Floating City Soon to Sail
In the American spirit of bigger is better and super sizing it, Royal Caribbean is coming close to completing their new $1.2 billion flagship, the Oasis of the Seas. This ship will have the new claim of biggest passenger ship ever, making that claim by an overage of 2,000 passengers, with a total passenger capacity of 6,300. Not only is the passenger size the biggest, but so is the balcony count, on board swimming pool, and first football sized tree filled outdoor park. The 18 story behemoth superliner will not be pushed, but pulled by two 20 foot tall propellers mounted on swiveling pods, powered by 30,000 horsepower diesel engines.
As great as an accomplishment as all of that sounds, the current status of the world economy brings into question how much or how long it will take for this monster to bring in a profit. Either way, take a look at the promo video.
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It’s good to know that Royal Caribbean is being designed to accommodate 6,300 passengers. It is too early to think about profitability…the prime focus needs to be on the customer satisfaction.