In December, travelers will be able to board a $1.4 billion ship five years in the making.
After five years of planning and construction, Royal Caribbean is unveiling the Oasis of the Seas, a $1.4 billion ship that will be the largest and tallest cruise liner in the world when it takes its maiden voyage this December.
At 1,184 feet from stem More..to stern, it's nearly as long as the Empire State building is tall--while rivaling the amenities of any world-class Las Vegas resort. A crew of roughly 2,160 will man 18 decks and tend to 5,400 passengers (assuming two per room).
It's in the DNA of our company, about every 10 years, to take more or less a fresh sheet of paper and create the greatest cruise ship in the world," says Adam Goldstein, CEO of Royal Caribbean International.
The laundry list of amenities is daunting: a central park the length of a football field with 12,000 plants and trees; a boardwalk with two rock-climbing walls; an aqua theater with dive performances; two FlowRiders for surfing; a full-service spa and a main theater where the Broadway musical Hairspray will be shown four times a week. As an avid runner and sports enthusiast, Goldstein's favorites include the 600-plus meter jogging track on deck 3 and the zipline across the boardwalk.
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SagemindMan I sure hope it doesn't find an iceburg or a rogue wave!
But on the upside - That's Crazy!" Neat Stuff!
spoco2I upvote as the ship fascinates me (I've watched many of the vids on their site), and I've always loved 'recreated spaces'... like many of the hotel areas in Las Vegas, like well done theme restaurants... like movie sets. Recreations of a walk through a park, a restaurant district etc. etc. is all fascinating to me when done on a moving vehicle like this.
Pity that this, and most of the other videos on their site, include renders rather than actual video of the ship... THAT is what I want to see
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gwiz665You call that a ship? THIS is a ship!
westyIts intresting , but it somehow seems like a place to send muderurs and paedophiles , like some sort of 2080 future prison. where all people on board have devices on them that instantly give out the deth penalty if they misbehave
demon_ixNo! THIS is a ship! (or, balloon. whatever!)
>> ^gwiz665:
You call that a ship? THIS is a ship!
HexI skipped through most of the video and in the end they showed a black waiter.. my next skip forward they showed a black cook.
Its a slave boat.
chilaxeWorld peace!! Finally!
Also, it's powered by cold fusion!! Finally!
Stormsinger>> ^gwiz665:
You call that a ship? THIS is a ship!
I see you've played shippy-planey before!
rosekatsays...How many times can you go 'round a vintage carousel?
ponceleonBut is it UNSINKABLE?!?!?! How about giant Octopi/Squid attacks??
Issykitty>> ^westy:
Its intresting , but it somehow seems like a place to send muderurs and paedophiles , like some sort of 2080 future prison. where all people on board have devices on them that instantly give out the deth penalty if they misbehave
Is this what prison's like in Great Britain, Westy?
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