{"id":21814,"date":"2014-09-19T01:00:10","date_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:00:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cruisingdoneright.com\/?p=21814"},"modified":"2014-09-19T01:00:10","modified_gmt":"2014-09-19T08:00:10","slug":"friday-103","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/?p=21814","title":{"rendered":"Ocean Parks That Cruise The World"},"content":{"rendered":"

How do you “park a park” in the middle of the ocean? You do what Royal Caribbean did and build one into the hull of the biggest cruise ship in the world. That would be Oasis of the Seas<\/a>\u2026or Allure of the Seas<\/a>\u2026or Oasis III<\/em>, the unofficial name for the third of what may be four ships in this class when the dust settles.<\/p>\n

And you call the innovation Central Park<\/em>.<\/p>\n

So far, there are at least three Central Parks: the one in New York City<\/a> and the two on Royal Caribbean<\/a> ships. Actually, many cities have parks by that name, so let’s say there are three that qualify as being unique.<\/p>\n

What’s Central Park on the ocean really like?<\/p>\n

The photos that follow will give you a taste. They’ve been around for almost five years, since Oasis arrived, so thousands of passengers have had their taste. Before we boarded Allure of the Seas, we wondered \u2014 frankly \u2014 how appealing we would find a miniature version of the real thing on a cruise ship.<\/p>\n

It was one of our favorite places on the ship, and here’s why\u2026<\/p>\n

From our balcony, we always knew if there was a quiet place to sit (and there always seemed to be an available bench):<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>They weren’t the blue birds of paradise, but they were close:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>This became a daily routine for breakfast, a classy\u00a0buffet-style eatery with wonderful food:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>An upscale restaurant that’s just a walk-in-the-park away:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>Amazing artwork that provides a sharp contrast to all the greenery \u2014 and there’s a lot of that:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>Even some kids, and characters from DreamWorks<\/a>, who arrive for photo-ops every day and never keep the kids waiting in line:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>These, folks, are real trees and assorted greenery that are cared for by a staff of three:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>Where else on the Caribbean Sea would you find a Willow Leaf Ficus Tree?:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>A park that’s big enough to have intersections:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>Along with a path to a world-class steakhouse:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>The glass doors give it more the feel of a “greenhouse” than a cruise ship:<\/p>\n

\"Central<\/a>Like all good parks, it’s quiet most of the time and a magnet for photographers. You just don’t expect to be able to enjoy that when you’re on a cruise ship.<\/p>\n

Today at\u00a0portsandbows.co<\/span><\/a>m:\u00a0Holland American adds Caribbean ships<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

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Holland America Westerdam
\n<\/a>7 nights
\nNovember 15, 2014
\nFort Lauderdale<\/a> (return): Grand Turk<\/a>, San Juan<\/a>, St. Maarten<\/a>, Half Moon Cay
\n<\/a>Inside: $399
\nCost per day: $57
\n<\/strong><\/span>www.hollandamerica.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

How do you “park a park” in the middle of the ocean? You do what Royal Caribbean did and build one into the hull of the biggest cruise ship in the world. That would be Oasis of the Seas\u2026or Allure of the Seas\u2026or Oasis III, the unofficial name for the third of what may be… Continue reading Ocean Parks That Cruise The World<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":21875,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,36,19,15],"tags":[203,137,352,912,72,86,35,23,825,1509,53,26,27,33],"class_list":["post-21814","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-deals","category-reviews","category-ships","category-stories","tag-allure-of-the-seas","tag-caribbean-cruises","tag-central-park","tag-cruise-bargains","tag-cruise-deals","tag-cruise-ships","tag-cruises","tag-holland-america","tag-holland-america-westerdam","tag-oasis-class","tag-oasis-of-the-seas","tag-phil-reimer","tag-ports-and-bows","tag-royal-caribbean","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21814","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=21814"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21814\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21814"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21814"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vitaluna.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21814"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}