Now That's One Big Boat!

**AntRobertson** · 31-10-2009, 01:07 PM

But what I want to know is, is it any good for fishing and skiing?

World's largest cruise ship complete
12:35PM Saturday Oct 31, 2009

Oasis of the Seas rises about 20 stories high. Photo / AP, supplied

HELSINKI - It's five times larger than the Titanic, has seven neighbourhoods, an ice rink, a golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheatre. The world's largest cruise ship is finally finished and is gliding toward its home port in Florida.

The Oasis of the Seas will meet its first obstacle Saturday when it exits the Baltic Sea and must squeeze under the Great Belt Bridge, which is just 30 centimetres taller than the ship - even after its telescopic smokestacks are lowered.

...Oasis of the Seas, which is nearly 40 per cent larger than the industry's next-biggest ship, was conceived years before the economic downturn caused desperate cruise lines to slash prices to fill vacant berths...

The Oasis of the Seas has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members. Company officials are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success.

The enormous ship features various "neighbourhoods" - 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 theatre - modelled on an ancient Greek amphitheatre - doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front theatre by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot high-dive platforms. An indoor theatre seats 1,300 guests.

Accommodations include loft cabins, with floor-to-ceiling windows, and 1,600-square-foot luxury suites with balconies overlooking the sea or promenades.
One of the "neighbourhoods," named Central Park, features a square with boutiques, restaurants and bars, including a bar that moves up and down three decks, allowing customers to get on and off at different levels.

The liner also has four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, and a youth zone with theme parks and nurseries for children...

-AP

World's largest cruise ship complete - World - NZ Herald News

**Fuzzy Bob** · 31-10-2009, 01:09 PM

I bet the Somali pirates would love to get their hands on that one.

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 01:10 PM

I cannot think of anything worse than to stay on board this monstrous heap.

What a ghastly fokin concept. Moor it up somewhere and house refugees on it.

**12Call** · 31-10-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

I cannot think of anything worse that to stay on board this monstrous heap.

What a ghastly fokin concept. Moor it up somewhere and house refugees on it.

Why refugees ?

**Thetyim** · 31-10-2009, 01:19 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

I cannot think of anything worse that to stay on board this monstrous heap.

Not for us poor buggers but for the well heeled it can be useful.
I read somewhere that you can lease a cabin and use it as your permanent address.
That is very convenient for tax purposes for some nationalities

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 01:21 PM

Originally Posted by 12Call

Why refugees ?

Why not. They need somewhere to live.

**The Fresh Prince** · 31-10-2009, 01:26 PM

That's not a boat. Its a yacht!

**AntRobertson** · 31-10-2009, 01:27 PM

Boat, yacht... Same, same to us non-nautical types.

Plus "Big Boat" sounds better.

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 01:29 PM

It looks horrible.

**12Call** · 31-10-2009, 01:30 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Originally Posted by 12Call

Why refugees ?

Why not. They need somewhere to live.

Libya seems to be coping well.

**The Fresh Prince** · 31-10-2009, 01:33 PM

Originally Posted by AntRobertson

Boat, yacht... Same, same to us non-nautical types. Plus "Big Boat" sounds better.

It was a Starsky & Hutch joke

**Takeovers** · 31-10-2009, 01:44 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

I cannot think of anything worse than to stay on board this monstrous heap.

What a ghastly fokin concept. Moor it up somewhere and house refugees on it.

Or sink it before the maiden voyage. Don't want another Titanic.

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 01:53 PM

A make good reef to dive around.

Or a prison ship.

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 01:55 PM

World's biggest and most expensive ever cruise ship, the £800million Oasis of the Seas, nears completion | Mail Online

I simply fail to see the attraction.

**Happyman** · 31-10-2009, 02:09 PM

It seems to have just about everything you can find on dry land !
So why pay a bloody fortune to walk around a shopping mall, play basketball etc on a bloody boat !
The (my) mind boggles !!

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 02:10 PM

Mine too. Ludicrous.

**12Call** · 31-10-2009, 02:13 PM

Maybe JJ cannot swim.

**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 02:15 PM

Originally Posted by 12Call

Maybe JJ cannot swim.

Errrrr, well I can actually but I don't see what that's got to do with anything.

**nedwalk** · 31-10-2009, 02:16 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

Or a prison ship.

woo hoo, more boat people!! i reckon i come from one of these...err the one in the quote not the piccie

**Mid** · 31-10-2009, 02:46 PM

The Oasis of the Seas is set for its maiden voyage on December 1 when it will cruise from Fort Lauderdale to Labadee in Haiti over four nights

World's biggest and most expensive ever cruise ship, the £800million Oasis of the Seas, nears completion | Mail Online

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**jandajoy** · 31-10-2009, 03:26 PM

LOL nice one Mid. The similarities are remarkable.

**the dogcatcher** · 31-10-2009, 04:31 PM

Big yacht, all boats are the same.

**Slipstream** · 31-10-2009, 06:11 PM

Originally Posted by jandajoy

World's biggest and most expensive ever cruise ship, the £800million Oasis of the Seas, nears completion | Mail Online

I simply fail to see the attraction.

You and me both Jand.
I wonder how much fuel it uses to run, or even fire up the engines?!

If I was rich enough to want to live aboard that floating abomination I'd buy my own small boat and live off that

**Happyman** · 31-10-2009, 06:16 PM

Looks like the designer got a book with pics of a container ship and a Lego set for Xmas - got well pissed and this is the result !

**Rural Surin** · 31-10-2009, 07:57 PM

Originally Posted by Happyman

It seems to have just about everything you can find on dry land !
So why pay a bloody fortune to walk around a shopping mall, play basketball etc on a bloody boat !
The (my) mind boggles !!

Wealthy decadence has no boundaries or conscious.

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