Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in the world, coming in five times larger than the Titanic. Every time it docks at Florida’s Port Canaveral, weather conditions, vessel traffic and water depth make this process complicated. So how does a cruise ship captain navigate docking such a large vessel?

WSJ spoke with a Royal Caribbean captain who explained how he docks this 1,188-foot cruise ship and how environmental conditions pose the biggest challenge.

0:00 Largest cruise ship in the world
0:32 Docking at Port Canaveral
2:21 Variables that affect docking

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