Royal Caribbean's newest: Freedom of the Seas.

From: Chicago Tribune (Chicago, IL) | Date: June 5, 2006 | Copyright information

Byline: Arline and Sam Bleecker

Royal Caribbean International has put to rest the skeptic's question, "What's there to do on a cruise ship?"

If the line's new Freedom of the Seas is any indicator, the answer is "everything."

The 160,000-ton vessel, which debuted last month, and nudged out the QM2 as largest ship afloat, brings with it an ever widening world of whiz-bang amenities. Frankly, there's so much to do on board this behemoth, it could stay put and not sail anywhere at all. Freedom-huge and jam-packed with options-really mimics a city at sea. (If you include ...

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