Submitted by Nancy D
Check out this video of the “Oasis of the Seas” cruise ship. This is the biggest and most expensive cruise ship ever built and it recently sailed from Turku, Finland. It just arrived at the ship’s home port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida three days ago on November 11 where it faces a challenge to fill its multitude of berths as we Americans are now struggling under Obama’s recession and trying to keep our heads above water.
Built at the cost of $1.5 billion, this 16-deck cruise vessel is nearly 40 percent larger than the industry’s next-biggest ship and five times larger than the unsinkable Titanic. With 2,700 cabins it can accommodate 6,300 passengers that 2,100 crew members will serve.
Royal Caribbean International has revolutionized the cruise industry in recent years with such features as various “neighborhoods”–parks, squares and arenas with special themes. One of them will be a tropical environment that will include palm trees.
Other attractions including the FlowRider surf simulator, ice-skating rinks, cantilevered whirlpools, rock climbing walls and the Royal Promenade – an entertainment boulevard stretching nearly the length of the ship. The innovation continues on-board Oasis of the Seas with a range of new attractions and engineering marvels.
Within seven distinctly different neighborhood concepts there are areas providing guests with the opportunity to seek out relevant experiences based on their personal style, preference, or mood. Such areas as a Central Park, Boardwalk, the Royal Promenade, Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone. These many additions make for an extraordinary park at sea, a thrilling zip line that races diagonally nine-decks above an open-air atrium, an original handcrafted carousel, an aquatic amphitheater called the Aqua Theater that serves as a pool by day and an oceanfront theater by night.