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Article: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. Exercises Option To Build Second Ultra Voyager.
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- PR Newswire
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- September 8, 2004
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. (NYSE: RCL; Oslo) today exercised its option to build a second Ultra Voyager ship at the Kvaerner Masa-Yards in Finland. Scheduled for delivery in the spring of 2007, the ship will be operated by the Royal Caribbean International brand.
Like its prototype, which is due for delivery in the spring of 2006, the second Ultra Voyager will be roughly 15 percent larger than its Voyager-class counterpart. At 100 percent capacity, she will carry 3,600 guests and 1,400 crew. Despite adverse foreign exchange rates, building a sister ship results in beneficial cost efficiencies and an all-in dollar cost that is essentially the same as the first ...