World's largest cruise ship to make UK call in 2014

The world’s largest cruise ship is to make its debut call in the UK in autumn 2014.

Royal Caribbean’s Oasis of the Seas will offer itineraries in Europe for the first time in September, 2014, with round-trip sailings from Barcelona.

It will call into Southampton on its return to the US on October 15, having received routine maintenance in the Netherlands.

Accommodating 6,400 guests at full capacity, Oasis of the Seas is a 225,282 gross registered ton vessel and the largest passenger ship in the world alongside its sister Allure of the Seas.

It will be 40% larger than any other cruise ship to ever dock in the UK and will join two further Royal Caribbean International ships based in the port.