Sep 6, 2011
Things You Didn’t Know About: Royal Caribbean’s cruise ship, Oasis of the Seas, weighs in at about 225,000 gross tons and can hold 5,400 passengers. This places is among the very largest cruise ships in the world. But how big is too big? Did you ever stop to think how much energy goes into moving a hulking city-at-sea from destination to sunny destination? Did you ever consider the size of it in comparison to more ordinary, commonplace objects? Have you ever wondered how much food is brought on a voyage, and what is eaten in a general span of time? This is some truly interesting information.
Some people have, obviously, at least if you judge by the following infographic. Luxury cruise liners can be evaluated in size based on several criteria, and taking many different things into consideration. One criteria is the size of a ship compared with the size of another ship, while another might be how many bananas are consumed on board in a year. This infographic is truly an interesting way of depicting some of the details about just how huge cruise ships are and can be. Next time you sail from Port Canaveral, maybe you will remember this infographic and smile.
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