The world’s largest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas will be calling into the UK for the first time when she docks in Southampton next year.
Usually seen plying the waters of the Caribbean, the 6,400 passenger ship will be offering cruises in Europe in Autumn 2014 and will arrive in Southampton on October 15 as part of her trip on this side of the Atlantic.
Oasis of the Seas is longer than four football pitches, wider than almost six London buses parked end-to-end, and is a huge 225,282 Gross Registered Tons. When she arrives in Southampton, she will be 40 per cent larger than any other cruise ship to ever dock in the UK and will join two further Royal Caribbean International cruise ships based in the port.
The ship will leave Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, its home port since December 2009, on September 1 2014 on a 12-night eastbound transatlantic cruise to Barcelona, from where she will offer five-night roundtrip Western Mediterranean sailings and a seven-night sailing to Rotterdam – before heading to dry-dock in the Képpel Verolme shipyard in the Netherlands for routine maintenance.
The ship will return to Port Everglades on a 13-night westbound transatlantic cruise on October 14 2014, departing from Rotterdam in the Netherlands and calling into Southampton on 15 October 2014 where UK guests can join the ship to sail across the Atlantic.
The first ever European season and UK based cruise of Oasis of the Seas will go on sale on April 11 2013. Click here for more www.royalcaribbean.co.uk
