Oasis of the Seas Inaugural Homecoming - Port Everglades - Ft Lauderdale - 11/13/2009 - High Def

Oasis of the Seas is a cruise ship in the fleet of Royal Caribbean International. The first of her class, she is expected to be joined by her sister ship Allure of the Seas in November 2010. Both vessels are expected to cruise the Caribbean from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in the United States.
The ship replaces the Freedom-class cruise ships (also owned by Royal Caribbean) as the world's largest passenger vessel.
The vessel was ordered in February 2006 and designed under the name "Project Genesis". Her keel was laid down on 12 November 2007 at STX Europe (formerly Aker Yards) in Turku, Finland. The company announced that full funding for Oasis of the Seas was secured on 15 April 2009. The name Oasis of the Seas resulted from a competition held in May 2008.
The ship was completed and turned over to Royal Caribbean on 28 October 2009. Two days later, she departed Finland for the United States. While exiting the Baltic Sea, the vessel passed underneath the Great Belt Fixed Link in Denmark on 1 November 2009. The bridge has a clearance of 65 m (213 ft) above the water; Oasis normally has an air draft of 72 m (236 ft). The passage under the bridge was possible due to retraction of the telescoping funnels, and an additional 30 cm (12 in) was gained by the squat effect whereby vessels travelling at speed in a shallow channel will be drawn deeper into the water. Approaching the bridge at 20 knots (37 km/h; 23 mph), the ship passed under it with less than 2 feet (60 cm) of clearance.
Proceeding through the English Channel, Oasis stopped briefly in the Solent to disembark 300 shipyard workers who were onboard doing finishing work, then left on the way to her intended home port of Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Oasis measures 225,282 gross tons, almost half again as large as the runners-up, the vessels of the Freedom class, and significantly larger than Titanic, of 46,329 gross register tons. To displace the volume of water necessary for the ship to float, and to keep the ship stable without increasing the draft excessively, the designers created a wide hull. About 30 feet (9 m) of the ship sits beneath the water, a small percentage of the ship's overall height. Wide, shallow ships such as this tend to be "snappy", meaning that they can snap back upright after a wave has passed, which can potentially be uncomfortable.
The ship's power comes from six marine diesel engines, three Wärtsilä 16-cylinder common rail diesels producing 18,860 kilowatts (25,290 hp) each, and three similar 12-cylinder engines each producing 13,860 kW. The total output of these prime movers, some 97,020 kW, is converted to electricity, used in hotel power for operation of the lights, elevators, electronics, galleys, water treatment plant, and all of the other systems used on the operation of the vessel, as well as propulsion.
Propulsion is not provided by screws on the end of long shafts piercing the hull, as on most prior ships, but by three, 20,000 kW "Azipods", Asea Brown Boveri's brand of azimuth thrusters. These pods, suspended under the stern, each contain an electric motor driving a 20-foot (6 m) propeller. As they are rotatable, no rudders are needed to steer the ship. Docking is assisted by four 5,500 kW bow thrusters in tunnels.

[@sintra73]

I have work on this cruise for more then 1 year.you guys. should see how amazing is to see this grow up like I saw. from the 1st peace of iron to the last touch!PS: did you know that. if you put all the electric cables together that exists in this ship, its like going 1 time around the world, believe it or not! and oasis brother(Allure Of The Seas)it´s almost ready, we are just finishing it!! regards from Finland,!!!

[@SteveCarrett]

Good, Good, good what an excellent clear crisp video I enjoyed it very much thanks you for uploading and sharing.

[@humlakullen]

DAMN!!! I don't know what impresses me the most... The ship or your camera;-)!

[@ibzsupernova]

awesome video!!! the film is totally awesome!!!

[@gaaaaaaaaabe]

that ship is RIDICULOUS. daaaaang.

[@NeilH2007]

Great footage

[@Opiuth]

very nice video quality..!

[@cxiong116]

such beautiful view.

[@DarkZeeds]

One day this boat will be mine.. mark my words.

[@longhunter2]

Good position, incredible ship !

[@KingR3aper]

I actually...disagree with that. The zoom is pretty crappy and digital, but the camera quality is freaking nice. Especially at the beginning. All sharp and clear...sexy. And yes the ship is nice.

[@selenagomez7760]

i was on board in last week that was so cool

[@killeri000]

Earlier, largest ships we're built in Britain (like Titanic, Olympic...) Nowadays, largest ships are built in finland.

[@tyronenunes]

NUUUUUuuuuu que zoom é esse menino ? kkkk '' mto Bom ! xD

[@ipathan]

Nice Video and great shoot. If you don't mind telling us what kind of camera you used?

[@Madathemad612]

amazing

[@R0Om101]

Nice zoom camera you have, there ;o)

[@KasimFatmi]

nice cam.

[@rattinh]

Eu vou nele dia 10 de abril, rumo ao Caribe!!!!!! São 6 brasileiras, embarcando com a camisa do BRASILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL

[@killeri000]

@tupsumato Yes'', tai siis niin, laiva on tehty suurilta osin Suomessa, mutta on se kumma jos joku Laiva tehdään juuri Amerikassa, niin joka puolella on USAn lippuja ja kas kun ei laivan nimitekstin alla lue made in USA, mutta kun jotain vastaavaa kuten juuri tämä laiva tehdään Suomessa, ei sitä mainosteta missään, kuin jossain laivan teknisten tietojen luettelossa, että se on tehty Suomessa. Suomalaisia tuotteita ei mainostete kovinkaan paljoa ulkomailla...

[@dodge889]

wow i am going to see this ship i will be on the norwegian epic august 28th

[@elbarto1997]

yes, there is enough life boats, they have a capacity of 500 people each boat

[@joshroxas]

very nice camera....

[@Rudibway]

U have a very good camera

[@DonQuixotec]

@sintra73 Fucking awesome dude. You must have huge patience in your work. But I bet the feeling of accomplishment when a ship is ready is one of the greatest things happening in your life. I am amazed by the engineering abilities that is needed to build such technological wonders. By the way, what are the small boats around it spraying water for?

[@StrangeAmbitionMedia]

Move the ship out of the asteroid field so that we can send a clear transmission. Don't fail me again Admiral Piett..

[@tickdog2k7]

@garfic couldnt have put it better myself. its a nice 720p camera

[@molaitis]

Probably that man has a digital photocamera like mine. I have the Canon PowerShot SX1. Can take photos during video. You can get too, frame video with 2mpix but if you take picture like him, will be with 10mpix size

[@sdanovikov]

I hope the owner of Oasis will not say: "Even God can not drawn this ship!" =)))

[@caad1960]

what camara do you use??? is beauthiful film

[@oMgmAooNmanNe]

wow :O

[@Babyrocko1908]

Can you tell me which location you filmed this from?

[@4624tone]

@DonQuixotec Hey not to butt in, but i asked same thing on another video, its ceremonial, when a ship arrives home, or something like that, i know its ceremonial, sorry i cant spell,lol..

[@iscrapman]

Its soo beautyfull . Anybody knows the life expectancy of such a ship ?

[@Tampa0123456789]

Lord art in heaven. Wholy S***T Thats rediculos. The are moving one of those miami condos on a barge.LOL Great filming who ever you are. Didnt realize how big it was untill i saw saw the passenger on the ship. What are they going to do with the older ships?I mean they are still fairly new.

[@Sim0novi]

YEAH MADE IN FINLAND !

[@jtararo]

I'm building myself one of these

[@DonQuixotec]

@4624tone Ah okay, thanks man!

[@garfic]

ok the ship is good, but wow im impressed for the camera, i can see one guy biting his nose. jajajaj

[@crazyfunkyanna]

Hi!! I would like to know if Oasis of the Seas has any environmental friendly systems aside of the water treatment plant. Like solar panels, or whatever. English is not my natal language so excue me for the mistakes.

[@animeonperseest]

my dad owns a one those, but he's about to upgrade to something a bit roomier.

[@FANTA_FTW]

@Felipeeso a lot of the cruise ships before this was made were bigger then the titanic

[@ian2160]

if they built this huge thing u know they have something build like 1 of the ships in the movie 2012 for natural disaster purposes only

[@fsx926]

I think it was only the crew on that ship am i right?

[@NASWOG]

its just too big...... lol my grandparents went on it in march and they didnt even get to explore the whole thing.

[@MrStefanotuttofare]

@Felipeeso ummmmmmm, I was looking at the number of boats ...... have made the same mistake of titanic?!? I hope not ......

[@guscole]

Brazilian Flag!!!!! Nice!!!!!

[@dvirperets]

i can say 2 things itss theee bigggessssttttr cruise ship i have seeeeeeeen and its fucking hotel on the seaaaa

[@Cowgirlchev]

what is the purpose of the boats spraying water?

[@marciozack]

Can someone tell me how fast can it go? In Kilometers por hour please? Thanks Marcio - Brazil

[@samn100]

Big.

[@SSaNNEE100]

Made in Finland ;)

[@ElioFrankAnthony]

But is there enough life boats??????????

[@fabioblazius]

there's a 350 v8 fited in to move this....

[@vindaloo9]

@MrDeepeye good thing it wasn't made in Taiwan! it would have sunk

[@fireoil]

oasis of the see titanic's return

[@MrPaki1996]

@SAMoyses why?

[@killeri000]

No lot of parts are made in finland, electronics from Europe and lights&spotlights from china

[@caraco008]

queria ta ai

[@x360ps2rulzz]

God himself coudn't sink this ship. AWWWWWW SHIIIITTT

[@livefreeinuk1]

2 people can't afford to go on the ship

[@Baelzar]

Yeah...you're a Carnival fan? Maybe we shouldn't listen to your cruise ship advice.

[@deedeh]

sempre tem brasileiro no meio

lucky and rich people are there now lol

[@aviationfan6776]

wtf...ok the biggest cruise ship ever is right infront of us and lest talk about dodge ball

[@metroduced]

Look bigger that piramides

[@agostinopitturru1981]

fa freddo lassu'.....

[@SeAnTrO1c]

lol..... there is too much lifeboats!!! theres 18 lifeboats all.... sooo.... 18x370= 6660!! so all the persons on board and let your dog join cause it have extra capacity!

[@leomaxi]

BRAZIL O/

[@swabi2007]

shit boat..

[@SeeMyJoinDate]

imagine a yacht that big only for you... lol *-*