Posted: 04/11/12 09:22 PM ET  |  Updated: 04/11/12 09:22 PM ET

Titanic vs. Oasis Of The Seas: Compare World's Biggest Cruise Ships, Then And Now (GRAPHIC)

The Titanic was the largest liner of its time when it struck an iceberg and slid to a watery grave on April 15, 1912. So how does it compare with the largest cruise ship sailing today, the Oasis of the Seas?

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The Titanic was the largest liner of its time when it struck an iceberg and slid to a watery grave on April 15, 1912. So how does it compare with the largest cruise ship sailing today, the Oasis of th...
The Titanic was the largest liner of its time when it struck an iceberg and slid to a watery grave on April 15, 1912. So how does it compare with the largest cruise ship sailing today, the Oasis of th...
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10:17 PM on 02/12/2013
Some of the comments reflect zero understanding about engineering. No ship is unsinkable, but I'm sure Oasis is safer than most. I'll let you know - I'm sailing on it this weekend. Thanks h6666 for the only first hand comments.
08:41 PM on 08/02/2012
46,328 is not the weight of the Titanic. It is the gross tonnage. A gross ton is one hundred cubic feet of volume, enclosed by the ship.

Titanic was an ocean liner, not a cruise ship. Ocean liners were how you crossed oceans back then.

If the Oasis of the Seas were to lightly scrape something and open up six holds, how unsinkable would she be, and how many lifeboats would they be able to launch.
07:26 PM on 08/02/2012
smaller cruise ships are still so much nicer than being on an apartment block on water like these huge cruise ships now a days
07:30 PM on 04/13/2012
again the good old question :
Does Size Matter ?
to who ?
if we can explain that question for ships may be we can answer in other places too
one thing is sure though
if Titanic was made sinkable , others are too
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Mark Zalewski
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10:20 PM on 04/12/2012
And it's unsinkable...oh wait, nevermind.
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allianceae
Tell the truth and short memory is no problem.
09:37 PM on 04/12/2012
Is it just me or does the Oasis look so top heavy that a big wave could roll that sucker.
11:30 AM on 03/04/2013
It's just you. When they took her out for sea trials, they put the ship through a series of extreme maneuvers, as is the practice with all new ships built for RCL. No matter how radically they turned the ship, they could not get it to heel over more that about 4.5 degrees - and to do that they had to flood the ballast tanks in order to increase the angle. Normally, they try to heel a ship over as much as 10 degrees - but Oasis wasn't having any of that. The ship is 154 feet wide - and so stable that there is almost no deck motion in normal seas.
08:27 PM on 04/12/2012
Nothing like "get away from it all" on a ship larger than most towns. No thanks.
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NYCBruce
A little common sense goes a long way...
08:26 PM on 04/12/2012
That still makes the 100-year-old Titanic one GYNORMOUS steam ship! It's amazing really that the size disparity isn't far GREATER than shown...
07:12 PM on 04/12/2012
I LOVE SHIP TRAVEL....No looking for a place to eat, or a cab that will rip you off getting there....The service and food is very good to great.....Never had a problem.....BUT AS OF LATE, Before I book a trip....I WANT TO KNOW THE CAPTAIN'S NAME.....???......I want to know everything about him since he went to pre school....Kidding of course.....Ship travel is the best you can get for the price......Planes are faster yes....But if you have the time....take the ship....
07:02 PM on 04/12/2012
WOW, however, you couldn't get me on a cruise ship for a million bucks.
06:43 PM on 04/12/2012
I have been on over 75 cruises, many ships, many lines, went on the Oasis about 2 monthes ago, I never want to sail on another ship but that one, the service was impeccable, the options of things to do, amazing, did it feel crowded, not in the least, there were more lounge chairs then guests, never had to worry about finding a spot to sun and relax, unlike most other ships. wamt to be around eople,plenty of places to do that,want complete serenity plenty of places for that too.
Lines for the buffet, none, lines to get off the ship hardly, getting back in port very fast.
I really am not a RCCL fan, but the job they do on the Oasis, is the best I've seen, as far as mass marketing cruise ships, I'm not talking 5 or 6 star here, but then again your not paying 5 or 6 star money either. My opinion, there's Oasis and Allure, and then all the rest.
Just one Big Amazing ship, well engineered,well ran, and easy to get around, and at time you just couldn't figure out where all the people where, and there was 6800 passengers on board that week.
07:03 PM on 04/12/2012
How much did they pay you for this? lol
09:49 PM on 04/12/2012
They didn't, I can't be bought, it's only my opinion
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06:39 PM on 04/12/2012
That is one big ship.

We came home from Europe on board White Star Cunard's Queen Mary II. At 150,000 tons, it is the largest ship we have ever been on. The aisle in front of the cabins is straight, and standing at the stern, looking toward the bow, I was unable to see all the way to the end of the aisle. That is one long passageway.

I do not recommend the QM II; the food was atrocious, and the dress code is not to my liking. It was cheaper than taking a jet plane, and we weren't in a hurry, so it was a reasonable choice at the time.
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covyzoo
here we go again......
06:23 PM on 04/12/2012
I don't think I would want to be on a ship that big with that many people.
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George Spalding
05:23 PM on 04/12/2012
Don't these cruise ships seem a little top heavy? Maybe that's why the Costa Concordia tipped over so easily a couple months ago. Nice ship though I must admit.
05:37 PM on 04/12/2012
I think the enormous gash in the side and the seawater pouring in might have had something to do with it tipping over. ;)
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George Spalding
06:00 PM on 04/12/2012
Then why didn't the Titanic tip over? Once these ships tip over they lose not only half of their life boats but it's also tough to deploy the other half. I still think there is a problem with the center of gravity being too high. Could we build like a "Low-Rider" cruise ship that wouldn't tip so easily?
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avarua57
05:16 PM on 04/12/2012
The Titanic story gives me the heebeejeebees's , casting off and believing the vessel is unsinkable then a few days later being in a situation where the reality is , within a couple of hours Families will be fighting for there lives in the freezing waters of the North Atlantic and they will only live a few minutes after entering the water . The failure of 1912 values and the caste system were exposed on a "Titanic" scale !