The biggest cruise ship in the world sets sail: It has an ice rink and 19 swimming pools, room for 9,200 people and is five times the size of the Titanic
The Wonder of the Seas, the world's biggest cruise ship, set sail in spectacular style on Friday for her maiden seven-day voyage from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to the Caribbean. The record-breaking 362 metre (1,188 ft) long Royal Caribbean liner carries 6,988 passengers and 2,300 crew… and enough beer to fill each of her swimming pools twice over. But is bigger always better? Those on-board definitely think so. Speedy wi-fi has allowed passengers to fill social media channels with comments. One woman holidaymaker said: 'It's hard to believe you are even on a ship. It's a city on the water. There is everything you could ever want. There's no reason to ever get off.' Another quipped: 'We're going to need a bigger ocean!'