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10:02 pm June 18th, 2008
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Oasis of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International (RCI) launched their website for their newest Genesis Project ship...now named Oasis of the Seas (and effectively naming the class Oasis-class).

Now I know that very few on here are interested in nautical things, preferring the roads and skies to the seas, but this is quite something...


220,000 GRT (~220 million cubic feet of interior volume)
5,400 passengers (unknown crew complement)
2,000 staterooms
16 decks (213ft above water line)
30ft draft
1,191ft length
154ft beam
8 x 17,500hp engines (140,000hp total)
Est. $1.2B cost

Now, to give a potential sense of scale, my trip in March on Splendour of the Seas was aboard a 70,000 GRT ship. [info]davidology's cruise on Liberty of the Seas was aboard a 160,000 GRT ship.

Some renderings:


"Central Park"


The "AquaTheater", which is an outdoor amphitheater on the stern.


A "loft suite" cabin - probably priced at some crazy thing, but...wow.


Under construction at Aker Yards in Turku, Finland, March 27, 2008. Looks like that's the full height.

It looks like they've forgone the standard "promenade" deck about half-way up in favor of having an exposed interior...making "interior" staterooms now...well, exterior, just without an ocean view. That could be interesting, though I've always enjoyed being able to walk around the promenade deck. More info and stuff at www.oasisoftheseas.com. Anyway, this project made big news a couple of years ago when she was ordered, but it's pretty cool to see more details being released. Talk about some impressive design and engineering.

Anyone want to go on a trip with me in late 2009?

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Thread started by jonathan
silverthief2 From: [info]silverthief2 Date: June 19th, 2008 02:05 am (UTC) (Link)
I'm interested in ships too, I'm just not near any water. :) Looks amazing.
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 02:09 am (UTC) (Link)
haha, yes, it makes things a little tougher. i think just in general, ships are less accessible to people. i want to go!!!
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silverthief2 From: [info]silverthief2 Date: June 19th, 2008 02:27 am (UTC) (Link)
I wouldn't turn down a trip on that thing! :)
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Thread started by Brian
From: [info]wavemaster Date: June 19th, 2008 04:20 am (UTC) (Link)
is it gonna be an all gay cruise?
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 05:07 am (UTC) (Link)
hah, i wouldn't be surprised if Atlantis co-opts her at some point. but knowing me, i probably wouldn't go for that. i kinda like the events the regular staff plans, rather than non-stop dance parties. :-p
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Thread started by Nick
lust_in_phaze From: [info]lust_in_phaze Date: June 19th, 2008 04:46 am (UTC) (Link)
Damn! That's one impressive ship!

Big LJ gathering? I'm sure tickets will be outrageously expensive though
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 05:07 am (UTC) (Link)
i wonder how much it would cost to rent her out and fill the whole thing with eljayers. :-p

btw, nice flight path on the way back tonight. skirted some storms. :-)
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lust_in_phaze From: [info]lust_in_phaze Date: June 19th, 2008 05:49 am (UTC) (Link)
Yeah we went from having an hour and a half delay to being back on time by going a different course to being late anyway because we had to wait for a gate here in Denver.

BTW what was that site again that you use to map out all your past flights?
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 06:27 am (UTC) (Link)
so...www.flightaware.com for flight tracking
www.flightmemory.com for personal history
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Thread started by Davidology: The Next Generation
davidology From: [info]davidology Date: June 19th, 2008 07:01 am (UTC) (Link)
oooo.. we could totes fit more of teh ghey on that thing!
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 03:08 pm (UTC) (Link)
it would be like, saturday night weho x 2! manhunt would be put out of business!
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phantomopus From: [info]phantomopus Date: June 19th, 2008 09:10 pm (UTC) (Link)
lol @ mh reference
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Thread started by Austin Howe
howey From: [info]howey Date: June 19th, 2008 12:30 pm (UTC) (Link)
Wow that's pretty impressive, and if the renders are pretty accurate I must say, I'll have to jump on board at least once in my life if only to walk around 'Central Park' and view a performance at the amphitheater (reminds me of an anime scene I've seen before :x). Very cool find though :), do you know where it plans to go as far as cruises go? I couldn't find anything...but then again wasn't sure what I was doing on the website :x. And can we go mid-2010 :]? Haha.
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 03:11 pm (UTC) (Link)
Haha, yes, they have this concept of 7 "neighborhoods", which seems tres-cool. No words on itineraries yet, though press-releases have indicated that both Oasis and her sister ship Allure of the Seas will be based out of Port Everglades, FL, which indicates likelihood of doing Caribbean itineraries. Considering that there's been a move to increase capacity in the Caribbean to free up smaller ships to do more exotic routes, that makes sense. Though I'm not sure where the Liberty-class ships would go...Europe, maybe, but waterways there would be a tighter fit for them.
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Thread started by Tony_M
tony_m From: [info]tony_m Date: June 19th, 2008 07:56 pm (UTC) (Link)
I totally want to do this some day! I've never done a cruise, and this one would be about as good a cherry popper as I'm apt to find.
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 20th, 2008 06:31 am (UTC) (Link)
hehe. well, it seems like giant eljay cruise may be in the works!
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Thread started by Johns
phantomopus From: [info]phantomopus Date: June 19th, 2008 09:08 pm (UTC) (Link)
HOLY SHIT.

(For the record, I hate the skies. Boats are a close second to trains for me. Cars third. Planes can all go to hell.)
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 19th, 2008 09:55 pm (UTC) (Link)
so you're coming with and getting a loft suite with me, right?
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phantomopus From: [info]phantomopus Date: June 19th, 2008 10:11 pm (UTC) (Link)
Depends on how much it costs, and I'm not going on the maiden voyage for fear of a Titanic reprise :-p

Also, I won't be in the money until summer 2010 :o\ (And even then I'll be roughly $140k in debt with another $60k to come for 2011...)

But! You let me know what it costs, and I will see if Christmas brings good fortune.
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 20th, 2008 05:50 am (UTC) (Link)
haha...i'm not sure that there are ice bergs in the caribbean. :-p

i'll keep an eye on things, assuming i don't forget about it...eljay convention would be fun.
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Thread started by Dot-dot-dot/Dot-dot-dash-dot
outermarker From: [info]outermarker Date: June 20th, 2008 06:28 am (UTC) (Link)
I'd totally go on a cruise with you.

Well... not *with* you... I mean with you, but with other people, too.

I've never been on a big boat.
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mahka42 From: [info]mahka42 Date: June 20th, 2008 06:37 am (UTC) (Link)
:-p From the replies, Eljay cruise aboard Oasis of the Seas may be in the works!
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Comment by whenisthetime
From: [info]whenisthetime Date: June 20th, 2008 07:15 pm (UTC) (Link)
Now I know that very few on here are interested in nautical things, preferring the roads and skies to the seas, but this is quite something...

uh... rail?
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