Anthem of the Seas Officially Delivered to RCL
Royal Caribbean’s 2nd Quantum Class cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas, was officially delivered to the cruise line by Meyer Werft in a signing ceremony in Bremerhaven, Germany.
Royal Caribbean Cruises chairman and CEO Richard Fain officially received the 16-deck-high vessel from Germany’s Meyer Werft shipyard.
“I am very happy to receive Anthem of the Seas from Meyer Werft Yards,” said Richard. “We’ve always broken the mould with each successive ship we build, and Anthem of the Seas is no different. I would like to thank Bernard and the Meyer Werft team for their ongoing partnership in designing and building awe-inspiring ships with us.”
Anthem of the Seas is 168,666-tons and a sister ship to Royal Caribbean's much-hyped Quantum of the Seas, which launched in October with a number of first-for-the-industry features such as a deck-top ride into the sky and a bar with robot bartenders.
Concepts such as these will also be included aboard Anthem of the Seas, which cost US $950-million to build. That price tag makes her the second-most expensive cruise ship ever built after Royal Caribbean's Oasis and Allure of the Seas, which are also the two largest cruise ships ever built.
Anthem and Quantum are the third and fourth largest cruise vessels ever built, smaller in size only to two other Royal Caribbean ships: Four-year-old Allure of the Seas and five-year-old Oasis of the Seas.
With the addition of Anthem, Royal Caribbean now has 23 vessels.
Anthem now will sail to Southampton, England, where it will be christened on April 20 in front of more than 1,000 invited guests. The ship will homeport in Southampton through October for sailings to the Mediterranean and Canary Islands before permanently moving to the New York area. It’ll sail out New Jersey’s Cape Liberty Cruise Port to Bermuda, the Caribbean, and Canada and New England.
