Did anyone catch the article with huge graphics in the March 3rd edition of the Wall Street Journal?
A huge graphical layout of the Oasis of the Seas, with insets containing a ton if interesting facts about the ship.
Some of these included:
- Guests consume 20 gallons of maraschino cherries on each cruise.
- Guests drink about 80,000 bottles of beer during every cruise.
- Every day at 5 p.m., Larry Lindsay from Worcester, England, walks through the main public areas playing his bagpipe.
- The ship has a landing pad for helicopters in case of emergency.
- Crew does laundry (including over 20,000 towels, table cloths and sheets) in the belly of the ship, 24 hours a day.
- While most of the ship's 86,111 square feet of exterior glass is washed by hand, 18 robots wash windows in hard to reach places.
- There are 26 kitchens for 24 restaurants and the staff cafeteria.
- When more Germans are on board, extra pork is ordered. Americans favor chicken and beef.
- Divers, gymnasts, and synchronized swimmers perform in the AquaTheater. The performance gets cancelled weekly due to high seas.
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