Record Breaking cruise ship

World largest cruise ship will be entering service on 5th December 2009, the record breaking Oasis of the Seas has already seen one of the biggest pop stars of the moment Rihanna perform to start the inaugural celebrations and boasts several celebrity godmothers including Gloria Estefan and Jane Seymour. The official naming ceremony will take place on Monday 30th November with a one night inaugural fund raiser for the Make a Wish Foundation, after which the 220,000 ton vessel will set sail to the Royal Caribbean’s private island in Haiti for a four night cruise. Then from the 5th December 2009 it will start its regular seven night sailings around the Caribbean.

The £800million cruise ship is the world’s largest passenger vessel that is 40 per cent bigger than any other cruise ship afloat, (think taller than London’s Canary Wharf or the Chrysler Building in New York) putting it in a league of its own, it is most technologically advanced cruise ship in the world capable of holding 5,400 guests in some 2,700 cabins. The Oasis of the Seas is built to a new design concept that sees the ship split up into different 7 neighborhoods spanning 16 decks including, Boardwalk which is dedicated to family fun and nostalgia, Central Park that combines nautical and nature and Royal Promenade at the heart of the ship.

Next year will also see its sister ship the Allure of the Seas coming into commission that will also be built to the same size and same high standards.

Picture courtesy of Ereine

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