Spectrum of the Seas

Key Particulars

Gross Tonnage: 169379

Net Tonnage: -

Displacement: -

Deadweight: -

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

Classification: DNV-GL

Length: 347.11m oa

Breadth: 41.40m

Draught: 8.80m max; 8.50m standard

Air draught: 62.50m max; 57.91m flues retracted

Depth: -

Decks: 20 (16 passenger)

Complement: 5746 (4246 pax dbl occ, 1500 crew); 6405 (4905 pax max occ, 1500 crew)

Cabins: 2123

Yard Data

Meyer Werft GmbH S.700

Timeline

12 June 2015

Contract signed between Meyer Werft GmbH and Spectrum of the Seas Inc. for the construction of yard number S.700 at a cost of €777,510,000.  This contract was dependent on parent company Royal Caribbean International's ability to finance the project.

13 November 2015

Spectrum of the Seas Inc. entered into a loan agreement with a banking consortium led by KfW-IPEX Bank to provide the funding for the ship.  It stipulated increased values for potential alterations to the ship, although it isn't clear whether the changes from the earlier Quantum-class ships had been incorporated into the design at this point.

15 August 2017

Steel cutting ceremony for S.700.  She was intended for the Chinese market, to directly compete with Norwegian Joy, and as such she had some major changes when compared to the earlier Quantum-class ships.  As a result, she was designated as the first ship of the 'Quantum Ultra' class.  Major changes included the reversion to a twin level dining room, as opposed to the four single-level main restaurants on the earlier ships of the class.  Single deck cabins (not the loft suites of earlier vessels) overlooking the stern, a trampoline ball aft and changes to her upper superstructure forward rounded out the major changes.

25 February 2019

Spectrum of the Seas is floated out of Hall 2 at Meyer Werft, stern first.

18 April 2019

Spectrum of the Seas sets sail on her maiden voyage.