July 8th, 2010 
admin Facts:
- 6 years in the making
- Cost : $1.4 billion
- Weight : 225, 282-gross-ton or estimated at approximately 100,000 tons (displacement) – about twice as much as Titanic(52,000)
- Length: 360 m (1,181 ft) overall
- Height: 72 m (236 ft) above water line
- Capacity: 16 passenger decks and can carry 6,292 passengers plus 2,165 crew
Features:
- Mini-golf course
- Two Rock climbing walls
- Basketball and Volleyball courts
- Ice skating rink
- Carousel with hand-carved wooden animals
- Shopping promenade lined with cafes and bars
- Cantilevered whirlpools overlooking the sea
- Central Park with 12,000 live plants and 56 trees. The first living park at sea
- Amphitheater surrounds a deep-diving pool on the stern
- Its outdoor 750-seat AquaTheatre amphitheater hosts the ship’s largest freshwater pool
- Zip line where passengers can harness themselves and soar cross the ship above an open-air atrium nine decks high and lined with balconied cabins
- 4 swimming pools
- Nurseries for children
- Bars and lounges
The Rising Tide, one of its many bars, floats up and down between three decks, while a touring company performs the Broadway musical in the 1,380-seat theater.
Royal Caribbean’s new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat. This world’s biggest cruise ship starts its inaugural voyage on Dec. 5, 2009. It is a floating resort with home port at Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
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