# Gigantic new ship "Oasis of the Seas". Is this an attractive ship or not? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [November 14, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599 "2009-11-14T22:57:39Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/1 "2009-11-14T22:57:39Z")
Yes, this a shallow beauty contest type question. Do you think this is a good looking ship or not? As a side note the ship does look kind of “top heavy” and I wonder about it’s stability in extreme weather. [Here is the wiki](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MS_Oasis_of_the_Seas) [Here’s a profile pic](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/43/Oasis_of_the_Seas%2C_October_30_2009.jpg) [Official website for the ship](http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/) with videos. ---
**Author:** ![Gustav](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/919ad9/32.png) [@Gustav](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gustav)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/2 "2009-11-14T23:00:47Z")
It’s hideous, but I’m sure it looks a lot nicer from onboard. ---
**Author:** ![Argent\_Towers](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e8c25b/32.png) [@Argent\_Towers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Argent_Towers)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/3 "2009-11-14T23:05:13Z")
It looks like a floating housing project. ---
**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/4 "2009-11-14T23:12:27Z")
All I can think of is the insane quantity of fossil fuels necessary to drive that ship, and it makes me kind of nauseated. ---
**Author:** ![astro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/9dc877/32.png) [@astro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astro)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/5 "2009-11-14T23:16:56Z")
In looking at the construction videos (video gallery \> “Building Oasis”) under the [ship’s own website](http://www.oasisoftheseas.com/) I have to say the ship may be a bit clunky looking, but the build details are amazing. ---
**Author:** ![salinqmind](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/3ec8ea/32.png) [@salinqmind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/salinqmind)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/6 "2009-11-14T23:18:28Z")
I think it’s ghastly hideous. It can carry 5,400 ‘guests’ ? Somehow, all I can think is, what’s the point? I should think they’d have their own police force with all those rambunctious vacationers. ---
**Author:** ![Sunspace](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunspace/32/1250_2.png) [@Sunspace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunspace)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/7 "2009-11-14T23:18:43Z")
> [@Argent\_Towers](#): > > It looks like a floating housing project. It _is_ a floating housing project. Also, mall, golfing range, and for all I know, heliport. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [November 14, 2009, 11:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/8 "2009-11-14T23:53:51Z")
Ugly; looks like they took an apartment building and welded a bow onto it. ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/9 "2009-11-15T00:13:43Z")
It looks like it will be a horridly efficient cruise ship for people looking to be pampered (ie gain 30 pounds) for their vacation between sundeck cellulite-baking skin-cancer sessions. I predict a different 3pm ‘drink of the day’ each sunny day at all of the ship’s bars to get peoples minds off the smell of chlorine, bare feet, and roasted speedo-fat. Someday it will be a reef off a coastline providing a thriving environment for various fish, but not nearly soon enough. ---
**Author:** ![ExTank](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/35a633/32.png) [@ExTank](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ExTank)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/10 "2009-11-15T00:16:51Z")
It looks so top-heavy, like a stiff breeze would send it right over. ---
**Author:** ![mnemosyne](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c4cdca/32.png) [@mnemosyne](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mnemosyne)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/11 "2009-11-15T00:25:52Z")
> [@Sunspace](#): > > It _is_ a floating housing project. Also, mall, golfing range, and for all I know, heliport. The Oasis does, in fact, have a helicopter landing pad on its bow. I think it’s a rather neat design, when you consider the purpose for which it was built. Cruises are all about feeling like you’re being pampered, and having fun, and that ship certainly seems able to provide that! I wouldn’t worry about it tipping over - it’s actually only has one more deck than the Voyager class ships. I’m sure they thought about then when it was designed! I’ve been on a few cruises, but not the Oasis. I find the design of these ships to be rather fascinating. ---
**Author:** ![Hanna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b3f665/32.png) [@Hanna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hanna)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/12 "2009-11-15T00:33:24Z")
> [@ExTank](#): > > It looks so top-heavy, like a stiff breeze would send it right over. That’s my first thought. I’d hate to be out in large waves on that ship. I feel like it would roll easily. ---
**Author:** ![kitemaker\_chuck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/a88e4f/32.png) [@kitemaker\_chuck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitemaker_chuck)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 12:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/13 "2009-11-15T00:53:07Z")
Does this ship have a brig? And if not, what do they use in it’s place? ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 1:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/14 "2009-11-15T01:39:13Z")
> [@Boscibo](#): > > That’s my first thought. I’d hate to be out in large waves on that ship. I feel like it would roll easily. [seastate 4 waves](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AN2Q-GkBr8&feature=related) Ships that large are very stable. You should read [cruisecritics.com](http://cruisecritics.com) for more cruising information if you are interested. I am going on an earlier ship, Explorer of the Seas in Feb with mrAru. ---
**Author:** ![SpoilerVirgin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/4491bb/32.png) [@SpoilerVirgin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SpoilerVirgin)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 2:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/15 "2009-11-15T02:28:01Z")
Last year I was on the [Freedom of the Seas](http://www.digital-photo-web.com/image-files/freedom-of-the-seas-1461.jpg), which was the largest cruise ship in the world at the time, but has now been superseded by the Oasis of the Seas. I didn’t think the ship was particularly attractive from the outside, but it was tremendous fun. I found the activities on board (everything from miniature golf to trivia contests) to be much more fun than the port visits, which were primarily shopping trips. It was a true 24-hour resort environment, with every possible amenity. I have severe motion sickness (can’t ride in a car for more than 20 minutes without feeling nauseated), and even though I was unable to wear my seasickness patch because of side effects, I did not experience any seasickness at all. The only time I was even aware of the motion of the ship was when I first came aboard, and when I was sitting on my balcony watching the ocean. Enjoy your trip, **aruvqan**. I wish I were going with. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/16 "2009-11-15T02:58:00Z")
That is one butt-ugly ship (actually, I’ve seen prettier butts). It looks like they mated a housing project with a tank on steroids. ---
**Author:** ![Savannah](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b3f665/32.png) [@Savannah](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Savannah)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 3:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/17 "2009-11-15T03:01:22Z")
> [@matt\_mcl](#): > > All I can think of is the insane quantity of fossil fuels necessary to drive that ship, and it makes me kind of nauseated. That’s the first thing I thought of, too. I can’t imagine how much fuel it takes to make something that heavy move through water… I don’t think I could go on a cruise with a clear conscience. ---
**Author:** ![Bernard\_Marx](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/4491bb/32.png) [@Bernard\_Marx](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bernard_Marx)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/18 "2009-11-15T03:20:46Z")
It’s not sleek by any means, but I think there’s something attractive (even majestic) in the sheer bulk of the thing… ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/19 "2009-11-15T03:54:19Z")
The [Queen Mary II](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/dd/Queen_Mary_II_Einlaufen_Hamburg_Hafengeburtstag_2006_-2.jpg) blows this ship out of the proverbial water. ---
**Author:** ![aruvqan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aruvqan/32/2891_2.png) [@aruvqan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aruvqan)\ **Post date:** [November 15, 2009, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599/20 "2009-11-15T04:18:27Z")
> [@SpoilerVirgin](#): > > . > > Enjoy your trip, **aruvqan**. I wish I were going with. Thanks =) I plan on putting a page up on my website about it with pictures. I also plan to have inordinate fun =) this will be our first vacation where we haven’t ended up doing something vaguely work-like, like cleaning out a garage or something. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/gigantic-new-ship-oasis-of-the-seas-is-this-an-attractive-ship-or-not/517599.md?page=2)