The world's largest cruise ship today left Finland for its new home port in u.s

[Lysfoss]

Hi

The world's largest cruise ship today left Finland for its new home port in the United States.

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd's brand new ship 'Allure of the Seas' set sail for Florida from the Finish shipyards in Turku.

The 361-metre long vessel can accommodate more than 6,000 passengers and a crew of 2,000.


Here is the vidoe!

http://www.rte.ie/news/2010/1029/allure_ship.html

[henrycourt]

Many thanks for info, re Allure of the Seas IMO: 9383948.  Does anybody out there know,or is able to find out, the approximate time of passing Dover en passage to America.  I ask as I was privileged to see her sister ship Oasis of the Seas pass Dover. I hope it's daytime. Rgds jw

[Mike]

Sorry I think she just joined the top ten Ugliest ships hits list
A truly floating block of flats if ever I saw one.

Also who wants to go on holiday with another 6000 room mates!

[Lysfoss]

Yes 6000............. Madness + 2000 crew?? what if there was a fire aboard and everyone had to evacuate the ship?? Pure madness and it would be hell!! 2000 people is enough really!!

[J de Naucl]

Her home port is Nassau in the Bahamas, and not in the United States. The costs for her flying the U.S. flag would probably ruin the owner bankrupt.

[henrycourt]

Surely the port of registry is Nassau which I submit is not necessarily the home port !!! When is she due to pass Dover ?

[Nigel Stephens]

looking on the a. i s she has about 250 miles to go the waypoint puts her of dover around 11 hours time approx