{"id":17150,"date":"2013-04-19T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-04-19T08:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=17150"},"modified":"2013-04-19T01:00:39","modified_gmt":"2013-04-19T08:00:39","slug":"friday-19-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=17150","title":{"rendered":"Oasis Huge in More Than Size"},"content":{"rendered":"

Biggest isn't always best, but it is always boast, because that's what happens when somebody has the biggest…whatever. They boast.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Travelers flocked to the first jumbo jet — can you believe the first 747 flew in 1970? — and cruisers <\/span>have continually been lured to sail on the ever-changing "biggest" cruise ship.<\/span><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>In 2009, Oasis of the Seas came along and set the bar high, a record level of almost 9,000 passengers and crew, 1,186 feet from bow to stern (almost four football fields long) and 225,000 tons (five times the weight of the Titanic<\/a> and seven times the weight of a 747).<\/span><\/p>\n

It was a freak. Manute Bol on a hull.<\/span><\/p>\n

Cruise passengers in North America have  enjoyed Oasis of the Seas<\/a> since the fall of 2009. Even though it originally came from Europe, having been built in Finland, the fall of 2014 will be the first chance Europeans get to enjoy her. And guess what?<\/span><\/p>\n

They're in love already.<\/span><\/p>\n

A limited number of Oasis cruises in Europe went on sale earlier this month. Royal Caribbean<\/a> had its highest number — ever — of pre-booking registrations. Now you can say part of that is just because of the ship's size, that it will be by far the biggest to cruise in Europe.<\/span><\/p>\n

But even Royal Caribbean wasn't prepared for this. Reservation teams have been working overtime. Part-time workers have become full-time workers. Employees from departments where they don't have to answer phones are answering phones. And so far, only the loyalty club members (Crown & Anchor Society<\/em>) have been able to buy.<\/span><\/p>\n

They know a big thing when they hear about it.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\n\tNorwegian Gem<\/a>
\n\t7 nights
\n\tMay 4, 2013
\n\tNew York<\/a> (return): Port Canaveral<\/a>, Great Stirrup Cay<\/a>, Nassau<\/a>
\n\tInsides: $599
\n\tCost per day: $85<\/strong><\/span>
\n\twww.ncl.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Biggest isn't always best, but it is always boast, because that's what happens when somebody has the biggest…whatever. They boast. Travelers flocked to the first jumbo jet — can you believe the first 747 flew in 1970? — and cruisers have continually been lured to sail on the ever-changing "biggest" cruise ship. In 2009, Oasis… Continue reading Oasis Huge in More Than Size<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,32,19,15],"tags":[137,912,72,86,35,22,1228,126,424,53,33],"class_list":["post-17150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cruise-industry-news","category-deals","category-ships","category-stories","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-european-cruises","tag-jumbo-jets","tag-norwegian","tag-norwegian-gem","tag-oasis-of-the-seas","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17150\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}