세계최고최대유람선

길이 339m에 승객4,370명을 수용하며 승무원만 1,360명이래요. 2009년 취항을

목표로5,400명 수용의 쌍둥이 여객선이 조선될 계획이라니 세계최대란 타이틀

내년엔 반환해야 한다나 봐요

Painters in a lifting platform move around the bow of the cruise ship 'Freedom of the Seas' at Blohm + Voss shipyard

in Hamburg April 19, 2006. The 1,112 feet (339m) long 18-deck ship by Royal Caribbean International,one of the world's

largest cruise liners, was built at the Aker Finnyards drydock in Turku, Finland and will accommodate 4,370 passengers served by 1,360 crew. The cruise liner plans to stay in the dry-dock 'Elbe 17' of Blohm + Voss shipyard in the northern German town for final preparations until April 22. REUTERS/Christian Charisius

Visitors watch the cruise ship 'Freedom of the Seas', one of the world's largest cruise liners, manoeuvring

on the river Elbe while docking in at Blohm + Voss shipyard in Hamburg April 17, 2006. The 1,112 feet (339m) long

18-deck ship by Royal Caribbean International was built at the Aker Finnyards drydock in Turku, Finland and will accommodate 4,370 passengers served by 1,360 crew. The cruise liner plans to stay in the dry-dock 'Elbe 17' of

Blohm + Voss shipyard in the northern German town for final preparations until April 22. REUTERS/Christian

The Royal Caribbean cruise ship 'Freedom of the Seas' before docking at Blohm +

Voss shipyard in Hamburg, April 17, 2006. (Christian Charisius/Reuters)

World's biggest cruise ship set for first Atlantic voyage

Wed Apr 26, 2:43 PM ET

OSLO (AFP) - The world's biggest cruise liner, the Freedom of the Seas, arrived in Oslo on its maiden voyage

ahead of its first Atlantic crossing.

The ship, which will predominantly be used to cruise the waters of the Caribbean, boasts an ice rink, a shopping

street and a climbing wall.

It also has a swimming pool in which passengers can surf against a continuous flow of fast-moving water.

The ship arrived in the Norwegian capital from Hamburg, and will set sail this week for ports of call in Southampton,

Britain, and New York before arriving in its home port of Miami.

The Freedom of the Seas will leave on its first Caribbean cruise on June 4.

Owned by the US-Norwegian group Royal Caribbean International and built in Finland by the Norwegian shipbuilding

group Aker Yards, the vessel is 339 metres (1,112 feet) long, six metres shorter than her rival for the title of the biggest

ocean liner, the Queen Mary 2.

But she is 15 metres wider and can carry 4,375 passengers compared with the Queen Mary's 2,620.

"Size is not really what matters here. What matters is not to be the largest passenger ship in the world, it's to offer

the most numerous and the best activities which our size allows us to," the US captain of the ship, William Wright,

told AFP.

The ship will, however, lose its title soon.

In addition to two other twin ships to be delivered in 2007 and 2008, Royal Caribbean International has also ordered

an even bigger vessel from the same Finnish shipyard.

The Genesis is expected to be able to carry 5,400 passengers and is due to sail in late 2009.

"I wouldn't expect the Genesis to be the largest ship ever built but it is just the largest under construction,"

said Adam Goldstein, chief executive of Royal Caribbean International.