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Legend of the Seas

A ship that hits the heights

Legend of the Seas certainly hit the heights when she joined the Royal Caribbean fleet in May, 1995.

As well as being among the widest and fastest cruise ships in the world, she was also pretty tall, and passengers seated in Legend’s Viking Crown Lounge, which is wrapped around the ships’s smokestack, are almost high enough to look the Statue of Liberty right in the eyes.

Legend of the Seas joined the Royal Caribbean fleet in 1995

Legend featured the world’s first floating 18-hole miniature golf course- “Legend of The Links”, with some of the most famous holes from courses around the world are replicated with trees, sand traps, water hazards and flowers.

The 1,148-sq-ft Royal Suite has a baby grand piano, entertainment centre, refrigator and wet bar, whirlpool tub and veranda.

Legend unites two of Royal Caribbean’s hall mark design features. A multi-deck atrium, The Centrum, extends up to the distinctive Viking Crown Lounge, nine storeys high with a 360 degree view of the ocean.

Vital statistics

Operated by Royal Caribbean International
Built at Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland
Entered service: December 14, 1996
Refurbished: 2005
Cost: $300 million
Registered: The Bahamas
Gross tonnage: 74,137 tons
Passengers: 2,446
Passenger decks: 11
Lifts: 9
Crew: 760
Cabins: 975 including

• 576 outside
• 212 with balconies
• 399 inside
• 14 with wheelchair access

Length: 916ft
Width: 106ft
Draught: 25.5ft
Engines: diesel-electric
Speed: 22 knots

Facilities

One main dining room (two sittings), alternative dining options, themed bars and lounges, casino, library, solarium with a sliding roof and indoor/outdoor pool, day spa and fitness centre, rock climbing wall, conference centre, children’s facilities.