World's Largest Cruise Ship To Have NYC Theme

Yay, another massive cruise ship to fill our oceans with sewage and sludge so that bored pensioners can distract themselves from their impending deaths is being built in Finland, and this one's going to be the biggest one yet! Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas has a 1,200-foot-long hull that rises 213 feet above the waterline and displaces 220,000 gross register tons. That's 42 percent grosser than the Independence of the Seas, which was the largest when it was christened two years ago, and five times the displacement of the Titanic, according to the Post.

The Oasis will be divided into seven distinct neighborhoods and feature a football field-size "Central Park" and a Coney Island-style boardwalk. It's unclear if the park will be packed with aggro weekend warrior cyclists in spandex, or if the Coney Island-style will include a Ruby's, but it will have a zip wire, psychics and a tattoo parlor. And the Central Park will have horticulture classes and restaurants. Tavern on the Green's Jennifer LeRoy is not going to be happy about missing out on this synergy.

The 2,700 staterooms will include 28 duplex "New York-style loft" suites, and when the liner sets sail in December '09 it will be able to accommodate 5,400 passengers. It's costing Royal Caribbean $1.4 billion to build, which may seem like a lot until you check out the boss video of all the myriad amusements on the liner's 16 decks. Two words: Flow Rider. See for yourself after the jump.

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By John Del Signore in News on November 4, 2008 4:59 PM

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NannyState

It could use some spicing up with machete wielding bicycle gangs.

Wza

I'd like to see staff dressed up as The Warriors on the Coney Island theme. :D

HUGO_MEGO

This is the perfect cruise for Obama cult members.

Snoopy

What kind of gas mileage does it get?

doppelganger

so what's the point of being on a boat if it's designed to make you forget you're on one?

zodak

eeeeeeeeeVaaaaaaaaaa!

Spirit of 76

If it's going to be like NYC, why Oasis of the Seas and not City of the Seas?

The Freedom Ship is closer to what New York really is, even if it's just a pipe dream in the mind of one lunatic. The World of ResidenSea isn't bad, either. People actually live full-time on that ship, although it's a little small to be considered a city.

matty

Maybe it will sink as a metaphor for the economy on wall street. Just to be ironic.

PKinNYC

I hope the Central Park area has drug pushers, rats and homeless people...

pissyrabbit

...and not unlike NYC, the cruise ship will be filled with Mid-Westerners ;)

tingo

I've alsways said NYC itself is a cruiseship (you can quote me). Tiny staterooms with no view. Each street is like a different deck. There are tons of options and so run into random people. Fun while you're on and you might as well spend everything and live it up and party while you can with all the other young folks around you...but eventually you'll have to disembark. Maybe in Jersey or LI.

Afterall, the only people who can afford to live on a cruiseship the whole time are millionaires.