Members Don MC Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 M/S Oasis Of The Seas is now finished and has left the STX Turku shipyard this morning and headed towards it's new home in Ft. Lauderdale FL. This is kinda cool since the shipyard is only a mile or so from where I live and it's in the same small bay as the marina where I keep my boat. There'll be lots more room to maneuver my small craft now that the large hunk of steel has sailed away. They are however still constructing a sister ship that will be finished in another year. The bay isn't quite empty yet. I tell you that large a ship is quite impressive a sight if you come right next to it in a small 17ft boat. It laid just beside the exit from the marina, so last summer I took the opportunity to get close enough to touch. I can confirm it is HUGE. News from an australian site: http://www.news.com.au/perthnow/story/0,21598,26280589-5005040,00.html That pic is doctored. It sailed with the tops of its chimneys removed so that it will fit beneath the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Reverend179 Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nobody let Kate Winslet near that thing... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members walkerci Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 It's an amazing work of engineering. OTOH, I would NOT want to be on a vessel with 5,400 passengers aboard. The good news is that this ship will add to the huge over capacity in the Caribbean market. Maybe we will see 5 night cruises for less than $100 a person in the near future. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members LouSpaceMonkey Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nobody let Kate Winslet near that thing... Snort Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don MC Posted October 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Nobody let Kate Winslet near that thing... LOL It would take more than one Kate Winslets, I think. Perhaps one DiCaprio as well A little size comparison: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members pamackie Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 LOL It would take more than one Kate Winslets, I think. Perhaps one DiCaprio as well A little size comparison: Holy {censored}, that is one ginormous boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don MC Posted October 30, 2009 Author Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Holy {censored}, that is one ginormous boat. That's what I thought when I pulled up beside it in my little 17-footer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 100 000t displacement, {censored}!! That's supercarrier size Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members bassman1956 Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Wow! That's as big as a carrier!From Wiki: Class and type: Oasis class cruise ship Tonnage: 225,282 GRT[1] Displacement: appx. 100,000 tons Length: 361.8 m (1,187 ft)[1] Beam: 63.4 m (208 ft)[1] Height: 72 m (236 ft) above water line[5] Draught: 9.1 m (30 ft)[1] Decks: 16 passenger decks[1] Installed power: 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 I won't be genuinely impressed, though, until they build something that's as revolutionary as the SS Great Eastern was (but I won't hold my breath waiting for a 3 million ton, 70+kt cruise liner) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members toolmybass Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Holy Shat that thing is huge!....You hear too many horror stories for me to go on one....especially the fact you pay this huge amount for a small room in $ comparison to an all inclusive....then they let you off the boat, then take your booze away so u have to buy theirs at $6us/drink. Your $2500 turns into over $3000 with your bar tab....fawkers....i will NEVER give them my $...For that amount of money i can go to Hawaii Aloha Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 I'm probably going on that for a week in February... bitches. :cop: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moderators ThudMaker Posted October 30, 2009 Moderators Share Posted October 30, 2009 I'm probably going on that for a week in February... bitches. :cop: Enjoy the tin can tiny room along with 5398 a-holes. I'd be excited if I was a proctologist, but I'm not. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members RSBro Posted October 30, 2009 Members Share Posted October 30, 2009 Enjoy the tin can tiny room along with 5398 a-holes. I'd be excited if I was a proctologist, but I'm not. You don't go on a cruise to spend time in your room, silly. :p Otherwise just stay home! (plus I think I'm staying in one of the suites anyway...) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members infralife Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 It's huge! We used to sail around ore freighters in the Grear Lakes and they were awesome, but much smaller than that ship. Think of all the cases of stomach flu you could breed onboard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members J. Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 I enjoyed the one cruise I took several years ago. I went on the Carnival Triumph, which was at that time the biggest cruise ship out there. Of course, they launched another, larger ship the very next month. It's unbelievable how huge they are - basically like floating cities. I read a popular mechanics article on the Oasis of the Seas when it was under construction. They use a really cool modular construction technique that allows them to build the ship in sections, then basically slap it together for one colossal behemoth monstrosity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members der oxenrig Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 It's too tall to fit into most ports. Most bridges don't go above 180 feet high, with many only going to 135 feet high. Even the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is only 226 feet high, so this ship won't be able to go into New York's harbor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Don MC Posted November 1, 2009 Author Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 I read a popular mechanics article on the Oasis of the Seas when it was under construction. They use a really cool modular construction technique that allows them to build the ship in sections, then basically slap it together for one colossal behemoth monstrosity. What I've seen from watching the activity there, is that they weld the sections together indoors in a huge hall. Then lift them out through the roof and park them outside before finally lifting them into place. At any given moment, a few finished sections sit there awaiting installation. If it's a cabin section, the cabins are made at a factory elsewhere, half an hour's drive away from here. The cabins are then transported to the site and lifted into place in the section. Plumbing and wiring is then connected and finally the entire section of, 20-30 or so, cabins is lifted into place. My ex drumtard (and still good friend) works there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members willsellout Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 It's too tall to fit into most ports. Most bridges don't go above 180 feet high, with many only going to 135 feet high. Even the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is only 226 feet high, so this ship won't be able to go into New York's harbor. Normally boats out of Florida head to the Carribean. I would think that they would have thought about the height thing beforehand if they were heading into the US. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Mudbass Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 It's too tall to fit into most ports. Most bridges don't go above 180 feet high, with many only going to 135 feet high. Even the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is only 226 feet high, so this ship won't be able to go into New York's harbor. To pass under a bridge all they have to do is fill the ship with water. Of course you can only do that once but it is effective. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members NeonVomit Posted November 1, 2009 Members Share Posted November 1, 2009 It's too tall to fit into most ports. Most bridges don't go above 180 feet high, with many only going to 135 feet high. Even the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge is only 226 feet high, so this ship won't be able to go into New York's harbor. Yeah, Don MC said that they had to take the tops of the chimneys off to fit under the Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Xuf Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 Whew! http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_re_eu/eu_world_s_largest_cruise_ship KORSOER, Denmark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members FreestyleIntruder Posted November 2, 2009 Members Share Posted November 2, 2009 To pass under a bridge all they have to do is fill the ship with water. Of course you can only do that once but it is effective. Or you could do it like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MV_Summit_Venture#1980_incident Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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