MS Freedom of the Seas

MS Freedom of the Seas is a cruise ship operated by Royal Caribbean International and the namesake of its Freedom class. Built at the Aker Yards Turku Shipyard in Finland, she was completed in 2006 and was for a time the largest passenger ship ever built by gross tonnage, at 154,407 GT as verified by Det Norske Veritas, until her sister ship Liberty of the Seas tied the record in 2007. She carries 3,634 passengers and 1,300 crew on fifteen passenger decks, with a 136 metre interior Royal Promenade, a water park, a FlowRider surf simulator and an ice skating rink. After her naming ceremony on 12 May 2006 she began cruising from Miami, and she later moved her home port to Port Canaveral, Port Everglades and San Juan.