All aboard for 5,500 on world’s biggest cruiser

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Royal Caribbean International’s floating pleasure palace stretches 1,187ft – as long as four football pitches.

At 227,000 tons, it is more than three times the size of the aircraft carrier HMS Queen Elizabeth – due to become the Royal Navy’s biggest ever warship next year.

Up to 5,479 passengers will be pampered by 2,100 crew and can enjoy a 100ft, 10-storey water slide and the deepest swimming pool on any ship afloat.

The massive vessel boasts 20 restaurants including a Jamie’s Italian and a theatre featuring the hit Broadway musical Grease.

There is even a park for confirmed landlubbers to stroll in, with 10,587 plants and 52 trees.

And passengers with inside cabins still get a “balcony view” from virtual reality windows showing live images of the scene outside. Harmony’s John Ingham maiden voyage begins on Sunday, a four-night cruise from Southampton to Rotterdam in Holland.

It will then be based in Barcelona for the summer and autumn.

From November the French-built ship will operate out of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, offering winter cruises around the Caribbean.

Stuart Leven, managing director UK and Ireland, Royal Caribbean International, said: “Bigger can be beautiful when it allows you to put so many great facilities on board to allow people a great holiday at sea.

“Cruising is changing. It’s becoming a holiday for all the family, not just white tablecloths and ties at dinner.

“The sort of holiday you get at all-inclusive resorts on land can now be replicated at sea.

“And you can wake up with a different view from your balcony each day.”