Sovereign of the Seas.

Class: Sovereign
Built: 1987/1988 Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyards(Saint-Nazaire, France)
Registry: Norway
Entered service: January 16, 1988 (Maiden Voyage)
Status: in service, transfer to Pullmentur fleet pending in 2008.
Tonnage: 73,192 gross register tons
Length: 880 feet
Beam: 106 feet
Draft: 25 feet

Decks: 14
Speed: 19 knots (21.85 mph)

Crew: 825
Passengers: 2,852

Notes:

The lead unit in the Sovereign class ships from Royal Caribbean. Refurbished in December 2004. The Sovereign was the first of the "Superships." The largest, purpose-built cruise ship in history, she hold the rare honor of being truly historic. Has a Windjammer Cafe, which some open space below the forward edge of deck 12, all the way to the Bridge a deck below. Her godmother is Rosalyn Carter.

Dinning rooms are named "Kisimet" (deck 4,) and Gigi (deck 3.)
The theater is named "Follies Lounge."

A full account of a cruise aboard Sovereign in 1999 can be found in the blog section.