Oasis of the Seas

[W. Gray]

A passenger liner five times the size of the Titanic is difficult to believe but it is headed to a home port in Florida.

The Oasis of the Seas carries 8,400 people, is 20 stories high, and cost $1.5 billion.

[flintauqua]

Ahhh, Oasis.  When I saw Osasis, I was thinking I had missed learning about some Eqyption, Roman or Greek God.

[Diane Amberg]

 

[Wilma]

Charlie, haven't you learned to read what is meant instead of what is written?

[flintauqua]

Only the U. S. Supreme Court has that authority.

[W. Gray]

I corrected the title spelling.

Still a humongous ship, though. 

[Wilma]

So what happens if it sinks?  Does some small island disappear?

[larryJ]

Nope, just a tsunami. 

Larryj

[W. Gray]

If it went down the ocean around probably would be highly polluted.

A couple of websites say the Titanic had 20 lifeboats, enough for only 1,178 people, when the ship's capacity was 3,547. That lifeboat capacity was abut 59 people per boat.

There were only 2,223 people on board and only 706 escaped, leaving a death toll of 1,517 people.

Nowadays, it seems to me that there has to be enough lifeboats on board for everyone even when the ship is at capacity.

At the Titanic lifeboat rate, the Oasis of the Seas would need to have about 143 lifeboats stashed away somewhere.

[W. Gray]

Some stats:

Outdoor movie theater
Indoor movie theater
12,000 live plants on board
2,700 cabins including some that are 1,600 square foot luxury suites that are sold out through 2010
Four swimming pools
Volley ball court
Basketball court
Casino
Chapel
Beauty Salon
Barber shop
Library
Spa
Ice skating rink
Tennis court
Mini golf
Rock climbing wall
Jogging track
Fitness center
All cabins have telephone and television, 24 hour room service
Recommended tip to waiter is $3.50 per day per person with $2 per day per person to his/her assistant
Bars, lounges, hot tubs
Ticket prices $1,299 to $4,289 for a one week cruise.
Ship displaces 222,000 tons compared to the super carrier Abraham Lincoln at 101,000 tons