NEW YORK (AP) — If you’re curious about what it’s like aboard the world’s largest cruise ship, check out the live, interactive coverage that CruiseCritic.com will offer from Oasis of the Seas later this week.
Three staffers from the Web site, including its editor, Carolyn Spencer Brown, will be blogging, tweeting and answering questions from the public when Oasis makes its first U.S. sailing.
The short cruise to nowhere, designed to show the vessel off to travel agents and reporters, departs Port Everglades, Fla., Friday and returns Nov. 22. CruiseCritic.com’s online coverage will begin Thursday.
Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship from Royal Caribbean Cruises departed Oct. 30 for the United States from Finland, where it was built.
With 2,700 cabins, Oasis can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
The ship has more amenities and activities than many land-based resorts and vacation destinations, including an ice rink, a small golf course, four swimming pools, volleyball and basketball courts, a youth zone with theme parks, nurseries for children, a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater and an indoor theater that seats 1,300 guests.
Oasis also features seven “neighborhoods”: parks, squares and arenas with special themes, including a boardwalk area, a mini-Central Park and a tropical environment with palm trees and vines.
You can follow CruiseCritic’s Oasis coverage at http://www.cruisecritic.com. Or check out Facebook.com/CruiseCritic or Twitter.com/CruiseCritic. Send questions to oasis@cruisecritic.com.
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