{"id":26662,"date":"2016-01-08T01:00:34","date_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=26662"},"modified":"2016-01-08T01:00:34","modified_gmt":"2016-01-08T09:00:34","slug":"friday-125","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26662","title":{"rendered":"New ship No. 5 \u2014 Harmony of the Seas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><b>Fifth\u00a0in a series of new ships for 2016<\/b><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ship-Harmony.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-26670\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/Ship-Harmony.jpg\" alt=\"Ship-Harmony\" width=\"575\" height=\"253\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><i>This third Oasis Class ship is already being called the world\u2019s biggest ship by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/home.do\">Royal Caribbean<\/a>, but who\u2019s measuring. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.royalcaribbean.com\/findacruise\/ships\/class\/ship\/home.do?shipClassCode=OA&amp;shipCode=HM&amp;br=R\">Harmony of the Seas<\/a> is the identical length of its predecessor for the title, Allure of the Seas, and weighs 718 tons more but is 49 feet smaller in width. The determining factor seems to be capacity, which at two-per-room gives Harmony the edge by 88 passengers. It\u2019s really a moot point because the three Oasis sibling ships are the three biggest cruise ships anywhere.<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Launch date:<\/b> May 22<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Capacity:<\/b> 5,488<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Sister ships:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.oasisoftheseas.com\">Oasis of the Seas<\/a> (2009), <a href=\"http:\/\/www.allureoftheseas.com\">Allure of the Seas<\/a> (2010)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Maiden voyage:<\/b> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.enjoyengland.com\/destinations\/find\/south-east\/hampshire\/southampton.aspx\">Southampton<\/a> return (4 days)<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Home port: <\/b><a href=\"http:\/\/www.barcelona.com\/\">Barcelona<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fortlauderdale.gov\/\">Fort Lauderdale<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Ships then in Royal Caribbean fleet:<\/b> 26<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"p1\"><span class=\"s1\"><b>Interesting:<\/b> While Harmony of the Seas has all the trappings that have made the <em>Oasis Class<\/em> so popular \u2014 <em>Central Park, Boardwalk, Giovanni\u2019s Table, <\/em>Broadway shows,<em> Flowrider<\/em> \u2014 this $1.35-billion ship\u2019s identity is likely to be the <em>Ultimate Abyss<\/em>. Thrill seekers will drop 10 stories when they venture into the tallest waterslide on any cruises ship, which continue to display slides that are bigger, wilder, scarier. Passengers will wear \u201cWOWBands\u201d to help them find their way and Royal Caribbean says VOOM is the fastest Internet at sea. Harmony\u2019s Broadway show is <em>Grease<\/em>, certain to be a winner, and its other distinguishing gimmick is likely to be the robots who serve drinks in the <em>Bionic Bar<\/em>. Do they ask for tips?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><u><\/u><em><strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Today at\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portsandbows.com\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">portsandbows.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">: Geographically a<\/span><\/strong><\/em><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><em><strong>ppealing ports\u00a0for\u00a0Canadians<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"DailyDeal-2\" src=\"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/DailyDeal-2-e1334202169354.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"125\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www2.ncl.com\/ship\/sun\/overview\">Norwegian Sun<br \/>\n<\/a>14 nights<br \/>\nFebruary 27, 2016<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.bue.gov.ar\/home\/index.php?lang=en\">Buenos Aires<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Montevideo\">Montevideo<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/en\/puerto-madryn\">Puerto Madryn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.falklandislands.com\/\">Port Stanley<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Cape_Horn\">Cape Horn<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.patagonia-argentina.com\/i\/tierradelfuego\/ushuaia\/ushuaia.php\">Ushuaia<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Beagle_Channel\">Beagle Channel<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chile.travel\/en\/where-to-go\/patagonia-2\/magallanes-patagonia\/punta-arenas-2\/\">Punta Arenas<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chile.travel\/en\/where-to-go\/patagonia-2\/magallanes-patagonia\/the-strait-of-magellan\/\">Strait of Magellan<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitchile.cl\/cruceros2.htm\">Chilean Fjords<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Puerto_Chacabuco\">Puerto Chacabuco<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/chile.travel\/en\/where-to-go\/patagonia-2\/rivers-and-lakes-patagonia\/puerto-montt-2\/\">Puerto Montt<\/a>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.visitchile.com\/eng\/tours.asp?gclid=CInshbbiwqcCFRtVgwod3H0VFw\">Santiago<br \/>\n<\/a>Inside: $999<br \/>\n<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Cost per day: $71<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.ncl.com\">www.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fifth\u00a0in a series of new ships for 2016 This third Oasis Class ship is already being called the world\u2019s biggest ship by Royal Caribbean, but who\u2019s measuring. Harmony of the Seas is the identical length of its predecessor for the title, Allure of the Seas, and weighs 718 tons more but is 49 feet smaller&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=26662\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">New ship No. 5 \u2014 Harmony of the Seas<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[912,72,819,86,35,1915,151,126,367,26,27,33,219],"class_list":["post-26662","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-news","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-harmony-of-the-seas","tag-new-cruise-ships","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-sun","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","tag-south-america","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26662","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26662"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26662\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26662"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26662"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26662"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}