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Grandeur of the Seas was the first of four ships in this class to enter service for the Royal Caribbean Cruise Line. These four ships are slightly larger than RCCLs previous largest ships, the 73,192-ton Sovereign class. The other three sisters Enchantment of the Seas entered service in 1997, Rhapsody of the Seas 1997 and Vision of the Seas 1998.

This class of cruise ship has 10 passenger decks, 2 pools, 8 bars, casino, fitness center, 870-seat theatre, 576 outside cabins of which 212 have verandas, 399 inside cabins, can carry 1,950 passengers and a crew of 760.

Grandeur is operated on 5 night cruises out of Baltimore - Bermuda. Other routes for Grandeur are 4, 5, 7, 9 & 13 nights from Baltimore, Tampa & New Orleans - Florida, Caribbean & Mexico.

Enchantment is operated on 4&5 night cruises from Fort Lauderdale - Florida, Western Caribbean & Mexico.

Rhapsody cruises out of Galveston - Florida, Western Caribbean & Mexico. Southeast Asia Cruise depart from Hong Kong & Shanghai.

Vision is operated on 7 night cruises from Los Angeles - Mexico, 5 nights from Los Angeles - West Coast, and 7 nights from Seattle - Alaska.

Websites US: www.royalcaribbean.com. UK: www.royalcaribbean.co.uk