FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida: Royal Caribbeans new Oasis of the Seas is the largest, widest, tallest, most expensive cruise ship afloat, a cornucopia of amusements aimed at quashing the notion that cruising is a sedentary vacation, said chief executive Richard Fain. Ravens Williams Jersey . Oasis of the Seas, the worlds largest and newest cruise ship, navigates through a ship channel as a crowd cheers, headed for its home port nearby in Port Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Florida as seen from a park in Dania Beach, Florida November 13, 2009. The ship, constructed in Finland, is owned by Royal Caribbean International. [Agencies] Then he donned swim trunks, jumped on a boogie board and challenged fellow executives to a contest in one of the Oasis two FlowRider pools that simulate surfing. Ive never been a believer in building it big just for sizes sake. We build large because weve had so many ideas they simply dont fit in a smaller hull, Fain said. The $1.4 billion Oasis of the Seas, the worlds biggest cruise ship, enters service during the industrys worst year in decades but is so exuberantly excessive that Fain predicts it will be profitable from day one. Oasis is a floating resort that eclipses the condo towers it sails past at its new home, Port Everglades in southeast Florida. The 225,282-gross-ton ship has 16 passenger decks and can carry 6,292 passengers plus 2,165 crew. Related readings:  Worlds largest cruise ship delivered  Largest cruise ship squeezes under Danish bridge It has rock-climbing walls, a basketball court, an ice skating rink, a carousel with hand-carved wooden animals, a shopping promenade lined with cafes and bars, cantilevered whirlpools overlooking the sea and a Central Park with 12,000 live plants and trees. An amphitheater surrounds a deep-diving pool on the stern, where high-divers and synchronized swimmers perform. Passengers can harness themselves onto the zip line and soar across the ship above an open-air atrium nine decks high and lined with balconied cabins. One of its many bars, the Rising Tide, floats up and down between three decks, while a touring company performs the Broadway musical Hairspray in the 1,380-seat theater. The Oasis, which starts its inaugural voyage on December 5, was six years in the making and arrives at a time when cruise lines are cutting rates to fill berths. Net yields, a measure of revenue generated per bed per day, were down 16 percent during the first nine months of 2009 for the major companies, Carnival, Royal Caribbean and Norwegian Cruise Line, said Rod McLeod, a vacation management consultant who has held senior management posts at all three lines. Over the last 20 years, thats the steepest level of year-over-year declines in yields, which is understandable given whats happened in the worldwide economy, said McLeod, now with McLeodApplebaum Partners in Miami. The cruise lines are cautiously predicting 2010 will be less awful, with yields down by only 7 or 8 percent.    Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page      Previous Page 1 2 3 Next Page   Authentic Darren Sproles Jersey . Prado, who was activated from the 15-day disabled list prior to the game, had three hits and scored three times in his return to the lineup for the Braves, who have won three in a row and eight of 10 overall. Diory Hernandez hit the second homer of his career in the victory. Ravens Anquan Boldin Jersey . The club also waived linebacker Lamar Myles and wideout Andy Strickland. A fifth-round pick in 2005, Seward registered 20 tackles on defense and 29 special teams tackles in 40 games over the past four seasons with Carolina. Authentic Bengals Jersey . 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Vancouver has a 3-1 lead after a 4-3 win in Game 4 at HP Pavilion on Sunday. The Canucks won the first two games of the series on home ice and are 6-3 in front of their fans in the playoffs. The Sharks historically dont go quietly when faced with a 3-1 deficit. Theyve been in this position three times, but pushed the series to six games twice (2008 against Dallas and 2009 against Anaheim). But they are 0-2 when facing elimination in the Western Conference Finals. Something has to give in Game 5 Tuesday at Rogers Arena (9 p.m. ET, Versus, CBC, RDS), but several questions will first have to be answered: 1. Do the Sharks have any life left in them? Joe Thornton is banged up. Dany Heatley, Devin Setoguchi and Joe Pavelski have given the Sharks a whole lot of nothing through four games. Antti Niemi is coming off a game in which he allowed four goals on 13 shots. San Joses power play has gone into hibernation. No, it does not look good for Todd McLellans team, but that doesnt mean the season ends Tuesday night. For everything that went wrong in Game 4, including the 0-for-5 on the power play in the games first 24 minutes and the NHL record three 5-on-3 goals allowed, San Jose closed the game in a positive way by scoring twice in the final 13 minutes. The Sharks also peppered Roberto Luongo with 35 shots on goal, including 17 in the third period. Yes, it was a loss -- but no, it wasnt all that bad. The Sharks have to look at their third period in Game 4 as a building block going into Game 5. "If you watch the playoffs this year momentum is game to game, so if you want to build momentum you do it with a good start," Sharks left wing Ryane Clowe told NHL.com. "I dont think momentum from the last game means anything. If anything it might show us what things we need to do 5-on-5, but as far as momentum, we need to create that in the first 10 minutes tonight." 2. Can a clearly injured Thornton be a factor? Thornton is showing a lot of guts by playing in Game 5 after suffering what looked like a separated shoulder in Game 4. He has to be in serious pain, yet he knows its the playoffs and says now is the time when you have to lay it all on the line. He deserves credit. Actually, what hes about to do Tuesday night demands credit. But its also fair to ask if its the right decision. If Thornton is playing with basically one healthy shoulder as we suspect, then how effective is he going to be on faceoffs? How strong will he be when hes getting bodied up by Ryan Kesler? This is not an injury thats hidden. Everybody knows what it is. Canucks defenseman Kevin Bieksa said that much when he was asked if Vancouver should be extra physical on Thornton because hes hurting. "I dont think we really focus on his shoulder too much," Bieksa said, almost emphasizing that he knew it was a shoulder injury. "Hes a pretty hard guy to hit as it is, pretty slippery. If I get a chance to put him through the boards I do that regardless if he has a sore shoulder or not." Thornton is definitely better than any other option the Sharks have right now and maybe his presence will be an inspiration for his teammates. You have to assume that seeing a healthy player who sees his captain playing hurt, essentially with one arm, will be motivated to bring his best as well. 3. Is Dany Heatley fried or does he have a world-class performance left in him this season? Dany Heatley Right Wing - SJS GOALS: 3 | ASST: 6 | PTS: 9 SOG: 41 | : -2 Put out the APB because Heatley has disappeared. Formerly one of the games most prolific goal scorers, Heatley has only 3 goals and 9 points in 17 playoff games this year. He has the same amount of points as defenseman Ian White, who has played in one fewer game. Heatley, who has a single assist and eight shots on goal against the Canucks, has not been hard on the puck or strong in his attempts to seek out scoring chances. He was demoted to the third line in the third period of Game 4. "Just find a way," Heatley said when asked what he has to do to create chances for himself. "You can look at all the technical stuff, but it doesnt matter. I just have to find a way to get in the open, get shots, get chances -- bottom line." If the Sharks are going to win one more game this season, theyre going to need Heatley on board. Hes too big, too skillful and too important to the club to not show up in the Western Conference Finals. Dallas Cowboys Roy Williams Jersey. "We often say that as a coaching staff about individual players, What more can we do with them? " McLellan said. "Thats a copout as a coaching staff. We have to find ways to make them better, help them. Its up to us to sit with Dany, work with him a little bit, try to find a way to put him in successful situations. Then again, ultimately he has to find a way to do that and produce." 4. How do the Sharks stop the Sedin twins now? Henrik and Daniel are clicking like its the regular season, when the opponent changes on a night-to-night basis and the scouting isnt as focused and narrowed as it should be right now. They have combined for 15 points in this series, including 10 for Henrik and 5 for Daniel. San Jose simply hasnt figured out how to defend these two and its absolutely killing the Sharks. To be fair, defending them successfully right now may be impossible. The twins are in a groove. They are playing off each other better than they have at any point in these playoffs. However, the Sharks have to find a way Tuesday night to slow them down. The best way is to keep the puck off their sticks and make them play defense. Sure its easier said than done, but what other choice does San Jose have? "We cant give them chances on the power play because they have most of their points on the power play," Sharks forward Ryane Clowe told NHL.com. "Thats where theyve been having success in this series against us, so we have to be more disciplined and not give them those opportunities, especially 5-on-3s. In 5-on-5 weve done a pretty good job against the Sedins." 5. Will Christian Ehrhoff play for Vancouver? Will Jason Demers play for San Jose? Ehrhoff, who missed Game 4 with a shoulder injury, did not take part in the Canucks practice at Rogers Arena Tuesday morning. He looked pretty good during his hard skate Monday, when three-quarters of the healthy lineup decided to take the day off, so its too early to rule him out for Game 5. Demers hasnt played yet in this series. He said hes been out with bumps and bruises to his upper body, but hes 100 percent ready to go now and McLellan said "there is a chance" he will play. Demers said he would not have been able to honestly tell the coach he was ready to go in any of the previous games in this round, but now he can. "Im back ready to go, so its a matter of when," Demers said. If Demers is able to play, hell likely go in for Kent Huskins. That should be an easy decision for McLellan even though Huskins hasnt been bad in this series. Huskins was the guy who replaced Demers in the lineup for Game 1. If Ehrhoff is healthy enough to go, Vancouver coach Alain Vigneault will have to make two decisions: 1) Is it worth playing him in a game that technically is not a must-win game for the Canucks? 2) If it is, then who between veteran left-handed defenseman Keith Ballard and rookie righty Chris Tanev moves up to the press box? Ehrhoff is a left-handed shot just like Ballard, but he can play the right side. Vigneault is not comfortable with Ballard playing the right side, but Ehrhoff played on that side when he was with Aaron Rome, so the coach knows he can do it and that way he can keep Ballard in on the left and make that his third pair. Ballard said Tuesday morning that he is going to play, but things can easily change between now and the start of Game 5. 6. How loud will Rogers Arena get? The Canucks home building usually rocks in the regular season and it has been even louder in the playoffs. With a berth in the Stanley Cup Final on the line, the noise inside Rogers Arena may be heart-stopping Tuesday night. To understand how big this is for the people in Vancouver and really all of British Columbia, understand that the Canucks had a reported 4,000 fans make the trip to San Jose for Game 4 on Sunday. They chanted "O Canada" during warm-ups and tried to sing along with the anthem singer prior to the game, though he was going a bit too slow for the group that is used to Mark Donnellys in-arena rendition. It was quite a scene and something you have to assume will only be magnified times 100 Tuesday night when 18,860 fill up the building at 800 Griffiths Way. "This city hasnt been a part of this a lot of time," Henrik Sedin said. "Its been twice and theyve been waiting for a long time. We have, too, so its going to be great." 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