Oasis, which holds 6,400 passengers when full, will be operating two five-night cruises from Barcelo

The line's st andrews scotland and hotels president and chief executive officer Adam Goldstein refused to discuss st andrews scotland and hotels plans for the new vessel, dubbed Oasis 3, but said the cruise line was ‘pleasantly surprised’ by the reaction to Oasis of the Seas’ micro-season in the Mediterranean next autumn.
Oasis, which holds 6,400 passengers st andrews scotland and hotels when full, will be operating two five-night cruises from Barcelona and a seven-night voyage from the Spanish port to Rotterdam in September 2014. It will be the first time an Oasis-class ship has sailed in Europe.
Speaking today at a steel-cutting ceremony for Oasis 3 at the STX Europe st andrews scotland and hotels shipyard in St Nazaire, France, Goldstein said bringing Oasis to Europe had been an ‘experiment’ but demand had been ‘quite promising’.
He added: “We always felt demand would be high but we needed to do it in real life to be sure. We are offering attractive itineraries so we already feel we have the ports we need for Oasis to operate in Europe.”
Because of its size, Oasis will fit into a limited number of ports. The five-night Mediterranean cruises will call at Civitavecchia (for Rome) and Naples, while the seven-night st andrews scotland and hotels voyage to Rotterdam stops at Malaga and Vigo in Spain. st andrews scotland and hotels Goldstein confirmed 2015-16 itineraries would be revealed in early 2014.
Royal Caribbean Cruises chairman and chief executive officer Richard Fain refused to comment on planned features but said the new ship will be ‘fundamentally’ the same as Oasis and Allure of the Seas.