MS Symphony of the Seas
Symphony of the Seas is an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. She was built in 2018 in the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in Saint-Nazaire, France, the fourth in Royal Caribbean's Oasis-class of cruise ships
Construction started: 29 October 2015
Launched: 9 June 2017
Draft: 9.32 m
Builder: Chantiers de l'Atlantique
Classes: Oasis-class cruise ship
Symphony Of The Seas' current location is at the northwest Atlantic Ocean (coordinates 25.91481 N / -79.71895 W) cruising at speed of 10.4 kn (19 kph/ 12 mph) en route to MIAMI. The AIS position was reported 4 minutes ago.
Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas offers guests quite a bit to see and do onboard, and the ship itself is a marvel when you consider just how large it is and how much work and coordination is required to make it run flawlessly. Here are some fun facts about Symphony of the Seas that put into perspective the sheer scale of everything on this ship.
Fast Facts
At 1,188 feet long, Symphony is twice as high as the Washington Monument
Weighs 228,081 gross registered tons (GRT), which is more than 17,000 African elephants
Symphony is made up of 500,000 individual parts
5,518 guests (double occupancy) and 2,200 crew representing more than 70 different nationalities
18 total decks (16 guest decks)
2,759 staterooms, including 188 suites and 28 more balconies than the next largest ship in the fleet (Harmony of the Seas)
Approximately 5,200 restaurant seats across 23 dining venues
7 distinct neighborhoods: Boardwalk, Central Park, Entertainment Place, Pool, and Sports
Zone, Youth Zone, Royal Promenade, Vitality Spa and Fitness Center
Symphony’s Central Park has more than 20,700 lush tropical plants
25 pools, whirlpools, FlowRider surf simulators, and waterslides are on board
Art
The signature, high-tech Royal Theater seats more than 1,400 guests
New, original production “Flight: Dare to Dream” includes an impressive replica of the historic
Wright Brothers plane with a 22-foot wingspan and the first replica of the International Space Station used on stage
The AquaTheater has a secret level, deck 4.5, where performers and divers access the depths of the theater; those same high-diving acrobats use two 10-meter, Olympic-height diving boards
More than 13,347 pieces of artwork on board, including Paradox Void, a 3-ton steel sculpture with 2,100 mirrors and 200 LED lights that interact with its surroundings, and Big Wonder, a color-changing art installation that spans 2,594 square feet in the adults-only Solarium
Food
12 specialty restaurants with more than 350 different dishes served daily, including more than 40 created specifically with kids in mind
More than 200 candies at Sugar Beach sweets and ice cream shop on the reimagined Boardwalk
Playmakers Sports Bar & Arcade lets guests cheer on their home team at sea across any one of 31 big-screen TVs and play out their competitive spirit at the arcade
The Bionic Bar can serve up to 1,000 drinks per day with 21 mixers and 30 spirits from 2 robot bartenders
42 bars and lounges where bartenders can mix and mingle 124 specialty cocktails, including 195 spirits
There are more than 120 different kinds of fruit and vegetables served weekly
On a typical 7-night cruise, an average of 32,000 lbs. of tortillas 15,000 lbs. of beef, 9,700 lbs. of chicken, 5,000 dozen fresh eggs, 100 gallons of ice cream, 2,100 lbs. of lobster tail, and 2,500 lbs. of fresh salmon are used onboard
1,500 lbs. of coffee are made weekly – that’s 6 million coffee beans
There are 1,085 culinary staff of 51 different nationalities
Activities & Things To Do
The Ultimate Abyss, the tallest slide at sea, is a duo of racing slides where adventure-seekers spiral down a 92-foot drop in about 13 seconds
The slide is 10 stories high, towering 150 feet above sea level (45.7 meters)
About 300 LED lights shine overhead in the slide, adding to the thrill factor
The zipline crosses the open-air Boardwalk neighborhood at nine decks high
2 signature rock-climbing walls flank the AquaTheater, standing at 43 feet tall (13.1 meters)
