This is like vacationing in a gigantic floating 'Mall of America' for a week... I have no idea where the attraction is in that... personal opinion... it's really not enticing at all.
Is bigger always better?
Most folks have seen images of the ship by now, but if you have not, take a 5-minute look here:
• ... 1,180 feet long, 208 feet wide, and 236 ft. high above the waterline, with a draft of only 30 ft.
• ... accommodates over 5,400 guests in 2,700 staterooms, with a crew of 2,165.
• ... that's almost 8 times more passengers than the Regent 'Navigator' we'll be sailing on this August.
• ... actually accommodates over 6,296 total guests.
• ... 225,282 gross tons,...over four times the size of the Titanic.
• ... 15 passenger decks, 24 passenger elevators placed both forward and aft.
• ... art work on board is eclectic and numerous, with 9,800 pieces.
• ... took 5,800 man-years to complete.
• ... most expensive cruise ship ever built, at a cost of $230,000 per berth.
• ... upright, dwarfs the One Canada Square building at Canary Wharf and NYC's Chrysler Building.
• ... one and a half times taller than the O2 Arena... longer than four football fields.
• ... almost one-and-a-half times the length of London's Tower Bridge, which spans 800 feet.
• ... stands taller than Nelson’s Column at 240 feet high.
• ... accommodates more guests per sailing than the capacity of the Royal Albert Hall (5,544 seats).
• ... several venues: a Flow Rider for surfers, an 82 ft long Zip Line Ride, an Aqua Theater (600 seat) Pool, a Central Park (with 2,178 trees), a Boardwalk complete with Carousel, and a myriad of other attractions in its Seven Neighborhoods.
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