The ship also has a full-size ice skating rink for shows in the evening and free use during the day. There are also smaller venues such as the Viking Crown jazz club the Pharaoh’s Palace night club and Boleros Latin lounge.
The entertainment areas on-board include the Arcadia Theatre, which can hold 1,350 guests studio B TV studio and the ‘On-Air Club’ karaoke club. Bars include Vintages wine bar Wipe Out bar Squeeze juice bar and the Bull and Bear English-style pub. Restaurants include Johnny Rockets 50’s-style diner Portofino Italian restaurant Chops Grille and a Ben and Jerry’s ice cream parlour. The promenade also features a library with 3,600 books a barbershop and an Italian-style pizzeria. “The Freedom’s on-board facilities are state-of-the-art.” The 445ft-long Royal Promenade forms the central area of the ship and features the majority of the shopping, restaurant and entertainment areas. The Freedom’s on-board facilities are state-of-the-art. TeleDimensions International installed the on-board sound systems, supplied by MeyerSound. The company also supplied cabin modules for four officer’s suites, four family suites, double cabins and the bell box. Orsap Oy of Finland designed, supplied and installed 800 cabin modules for the vessel. In addition to the propulsion gear, ABB Maritime also supplied medium-speed switchgear, including 43 panels of 11kV uniGear with protection devices, six generators, 19 transformers and low-voltage distribution apparatus. There are also four bow thrusters for manoeuvring. The ship is fitted with three ABB Azipod podded electric propulsion units, two of them azimuthing, one central fixed unit (each pod can deliver 14MW of thrust power).
The Freedom of the Seas is powered by Six Wartsila 46 V12 diesels each rated at 12.6MW driving electric generators at 514 rpm. The ship also has 16.5ha of deck space for passengers. A crew of 1,360 creates a total on-board maximum complement of 5,730. The Freedom can accommodate 4,375 passengers in 1,817 cabins. The ship has an overall length of 338.77m a perpendicular length of 303.21m a breadth of 38.60m at the waterline (56.0m at the extreme due to the bridge wings) a draft of 8.5m a height of 63.7m and a gross tonnage of 154,407t. The cost of the ship is estimated at $800m. The Freedom made her maiden cruise to the Caribbean in June 2006 and offers six- and seven-night cruises in the region. The Freedom was floated out in August 2005 and christened at Bayonne, New Jersey, in May 2006. The Freedom was constructed at Aker Finnyards’ Turku Shipyard and has its home port in Miami, US. Since that time two more Freedom-class vessels have been launched: the Liberty of the Seas in 2007 and Independence of the Seas in 2008. The ship had the accolade of being the world’s largest ship when it was delivered in April 2006. It looks and feels like the norebang in korea town.The Freedom of the Seas (ordered in September 2003) is the first of a trio of Freedom-class vessels commissioned by Royal Caribbean International. The equipment is new and the vibe is totally different. was busy but they were able to get a room then when one opened they let us know right away and we. We had difficulty for 45 min of our 2 hour booking, so they gave us an extra 20min. They were understaffed, but doing their best I suppose. Their song book has a lot of new songs surprisingly! Most Korean karaoke. It's more modern and high tech with their lighting compared to other karaoke spots I've been to.
I'll definitely come back here again! more It's super fun & affordable, rooms were clean & brand new. Love this place! Staff were beyond friendly & attentive.