Meeting News - January 25, 2010 - (Page 17)

Dateline: Florida Royal Caribbean’s Massive New Ship Anchors In Ft. Lauderdale In November, the world’s biggest cruise ship, Royal Caribbean International’s Oasis of the Seas, made its maiden voyage to its U.S. base, Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. As revolutionary as she is large, the Oasis of the Seas offers on-board guests 16 decks and 2,700 staterooms in a package that displaces a staggering 225 tons. Among the new concepts on Oasis of the Seas is dividing the ship into “neighborhoods,” ranging from Central Park to Entertainment Place. Central Park is an actual park at sea, while other amenities include a handcrafted carousel, a nine-deck-high zip line and the AquaTheater, which transforms the pool area into an open-air amphitheater at night. In November 2010, Royal Caribbean will launch Oasis’ sister ship, Allure of the Seas, which will also homeport in Port Everglades. Other new vessels set to launch in 2010 that will depart from south Florida include the luxurious Silversea Cruises’ 540-passenger, allsuite Silver Spirit, which will make a number of calls from Fort Lauderdale. The 2,850-guest Celebrity Equinox, a Solstice-class vessel launched in summer 2009, offers Caribbean cruises starting in Fort Lauderdale, while a sister ship scheduled to launch in April, the Celebrity Eclipse, will sail the Caribbean out of Miami. Norwegian Cruise Lines’ 4,200-guest Norwegian Epic will launch in June from London, arriving in Miami via New York for a series of eastern and western Caribbean cruises. Holland America’s 15th ship, the Nieuw Amsterdam, will join the fleet in July. Itineraries will include Holland America’s private Caribbean island, Half Moon Cay, with departures from Fort Lauderdale around year-end. ❍ Oasis takes neighborhoods to sea http://marinavillageresort.com/MeetingPlanner http://marinavillageresort.com/MeetingPlanner

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Meeting News - January 25, 2010

Meeting News - January 25, 2010
Contents
Newsmaker
Meetings Spotlight
Association Watch
Meeting People
Ad Index
Dateline: Las Vegas
Construction Cites
Dateline: Florida
South Regional
Golf Meetings

Meeting News - January 25, 2010