Jumping on Allure of the Seas

After a few relaxing days in the Keys, we flew back to Miami to board what was, at the time, the biggest cruise ship in the world, Allure of the Seas from Royal Caribbean.

We embarked on a 12-day transatlantic voyage that took us from Miami to Barcelona, crossing the Strait of Gibraltar with a stop in Malaga. It was her first commercial transatlantic and was completely full, including many veteran cruisers.

The ship was truly enormous, and it was impossible to take a jumping picture that reflected her size well. Her dimensions would make your head spin. She was 362 meters (1,187 feet) long, 60.5 meters (198 feet) wide, and had a gross tonnage of 225,282 tons. She could carry 5,484 passengers at double occupancy and employed 2,200 crew members.