World's largest cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge
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KORSOER, Denmark – The world's largest cruise ship cleared a crucial obstacle Sunday, lowering its smokestacks to squeeze under a bridge in Denmark.
The Oasis of the Seas — which rises about 20 stories high — passed below the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slim margin as it left the Baltic Sea on its maiden voyage to Florida.
Company officials are banking that its novelty will help guarantee its success. Five times larger than the Titanic, the $1.5 billion ship has seven neighborhoods, an ice rink, a small golf course and a 750-seat outdoor amphitheater. It has 2,700 cabins and can accommodate 6,300 passengers and 2,100 crew members.
In the stern, a 750-seat outdoor theater — modeled on an ancient Greek amphitheater — doubles as a swimming pool by day and an ocean front theater by night. The pool has a diving tower with spring boards and two 33-foot (10-meter) high-dive platforms. An indoor theater seats 1,300 guests.
More at link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20091101/ap_on_re_eu/eu_world_s_largest_cruise_ship
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bailey78
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What a skiff!! so how much does it cost to live on that critter for six months at a time? because it will take that long just to see everything it has to offer. Shucks it might be cheaper than getting an apartment in most big cities. I wonder how long you could hide out on that critter before you got charged for being a stow away? You know buy one ticket and then never leave the ship. That would almost be worth the trip to jail depending on where you went to jail.
- 2 years ago
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bailey78
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mario_a
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Hi cabinettags,
Thanks for this submission, it's great! I'm working on a blog post that will feature this story, so I updated the title to include a couple key points (e.g. squeezing under Danish bridge).
Let me know if you have any questions,
mario
online communityreference: http://blogs.current.com/currentdotcom/2009/10/30/featuring-on-current-what-do-w...
- 2 years ago
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mario_a
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idealist
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hopefully they have enough life boats this time.
- 2 years ago
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idealist
