If you’re not an early riser like me, you would have missed the Good Morning America show hosting on the brand new Royal Caribbean Cruise Line ship Oasis of the Seas.
During most of their news hour, they took some time showing us what this massive cruise ship has to offer, and it was nothing but spectacular. To see the video footage from the ABC network morning show, you can view their video here:
Some of the incredible facts that were brought up about the ship were:
1. If the ship stood on end, it would be higher than the Empire State Building in New York. It actually spans over 3 football fields in length.
2. The width of the Ship is 208 ft, and because of the width of this ship, the port authority in Ft. Lauderdale had to build a special dock area for the Oasis of the Seas ship. Wow!!!
3. As one of the largest ships, it can carry approximately 6000 passengers, and I wasn’t exactly sure if that was uncluding staff, which I don’t think it was! Add around a couple of thousand staff members onboard, and you have a ship that has more people than some small cities in Canada and the U.S.
4. Of course as you can already tell, the Oasis of the Seas is enormous, and at over 225 thousand tons, that would equivalent weight to over 45,000 elephants. Unbelievable!!!
With a ship like this being one of the largest in the world, there’s no question it’s going to be a lot of activities and amenities to keep you busy and entertained.
From spectacular Theatre style water shows, to a variety of dining venues to tantilize the taste buds. If sports is your game, you can take part in their onboard mini golf course, or have a game or two on their tennis, volleyball, or basketball courts.
If that’s not enough, for the adventure seekers, you can whisk across the ship on their Zip line, or surf the waves on one of two FloRiders.
For the people that want to just relax, no problem, because you will have access to a number of swimming pools, and jacuzzi tubs. So many it was hard to count all of them.
After a full day of activities, no cruise would be complete if you didn’t experience a soothing full body massage in their onboard spa!
As I watched the Good Morning America show, it was plain to see that the Oasis of the Seas was a ship that had so much to do, but also offered places where all guests sailing could sit, relax and take it all in. I could talk about this ship for hours, but I will leave that for another post.
I hope if you ever get a chance to sail on this spectacular vessel, that you drop us a note and tell us all about it. Maria and will be hosting a group cruise on the Oasis of the Seas in January of 2011, and we’re hoping that you can join us during that time.
We will be providing more details on why we chose 2011, why you should be joining us on this cruise, and what to expect if you did. Stay tuned for future posts and information on this ship, and if you have any feedback we would love to hear it.
