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　　世界二艘最大邮轮中的第二艘“海洋魅力”号将于周五启航，驶往其位于佛罗里达州的新母港。这艘巨型邮轮的长度有近四个足球场那么大，拥有一个3D影院、一个露天中央公园，可以搭载8300人。

　　驶离芬兰西南部的图尔库造船厂的“海洋魅力”号将于周六迎来其首个重大考验，它必须要穿过一座丹麦桥梁，桥梁的高度只比“海洋魅力号”高30厘米，即便是在“海洋魅力”号降低其顶部天线高度的情况下。

　　“海洋魅力”号是“海洋绿洲”号的姐妹船。“海洋绿洲”号去年被交付给皇家加勒比邮轮公司，其造价高达15亿美元。建造“海洋魅力”号的芬兰STX的总裁尤哈-海金黑莫称，“海洋魅力”号的造价也属同一价格范围。

　　与其姐妹船一样，“海洋魅力”号从船首至船尾的长度为360米，海平面高度为72米，重达600吨，是法国埃菲尔铁塔的12倍多。

　　“海洋魅力”号可以塔载6300名乘客和2000名船员，船上的一条步行商业街两侧有数十家饭店、咖啡店和酒吧，其中还包括一个拥有树木和植物的公园。船上还有一个两层甲板高的舞厅、一个1380个座位的戏院、一个滑冰场、多个游泳池、spa馆、体育馆和一个攀岩墙。它将其一个样品命名为“涨潮酒吧”-一个可接待50名客人的椭圆形饭店平台，它在中央公园和步行街之间上升和下降的距离达10米。

　　“海洋魅力”号的母港将是佛罗里达州的劳德代尔堡，它预计将于数周后抵达那里。与“海洋绿洲”号一样，它预计将通过丹麦沿岸的大贝尔特桥。大桥操作人员称，“海洋绿洲”号去年通过了大桥，它的高度只比桥的高度低了0.5米。

　　World's largest cruise liner has a twin 

　　HELSINKI – The second in a pair of the largest cruise liners in the world — an extravagant behemoth spanning nearly four football fields, with a 3-D move theater, an open-air central park and room for 8,300 people — set sail Friday for its new home port in Florida。

　　The Allure of the Seas, which cruised out of the shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland where it was built, faces its first big test Saturday, when it must squeeze under a Danish bridge, just one foot (30 centimeters) taller than the ship — even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered。

　　The gigantic vessel is the sister ship of the Oasis of the Seas, which was also delivered to Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines last year with a price tag of about $1.5 billion. The Allure of the Seas is in the same price range, said Juha Heikinheimo, managing director of STX Finland, which constructed the vessel。

　　Like its twin, the Allure of the Seas spans 1,200 feet (360 meters) from bow to stern, and its height from sea level is 236 feet (72 meters). It weighs 600 tons — 12 times more than the Eiffel Tower。

　　It can accommodate 6,300 passengers and some 2,000 crew, and has dozens of restaurants, cafes and bars along a promenade shopping street that includes a park with living trees and numerous plants. The ship boasts a two-deck high dance hall, a 1,380-seat theater and an ice skating rink, numerous pools, spas, gyms and a rock climbing wall。

　　It names the Rising Tide Bar as one of its showpieces — an elliptical restaurant platform accommodating 50 customers that ascends and descends a vertical distance of 32 feet (10 meters) between the central park and promenade。

　　The ship's home port will be Fort Lauderdale in Florida, where it is expected to arrive in a few weeks。

　　Like the Oasis of the Seas, it is scheduled to pass under the Great Belt Fixed Link off the Danish coast. Last year, the other ship passed below the bridge with less than a 2-foot (half-meter) gap, bridge operators said。

　　The shipping line said that cruise travel, especially in the United States, had picked up since the global downturn and that their cruise bookings were nearly full。

　　"Markets have developed well. We are not in the same situation as we were before 2008," said Harri Kulovaara, a deputy director at Royal Caribbean. "Our bookings have been full for a year, down to almost the last berth."

　　Construction of the Allure of the Sea at STX Finland's Turku yard began in February 2008. The company employs 3,300 people in Finland, of whom 1,100 are currently laid off. More layoffs are expected with no new projects until next autumn when the Turku yard is expected to begin the construction of a passenger ferry。

　　STX Finland is part of the international STX Europe Group, with shipyards in Brazil, Norway, France, Romania and Vietnam。

　　(AP)

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