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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/?GT1=43001
World’s largest cruise ship sets sail
Oasis of the Seas features 2,700 cabins, can accommodate 6,300
passengers
Vesa-matti Väärä / EPA
Interior view of the world's biggest cruise vessel, Oasis of the Seas,
built by STX Europe’s shipyard in Turku, Finland.
Colossal cruise ship sets sail
Oct. 30: The world's largest cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, leaves
a shipyard in Finland for Miami on its maiden voyage. Msnbc.com's Dara
Brown has the story.
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HELSINKI - The world's largest cruise liner began its maiden voyage on
Friday, gliding out from a shipyard in Finland and heading to Florida,
with an amphitheater, basketball courts and an ice rink on board.
The 16-deck Oasis of the Seas spans 1,200 feet (360 meters) from bow
to stern. Its 2,700 cabins can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100
crew.
Commissioned by Royal Caribbean International, the ship cost $1.5
billion and took two and a half years to build at the STX Finland Oy
shipyard in Turku, southwestern Finland.
The liner has four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts,
and a youth zone with theme parks and nurseries for children. There is
also an ice rink that seats 780 spectators and a small-scale golf
course.
The Oasis of the Seas is due to make its U.S. debut on Nov. 20, when
it will be unveiled on ABC's “Good Morning America” show at its home
port, Port Everglades in Florida. The official naming ceremony will be
10 days later. The ship will embark on its first cruise — a four-day
trip to the port of Labadee in Haiti — on Dec. 1.
The Oasis of the Seas left Finland's frosty shores on Friday and is
set to exit the Baltic Sea on Saturday, when it must squeeze under the
Great Belt Bridge between two Danish islands.
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Even after lowering its telescopic smokestacks, the ship rises nearly
212 feet (64.5 meters) above sea level, while the bridge's vertical
clearance is only 213 feet (65 meters).
To be on the safe side, the ship will speed up so that it sinks deeper
into the water when it passes below the road-and-rail link, said Lene
Gebauer Thomsen, a spokeswoman for the operator of the Great Belt
Bridge.
Mikko Ilus, project engineer at the Turku shipyard, said he didn't
expect clearing the bridge to be a problem.
“Theoretically, of course it's possible, but the tidal variations in
the Baltic are so small that it's unlikely,” he said.
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Attack of the monster cruise ships
The enormous ship features various “neighborhoods” — parks, squares
and arenas with special themes. One of them will be a tropical
environment, including palm trees and vines among the total 12,000
plants on board. They will be planted after the ship arrives in Fort
Lauderdale.
In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor theater — modeled on an ancient Greek
amphitheater — doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front
theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and
two 33-feet (10-meter) high dive platforms. An indoor theater seats
1,300 guests.
Accommodation includes loft cabins measuring 545 square feet (51
square meters) with floor-to-ceiling windows. There are also 1,600-
square-feet (150 square meter) luxury suites with balconies
overlooking the sea or promenades.
One of the “neighborhoods,” named Central Park, features a square with
boutiques, restaurants and bars, including the “Rising Tide” bar,
which the shipping line describes as “the first moving bar at sea.”
It moves up and down three decks, allowing customers to get on and off
at different level promenades.
Engineers at shipbuilder STX Finland said environmental considerations
played an important part when planning the vessel, which dumps no
sewage into the sea, reuses its waste water and consumes 25 percent
less power than similar, but smaller, cruise liners.
“I would say this is the most environmentally friendly cruise ship to
date,” said Mikko Ilus, project engineer at the Turku yard. “it is
much more efficient than other similar ships.”
The Oasis of the Seas was due to call in at the English port of
Southampton before continuing its voyage across the Atlantic.
STX Finland is building a sister ship — Allure of the Seas — for Royal
Caribbean which is due to be launched in 2011. |
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| Dennis... |
| Posted: Mon Nov 02, 2009 1:03 pm |
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David E. Powell wrote:
[quote]LOAD ADCAPS! (This has to be some kind of record)
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/33548529/?GT1=43001
World’s largest cruise ship sets sail
Oasis of the Seas features 2,700 cabins, can accommodate 6,300
passengers
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Hey, don't give anyone any ideas!
[quote]Muslim woman: Husband made me eat pork
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Egad, now *that's* spouse abuse in Saudi Arabia!!!!! They'll chop
this guy's head off.
Dennis |
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