2. Celebrity Cruise Line
• MS Xpedition is a cruise ship for
Celebrity Cruises and the sole
ship of the Xpedition class. The
ship is an alternative to the line's
larger ships, offering more
personal attention afforded by its
smaller size. With the ship's
limited capacity of 96 passengers
and an active itinerary, it's
marketed to a younger and a
better educated demographic
than the average cruise ship
passenger. Her sister ship is
cruise ship Sun Bay II.
• The ship currently sails to the
Galápagos Islands, revisiting the
ports of Charles Darwin. The
ship's shallow draft allows it to
access ports in the region that
larger cruise ships cannot visit
3. Royal Caribbean International
• MS Oasis of the Seas is an Oasis-
class cruise ship, delivered to its
owner, Royal Caribbean
International, in October 2009. The
first of her class, she was joined by
her sister ship MS Allure of the Seas
in December 2010. Both vessels
cruise the Caribbean from Port
Everglades in Fort Lauderdale,
Florida. She set a new record of
carrying over 6,000 passengers.
• The ship surpassed the Freedom-
class cruise ships (also owned by
Royal Caribbean) to become the
largest cruise ship in the world at
that time. She has, however, since
been surpassed by Allure of the
Seas, which is 50 millimetres (2.0 in)
longer, although this difference may
have been caused by different
temperatures when the
measurements were made.
4. Cunard Cruise Line
• RMS Queen Mary 2 is a transatlantic
ocean liner. She was the first major
ocean liner built since Queen
Elizabeth 2 in 1969, the vessel she
succeeded as flagship of the Cunard
Line. The new ship was named
Queen Mary 2 by Queen Elizabeth II
in 2004 after the first RMS Queen
Mary, completed in 1936. Queen
Mary was in turn named after Mary of
Teck, consort of King George V. With
the retirement of Queen Elizabeth 2
from active duty in 2008, Queen Mary
2 is the only transatlantic ocean liner
in line service between Southampton
and New York, which operates for
part of each year. The ship is also
used for cruising, including an annual
world cruise.
5. Princess Cruises
• MS Caribbean Princess is a Grand
Class cruise ship owned and operated
by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of
over 3,600 passengers, the largest
carrying capacity in the Princess fleet
(as of 2011, Royal Princess, another
Princess cruise ship, will supersede it in
2013). She has 900 balcony staterooms
and a deck of mini-suites. She was the
first modern cruise ship with an outdoor
theatre, which Princess bills as "Movies
Under The Stars“. Caribbean Princess
is slightly larger than the other ships in
her class (Star Princess, Golden
Princess, and Grand Princess), due to
the addition of an additional deck of
cabins called the Riviera deck. Another
difference is that, being initially
designed to cruise the Caribbean year-
round, there is no sliding roof over the
pool area for shelter in poor weather.
6. Princess Cruises
• MS Caribbean Princess is a Grand
Class cruise ship owned and operated
by Princess Cruises, with a capacity of
over 3,600 passengers, the largest
carrying capacity in the Princess fleet
(as of 2011, Royal Princess, another
Princess cruise ship, will supersede it in
2013). She has 900 balcony staterooms
and a deck of mini-suites. She was the
first modern cruise ship with an outdoor
theatre, which Princess bills as "Movies
Under The Stars“. Caribbean Princess
is slightly larger than the other ships in
her class (Star Princess, Golden
Princess, and Grand Princess), due to
the addition of an additional deck of
cabins called the Riviera deck. Another
difference is that, being initially
designed to cruise the Caribbean year-
round, there is no sliding roof over the
pool area for shelter in poor weather.
