At sea, the bigger, the better? "Oasis of the Sea", largest cruise ship, tall as a 12-story building, wider than Panama Canal

By WcP.ScientificMind - Posted on 12 August 2008

once Oasis is completed, this channel in the dry dock will be flooded to set it afloat

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When Royal Caribbean launches its $1.2 billion 'Oasis of the Sea' in 2009, it will carry up to 5,400 passengers and will be as tall as a 12-story building, as long as four football fields, and wider than the Panama Canal.

Formidably awesome – a floating city.

The question is - at sea, the bigger, the better?

Royal Caribbean will launch its $1.2 billion 'Oasis of the Sea' in 2009

it will carry up to 5,400 passengers and will be as tall as a 12-story building, as long as four football fields, and wider than the Panama Canal

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Photos courtesy of Robert Polidori

Original Source: CNN

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