Sunday, April 11, 2010

  Most passengers carried by a cruise ship - world record set by Oasis of the Seas

 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., USA -- Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas pulled out of Fort Lauderdale on March 13 carrying 6,007 passengers - setting the new world record for the Most passengers carried by a cruise ship .

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Oasis of the Seas has 2,700 cabins, giving it a capacity of 5,400 passengers at double occupancy (two passengers per cabin). But with some cabins configured will pull-out sofas to hold extra passengers, the ship's total capacity is a higher 6,296.

   At 225,282 tons, Oasis is nearly 50% larger than the next largest cruise ship.

    Designed around seven "neighborhoods," it boasts a 1,380-seat theater that opened with Broadway's Hairspray, an outdoor AquaTheater that features water ballet and high-dive acts, an ice skating show, a comedy club, jazz club, casino, multiple nightclubs and bars, two dozen eateries and a two-deck spa.

    Royal Caribbean says Jerry and Judith Schmidt

    Among the other 6,000-plus passengers on the March 13 sailing were residents of 64 different countries, and more than 2,400 members of Royal Caribbean's frequent cruiser program, the Crown & Anchor Society, including 373 Diamond and Diamond Plus level members. The ship sailed a seven-night voyage to the Eastern Caribbean.

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