Cruise ships are often called "floating hotels." But Oasis of the Seas, the one of the largest vessels afloat in its industry, is more like several floating hotels.
The boat is big.
Amusingly, it's not quite as big of its sister ship, Allure of Seas.
Allure — also operated by Royal Caribbean — is reportedly two inches larger!
Oasis was built in Finland, at a cost of $1.4 billion, and been in service with Royal Caribbean since 2009, sailing from its home port in Florida.
And what luxurious cruises it takes its thousands of passengers on! The tricky thing is to not get lost amid the ship's many, many features.
At the time of the Oasis of the Seas' launch, she was the undisputed largest cruise ship in the world, measuring 1,186.5 feet. Recently, she was officially surpassed by Allure of the Seas, another Royal Caribbean cruise ship, by a whopping 2 whole inches, though some have called into question the temperature differences between the two ships at the time of measurement.
When compared to other large ships, the Oasis of the Seas is stunningly huge.
The ship features 2,606 rooms that can accommodate a maximum of 6,296 passengers. The ship cost $1.4 billion to build and weighs 225,000 tons.
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