What’s it like to sail on the world’s biggest cruise ship, Symphony of the Seas?

Symphony of the Seas is the latest ship from the Royal Caribbean cruise line to claim the record as the largest in the world.

At 18 decks high and 1,188 ft long, it can carry up to 6,680 passengers and 2,200 crew.

It has its own park, shopping mall and boardwalk as well as a ten-storey slide, a trio of water chutes and an escape room based on a submarine that’s running out of oxygen.

But what is it actually like to be on board? I took an inaugural voyage from Malaga to Barcelona to find out.

Firstly, it is, of course, huge.

In port, Symphony towers over the dockside and even looks down on the roofs of high office buildings.

To be able to float, this 228,000-ton ship is basically hollow on the inside.

From deck 16, where you enter the Ultimate Abyss slide, you stare down to deck six, where it emerges.

Also on that level is a boardwalk with restaurants, a water theatre and… Read the full story

from Metro http://metro.co.uk/2018/04/08/whats-it-like-to-sail-on-the-worlds-biggest-cruise-ship-symphony-of-the-seas-7435511/
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