Mar 27 2015
Sorry Florida! China Gets New Royal Caribbean Ship
By CruiseRadio
<p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Could China be on the path to becoming the new Cruise Capitol of the World? That’s not even on the horizon, but with the right infrastructure and hardware they could be the next cruise hotbed.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Royal Caribbean announced that their third Quantum-class ship, Ovation of the Seas, will be homeported in China in 2016.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>5 in China!</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Currently under construction, <em>Ovation of the Seas</em> will join <em>Quantum of the Seas, Mariner of the Seas, Voyager of the Seas </em>and <em>Legend of the Seas </em>in the China seas. The five ships will comprise the largest fleet deployment for any cruise brand in China, homeporting in four metropolitan Chinese cities – Shanghai, Tianjin, Hong Kong and Xiamen – and primarily sailing three- to 12-night itineraries to destinations in Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Vietnam.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Looking ahead in 2016:</strong></span></span></p><ul><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Oasis of the Seas (Oasis-class) – moves to Port Canaveral</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Allure of the Seas (Oasis-class) – stays in Port Everglades</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Harmony of the Seas (Oasis-class) – move to Port Everglades</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Quantum of the Seas (Quantum-class) – heads to China (2015)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Ovation of the Seas (Quantum-class) – heads to China</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">Anthem of the Seas (Quantum-class) – heads to New Jersey (2015)</span></span></li></ul><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><em>Ovation of the Seas,</em> <em>Anthem of the Seas </em>and <em>Quantum of the Seas</em> are among the Quantum Class, the world’s most advanced cruise ships.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"><strong>Listen:</strong></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;">The post Sorry Florida! China Gets New Royal Caribbean Ship appeared first on Cruise Radio.</span></span></p><p><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"></span></span><img data-cke-saved-src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/On3-cQk2z4e_MxJPhIKau5ZRjSH4_dn3QSj9AjLhUOYPimQe29axBbRxfxLuCW-4TBhcDKdcF3vvCmG5_hVuuW8FUxoOp1w5jjjW8dTusYdUY3NN-Iknog=s0-d-e1-ft#http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/QUANTUM-EDIT.jpg" src="https://ci6.googleusercontent.com/proxy/On3-cQk2z4e_MxJPhIKau5ZRjSH4_dn3QSj9AjLhUOYPimQe29axBbRxfxLuCW-4TBhcDKdcF3vvCmG5_hVuuW8FUxoOp1w5jjjW8dTusYdUY3NN-Iknog=s0-d-e1-ft#http://cruiseradio.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/QUANTUM-EDIT.jpg" alt="QUANTUM EDIT" style="height: 375px; width: 500px;"><span style="font-size:14px;"><span style="font-family:lucida sans unicode,lucida grande,sans-serif;"></span></span><br></p>