Let’s go even bigger with the 11 biggest cruise ships in the world. Cruise ships have always been one of the more luxurious getaways a man can afford. Spanning from weeks to even months of travel, there’s nothing quite like the experience of getting away on a cruise in the open sea. Cruise ships allow one to take a break from normal life and reality as well as give people the opportunity to travel and see the world on a leisure ride.
Cruise ships have of course over time improved, with voyages spanning long periods of time. It was necessary to keep people entertained and satisfied during the long trip. So as time went on more and more amenities became available to cruise ships, with the increase of things to do and people availing of trips. Cruise ships in turn got bigger and bigger, with bigger and grander cruise ships offering what smaller cruise ships cannot. You would be surprised at how big some of these cruise ships can get.
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This list is definitely about size, though one thing you’ll notice that only three companies are handling all these 11 cruise ships, which says a lot about how dominating these companies are with regards to luxurious cruises. Let’s go ahead and check the first ship on this list:
11. Norwegian Getaway
A ship from the Norwegian Cruise Line, the Norwegian Getaway can host around 5500 passengers and crew members. This luxury ship started its voyages from last year and is based in Miami. It has entertainment venues dedicated to a theme of magic and the Grammy Awards. The ship mostly sails on one week Caribbean cruises.
10. Norwegian Breakaway
You’ll notice that most ships on the same cruise line have a certain similarity in name. Another one from the Norwegian Cruise Line, the Norwegian Breakaway is the biggest ship to homeport at New York City. The ship is a year older than the getaway and has one week cruises through the Bahamas and transatlantic trips.
9. Queen Mary 2
From the famous Cunard line, Queen Mary 2 is from a line of ships descending back to the era of Queen Elizabeth II from the 1960s. The cruise ship was completed around 2003, is one of the fastest compared to other cruise ships of its size, and hosts the first planetarium at sea.
8. Independence of the Seas
From the Royal Caribbean cruise line, this ship operates from Florida. Independence of the seas can hold around 5500 passengers and crew members and is third of the Freedom-class vessels from Royal Caribbean.
7. Liberty of the Seas
From independence to liberty, the Liberty of the Seas is the second of the Freedom-class vessels and can hold around 4000 passengers and crew members. The ship usually undertakes transatlantic and European trips. One famous entertainment venue inside is the DreamWorks Experience.
6. Freedom of the Seas
Considered the largest passenger ships until the recent creation of Oasis-class ships, Freedom of the Seas can host up to 4000 passengers and operates from the Florida area.
The largest ships are still to come, let’s go ahead and check the last half of the 11 biggest cruise ships in the world.
5. Norwegian Epic
The biggest of the Norwegian Cruise Line, this large ship can host 4100 passengers and has balconies and even solo studio rooms. A few of the famous attractions here are the Aqua Park, rappelling wall, and even bowling alleys.
4. Anthem of the Seas
The ship that surpassed the Freedom-class, the Anthem of the seas is considered of the Quantum class, the second largest ship class behind the Oasis-class ships from Royal Caribbean. The ship as famous for European trips porting from Southampton.
3. Quantum of the Seas
The lead ship of the Quantum class, the ship mainly caters to China and spends its time around the China and New Jersey route. The ship has a total of 2090 staterooms, and has a sports deck and even what they call a Royal Theater.
2. Oasis of the Seas
Among the largest of ships in the world and the lead of the Oasis-class (hence the name), this ship has had routes through the English Channel to reach its current homeport at Florida. The ship features a restaurant and bar area named Central Park and also has the same entertainment upgrade from other similar ships known as the DreamWorks Experience.
1. Allure of the Seas
The biggest cruise ship in the world is also among Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis-class. Although it is the biggest and largest ship on this list, the difference between the Allure and the Oasis is only 50 millimeters. Both were made to the same specifications, with the Allure being the younger of the two ships.
So there you have it the 11 biggest cruise ships in the world, be sure to take a step and try a cruise yourself, you may never know what you get to experience.
