PHOTO: Royal Caribbean named its third Oasis-class ship Harmony of the Seas. Pictured is its sister ship Allure of the Seas. (Courtesy of Royal Caribbean International)
Royal Caribbean International has named its third 225,282-ton, 5,400-passenger Oasis-class vessel Harmony of the Seas. The name keeps with the line's long tradition of ship names with the suffix "of the Seas."
The company announced the name with a simple tweet on Twitter:
The company's first two Oasis-class cruise ships, Oasis of the Seas and Allure of the Seas, operate out of Fort Lauderdale, although Allure is moving to Barcelona soon for a summer season in Europe this year.
The keel was laid on the third ship in May 2014 at STX France shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, and it is scheduled for delivery in spring 2016. Construction began on the fourth one in early February 2015, also at STX in France; it is scheduled to enter service in 2018.
While the same size and shape as the first two in the Oasis class, details of the two ships under construction will be revealed in the coming months.
The Oasis-class ships introduced the "neighborhood concept" with seven distinct themed areas, including a Boardwalk area with a carousel and Central Park with more than 12,000 live trees and plants. They also have an 82-foot-long zipline, the Rising Tide bar that goes up and down like an elevator, and the AquaTheater high-diving performance venue.
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