Royal Caribbean Is Building the Latest World's Largest Cruise Ship


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The "world's largest cruise ship" title gets a lot of attention from cruisers, and Royal Caribbean knows it can pretty much apply the term to any of its Oasis-class ships. More important than a title is the experience, and the cruise line seems to have found the right mix of features to get passengers on board.
Royal Caribbean International is going to keep beating its own big-ship record. The Miami-based cruise operator announced Wednesday that its next new ship, Symphony of the Seas, will be the largest ship in the world — just by a bit. It's a familiar refrain. Royal Caribbean, the world's largest cruise line measured by passenger capacity, launched the largest cruise ship ever in 2009. That ship, the 225,282-ton Oasis by the Seas, was followed by the slightly longer Allure of t