A ceremony marking the event was held at the STX shipyard in
Saint-Nazaire, France, where the ship will be built. Royal Caribbean Cruises Chair
and Chief Executive Officer Richard D. Fain, Royal Caribbean International
President and CEO Adam Goldstein and STX France CEO Laurent Castaing were among
those in attendance.
“We have built 12 ships for Royal Caribbean and are
extremely proud of the strength of our relationship,” Castaing said. “Oasis 3
is one of the biggest challenges ever undertaken in the history of our company
and our teams are excited and ready to make this a successful project.”
The new vessel will join sister-ships Oasis of the Seas and Allure
of the Seas, which were introduced in 2009 and 2010, respectively. The two
ships have 225,282 GRT and 16 decks with 2,700 staterooms, as well as 82-foot-long
zip line, a handcrafted carousel, elevating bars, high-diving performance venues
and a “Central Park” with more than 12,000 live trees and plants. “The
Oasis-class ships have fundamentally changed the cruising landscape,” Fain
said. “We are delighted to be offering a third Oasis-class vessel for our
guests as well as to be back at STX France after such a long tradition of
building amazing ships together.”
The new ship is expected to be delivered in mid-2016. Royal
Caribbean has said more details of the vessel will be revealed in the coming
months.
