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MS Freedom of the Seas

"Freedom of the Seas" redirects here. For the concept in international and admiralty law, see freedom of the seas
Freedom of the seas

Freedom of the seas was one of President of the United States Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points proposed during the First World War. It stresses freedom to navigate the oceans....
, and for the play and film of this title see Freedom of the Seas (play)
Freedom of the Seas (play)

Freedom of the Seas is an English play by Walter C. Hackett, adapted as a 74-minute film in 1934. The film was directed by the French director Marcel Varnel and the play adapted by Roger Burford, and is also notable as the first film credit of David Lean, as focus puller....
.

Motor ship

A motor ship or motor vessel is a ship Marine propulsion by an Internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine. The name of motor ships are often prefixed with MS, M/S, MV or M/V....
Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship
Cruise ship

File:MSMajestyOfTheSeasEdit1.JPGA cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience....
owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean International is a Miami, Florida -based cruise line brand owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., with 21 ships in service and two under construction....
. It is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom ClassFreedom Class

Freedom Class is a group of three cruise ships for Royal Caribbean International. The first ship of the class, , was the largest passenger ship in the world, and the largest ever built in terms of passenger capacity and gross tonnage, when she was built....
of cruise ships, and can accommodate over 4,300 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks.

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"Freedom of the Seas" redirects here. For the concept in international and admiralty law, see freedom of the seas
Freedom of the seas

Freedom of the seas was one of President of the United States Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points proposed during the First World War. It stresses freedom to navigate the oceans....
, and for the play and film of this title see Freedom of the Seas (play)
Freedom of the Seas (play)

Freedom of the Seas is an English play by Walter C. Hackett, adapted as a 74-minute film in 1934. The film was directed by the French director Marcel Varnel and the play adapted by Roger Burford, and is also notable as the first film credit of David Lean, as focus puller....
.

MS
Motor ship

A motor ship or motor vessel is a ship Marine propulsion by an Internal combustion engine, usually a diesel engine. The name of motor ships are often prefixed with MS, M/S, MV or M/V....
Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship
Cruise ship

File:MSMajestyOfTheSeasEdit1.JPGA cruise ship or cruise liner is a passenger ship used for pleasure voyages, where the voyage itself and the ship's amenities are part of the experience....
owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean International is a Miami, Florida -based cruise line brand owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., with 21 ships in service and two under construction....
. It is the namesake of Royal Caribbean's Freedom ClassFreedom Class

Freedom Class is a group of three cruise ships for Royal Caribbean International. The first ship of the class, , was the largest passenger ship in the world, and the largest ever built in terms of passenger capacity and gross tonnage, when she was built....
of cruise ships, and can accommodate over 4,300 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks. In addition to two sister ships, Freedom of the Seas will keep the title of the largest passenger ship
Passenger ship

A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo ship which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight....
s ever built (by gross tonnage
Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross Tonnage is different from Gross Register Tonnage. Neither Gross Tonnage nor Gross Register Tonnage are measures of the ship's displacement and should not be confused with terms such as deadweight tonnage, net tonnage, or Displacement ....
) until construction of the Oasis Class ships in 2009, also owned by Royal Caribbean International
Royal Caribbean International

Royal Caribbean International is a Miami, Florida -based cruise line brand owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., with 21 ships in service and two under construction....
.

Construction

The Freedom of the Seas was built at the Aker Yards
Aker Yards

STX Europe ASA , formerly Aker Yards ASA, is a South Korean international shipbuilding company based in Norway and the largest shipbuilding group in Europe and the fourth largest in the world....
drydock in Turku
Turku

Turku is a List of towns in Finland situated on the southwest coast of Finland at the mouth of Aura river. It is located in the region of Finland Proper in the Province of Western Finland....
, Finland
Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland , is a Nordic countries situated in the Fennoscandian region of northern Europe. It borders Sweden on the west, Russia on the east, and Norway on the north, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland....
, which also is building the other ships of the Freedom Class. Upon its completion, it became the largest passenger ship ever built, taking that honor from Cunard's
Cunard Line

The Cunard Line is a United Kingdom shipping company that has been a leading operator of passenger ships on the North Atlantic since its beginning in 1840 to the present....
RMS Queen Mary 2
RMS Queen Mary 2

The Royal Mail Ship Queen Mary 2 is a Cunard Line ocean liner named after the earlier Cunard liner RMS Queen Mary, which was in turn named after Mary of Teck, the Queen Consort of George V of the United Kingdom....
.

Freedom of the Seas is 2.4 metres narrower than QM2 at the waterline, 6 metres shorter, has 1.5 metres less draft, is 8.3 metres less tall and 10 mph slower. Freedom however is the larger ship in terms of gross tonnage
Gross tonnage

Gross tonnage is a unitless index related to a ship's overall internal volume. Gross Tonnage is different from Gross Register Tonnage. Neither Gross Tonnage nor Gross Register Tonnage are measures of the ship's displacement and should not be confused with terms such as deadweight tonnage, net tonnage, or Displacement ....
. While its gross tonnage was estimated to range from to , its official rating by Det Norske Veritas
Det Norske Veritas

Stiftelsen Det Norske Veritas or DNV is a classification society organized as a foundation, with the objective of "Safeguarding life, property, and the environment"....
, a Norwegian marine classification society
Classification society

A classification society is a non-governmental organization in the shipping industry, often referred to as 'Class'. It establishes and maintains standards for the construction and classification of ships and offshore structures, supervises that construction is according to these standards and carries out regular surveys of ships in service to...
, is , compared with QM2's . Freedom of the Seas has the highest gross tonnage of any passenger ship
Passenger ship

A passenger ship is a ship whose primary function is to carry passengers. The category does not include cargo ship which have accommodations for limited numbers of passengers, such as the ubiquitous twelve-passenger freighters once common on the seas in which the transport of passengers is secondary to the carriage of freight....
yet built.

Features
The ship features three swimming areas
Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation....
: an interactive water park
Water park

wisconsin is said to have the most waterparks.A waterpark is an amusement park that features waterplay areas, such as water slides, splash pads, spraygrounds , lazy rivers, or other recreational bathing, swimming, and barefooting environments....
, a dedicated adult pool
Swimming pool

A swimming pool, swimming bath, wading pool, or simply a pool, is an artificially enclosed body of water intended for swimming or water-based recreation....
and the main pool. There are 2 adults only whirlpool
Whirlpool

A whirlpool is a swirling body of water usually produced by ocean tides. The vast majority of whirlpools are not very powerful. More powerful ones are more properly termed maelstroms....
s cantilevered out from the ship's sides, the Royal Promenade sports, a coffee shop, Sorrento's Pizzeria, a Ben and Jerry's ice-cream shop, Vintage's winery
Winery

A winery is a building or property that produces wine, or a business involved in the production of wine, such as a :Category:wine companies. Some wine companies own many wineries....
, the Bull and Bear Irish pub, and many Duty-free shops. The 13th deck features a sports area with amenities such as a rock climbing
Rock Climbing

Rock climbing is a sport in which participants climb up or across natural Rock formations or man-made climbing wall with the goal of reaching the Summit of a formation or the endpoint of a pre-defined route....
wall, the FlowRider
FlowRider

A FlowRider is an artificial sheet wave surfing environment incorporated in many waterparks and hotels. It was originally invented by Tom Lochtefeld, a surfer, for the Schlitterbahn Waterpark Resort in New Braunfels, Texas, in which a rider sides down a ramp on a wakeboard into the curl of the wave....
(an onboard wave generator for surfing), a miniature golf
Miniature golf

Minigolf, or miniature golf, is a miniature version of the sport of golf. While the international sports organization World Minigolf Sport Federation prefers to use the name "minigolf", the general public in different countries has also many other names for the game: miniature golf, mini-golf, midget golf, goofy golf, shorties, extrem...
course and a full size basketball court
Basketball court

File:Timberwolves game.jpgIn basketball, the basketball court is the playing surface, consisting of a rectangular floor with baskets at either end....
. Other items include an ice skating
Ice skating

Ice skating is moving on ice by use of ice skates. It can be done for a variety of reasons, including leisure, traveling, and various sports. Ice skating occurs both on specially prepared Ice rink and outdoor tracks, as well as on naturally occurring bodies of frozen water such as lakes and rivers....
rink, a casino
Casino

A casino is, in the modern sense of the word, a facility that houses and accommodates certain types of gambling activities. Casinos are most commonly built near or combined with hotels, restaurants, retail shopping, cruise ships and other tourist attractions....
, a Johnny Rockets
Johnny Rockets

Johnny Rockets is an United States restaurant franchising whose concept is to create a timeless American atmosphere that is relevant today.Its restaurants' decor include jukeboxes, chrome accents and red leather seats, and guests are greeted by friendly servers....
, Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi is a trademark of the Wi-Fi Alliance, founded in 1999 as Wireless Internet Compatibility Alliance , comprising more than 300 companies, whose products are certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance, based on the IEEE 802.11 standards ....
capabilities throughout the ship, flat panel
Flat panel display

Flat panel displays encompass a growing number of technologies enabling video displays that are lighter and much thinner than traditional television and video displays that use cathode ray tubes, and are usually less than 4 inches thick....
televisions in all staterooms, and cell phone connectivity.

Career
Freedom of the Seas was docked at Blohm und Voss in Hamburg
Hamburg

Hamburg is the second-largest city in Germany , and is the Largest cities of the European Union by population within city limits. The city is home to approximately 1.8 million people, while the Hamburg metropolitan area has more than 4.3 million inhabitants....
, Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
on 17 April 2006 to repair a damaged bearing in one of the three Azipod
Azipod

Azipod is the registered brand name of the ABB Group for their azimuth thruster. Originally developed in Finland jointly by Kvaerner Masa-Yards dockyards and ABB, these are marine propulsion units consisting of diesel-electric propellers mounted on a steering pod....
propulsion units and to put on some of the finishing touches prior to its official handover to Royal Caribbean International on 24 April 2006. It then departed to Oslo
Oslo

is the Capital and largest List of cities in Norway in Norway.Metropolitan Oslo or the Greater Oslo Region makes up the third largest urban area in Scandinavia after Metropolitan Stockholm and Metropolitan Copenhagen....
, Norway
Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a constitutional monarchy in Northern Europe that occupies the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula....
on 25 April for official festivities. It then sailed for Southampton
Southampton

Southampton is the largest City status in the United Kingdom in the ceremonial county of Hampshire, on the south coast of England, and is sited around 100 km south-west of London and 30 km north-west of Portsmouth....
, England
England

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on 27 April and arrived at 9am on 29 April. The ship sailed on its first transatlantic
Transatlantic

The term transatlantic refers to something occurring all the way across the Atlantic Ocean. Most often, this refers to the exchange of passengers, cargo, information, or communication between North America and Europe....
crossing on 3 May 2006.

Freedom of the Seas arrived in New York Harbor
New York Harbor

New York Harbor, a geographic term, refers collectively to the rivers, bays, and tidal estuaries near the mouth of the Hudson River in the vicinity of New York City....
USA for its official naming ceremony on 12 May 2006 which was broadcast live on NBC's The Today Show from Cape Liberty Cruise Port
Cape Liberty Cruise Port

The Cape Liberty Cruise Port in Bayonne, New Jersey, New Jersey is one of three trans-Atlantic Ocean passenger terminals in New York Harbor.It is located at the former Bayonne Military Ocean Terminal and began operations in 2004....
in Bayonne, New Jersey
Bayonne, New Jersey

Bayonne is a City in Hudson County, New Jersey, New Jersey, United States, south of Jersey City. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city had a total population of 61,842....
(the ship's official New York berth), and thereafter travelled to Boston for the weekend of May 19-22. It began operations out of Miami
Miami, Florida

Miami is a global city in southeastern Florida, in the United States. Miami is the county seat of Miami-Dade County, Florida, the most populous county in Florida....
with its first cruise and maiden voyage
Maiden Voyage

For the other meaning, see Maiden voyageMaiden Voyage is the fifth album led by jazz musician Herbie Hancock, and was recorded by Rudy Van Gelder in 1965 for Blue Note Records....
on June 4, sailing to western Caribbean
Caribbean Sea

The Caribbean Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean situated in the mid-latitudes of the Western Hemisphere, bounded to the south and west by the Americas, with the North Atlantic Ocean proper to the northeast and the Gulf of Mexico to the northwest....
locations in Mexico
Mexico

The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federalism constitutionalism republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of Mexico....
, the Cayman Islands
Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands are a British overseas territory located in the western Caribbean Sea, comprising the islands of Grand Cayman, Cayman Brac, and Little Cayman....
and Jamaica
Jamaica

Jamaica is an island nation of the Greater Antilles, in length and as much as in width situated in the Caribbean Sea. It is about south of Cuba, and west of the island of Hispaniola, on which Haiti and the Dominican Republic are situated....
as well as Labadee
Labadee

Labadee is a port located on the northern coast of Haiti. It is a private resort leased by Royal Caribbean. Royal Caribbean International has contributed the largest proportion of tourist revenue to Haiti since 1986, employing 300 locals, allowing another 200 to sell their wares on the premises, and paying the Haitian government US$6 per t...
, in Haiti
Haiti

Haiti , officially the Republic of Haiti , is a Haitian Creole language- and French language-speaking Caribbean country. Along with the Dominican Republic, it occupies the island of Hispaniola, in the Greater Antilles archipelago....
, one of Royal Caribbean's private resorts.

The added width of the ship is utilized by the interior promenade
Promenade deck

The promenade deck is a deck found on several types of passenger ships and riverboats. It usually extends from bow to stern, on both sides, and includes areas open to the outside, resulting in a continuous outside walkway suitable for promenading, thus the name....
extending through the upper decks of the ships. This gives all upper level cabins a window, either to the port or starboard side or inwards to the promenade. This design was first used in the cruiseferry
Cruiseferry

A cruiseferry is a ship that combines the features of a cruise ship with a ROPAX. Many passengers travel with the ships for the cruise experience, staying only a few hours at the destination port or not leaving the ship at all, while others use the ships as means of transportation....
M/S Silja Serenade
M/S Silja Serenade

MS Silja Serenade is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink, operated under their Silja Line brand on a route connecting Helsinki, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden via Mariehamn....
in 1990 and its twin ship, M/S Silja Symphony
M/S Silja Symphony

MS Silja Symphony is a cruiseferry owned by the Estonian shipping company Tallink , operated under their Silja Line brand on a route connecting Helsinki, Finland to Stockholm, Sweden via Mariehamn....
in 1991.

For America's Next Top Model Cycle 9 casting the ship was used for the setting.

Freedom of the Seas is currently scheduled to move its home port from the Port of Miami-Dade
Port of Miami-Dade

The Port of Miami is a seaport located in Biscayne Bay in Miami, Florida, Florida, United States. It is connected to Downtown Miami by Port Boulevard, a bridge over the Intracoastal Waterway....
to Port Canaveral
Port Canaveral

Port Canaveral is a major cruise and cargo port located in Brevard County, Florida.Port Canaveral is one of the busiest cruise ports in the world with nearly 1.3 million multi-day cruise passengers passing through during 2007....
, where it will replace Mariner of the Seas
Mariner of the Seas

Motor Ship Mariner of the Seas is one of five Voyager class cruise ships from Royal Caribbean International; it is one of the largest in its fleet and among the largest passenger ships in the world....
, in May 2009.

Facts and figures

The ship has 30 lifeboats.
It is about longer, about larger, and can accommodate 2,147 more passengers than RMS Titanic
RMS Titanic

The Royal Mail Ship Titanic was an Olympic class ocean liner superliner owned by the White Star Line and built at the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland....
.
Its operating costs are $1 million per day.
It has 75,000 lightbulbs and 4,700 works of art, and uses 35,000 kg of ice daily.
It has 1.5 million tiles in the bathrooms, shower rooms, etc.
The largest suite, the Presidential Suite, is 113 square meters, accommodate 14 people and has ten flat panel TVs, a private whirlpool, a wet bar, and a Yamaha GC1 baby-grand piano.
Rooms for the maiden voyage were priced from $1,900 to $22,000 for the week.
It consumes approximately 28,000 pounds (12,800 kg) of fuel per hour, enough to refill a 13 gallon tank in a car at one tank a week for over six years.
It is one of the few ships with 4 bow thrusters on each side with 8 bow thrusters in total.

Provisions
During a typical week long cruise, the Freedom of the Seas goes through the following amount of food:
234,000 appetizers (6 appetizers per day per person); 105,000 meals and 300,680 desserts (7.5 desserts per day per person)
20,000 lbs. of beef, including 69,000 steaks (1.7 steaks per day per person)
12,000 lbs. of chicken
4,000 lbs. of seafood; 2,500 lbs. of salmon and 1,400 lbs. of lobster
65,000 lbs. of fresh vegetables and 35,000 lbs. of fresh fruits (2.5 lbs. of fruit and veg per day per person)
5,800 lbs. of cheese
28,000 fresh eggs
18,000 slices of pizza
8,000 gallons of ice cream
1,500 lbs. of coffee and 1,500 gallons of milk
11,500 cans of soda; 19,200 bottles and cans of beer and 2,900 bottles of wine

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