The Royal Caribbean cruise ship Wonder of the Seas has made its maiden call at the Port of Valencia with 4,000 passengers on board, most of them from the United States. Rafael Romero, Head of Commercial and Business Development at the Port Authority of Valencia (APV), presented the traditional socarrat—the Valencian terracotta tile designed with maritime motifs that Valenciaport awards to ships docking for the first time—to the ship's captain, Henrik Loy.
The Wonder of the Seas made its maiden voyage in March, departing from Florida in the United States for Europe. The 236,857-ton cruise ship, measuring 362 meters in length and 64 meters in beam, features energy-saving systems and tools to advance sustainability. The Wonder of the Seas is the world's largest cruise ship, with a maximum capacity of 6,988 passengers, and offers unique entertainment options such as the tallest slide at sea, named The Ultimate Abyss, and a ten-meter-high zip line. The crew consists of 2,300 people, and the ship has 2,867 cabins.
Valencia has positioned itself as a very attractive destination for the cruise industry, a type of tourism that grows year after year in terms of visitors and interest in discovering the city and its surroundings.
