Royal Caribbean Cruise ANTHEM OF THE SEAS VISITS HALIFAX

Posted on 09/02/2016 | About Halifax, Nova Scotia

Thousands of tourists flooded into Halifax yesterday during the visit of the palatial cruise ship, Anthem of the Seas. The ship arrived in downtown Halifax under grey skies and towered over Pier 21 on the south side of the waterfront boardwalk.

The Port of Halifax says the ship was carrying about four thousand, one hundred and 80 passengers plus the crew and weighs 168 tonnes.The port says that makes it the largest cruise ship ever to visit Halifax both in terms of its size and passenger capacity.The Quantum Class boat has bumper cars and roller skating, as well as a circus school and four swimming pools, along with more than two-thousand staterooms.