Inside the world's second-biggest cruise ship - the brand-new £1BILLION Utopia of the Seas, which features five pools, the longest dry slide at sea… and an onboard TRAIN

Hello from Port Canaveral successful Orlando and from a preview sailing to nan Bahamas connected a full caller genre of vessel that offers nan eventual short-break cruise.

Utopia of nan Seas costs much than £1billion ($1.3billion) to build and is Royal Caribbean’s 28th vessel. It’s besides nan first vessel from nan cruise statement to specifically sail 3 and four-night voyages to nan Caribbean.

The 18-deck, 5,700-passenger Utopia is designed to present a party-style high-octane getaway. A video I made showing nan highlights of my clip connected committee starts connected nan apical deck, wherever a batch of nan action is. Here, location are 5 pools, a zip line, an aqua park, a surf simulator and more.

Utopia is nan second-biggest cruise vessel successful nan world, aft Royal Caribbean's Icon of nan Seas, which is awesome news for your measurement count – it takes 3.5 minutes to locomotion from 1 extremity of nan vessel to nan different and astir days spot you stepping astir 20,000 steps conscionable heading from compartment to excavation to eating room and truthful on.

I clocked up a fewer stepping to possibly nan scariest point of each connected apical deck, nan Ultimate Abyss, which astatine 259ft (79m) is nan longest barren descent astatine sea. My hands turned clammy and bosom complaint quickened conscionable astatine nan thought of giving it a go. How was it? Terrifying – it made maine truthful dizzy that I struggled to guidelines up astatine nan end.

But if watery slides are much your thing, Utopia has you covered, pinch 3 adrenaline-fueled splashy rides – I springiness nan yellowish 1 a try.

My footage past moves indoors, first to nan Solarium and past to a full caller style of accommodation named aft it called nan ‘Solarium Suite’. The view from present is exceptional, offering nan nonstop aforesaid 270-degree position that nan skipper has from nan bridge.

Like astir different Royal Caribbean ships, Utopia has a boardwalk pinch a carousel and ‘Central Park’ – an al fresco soul plot pinch 12,000 plants.

But caller to Utopia is simply a tiki barroom called Pesky Parrot, which specialises successful fruit-based cocktails and stiff drinks.

The ‘Painchiller’ is simply a awesome sanction for a cocktail and is 1 of its signature tipples, packed pinch Bacardi rum, pina colada operation and humor orangish sour.

How does it taste? Fabulous and nan prize is that it cures each aches and pains! Also caller is nan Bell and Barley pub and Spare Tire, a nutrient motortruck serving pulled pork sandwiches.

Innovation successful intermezo is what Royal Caribbean does best. Like astir different ships successful nan fleet, Utopia has an aqua theatre that stages daredevil dive shows.

But Utopia has gone 1 measurement further: it’s nan only cruise vessel successful nan world to person a train and a train position connected board.

It’s called nan Royal Railway and each thrust comes pinch a meal. Mine was a Wild West travel pinch a themed dinner. 

Starter was a sheet of ‘Fart & Dart beans’, which looked funny connected nan paper but were really delicious. Of course, it’s not a existent train - that would beryllium wilder than nan Wild West - but nan virtual reality thrust did a very bully occupation of emotion authentic, pinch sound effects, movements and all. There was moreover an in-carriage hold-up.

Every cruise connected Utopia, beryllium it nan 3 aliases four-day voyage, will extremity astatine Coco Cay, Royal Caribbean’s backstage land successful nan Bahamas. 

And because each cruises are short and statesman and extremity successful Port Canaveral, Florida, it makes consciousness to walk a mates of days astatine adjacent Orlando pre aliases post-cruise to widen your stay. That’s what I did, spending clip astatine Universal’s taxable parks earlier heading to Wekiwa Springs State Park wherever location are hiking trails and earthy cool springs – this is simply a lovely, undiscovered spot that offers a refreshing replacement to Orlando’s roller coasters.

Back connected board, Utopia songstress Meghan Trainor has been named nan ship’s godmother, and nan footage finishes by showing her performing an exclusive, celebratory concert, including nan deed opus ‘All astir that Bass’.

And so, a full caller era of nan eventual play cruise is born.

Are 3 aliases 4 nights agelong capable to acquisition nan full ship? Absolutely not - you’ll person to travel backmost different clip for more.

Utopia will beryllium offering 3 and four-night round-trip sailings departing Fridays and Mondays from Port Canaveral to nan Bahamas. Further information: www.royalcaribbean.com and www.visitorlando.com/gb.

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