Class: Vision
Built: 1995/1996, STX Yards, Helsinki, Finland
Registry: Nassau, Bahamas
Entered service: December 14, 1996 (maiden voyage)
Status: in service
Tonnage: 74,000 Gross Register Tons (GRT)
Length: 919 Feet
Beam: 106 Feet
Draft: 25 feet.
Decks: 11
Speed: 22 Knots (25.3 MPH)
Crew: 780
Passengers:2,252
The third unit in the six ship Vision class. Grandeur of the Seas and her sister Enchantment of the Seas were built by Kavaerner Masa, now known as Akers. The first two and final two units were built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique. Closer in design to Vision and Rhapsody of the Seas due to not being built for speed, you can recognize them by the Royal Caribbean logo attached to a sponsor located between the aft exhast stack and the Viking Crown Lounge.
Enchantment and Granduer of the Seas were the first two ships to have
been equiped with a GPS based Dynamic Positioning System. Non-GPS
based systems had been used for many years prior to this.
Grandeur is thought to be in-line for an expansion identical to her
sister Enchantment of the Seas. This is due to her being built to
identical specifications by the same yard. Indications are that the
other four units in the class are not as capable of being expanded,
however that remains speculative information.
The dinning room is named "Great Gatsby Dinning Room" (decks
4 and 5.)
The theater is named "Palladium Theatre."