Meet "Freedom of the Seas"

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Royal Caribbean International Names Much-Anticipated Ultra Voyager

MIAMI, Nov. 9 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Finnish workers at Kvaerner
Masa- Yards yesterday laid the first block of the massive keel
destined to frame Royal Caribbean International's newest, most
futuristic ship. In lowering the 443-ton block into the drydock, Royal
Caribbean used the start of construction to announce the name of the
new ship -- Freedom of the Seas -- and comment on the thinking behind
the name. Throughout preconstruction, the ship has been called Ultra
Voyager.

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"Freedom of the Seas will be the most head-turning, most innovative
and most forward-looking ship in the cruise industry," said Richard D.
Fain, Royal Caribbean Chairman and CEO. "Its name was chosen
deliberately to convey the enormity of features and amenities offered
on this extraordinary ship."

"Freedom of the Seas is really all about freedom of choice. Freedom to
explore. Freedom to relax. Freedom to make one's own vacation plans
reflective of one's own tastes and interests," he added.

Royal Caribbean's newest ship again elevates cruise-ship design and
innovation to new levels. Freedom of the Seas builds on the line's
popular Voyager-class ships, so once breakthrough, now signature,
elements such as the Royal Promenade, rock-climbing wall and
ice-skating rink are standard on Freedom of the Seas. The company will
reveal this ship's major new features as she takes shape in drydock.

One feature the company will share now, in keeping with its "freedom"
theme, is the great freedom of space planned for the new ship. Freedom
of the Seas will have some of the largest guest staterooms and the
most spacious balconies in the industry. One reason for the roominess?
Freedom of the Seas will have full-size, yet space-saving, flat screen
TVs in 100 percent of the guest staterooms and public areas.

The first-in-the-industry flat screen TVs dovetail with other
technologies onboard, earning Freedom of the Seas the distinction of
being the most digitally advanced cruise ship at sea. The new ship
will be free of wires by having extensive WiFi capabilities and
connectivity for regular cell phones. Other functions will enhance the
ship's security, navigational and environmental-management systems.

Freedom of the Seas will be the world's largest cruise ship when she
enters service in April 2006 at 158,000 gross registered tons. The
3,600-guest ship (double occupancy) will sail year-round, seven-night
Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries from Miami. Bookings are
scheduled to open in spring 2005.

Royal Caribbean International is a global cruise brand with 19 ships
in service and two under construction, including Freedom of the Seas.
The company also offers unique cruisetour vacations in Alaska, Canada
and Europe. For additional information about the cruise line, please
visit the company's Web site at http://www.royalcaribbean.com or call
800-327-6700.


Fast Facts for Freedom of the Seas

-- 158,000 GRT -- 1,112 feet long
-- 184 feet wide -- 28 feet draft
-- 21.6 knots cruising speed -- 15 passenger decks
-- 3,600 guests double occupancy -- 4,370 guests total
occupancy
-- 1,800 guest staterooms -- 1,360 crew

SOURCE Royal Caribbean International

CONTACT: Jaye Hilton of Royal Caribbean International,
+1-305-539-6577,
or
Web site: http://www.royalcaribbean.com
(RCL)