When Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas debuts, she will be the world's biggest cruise ship and offer a lot for guests to do onboard.
Royal Caribbean's Harmony of the Seas will debut in less than 99 days and to celebrate, we are counting down every day with a brand new blog post all about Harmony of the Seas.
Three ways Harmony of the Seas will be different
Today, we have three big ways Harmony of the Seas will be different from any other Royal Caribbean ship in the fleet, including her sister ships.
More efficient than its sister ships
Harmony of the Seas will be about 20% more efficient than Oasis of the Seas or Allure fo the Seas, thanks to improvements in hydrodynamics, equipment, new design for the ship and more.
Royal Caribbean considered all possibilities to find energy efficiencies in an effort the make this ship do more, with less.
They found the biggest savings came from the hydrodynamic piece, but improvesments with new kinds of propulsion units are more effective as well.
The main engines are more fuel efficient than their predecessors and Royal Caribbean changed most of the ship’s lighting to LED lighting, whcih recovers wasted heat.
The air conditioning is more efficient and SMART systems have been implemented to control the consumption of electricity.
Harmony of the Seas will be longer than other ships
We mentioned earlier that Harmony of the Seas will be the biggest cruise ship in the world, and that means she is about 33cm longer than other ships.
Harmony of the Seas is also a little bit wider and has a bigger gross tonnage. Essentially, Harmony of the Seas is bulked up all around.
Harmony of the Seas staterooms will be bigger
Guests will find the staterooms on Harmony of the Seas larger than previous Royal Caribbean staterooms, especially from deck six and above.
Royal Caribbean has made those staterooms on deck six and higher longer, which is part of the reason why the ship is a bit wider than the others in its class.
Learning from Quantum class ships that already have some of the most efficiently-designed cabins, designers on Harmony were able to gain a few inches here and there.
Guests will find there’s a great amount of floor space and they’re versatile in every conceivable way. They have great balcony spaces attached, that means guests can maximize the available space for each of the staterooms.
