The Wonder of the Seas, a cruise ship with capacity for 6,988 passengers and a crew of 2,300 people, docks this Sunday in the port city after making its debut on a transatlantic crossing with some 4,000 travelers
This Sunday the arrival of the new giant of the sea, the Wonder of the Seas, is scheduled for the Port of Cartagena with some 4,000 travelers on board, according to company data. It will be the end of his first transatlantic crossing, which began in Miami, and the first contact with the Old Continent and with Spain, where he will have his base in Barcelona during the summer season. The data of this floating city, with the possibility of bringing together as many people as there are inhabitants in Malaga towns such as Pizarra, Campillos or Archidona, are dizzying.
The Wonder of the Seas, the new boast of naval technology of 236,857 tons, with energy saving systems and tools to advance in sustainability, has a length of 362 meters, that is, it is as long as three and a half football fields, and wide as a playing field with its 64 meters. On its 16 decks, it houses cabins of very different levels with a maximum capacity for 6,988 passengers, who will be able to enjoy a leisure offer as unique as the highest slide in the sea, baptized as ‘The Ultimate Abyss’, or a zip line ten meters high. These travelers will be served by a crew of more than 2,300 people. The ship brings together a variety of gastronomic proposals in its twenty restaurants and bars and has four swimming pools and even a deck reserved for exclusive clients, with five-star cabins, which as in the rest has natural vegetation with 20,000 plants.
The Wonder of the Seas is not only the largest cruise ship, but is also considered the most innovative. “This ship will dramatically redefine the cruise industry. The arrival of our excellent fleet will continue to position our company as a leader in the industry thanks to new facilities and innovation”, explains Jason Liberty, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean Group, who insists that “it is one more way of offering vacations memorable, first class, and responsible way to passengers from all over the world. To which Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International, adds that “the new Wonder, in addition to taking the iconic Oasis class to a new level of innovation and adventure.”
It should be remembered that the company Royal Caribbean International received this giant of the sea at the end of January, which has the most innovative technology to date. After three years of construction at the Chantiers de l’Atlantique shipyard, in the town of Saint-Nazaire, the delivery of the ship was held in Marseille, after which the cruise ship made its official debut in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, on the 4th of March for seven-night sailings in the Caribbean before arriving in Barcelona and Rome, where it will be based in Europe to offer Mediterranean itineraries this summer.
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Royal Caribbean highlights its eight neighborhoods as the main innovations offered by what is the fifth ship of the revolutionary Oasis class, which for the first time includes the ‘Suite Neighborhood’, intended for passengers in the ‘Royal Suite’ class and that these exclusive travelers will enjoy an area with a swimming pool, a bar and spaces with loungers and relaxation areas, along with the private Coastal Kitchen restaurant, the ‘Suite Lounge’, and the ‘Ultimate Family Suite’, larger and with capacity for a family up to ten members.
It also has a new children’s aquatic area with underwater-themed games where they can also enjoy numerous adventures thanks to the slides, the climbing wall and a tactile mural with interactive games. The shipping company also highlights ‘The Vue Bar’ where it ensures that “you can enjoy the best ‘happy hours’ in this bar on a floating platform, from which you can see a panoramic view of the ocean during the day, and enjoy the sunset of the colors that the setting sun projects on its mosaic ceiling».
In addition, he points out the new ‘Caribbean Pool Deck’, which offers Caribbean emotions, with a poolside bar or three water slides, a children’s water park and loungers at the foot of the pool with live music.
The ship, after leaving Cartagena, will head to its base in Barcelona, from where this May it will make seven-night cruises, together with Rome, from the western Mediterranean with stopovers in destinations such as Naples, Florence, Palma de Mallorca and the Provence.
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