This $1 billion monster is the largest cruise ship ever built

[GagHalfrunt]

Wow! Think of how much sewage will back up into the cabins when it inevitably breaks down.

 

[Sonikku]

How much do drinks run?

 

[gorb]

Two different ship classes 🙂

Harmony of the Seas is the third Oasis class ship and will be the largest passenger ship built so far.

Ovation of the Seas is a Quantum class ship. It is significantly smaller than Harmony but is still a big ass ship of course.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Harmony_of_the_Seas
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Ovation_of_the_Seas

 

[zinfamous]

cool.. but this is in P&N because?

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It's a big huge target for Muslim terrorists.

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[Ackmed]

Looks like a good time. We're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise next month, we enjoy them. Hard to get that much for the money. I wanted an all inclusive resort, but kids ruled me out. So much for them to do on a ship. Plus my wife loves to people watch, interesting characters on cruise ships. Most are fat as fuck.

 

[Exterous]

Hard to get that much for the money

I will say that there are some just stupid deals on cruises sometimes. Was helping my mom look for some options and I accidentally selected June 2016 instead of June 2017. There was a 24 night Royal Caribbean cruise for $1300 pp for a balcony (after taxes) and $1500 pp for a suite. I don't necessarily think a cruise is the best way to see places but for $130 a night including all your meals for two in a suite I would absolutely do it

 

[Zorba]

can they even carry enough lifeboats for everyone on board?

Yes, unless you think Royal Caribbean can just ignore all international laws.

This is just another Oasis class ship, her two sisters have been sailing out of Florida since 2009. The ships are completely amazing.

 

[Zorba]

I will say that there are some just stupid deals on cruises sometimes. Was helping my mom look for some options and I accidentally selected June 2016 instead of June 2017. There was a 24 night Royal Caribbean cruise for $1300 pp for a balcony (after taxes) and $1500 pp for a suite. I don't necessarily think a cruise is the best way to see places but for $130 a night including all your meals for two in a suite I would absolutely do it

Yeah, IMHO, a cruise is a terrible way to "See places" but it is a great low effort vacation. As compared to all inclusive resorts, cruises are generally a good price and fit a similar role.

 

[master_shake_]

Yes, unless you think Royal Caribbean can just ignore all international laws.

This is just another Oasis class ship, her two sisters have been sailing out of Florida since 2009. The ships are completely amazing.

but they can stretch the rules.

The cruise line's press releases mentions that the cruise ship has 18 lifeboats each with a 370 passenger capacity. It says that "lifeboats on Oasis of the Seas have been entirely redesigned and approved as part of a holistic evacuation concept."
But the truth of the matter is that Royal Caribbean had a major problem when it designed the largest cruise ships on the planet. There is a regulation stating that the maximum number of people permitted aboard a lifeboat is 150. There is no way that the cruise line could build a ship with over 55 lifeboats carrying 150 people each. So in order to cram enough people into lifeboats, the cruise line obtained a waiver to increase the maximum lifeboat capacity up to 370 people.
Royal Caribbean not only has the largest cruise ships in the world, but it has the largest lifeboats in the world.
But does it have enough?
18 lifeboats with a capacity of 370 equals only 6,660 people. Oasis has a total maximum population of around 8,500 when you count its capacity of around 6,300 passengers and 2,200 crew members. That means that there are around 1,850 people without the lifeboats which Royal Caribbean raves about.

http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2013/0...0-passengers-crew-from-the-oasis-of-the-seas/

 

[Zorba]

but they can stretch the rules.



http://www.cruiselawnews.com/2013/0...0-passengers-crew-from-the-oasis-of-the-seas/

Yeah, cruiselawnews is basically the infowars of the cruise ship industry. First, they got a waiver by doing extensive testing of the life boats. It is pretty typical to get waivers to certain parts of regulations if you can prove that you provide an equivalent or superior means of safety/compliance.

Second, there are enough hard boats for all passengers and boat crew (IIRC ~15-20 crew per hard life boat). The rest of the crew is accommodated by inflatable lifeboats, just like every other cruise ship on the water, not to mention many other types of ships. The crew is specifically trained in using the inflatable life boats.

These ships were also the first to fully embrace the "being your own lifeboat" concept and did so many years before this became a requirement and includes have fully independent engine rooms, generators and electrical buses.

The USCG would never allow a cruise ship to sail from an American port without enough life boats for all persons onboard.

Edit: From the guy's own link:

The SOLAS regulation on Life Saving Equipment (LSA) code 4.4.3.1 Mega Lifeboatstates: “No lifeboat shall be approved to accommodate more than 150 persons.” However, the regulations do actually provide procedures for using lifeboats of greater capacity providing it can be demonstrated that they have an equivalent level of safety. Schat-Harding has developed a 370-person lifeboat and davit system. The Oasis of the Seas cruise ship was the first vessel to be fitted with these new mega lifeboats.

 

[DigDog]

It looks so top heavy.

as i understand it, waves are basically just on the surface; the more hull the ship has underwater, the more it "sinks in" to what is a stable surface. therefore, the more hull underwater, you get proportionally more stability. next ship will probably be 10 feet deeper, 30 feet taller (random numbers), and so on.

 

[Newbian]

A lot of them already have large open atriums and it probably lets them sell those rooms for more than an 'interior' stateroom since they have a window

True but I am mainly talking about deck space.

They could easily had fit another 2-3 pools. 🙁

 

[feralkid]

as i understand it, waves are basically just on the surface; the more hull the ship has underwater, the more it "sinks in" to what is a stable surface.

Nope.

 

[Ackmed]

I will say that there are some just stupid deals on cruises sometimes. Was helping my mom look for some options and I accidentally selected June 2016 instead of June 2017. There was a 24 night Royal Caribbean cruise for $1300 pp for a balcony (after taxes) and $1500 pp for a suite. I don't necessarily think a cruise is the best way to see places but for $130 a night including all your meals for two in a suite I would absolutely do it

I agree, with food included it's a pretty good deal. Food at any time of day, and pretty good food too. We got the drink package also, $670 total for us both last year. 15 drinks a day, for 5 days. Can't get 15 liquor drinks a day for that price anywhere else that I've seen. Not what I drink anyways. You can also get beer or wine.

We didn't do any excursions, just got off the boat walked around. Shopped, etc. On boat they have no tax on stuff too, liquor, jewelry, purses. My wife went a little crazy but whatever. We're taking the two oldest this year, last week of June.

 

[purbeast0]

Looks like a good time. We're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise next month, we enjoy them. Hard to get that much for the money. I wanted an all inclusive resort, but kids ruled me out. So much for them to do on a ship. Plus my wife loves to people watch, interesting characters on cruise ships. Most are fat as fuck.

that's because a cruise is a lazy man's vacation. you literally have to do absolutely 0 planning. you just sit down and everything is done for you, and you (can) have unlimited drinks/food. then when you get to a port you again don't have to do anything if you don't want, and can have the excursions come pick you up and cattle you away, then bring you back when they are done.

 

[brycejones]

It's a big huge target for Muslim terrorists.

And retarded posts in some forum.

 

[pcgeek11]

as i understand it, waves are basically just on the surface; the more hull the ship has underwater, the more it "sinks in" to what is a stable surface. therefore, the more hull underwater, you get proportionally more stability. next ship will probably be 10 feet deeper, 30 feet taller (random numbers), and so on.

As someone that has spent a good deal of time greater than 100 feet deep in the North Atlantic on a submarine. Trust me waves are not just on the surface.

 

[Exterous]

that's because a cruise is a lazy man's vacation. you literally have to do absolutely 0 planning.

I think you'd be hard pressed to find a cruise with 'literally 0 planning' as even things like what to wear, when to be places, what excursions to book, where to eat etc count as planning.

Grammar aside you can do what you are probably referring with pretty much any vacation through a travel agent, trip package etc. What you call lazy many call relaxing. I don't travel that way as I plan the shit out of our trips but I don't necessarily begrudge people who don't want that as part of their vacation.

Personally I find cruises take longer to plan as I have to work around a daily fixed schedule but obviously not everyone travels that way

 

[Blackjack200]

Good, build more ships to cram as many poors on as possible and keep the good vacation spots free of riff raff. :thumbsup:

Fakepost

 

[Mxylplyx]

Looks like a good time. We're going on a Royal Caribbean cruise next month, we enjoy them. Hard to get that much for the money. I wanted an all inclusive resort, but kids ruled me out. So much for them to do on a ship. Plus my wife loves to people watch, interesting characters on cruise ships. Most are fat as fuck.

We did a celebrity cruise a few months ago, which is considerably more expensive than Royal Carribean/Carnival, but worth it IMO. The fat as fuck ratio drops considerably, to the point I dare say it was a fairly classy collection of passengers. Wife and I had given up on cruises after taking a carnival cruise several years back, but doing a balcony room on a celebrity boat with an unlimited drink package has here wanting to go back.

 

[buckshot24]

We did a celebrity cruise a few months ago, which is considerably more expensive than Royal Carribean/Carnival, but worth it IMO. The fat as fuck ratio drops considerably, to the point I dare say it was a fairly classy collection of passengers. Wife and I had given up on cruises after taking a carnival cruise several years back, but doing a balcony room on a celebrity boat with an unlimited drink package has here wanting to go back.

Fat means non-classy?

 

[bshole]

I agree, with food included it's a pretty good deal. Food at any time of day, and pretty good food too. We got the drink package also, $670 total for us both last year. 15 drinks a day, for 5 days. Can't get 15 liquor drinks a day for that price anywhere else that I've seen. Not what I drink anyways. You can also get beer or wine.

We didn't do any excursions, just got off the boat walked around. Shopped, etc. On boat they have no tax on stuff too, liquor, jewelry, purses. My wife went a little crazy but whatever. We're taking the two oldest this year, last week of June.

Why not just smuggle in 6 bottles of Captain Morgan's and be done with it? It would save you a ton of cash.

 

[feralkid]

Why not just smuggle in 6 bottles of Captain Morgan's and be done with it? It would save you a ton of cash.

Because it wouldn't get past bag check.

 

[Denly]

I have been on a small ship like 1000 people to Alaska it was very relaxing, I can not imagine what 6000+ like.

 

[hal2kilo]

Because it wouldn't get past bag check.

I guess people didn't understand that they check your bags for bottles. That's why I mentioned I guess that's why someone came up with powdered alcohol.

"Just add water, makes it own sauce" Oh, I guess that's for Dog Chow.