Soon after leaving its dock, Allure of the Seas reached the ocean for it's test runs. It had been in the Baltic Sea this week for tests, although a storm caused minor changes in the test program.
Royal Caribbean's Allure of the Seas is one of STX's ships being built in Turku for the construction of the world's largest cruise. Its sister ship Oasis of the Seas was completed a year ago.
Allure has so far, at least, behaved well in a sea of expectations.
- Test drive and test all the things that berth can not be tested: the propulsion machinery, steering, navigation equipment. Everything has gone very well, that can be satisfied, "says project manager Sisko Hellgren sea.
Essentially a test has taken place in northern Baltic Sea, but the Allure of the Seas was on Thursday afternoon near the island of Gotland, where the waters were calmer. A sea gale was blowing in so some tests have been moved slightly to another location to avoid the wind issues.
Allure of the Seas will return to Turku shipyard again on Friday. In late October, Allure will leave Turku finally, when the ship is handed off to Royal Caribbean.
