Worlds biggest cruise ship
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Not very elegant looking is it.
I think that is the sister ship of Freedom of the Seas.
Cunard's Queen Mary II is far more elegant looking, and they recently launched the slightly smaller Queen Victoria.
I think that is the sister ship of Freedom of the Seas.
Cunard's Queen Mary II is far more elegant looking, and they recently launched the slightly smaller Queen Victoria.
It is hard to make straight comparisions between some of these ships for instance M.S. Oasis of the Seas is 1,181 ft (360 m) LOA while the R.M.S. Queen Mary2 is 1,132 ft (345 m) LOA, the beam of OotS is 154 ft (47 m) and her draft is 30 ft (9 m). The beam of the QM2 is 135 ft (41 m) and her draft 33 ft (10.1 m).danmand said:
The problem with these new cruise liners is that they are in most ways floating hotels rather than ships, they are quite top heavy and they have to run like the devil to make sure they stay well away from high winds and seas or else. . .
The Queen Mary 2 is an Ocean Liner whereas Oasis of the Seas is a Cruise Liner. In fact, QM2 was the first Ocean Liner built since Queen Elizabeth 2.Aardvark154 said:
Note, the correct titlement is Queen Mary 2, not Queen Mary II. Roman numerals are reserved for reigning monarchs, not ships. QM2 was the sucessor to the Queen Mary (which was named after Queen Mary (not the Monarch) who was Queen Elizabeth II's Grandmother.
Queen Mary 2 was built for the transatlantic crossing between the UK and New York and is far sleeker and far faster than the Cruise Liners. QM2 is capable of around 30 knots, wheres as Freedom of the Seas is only good for 21 knots.
I knew about this ship last year when I was booking my cruise and am looking forward to going on it. Look at this video and pics while it's being construction, unbelievable.
http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/
It has a central boardwalk/Central Park feel, the vegitation is unreal, the units have interior balconies looking over the boardwalk/Central Park, the end has an aquatheatre with high diving platform, there's two storey lofts with one wall all glass looking out to the ocean/sea, carousel and amusement park, etc....
I'm not looking forward to the cost though, and the timing during this recession might hurt them.
http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/
It has a central boardwalk/Central Park feel, the vegitation is unreal, the units have interior balconies looking over the boardwalk/Central Park, the end has an aquatheatre with high diving platform, there's two storey lofts with one wall all glass looking out to the ocean/sea, carousel and amusement park, etc....
I'm not looking forward to the cost though, and the timing during this recession might hurt them.
If I told you you were confined for a week to a town of five or six thousand just like you, but with no cars, bikes or transit, and only an occasional patch of outdoors you could take stairs, elevators and corridors to and finally jostle thru the crowd to experience…
If I told you there'd be a daily schedule for all six thousand to line up to overwhelm a tiny village they've never heard of, where the locals have learned to be as much like you as possible—except for their quaint costumes—and to charge hugely inflated prices (but not for booze, which is dirt cheap, to assist the bargaining process) for worthless junk, specially made just for you, and never to seen anywhere except briefly, in their potemkin village and forever, your family room …
If I told you that not only would those six thousands pay my tied prices for the meals and drinks in that village, not only would they hand me their money in my casinos, but that they would "buy tickets" (in that quaint old phrase) to do so …
…you'd tell me I was crazy.
Like being jailed in a mall, and overnight they roll a different set of midway rides up to the doors and drive you out there because "it's what you do". Nothing to do but spend to forget there's nothing to do but spend, and no one to do it with but the same sorta folks you went on vacation to get a break from.
If I told you there'd be a daily schedule for all six thousand to line up to overwhelm a tiny village they've never heard of, where the locals have learned to be as much like you as possible—except for their quaint costumes—and to charge hugely inflated prices (but not for booze, which is dirt cheap, to assist the bargaining process) for worthless junk, specially made just for you, and never to seen anywhere except briefly, in their potemkin village and forever, your family room …
If I told you that not only would those six thousands pay my tied prices for the meals and drinks in that village, not only would they hand me their money in my casinos, but that they would "buy tickets" (in that quaint old phrase) to do so …
…you'd tell me I was crazy.
Like being jailed in a mall, and overnight they roll a different set of midway rides up to the doors and drive you out there because "it's what you do". Nothing to do but spend to forget there's nothing to do but spend, and no one to do it with but the same sorta folks you went on vacation to get a break from.
Note that these pictures of the Oasis are of its sailout. It's not a completed ship at this point. It will look finished once it is done (although I don't really like the look of the exterior)
