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Facts & Figures
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Voyager of the Seas and Navigator of the Seas in Labadee |
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As you can see on the picture above (by comparing the aspect of the balcony decks), there are minor differences in the design of the two generations of Voyager-class ships: Voyager, Explorer and Adventure of the Seas, the first generation, and Navigator and Mariner of the Seas, the latest one.
Hence, this section comes with a full list of differences between the sisterships, following the ship characteristics.
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First generation
(Voyager, Explorer & Adventure) |
Second generation
(Navigator & Mariner) |
| Length o.a. |
311 m (1,020 ft) |
| Breadth wl |
38.6 m (126.6 ft) |
| Breadth max |
48 m (157.4 ft) |
49.1 m (161.1 ft) |
| Draught dwl |
8.6 m (28.2 ft) |
| Height to top of funnel |
approx. 63 m (207 ft) |
| Gross tonnage |
137,276 UMS (VY & AD)
137,308 UMS (EX) * |
138,298 UMS (NV & MA) |
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| Passenger capacity, lower bed |
3,138 passengers |
| Passenger capacity, max |
3,840 passengers |
3,807 passengers |
| Passenger cabins, total |
1,557 |
| Passenger cabins with view |
1,077 (69%) |
| of which with balconies |
757 (49%) |
753 (48.4%) |
| of which facing the Royal Promenade |
138 (9%) |
| Crew capacity |
1,180 |
1,213 |
| Crew cabins |
667 |
690 |
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| Speed, service |
22 knots |
| Machinery |
Diesel-electric power station |
| Main Engines |
6 x Wärtsilä 12V46C |
| Propulsion machinery |
3 x 14 MW Azipod propulsion, two azimuthing, one fixed |
| Bow thrusters |
4 x 3 MW, total 12 MW |
| Total propulsion power |
42,000 kW (57 105 hp) |
| Total main engine power |
75,600 kW (102 790 hp) |
| Total electric power |
73,800 kW (100 340 hp) |
* Explorer is slightly larger since its scientific labs are classified as public spaces and thus add up to the gross tonnage figure.
The total volume of the ship is about 450,000 cubic metres (15,885,000 cu.ft)
The total deck area is 137,000 square metres (1,522,000 sq.ft)
Steel Facts
300,000 steel pieces has been used for the steel hull of which 300,000 square meters are plates and 200 km steel profiles
Interior Facts
There are 15,500 seats for passengers of which 5,300 seats are in cabins and 2,000 are seats on outer decks
There are 50,000 square meters of carpet
There are 4,100 art pieces onboard, worth USD 12 million.
The total interior (i.e. air-conditioned) area is over 90,000 square meters of which approximately 30,000 square meters is public passenger area
There are 15,400 square meters of outside deck areas for passengers and crew
There are more than 400 slot machines in the casino
The Aquariums have a total of 31 tons of water (only Voyager, Explorer and Adventure of the Seas)
Technical Facts
For the comfort of passengers and crew totally about 1,850,000 cubic meters of air is transported and handled by air conditioning every hour
61,000 electrical points are installed
About 3,000 kilometers of electrical cables
About 15,000 automation points
5,000 square meters of windows
About 140 kilometers of pipes over one inch is installed
320 tons of water in swimming pools and jacuzzis
Theater:
electric power for sound equipment: 25,000 W
electric power for lighting equipment: 18,000 W
Source: Kværner Masa-Yards.
First Generation
vs.
Second Generation
Passenger accomodations
The most obvious change has already been stated — it is the use of glass balconies instead of steel balonies on NV/MA. In addition, the balcony dividers are made of plastic in place of steel (thus reducing privacy), but the balconies are wider. Lastly, the suites on decks 9 and 10 are larger on the 2nd-generation ships — esp. the Owners Suites (22% larger) and the Royal Suite (12%).
Glass balconies (right) offer a better view of the ocean
Passenger public spaces
On deck 4, the Aquarium Bar was transformed into Bolero's, a Latin-themed bar. Aquariums are very hard to clean up and expensive. Perhaps they will be removed from the first generation ships eventually.
Aquarium Bar (left) and Bolero's (right)
The sports bar in the Royal Promenade (on deck 5) was changed into a wine tastings bar called Vintages. The golf bar up in the Viking Crown on deck 14 is used as NV/MA's sports bar.
Scoreboard Sports Bar on Voyager (left) and Vintages on Navigator (right)
On VY/EX/AD, the aft dining area only consisted of two casual restaurants — a very large Windjammer Café, and Island Grill, aft, which both serve the same food — and an upscale Euro-Italian restaurant, Portofino.
On NV/MA, the area was expanded both forward and aft, making room for more restaurants.
The popular upscale steackhouse Chops Grille (first introduced on Radiance of the Seas in 2001), was added opposite to an enlarged Portofino. Windjammer Café was moved aft, replacing Island Grill, and long lines could be avoided by the use of so-called food stations. Finally, the former Windjammer area was assigned to host an Asian-fusion restaurant, Jade, and a sushi bar, The Plaza.
Top: Windjammer on VY/EX/AD and Jade on NV/MA
Bottom: Island Grill (1st gen.) vs. the new Windjammer Café, with its food stations
The extension of Windjammer Café aft of NV/MA required more room than the former Island Grill. That's why Deck 11 is a little longer on the Voyager-class ships of the second generation than on that of the first.
This expanded aft section also made way for more privacy for the balconies underneath.
The extended aft of Deck 11 (right)
The last major change in the layout of the second-generation Voyager-class ships is the complete redesign of the youth areas. The kids pool of the 1st-generation ships, Adventure Ocean, was deleted and replaced by a teen-only open deck, The Back Deck. This also made more room available for the kids club, Adventure Ocean. Last, the teen areas doubled in proportions: while on VY/EX/AD it only consists of a single night club — Optix —, on NV/MA, it is made of two rooms: The Living Room, a disco-like lounge, and Fuel, a larger night club.
Adventure Ocean (left) and The Back Deck
Optix on Adventure (left) and Fuel on Navigator (right)
To gain a better idea of these layout modifications, feel free to have a look at the plans and pictures on the Aft Dining Area page and on the Youth Areas page.
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