Yard number A29 Length 268 m Beam 32 m | Christened 15 January 1988 Launched 4 April 1987 | |
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Name SovereignSovereign of the Seas (1988–2008) Operator Pullmantur CruisesRoyal Caribbean International (1988–2008) Builders | ||
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MS Sovereign (formerly MS Sovereign of the Seas) is one of three large cruise ships of the Sovereign class operated by Pullmantur Cruises and formerly by Royal Caribbean International.
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At the time of her maiden voyage on January 16, 1988, at 73,192 GT, she was the largest cruise ship in the world to be built since the Queen Elizabeth, she was still the largest cruise ship until the construction of the Sun Princess in 1995. She was initially based at the Port of Miami.
Her refurbishment in November 2004 was the subject of the Travel Channel mini-series Dry-Dock, A Cruise Ship Reborn. Throughout her time with Royal Caribbean she sailed three- and four-night cruises to the Bahamas out of Miami & Port Canaveral, Florida, southern US. These cruises visited Coco Cay, one of RCI's privately owned islands, in the Berry Islands group.
In November 2008 Sovereign of the Seas was transferred to the fleet of Pullmantur Cruises after serving for Royal Caribbean International for 20 years, a Royal Caribbean Cruises LTD subsidiary and renamed MS Sovereign. Sovereign set sail on its first voyage with Pullmantur Cruises on March 23, 2009. Similar to other ships in the same class, Sovereign has a multi-deck atrium lobby called the Centrum, and a top-deck, funnel-mounted Viking Crown Lounge with panoramic views of the sea. The ship features 9 bars, 5 restaurants, 4 pools, spa, casino, and many other amenities.
