PostHeaderIcon Biggest cruise ship on its maiden trip from Finland to Florida, USA





It’s the Oasis of the Sea, the largest cruise liner ever built is on its first trip its home port in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. The giant sea liner which is 20 stories tall and 40% bigger than the next big ship in the business, cleared a bridge in Denmark to the delight of onlookers who watched the cylindrical smokestack lowered so it could pass.

“Company officials are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success. Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members...

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.”---
AP (11/01/09, Olsen, J. M.)

Built by STX Finland for the Royal Caribbean International, the immense liner with fabulous amenities will make its debut on November 20 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. (Photo Credit: AP/ Yahoo.news.com; Reuters/ Royal Caribbean) =0=

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