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.
World's Largest Cruise Liner Has A Twin
Matti Huuhtanen, Associated Press, Boston Globe
Fri, 10/29/2010 - 6:14am
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