Ship Sizes

[CruisingLover]

Can someone direct me as to where I go to know the actual size of the ships? I just want to give my kids a comparison between Serenade and Oasis

 

Thanks!

[Clarea]

I've always liked this site:

 

http://www.cruise-ships.com/

[CruisingLover]

Thank you Bob :D:D

[LocomotionCruiser]

You can also find the size from the RCI website where you show search results for various cruises that include the destination, duration, and cost. Below the picture is a yellow banner with the ship's name. Click on that banner and scroll down a little. Below the picture of the ship you will find that ship's size in tonnage and measurements.

Edited January 21, 2015 by LocomotionCruiser

[tahqa]

You can also find the size from the RCI website where you show search results for various cruises that include the destination, duration, and cost. Below the picture is a yellow banner with the ship's name. Click on that banner and scroll down a little. Below the picture of the ship you will find that ship's size in tonnage and measurements.

 

Royal Caribbean is often wrong when it comes to measurements (mostly gross tonnage). They list the Freedom class ships at 160,000 GRT but they're really 154,407 GRT. Also, they list the max beam based on the width of the bridge wings which, while accurate, is kind of misleading.

 

Strangely enough the Wikipedia pages for Royal Caribbean ships are more accurate than the RCI page.

[cruiseguy1016]

We were planning a cruise on Adventure of the Seas once and we were trying to convince another couple to join us. The wife didn't want to go because she was afraid of being on such a small BOAT in the middle of a big ocean. I used the following method to show her how long the SHIP was. There is a ruler in the tool bar of Google Earth. I zoomed in on their house, opened the ruler and started a line at their driveway. I ran the line down their road until it was 1020 ft. (the length of Adventure) long. At that point she had a distance that she could relate to. She realized the SHIP was a lot bigger than she had imagined. That was enough to convince her to try her first cruise.