Royal Caribbean has provided some interesting factoids about the Central Park atrium.
Celebrity's Solstice-class ships may boast the first-ever real grass lawns at sea, but Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas will have the first-ever park, filled with plants, trees and flowers. It's no easy task to plant a garden on a cruise ship, so we asked Denise Eichmann -- Senior Project Manager for Ambius, the landscape contractor in charge of creating Central Park -- how it's done.
Central Park was designed by landscape architect firms Wilson Butler Architects and Waterfield Design Group, and Ambius' job is to make their vision a reality. That means selecting which plant varieties to use (researching salt tolerance in plants and working with the USDA to find plants unlikely to transport pests and diseases between Florida and the Caribbean), getting the flora grown, transporting it to the port and loading it onto the ship.
Take a closer look at the process with our Central Park fun facts -- by number!
46: The number of large planter beds onboard Oasis of the Seas. The beds are constructed with knee-high stone walls and false bottoms, under which you'll find the electrical, irrigation and drainage systems.
Would you like to have Eva's job. Poor baby! Ya gotta do what ya gotta do!
4: The number of full-time gardeners sailing with Oasis of the Seas. Ambius' Eva Matos will sail with the ship for its first 30 days at sea, training the gardeners and keeping an eye on the greenery. After that, she'll be on and off the ship, checking in on turnaround days and, if necessary, joining the ship for a week here and there to troubleshoot. Passengers will see the gardeners working in Central Park on every cruise. Feel free to ask questions!
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