This week, the world’s largest cruise ship, Harmony of the Seas, has set sail for Southampton, where she will embark on her maiden voyage to a new home port in Barcelona.
We know that everything about this ship is supersized, but how does it look in numbers?
Gross tonnage: 227,000
Length: 362 metres (50 more than the height of the Eiffel Tower)
Width: 66 metres
Decks: 18
Cost: $1 billion
Passenger capacity: 6,360
Crew: 2,300 with 77 different nationalities
Co2 Emissions: 20% less than the two largest ships in its class
Cruising speed: 22 knots, or 25 mph
Workers to build: 2,500
Time taken to build: 40 months
Work hours to build: 10 million 
Slide height: 10 storeys (top deck to main deck; Ultimate Abyss waterslide)
Waved off from France by: 70,000 people
Dining venues: 20
Theatre capacity: 1,400 seats
Plants: 12,000 species
Surf simulators: 2
Staterooms: 2,747
Passenger elevators: 24
Neighbourhoods: 7
Works of art on display: 11,252
Amount of water used: 4,700,000 lbs in 23 pools
Robotic barmen: 2
Maiden voyage: 22nd May, Southampton to Barcelona
Number of sailings to the West Mediterranean: 34 seven night sailings until October.
Will you be embarking on Harmony of the Seas? Or have you had an interesting cruise experience? Tell us below!
