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Entries for November 2009




If the Borgata Could Float

November 24, 2009 03:25 PM ET | Eric Levin | Permanent Link

Reporting from Deck 5 (of 17) of the world's largest cruise ship, the Oasis of the Seas, on its maiden voyage from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It's hard to describe how big this ship is. Numbers (like 1,184 feet long) don't do it justice. Imagine, instead, being on the 17th floor of the Borgata or one of the other big AC casino hotels. And you look out the window and see nothing but ocean, and although the ship is making 20 knots or more, you feel no more sense of movement than if you were in a Boardwalk hotel.

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