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Top 5 Biggest Cruise Ships

Last week, the largest ship in the world set sail for the first time. The Queen Mary 2 is 1,132 feet long. That's as long as four football fields. It can hold about 2,600 passengers and has five pools, a garden and 2,000 bathrooms! Here are the biggest cruise ships ever.

1 Queen Mary 2 151,400 gross tons
2 Royal Caribbean's Voyager Class ships 142,000
3 Carnival Conquest 110,000
4 Grand Class Princess Cruise ships 109,000
5 Costa Fortuna 105,000

SOURCE: INTERNATIONAL COUNCIL OF CRUISE LINES

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