Oasis of the Sea coming to Ft. Lauderdale in 6 days

240 LTS · 11-07-2009, 07:48 AM

Largest cruise ship so far.
Different then the rest.
One of the links even give it's location (GPS map) as it crosses the Atlantic.

http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/

devildogdad · 11-07-2009, 08:18 AM

My wife and i hvae tickets for the second week of june

I little bigger than my LTS240

240 LTS · 11-07-2009, 09:14 AM

But it's easier to fish out of the 240

We are thinking of a cruise with our two kids, er I mean adult children, when they graduate college in 2 years, maybe this one, we'll see.

Let us know how it was.

mattmuttsmithx · 11-07-2009, 09:39 AM

Thats impressive. I would love to be at the helm of that thing to see that view!

bstnsportsfan · 11-07-2009, 10:47 AM

Devil- I hope when you go you take plenty of pictures! If I remember correctly Ludicrous is also going out on that ship.

240 LTS · 11-07-2009, 10:52 AM

Lets make it a THT get together!

All Mods invited

You can get an interior cabin for 7 days to the Caribbean for $1049.00

http://www.cruisesonly.com/sc.do?d=9...zipcode=&dsc=y

GhostShip · 11-07-2009, 11:13 AM

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Originally Posted by 240 LTS

http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/

Should have included some MORE footage from the beginning of the trip with hurricane force winds and HUGE seas.

Garett · 11-07-2009, 11:55 AM

Well I hope the Oasis stays away from iceburgs!

240 LTS · 11-07-2009, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by GhostShip

Should have included some MORE footage from the beginning of the trip with hurricane force winds and HUGE seas.

Not much video of the rough seas but this is from 6 days out.

http://www.usatoday.com/travel/cruis...er-video_N.htm

Taking her out for a sea trial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxlB-...eature=related

Rough seas for another ship

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=deX7R9RbmX0&NR=1

Just1more · 11-07-2009, 01:54 PM

Wonder why her AIS isn't active?

mattmuttsmithx · 11-07-2009, 04:37 PM

That video of that cruise ship almost flipping over is WILD! I would have hated to be a passenger on that bad boy. Shit would have been flying everywhere!

23Dorado · 11-08-2009, 05:56 PM

It rather pound my balls flat than get on a cruise ship.

glacierbaze · 11-08-2009, 06:36 PM

We were going into Luanda, Angola on a destroyer in some big swells. There is a long peninsula that sticks out to the northeast for miles. As we turned across the swells to round the point, we took back to back rolls, 50 degrees to port, and 52 to starboard. Just those two were enough to make you think you were going over. I can't imagine being caught in a beam sea without enough power to turn back into the wind like that cruise ship is, and taking those rolls.

fidhhook54 · 11-08-2009, 07:58 PM

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/traveler...er=yahootravel

GhostShip · 11-08-2009, 08:28 PM

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Originally Posted by fidhhook54

http://video.forbes.com/fvn/traveler...er=yahootravel

Cool vid

Seems like a lot of stuff for $1.4Big, all hail the private sector!

demjjm · 11-08-2009, 08:39 PM

I know a computer contractor who is on the ship as we speak. He works on the systems that use a PDA for the lifeboat manifests, as well as some other software. I can't wait for him to get back here to get all of the stories. I also read an article where they had only 2 feet of clearance between a lowered smokestack and a bridge they needed to clear to make it to open ocean.