The World´s Largest Cruise Liner Sets Sail for the Big Apple

The world´s largest and most innovative cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International´s famed Freedom of the Seas, left Southampton, England last week to make her transatlantic voyage to New York where she will make her U.S. debut on Wednesday, May 10.

Having already caused quite a stir in Europe, Freedom of the Seas was reported to be the second most popular search term on yahoo.com last week.

Now the ship is set to make her mark on the United States where she will introduce a shipboard surf park, cantilevered whirlpools suspended 112 feet above the ocean, a full-size boxing ring and a 14-person family suite to an eager American audience.

Freedom of the Seas will make her way up and down the East Coast of the U.S., making stops at Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey; Pier 92 at Manhattan´s West Side in New York; Warehouse Berths 6 and 7 in Boston, and the Port of Miami.

Holding 3,634 guests double-occupancy, Freedom of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world. The first in Royal Caribbean´s new Freedom class, she sails seven-night Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami calling in Cozumel, Mexico; George Town, Grand Cayman; Montego Bay, Jamaica; and Royal Caribbean´s private destination, Labadee, in La Hispaniola.