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World's Largest and Most Revolutionary Cruise Ship Sails into her Home Port of Port Everglades Flanked by Ceremonial Maritime Escort

 

MIAMI, Nov. 13 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Royal Caribbean International's newest cruise ship - the highly anticipated Oasis of the Seas - made her global debut today, arriving into her home port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. following a 14-day transatlantic crossing from Turku, Finland. Hundre... Read More

HELSINKI — The world's largest cruise liner — the Oasis of the Seas — has set sail for Miami from the Finnish shipyard where it was built.

 

The 1,200-foot (360-meter) ship has a price tag of almost euro1 billion ($1.5 billion) and was commissioned by Royal Caribbean Cruise Lines. It is due to begin cruises out of Miami in December.

 

The ship has 16 passenger decks with 2,700 cab... Read More

Today, on 28 October 2009, STX Europe's Turku shipyard delivered the world's largest and most innovative cruise vessel to the U.S. cruise line Royal Caribbean International.

The Oasis of the Seas marks an unforeseen step forward in the development of cruise vessels and opens totally new prospects for cruise business. The gigantic size of the ship provides opportunities for a variety of novel functions. Bold design approach has generated new and exciting innovations with help of whi... Read More

Costa Maya is forecasting 180 ship calls and approximately 450,000 passengers in 2010, according to Cesar Lizarraga, vice president of marketing and sales. Next May, the Oasis of the Seas will start calling in Costa Maya, followed by the Norwegian Epic. Norwegian Cruise Line has made a five year commitment to call at the Mexican port.

Since Costa Maya was demolished by Hurricane Dean in Oct. 2007, the port rebuilt to the tune of $16 million and was back in business by Oct. 30, 2008... Read More

MIAMI, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- When Royal Caribbean International
officially names Oasis of the Seas - the world's largest and most
revolutionary cruise ship - on Nov. 30, 2009 from Port Everglades Cruise
Terminal in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the renowned cruise line will be doing more
than making wishes come true for vacationers, it will be granting wishes for
children across the country through the Make-A-Wish Foundation. Royal
Caribbean will be hosting an... Read More

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