Allure of the Seas vs Queen Mary 2
Allure of the Seas (362 m) is 1.05× the size of Queen Mary 2 (345 m).
Queen Mary 2 is 95% of the height of Allure of the Seas. The gap between them is 17 m (55.8 ft).
The comparison in numbers
| Thing | Size | In feet | Measured as |
|---|---|---|---|
| Allure of the Seas | 362 m | 1,188 ft | length |
| Queen Mary 2 | 345 m | 1,132 ft | length |
What the scale shows
Allure of the Seas (362 m) is 1.05× the size of Queen Mary 2 (345 m). The gap between them is 17 m (55.8 ft). Both are vehicles & ships, so the figures describe the same kind of thing.
Draw both on one baseline and the smaller one fills 95% of the frame while the larger one runs to the top. The two are close enough that the difference is easy to see side by side.
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What each figure means
The figure for Allure of the Seas is its length (overall length). The figure for Queen Mary 2 is its length (overall length).
Crossing them
Walking pace is 1.4 m/s, so crossing Allure of the Seas's 362 m takes 4.3 minutes and Queen Mary 2's 345 m takes 4.1 minutes.
In people: Allure of the Seas is 213 adults of 1.7 m tall, Queen Mary 2 is 202.9. By size Allure of the Seas is 2nd of the 14 vehicles & ships on this site and Queen Mary 2 is 3rd, so 1 place separates them in the ranking.
How to read these two figures
Before trusting any comparison, check what each number measures. The Allure of the Seas is given as a length, overall length. The Queen Mary 2 is given as a length, overall length. Both are length figures, so putting them on one baseline is a like-for-like comparison, although the exact individual or convention still matters.
Vehicles are listed by overall length. Rockets are the exception and are given as full stack height standing on the pad. Everything is drawn standing upright so one scale holds.
Where the pair sits among all the sizes here
Across all 86 things on this site, the Allure of the Seas is number 40 from the top and the Queen Mary 2 is number 41. No other item falls between them, so in this collection they are direct neighbours.
Because the collection spans 13 mm up to 1,392,700 km, a ratio of 107,130,769,231× from smallest to largest, the position of a pair says a lot: the pair sits in the middle of the range rather than at an extreme.
What the length ratio hides
A length ratio of 1.05× is easy to picture, but area and volume grow faster than length. If two objects had exactly the same shape, the Allure of the Seas would have about 1.1× the surface or footprint of the Queen Mary 2, and about 1.16× the volume. These two are not the same shape, so treat the figures as an upper bound for an imaginary scaled copy, not as a measurement of either one.
The drawing above shows length only. The Queen Mary 2 is drawn 95% as tall as the Allure of the Seas, but the equivalent share of footprint would be only 90.8%, which is why the smaller one looks even slighter than the numbers alone suggest.
Time to cross each one
A sprinter holding about 10 m/s covers the Allure of the Seas in 36 seconds and the Queen Mary 2 in 35 seconds. Sound, at about 343 m/s in air, takes 1.1 seconds for the larger and 1 seconds for the smaller. A jet cruising at 900 km/h needs 1.4 seconds and 1.4 seconds.
These times assume a straight line and constant speed, which no real crossing has, but they turn a number in metres into something the body understands. At any fixed speed the travel times keep the same 1.05× ratio as the sizes.
The same figures in other units
The Allure of the Seas measures 362 m, which is 1,188 ft or 395.9 yards. The Queen Mary 2 measures 345 m, which is 1,132 ft.
The difference between them is 17 m (55.8 ft). In metres the smaller one is 345 against 362, so the 1.05× ratio holds in every unit; only the numbers on the ruler change.
Questions people ask about this pair
Which is bigger, the Allure of the Seas or the Queen Mary 2?
The Allure of the Seas is bigger. At 362 m it is 1.05× the size of the Queen Mary 2, which is 345 m.
How many times does the Queen Mary 2 fit along the Allure of the Seas?
Less than twice: the Queen Mary 2 is 95% of the size of the Allure of the Seas, so one fits with 17 m to spare.
Are the two figures measured the same way?
Yes in kind: both are length figures. The Allure of the Seas is overall length; the Queen Mary 2 is overall length.
How does the gap look in people?
Taking an adult of 1.7 m, the Allure of the Seas is about 213 people tall and the Queen Mary 2 is about 202.9. The gap of 17 m is 10 people.
Where do the numbers come from?
Each item has its own page that names the measurement and links to the Wikipedia article it was taken from. Some figures are rounded, and animals vary from one individual to the next, so treat them as representative values rather than records for every case.
How the sizes are taken. Each figure says what it measures — height, length, diameter or elevation — and for which individual or convention. Everything is drawn standing upright on one baseline so a single scale holds, including things that are long rather than tall. Values come from the linked Wikipedia article for each item.