Ft Lauderdale gets Independence
December 4, 2007 by admin ·
Royal Caribbean’s Independence of the Seas, due in service in spring 2008 and currently under construction at Aker Yards in Turku, Finland will, according to a Royal Caribbean statement, reposition to Ft. Lauderdale for Caribbean voyages, becoming the largest ship ever to call the Florida port home.
Her repositioning cruise will be a 13 night transatlantic crossing departing November 6, 2008. Her itinerary will then be a rotating series of six-night Western Caribbean and eight-night Eastern Caribbean cruises from Ft. Lauderdale throughout the winter of 2008 and spring of 2009.
At 154,407-ton, and able to carry some 3,634-passengers, the Independence of the Seas joins her sister ships, Freedom of the Seas and Liberty of the Seas as the largest cruise ships in the world, all are owned by Royal Caribbean.
