The world's biggest-ever cruise ship, the 120,000-tonne Harmony of the Seas, capable of accommodating more than 8,000 passengers and crew in the most luxurious conditions, was set for delivery on Thursday May 12,2016 from a French boatyard.
At 66 metres (217 feet), it is the widest cruise ship ever built, while its 362-metre length makes it 50 metres longer than the height of the Eiffel Tower
The immense floating town, which cost close to one billion euros, has 16 decks and will be able to carry 6,360 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
The ship was built for the US-based Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (RCCL) by the STX France boatyard in Saint-Nazaire on the Atlantic coast.
A ceremony was to mark the official handover on Thursday May 12,2016
Harmony of the Seas will leave the port on Sunday, weather permitting, for Southampton in southern England.
From there, it will embark on for its official maiden voyage on May 22,2016 to Barcelona.
RCCL already operates two giant sister liners to the Harmony of the Seas called Allure of the Seas and Oasis of the Seas
They are only marginally smaller than the new ship.
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