The 11 Biggest Cruise Ships In The World

• ALYSON PENN
• I If you scatter more than a thousand blue whales over the length of four football fields, you have Allure of the Seas, the world's largest luxury cruise ship.

  Measuring approximately 1,200 feet long and weighing 223,000 tons, the size and and sheer magnitude of the ship is almost mind boggling.

  And yet over 5,000 passengers are probably aboard, dancing the Congo at this moment.

  FindTheBest helped us determine the biggest cruise ships on the seas right now. Thes
  
  

  11. Disney Fantasy

  

  Flickr/Ricky Brigante

  Length: 1,115 feet

  Weight: 128,000 tons

  Passengers: 4,000

  Disney Fantasy travels to the Caribbean and has a virtual sports simulator, and an 'AquaLab' with 1,800-square-foot area featuring pop jets, geysers and bubblers, and a 'Royal Tea' time with Disney princesses for the kids.

  10. Disney Dream

  

  Flickr/Christian Lambert Photography

  Length: 1,115 feet

  Weight: 128,000 tons

  Passengers: 4,000

  The Disney Dream ship has an early 20th-century design that's meant to evoke the "golden age of cruising." This ship, which usually travels to the Bahamas, has the AquaDuck, which is the first "water coaster" on a cruise, as well as seven different hang out areas for kids, tweens, and teens.

  9. Carnival Breeze

  

  Flickr/Raging Wire

  Length: 1,004 feet

  Weight: 130,000 tons

  Passengers: 4,724

  This massive Carnival cruise includes Guy Fieri's Guy's Burger Joint, a comedy club, 3-D theater, and separate rum and tequila bars. 

  8. Carnival Magic

  

  Flickr/Rachel

  Length: 1,004 feet

  Weight: 130,000 tons

  Passengers: 4,724

  Carnival Magic has a SportSquare featuring a 9-hole mini-golf course and the first ropes course at sea. There is also a candy store, seaside theater, and an exclusively-brewed beer, ThirstyFrog Red.

  7. MSC Fantasia

  

  Flickr/Justin Ennis

  Length: 1,093 feet

  Weight: 133,500 tons

  Passengers: 3,959

  This Mediterranean cruise includes a spa "thermal cave," twelve hydro-massage pools, a Formula 1 simulator, and an interactive 4-D cinema. Their Aqua Park features "150 illuminated musical fountains."

  6. MSC Splendida

  

  Flickr/Rene Cortin

  Length: 1,093 feet

  Weight: 133,500 tons

  Passengers: 3,959

  Christened by Sophia Loren, the MSC Splendida is an "Eco Ship" that includes five different dining areas, a large theater, and a separate poker room. On all MSC cruises kids 11 and under sail for free.

  5. MSC Divina

  

  Flickr/Matteo

  Length: N/A

  Weight: 139,400 tons

  Passengers: 4,363

  The biggest MSC ship has Mediterranean, Tex Mex, and Italian restaurants, a separate cigar room, and an art gallery on board.

  4. Norwegian Breakaway

  

  Flickr/Rusty Clark

  Length: 1,081 feet

  Weight: 144,017 tons

  Passengers: 4,000

  The Norwegian Breakaway has 13 decks, 1,700 crew members, three main dining rooms, five-story water slides, The Second City improv show, and fireworks displays.

  3. Norwegian Epic

  

  Flickr/Andy_BB

  Length: 1,068 feet

  Weight: 153,000 tons

  Passengers: 4,228

  This Norwegian cruise puts an emphasis on entertainment with a bowling alley, a jazz and blues club, sensationCirque dinner theater, a comedy club, and acts from the Blue Man Group.

  2. Oasis of the Seas

  

  Wikimedia Commons

  Length: 1,184 feet

  Weight: 220,000 tons

  Passengers: 5,400

  The second largest ship, Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas has 16 decks including an onboard carousel, Starbucks, and a specialized cupcake shop, the "Cupcake Cupboard."

  1. Allure of the Seas

  

  Flickr/Dave Herholz

  Length: 1,184 feet

  Weight: 222,900 tons

  Passengers: 5,400 

  This massive Royal Caribbean ship has an ice-skating rink with shows at night, a mini golf course, and two surfing simulators. Additionally, over 300 staterooms overlook a mini Central Park that contains real foliage and three restaurants.
  
  
  Read more: http://www.businessinsider.com/biggest-cruise-ships-2014-5?op=1#ixzz31cOGVtTU
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