Class: Vision
Built: 1995/1996 Chantiers de l'Atlantique (Saint-Nazaire, France)
Registry: --
Entered service: March 31, 1996 (maiden voyage)
Status: in service
Tonnage: 69,130 Gross Register Tons (GRT)
Length: 867 Feet
Beam: 105 Feet
Draft: 24.5 feet.
Decks: 11
Speed: 24 Knots (27.6 MPH)
Crew: 723
Passengers:2,076
The second unit in the six ship Vision class. Splendour and her sister
ship, the Legend of the Seas, are the greyhounds of the Royal Caribbean
fleet. Designed for speed, they are actually smaller than even the
Sovereign class. To accomedate her speed demands, the engines are
much closer to the center of the ship. The result of this, is that
the Viking Crown Lounge contains the ships exhast stack, unlike the
other four units in the class. The Vision class also introduced a
single dinning room concept to the newest ships in the fleet. Rather
than two identical rooms isolated on seperate decks, you have a single
room, with a large open space overlooking the Captains table and main
floor, spread over two decks. This would evolve into three decks on
the Voyager class.
The Vision class also introduced mini-golf to Royal Caribbean ships.
As originally equiped, Splendour was equiped with four tender boats,
with a capacity of 140 each. They also functioned as lifeboats.
Splendour and her sister can be recognized by the fact that both
ships lack a dedicated exhast stack. This is due to the internal arrangement
of engines and such. Look for the Royal Caribbean logo to be incorperated
into the Viking Crown Lounge amidships, along with the stack.
Dinning room is named "King & I Dinning Room" (decks
4 and 5.)
The theater is named "42nd Street Theatre."