Adventure of the Seas  Adventure of the Seas is a operated by Royal Caribbean International. The vessel was launched and entered service in 2001. Registered in the Bahamas, "Adventure of the Seas" has cruised from ports in the United States and Europe to sites in the Caribbean Sea, Baltic Sea, Mediterranean Sea, Canada and Europe. The ship has a and is long with capacity for 3,807 guests. "Adventure of the Seas" is the third of five s measured at , and . The vessel is long with a beam of at the waterline and at the extreme. The vessel has a draft of and a depth of . The vessel is powered by a diesel-electric system composed of six Wärtsilä 12V46 engines for a total of driving three ABB Azipods and four bow thrusters. This gives the cruise ship a maximum speed of . The ship has 15 decks of which 14 are passenger decks with capacity for a maximum of 3,807 guests. The "Voyager"-class ships have a four-deck-high horizontal promenade, called the Royal Promenade. The length of the promenade is roughly , and situated at each end is an 11-deck high atrium, called the Centrum. The passengers are spread out over 1,557 staterooms of which 765 are balcony, 174 are along the outside with 618 along the inside. 565 come with a th berth and 26 are accessible for persons with disabilities. 138 are located along the promenade. "Adventure of the Seas" comes equipped with an outdoor movie screen, an Aqua Park, cyclone and typhoon water slides, as well as a FlowRider. The ship has a crew of 1,185. The vessel was ordered on 24 April 1997 for $500 million and constructed at Kværner Masa-Yards Turku New Shipyard in Finland. The ship's keel was laid down on 17 June 1998. Named "Adventure of the Seas", the cruise ship was launched on 5 January 2001 and completed on 26 October 2001. The ship's godparents are Tara Stackpole and Kevin Hannafin of the New York Fire Department along with Margaret McDonnell and Richard Lucas of the New York Police Department. The vessel is operated by Royal Caribbean International (RCI) and is registered at Nassau, Bahamas. "Adventure of the Seas" departed on its maiden voyage on 18 November 2001. "Adventure of the Seas" has cruised from United States ports to the Caribbean, Bahamas and Canada and from European ports to Baltic, Mediterranean, and Northern European destinations.