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A Tour Of The World's Biggest Cruise Ship (VIDEO)

Posted: 06/28/2012 7:00 am

With 21 swimming pools, 24 restaurants and its own version of New York City's Central Park, this $1.5 billion cruise ship's 5,400 passengers should have plenty to do.

Royal Caribbean's "Oasis Of The Seas," the world's most massive luxury cruise liner, dwarfs the second-largest ship, the Queen Mary II, by 50 percent at 16 decks high and weighing in at 220,000 gross tons.

What does it take to stock a ship this size? Ten thousand rolls of toilet paper, for starters.

 
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With 21 swimming pools, 24 restaurants and its own version of New York City's Central Park, this $1.5 billion cruise ship's 5,400 passengers should have plenty to do. Royal Caribbean's "Oasis Of The...
With 21 swimming pools, 24 restaurants and its own version of New York City's Central Park, this $1.5 billion cruise ship's 5,400 passengers should have plenty to do. Royal Caribbean's "Oasis Of The...