Class: Sovereign
Built: 1987/1988 chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards (Saint-Nazaire,
France)
Registry: Norway
Entered service: January 16, 1988 (maiden voyage)
Status: transerfered, in service, sailing with Pullmentur fleet
Tonnage: 73,192 Gross Register Tons (GRT)
Length: 880 Feet
Beam: 106 Feet
Draft: 25 feet.
Decks: 14
Speed: 19 Knots (21.85 MPH)
Crew: 825
Passengers:2,852
The lead unit in the Sovereign class ships from Royal Caribbean. Refurbished in December 2004. The Sovereign was the first of the "Superships." The largest, purpose-built cruise ship in history, she hold the rare honor of being truly historic. Has a Windjammer Cafe, which some open space below the forward edge of deck 12, all the way to the Bridge a deck below. Her godmother is Rosalyn Carter.
Dinning rooms are named "Kisimet" (deck 4,) and Gigi (deck
3.)
The theater is named "Follies Lounge."
A full account of a cruise aboard Sovereign in 1999 can be found in the blog section.