Ovation of the Seas

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 168666

Net Tonnage: 154078

Displacement: 78130 design

Deadweight: 11113 design

Designer: Meyer Werft (overall); Jaime Lemus (newbuild program manager); Henning Luhmann (technical design manager); Wilson Butler Architects (general planning and interiors); CallisonRTKL (Izumi, spa, and fitness center)

Classification: DNV-GL + 1A1

Length: 347.10m / 1138.78ft oa; 320.20m / 1050.52ft pp

Breadth: 48.90m / 160.43ft max; 41.40m / 135.83ft mld

Draught: 8.80m / 28.87ft max; 8.50m / 27.89ft design; 8.10m / 26.57ft min

Air draught: 62.90m / 206.36ft flues extended; 58.20m / 190.94ft flues retracted

Depth: 11.55m / 37.89ft mld

Decks: 20 (14 passenger)

Complement: 5739 (4188 pax dbl occ, 1551 crew); 6456 (4905 pax max occ, 1551 crew)

Cabins: 2094

Yard Data

Meyer Werft GmbH S.699

Timeline

17 April 2016

Ovation of the Seas departs on her maiden voyage.

24 June 2016

Chinese actress Fan Bingbing names Ovation of the Seas in Tianjin, China, the first cruise ship to be christened at the Chinese port.

May 2017

Ovation of the Seas spent a week in drydock in China to make unanticipated repairs to her propulsion system.

3-7 December 2018

The Southeast Alaska Pilots Association (SEAPA) partnered with Royal Caribbean International to conduct simulations and establish a set of safe operating parameters for Alaskan operations.  Ovation of the Seas was the longest and largest cruise ship in Alaska at the time, and all parties involved were keen to ensure that the ship would keep her passengers and the environment safe during her cruises.