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World's Largest Cruise Ship Arrives in New Jersey...

"Freedom of the Seas" is 237 feet tall and 1,112 feet long with 15 passenger decks.

Standing upright on its bow, it would be taller than the Eiffel Tower. The ship comes in at 160,000 gross registered tons, a standard measurement of carrying capacity that is about 100 cubic feet for each ton.

Built by Norwegian shipbuilder Aker Yards ASA, the ship cost $800 million and can carry more than 4,000 passengers. The world's previous largest ship, the Queen Mary 2, can carry about 3,000 people and is 151,400 gross registered tons. The Titanic's gross registered tonnage was 46,329.

To read more...

http://www.sun-sentinel.com/busines...ship,0,4738429.story?coll=sfla-business-front

QM2 is still longer (1,132') than Freedom of the Seas, but not wider in the beam,tonnage and passenger capacity

Thanks for clarifying John. I saw the article and copy/posted w/o researching the stats.

For those who are thinking of retirement, "The World of Residensea" seems to be so much better that just staying "on land" to watch the grass grow.
Of course, you gotta have the money!