Ship reference
Liberty of the Seas
Ship specifications and sources.
Quick facts
- Cruise line
- Royal Caribbean International
- Class
- Freedom
- Entered service
- 2007
- Status
- In service
About us Liberty of the Seas
Liberty of the Seas entered service in 2007 as a Royal Caribbean Freedom-family vessel built in Turku, Finland. Its dedicated operator sheet gives 19 May as the maiden-voyage date. A useful present-day assessment starts with the specific facilities documented for Liberty and then tests whether the available departure makes good use of them.
The checked technical reference is 154,407 gross tonnage and 339 metres of rounded length. It publishes 3,948 guests at double occupancy and distinguishes 15 total decks from 14 guest decks. These are source-defined comparison values, not a forecast of the passenger load on a particular week. A maximum occupancy total would answer a different question and is not substituted here.
Tidal Wave is a notable name in Liberty's own activity list, alongside the Perfect Storm, FlowRider and the ice-skating facility identified as Studio B in the technical material. Splashaway Bay and the climbing wall are also documented. For families, this creates a more specific conversation than simply asking whether the cruise line is family-oriented: compare the activities people actually want and the conditions for using them.
The operator example dated 31 October 2026 is a five-night Galveston roundtrip visiting Puerto Costa Maya and Cozumel, with cruising days before and after the calls. This is a Texas embarkation example tied to a particular date, not an unchanging attribute of the ship. Include your arrival and transfer arrangements when comparing it with a holiday starting in Florida or another region.
For the room, check how the location relates to the ship's active spaces, evening venues and the places your party will meet. Consider the cabin's outlook and exact bed configuration separately from the photographs used to promote a category. Liberty's practical appeal is the combination of its own facilities, the available accommodation and the rhythm of the selected itinerary.
Specifications
| Specification | Value |
|---|---|
| Year built | — |
| Entered service | 2007 |
| Gross tonnage (GT) | 154,407 |
| Guests at double occupancy | 3,948 |
| Maximum guests | — |
| Crew | 1,360 |
| Cabins | 1,974 |
| Decks (total) | 15 |
| Length (m) | 339 |
| Beam (m) | 56 |
| Last verified refurbishment year | — |
| Maximum speed (knots) | — |
| IMO | 9330032 |
| Shipyard | KVAERNER MASA-YARD, TURKU, FINLAND |
| Flag | — |
| Propulsion / fuel description | — |
A dash means no independently verified value is available. Guest counts at double occupancy and maximum capacity are different measures. GT measures enclosed volume, not weight.
Highlights
- Tidal Wave
- FlowRider
- Studio B
Other ships in the same recorded class
Shared class does not guarantee identical cabins, venues or deck layouts.
| Freedom of the Seas | Freedom | — | 156,271 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Independence of the Seas | Freedom | — | 154,407 |
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Sources
- Liberty of the Seas — Royal Caribbean ship factsheet — Accessed
Operator-specific technical factsheet. Dimensions are the rounded published measurements; width conventions are not necessarily comparable between classes. Financial fleet-table estimates may differ.
- Royal Caribbean Group — operating fleet — Accessed
Operating-fleet membership; expansion projects are listed separately. Technical details use the ship-specific factsheet, not this financial summary.
- Royal Caribbean Incentives — fleet by class — Accessed
Published class family. Quantum Ultra belongs to the broader Quantum grouping in this directory.
- Liberty of the Seas — IMO identification — Accessed
Secondary cross-check for the immutable IMO identifier; checksum validated. Freedom uses the Bahamas Maritime Authority investigation report.
- Liberty — operator venues and dated itinerary — Accessed
Dated examples: Freedom/Liberty 31 October 2026; Independence 29 October 2026. No permanent homeport claim.