the classics.
- Each solar day are fabricated 110,000 ice cubes.
- Each day are consumed 480,000 gallons (ane,87 meg litres) of fresh water.
- Daily food consumption statistics show chicken (nine,730 lbs / 4,4 tons), eggs (ten,000), beef (15,000 lbs / 6,eight tons), ice foam (700 lbs / 320 kg), baking potatoes (20,000 lbs / nine,i tons), flour (12,600 lbs / 5,seven tons), salmon (2500 lbs / 1,one tons), french fries (5000 lbs / 2,3 tons), bacon (5300 lbs / ii,4 tons), limes (800 lbs / 360 kg), pineapple (4000 lbs / ane,8 tons), oranges (5000 lbs / two,3 tons), lemons (1000 lbs / 450 kg), cherries (40 jars), olives (20 jars).
- The transport'due south food and drinks dedicated staff are 1056 in total, including 249 (culinary), 184 (drinkable), 91 (kitchen stewards).
- The ship weighs more than than 17,000 African elephants. Note: Male elephants weigh betwixt 10,360 – 13,330 lbs (4,seven – half dozen tons).
- Around 2350 tons of water is needed to be filled all the ship's 23 h2o facilities (swimming pools, jacuzzis, two FlowRiders, waterslides, the aqua park Splashaway Bay).
In September 2018, RCCL trademarked the Haven-Class ships smokestack area (located acme-deck midship). The blueprint features a crown-shaped lesser department with 2 slanted funnels to a higher place. In October 2018 was trademarked send's oblong-shaped stern. The design features AquaTheater Suites (with balconies), Ultimate Abyss (ii cascading waterslides) and RCCL's logo.
Next YouTube video reveals the ship's Fine art Drove highlights.
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My Western Caribbean Cruise
by ElizaWoods
1 Review written
7 days, round-trip Western Caribbean
Departure appointment: 27 January 2019
I really enjoyed this cruise. The Harmony is astonishing and its crew is able to keep everything running smoothly in the background. The room could have been a little bit bigger, and the food a footling bit better, simply I'd exercise the whole once more. And I probably should accept paid a bit more at the outset to...
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