Mariner of the Seas is one of five Voyager-class cruise ships of Royal Caribbean International and can accommodate 4,252 passengers.

Mariner of the Seas is a second generation Voyager-class vessel. The ship's godmother is American paralympic athlete Jean Driscoll.

Technical

Main propulsion

The ship has a diesel-electric powertrain using three Azipod azimuth thrusters. Each propeller is driven by a double wound 3-phase synchronous motor of 14,000 kW with 4-bladed fixed-pitch bronze propellers. The motors are mounted outside the hull directly on the propeller shaft inside the pod. The three propellers are arranged so that the center propeller is a pushing on–azimuthing Fixipod-type and the two wing ones are of pulling-azimuthing–type steering propellers. She has a maximum speed of 24 knots.

Although the ship is equipped with anchors, because of the azipods, bow thrusters and GPS navigation in good weather she is capable of maintaining station without anchoring. Thus, in ports without berthing facilities such as Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, the ship does not generally drop anchor, and maintains position automatically.

Cabins

Mariner of the Seas has 1,674 passenger cabins.

Many of the ship's interiors were decorated by muralist Clarissa Parish.

Dry dock

In early 2018, Mariner of the Seas was refurbished, this lasted six weeks and cost $120 million.

Areas of operation

In 2018, Mariner of the Seas operated cruises from Miami, Florida to the Bahamas visiting Nassau and Coco Cay. Prior to sailing to Miami, three repositioning cruises took place. Firstly from Singapore to Dubai, then Dubai to Barcelona via the Suez Canal and the final leg sailed from Barcelona to Miami.