Forty bars and restaurants, a water park, seven swimming pools … This mega lining can accommodate a maximum of 10,000 people on board, including personal.
A real floating building will travel the seas in the coming months. THE «Star of the Seas»From the maritime company Royal Caribbean, Florida will leave in August for his inaugural journey to the Bahamas. It starts with a seven -night route to the Caribbean. With a rough tonnage of 249,000 tons for a length of 365 meters, the curves of this mastodon of the seas that of his twins, the«Icon van de Zeenen»He started his travels in January 2024. The two cruise ships are today the largest in the world, five times heavier than the famous Titanic.
The «Star of the Seas» will be able to accommodate a maximum of 10,000 people, including 2,300 crew members. The infrastructure has something to turn their heads with around twenty bridges that bring together seven swimming pools, forty bars and restaurants, a water park in slides, various implementing halls, a casino and an ice rink. The meeting of this siege giant started in December 2023 at the Turku shipyard in Finland, with first tests at sea last May.
The Royal Caribbean Maritime Company is not going to stop its sites. Two other ships that are identical to the star and the icon of the seas have already been registered in the program. They should see the daylight in 2026 and 2027. The group is not the only one who started the race for giantism. Last May, the Swiss shipping company MSC Cruises confirmed the order of two new linings on the Atlantic construction sites in Saint-Nazaire. They will be a little less impressive than their counterparts from Royal Caribbean, with a coarse tonnage of 215,000 tons and 330 meters long. They can each house nearly 6,800 passengers and just over 2100 crew members. It will be necessary to wait until 2029 and 2030 for their deliveries, for a general investment of around 3.5 billion euros.
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A huge influx of tourists
The American Maritime Company Carnival Cruise also recently ordered three 230,000 -ton ships to the Italian naval manufacturer Fincanteri, which must be delivered between 2029 and 2031. Subsequently, four other performances of 226,000 tons of Noordergers are added, which will be more than 2028 throughout the world. fleet.
If these projects multiply, it is because there is a strong demand from tourists. Last year the sector welcomed 34.6 million passengers, an increase of 9% compared to 2023 and 57% since 2014, according to the Clia. This year the association even offers 37.7 million travelers. Some places are in Premius until this enormous inflow of tourists. In Greece, where many people complain about surcourism, especially on the island of Santorini, a participation of 20 euros is now being asked by the passengers of the ships that make it. Cities, such as Amsterdam or Venice, have simply chosen to limit access to performance.
The cruise companies have already found the parade and bring their passengers to private islands belonging to them. Royal Caribbean, for example, has the island of small stirrup Cay in the Bahamas, while MSC Cruises Ocean Cay and Norwegian Cruise Line contains, the large stirrup Cay, also in the Caribbean.
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