Inside One Of The MOST EXPENSIVE Cruise Ships In The World
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- It takes a staff of 2,400 people working day and night to keep Royal Caribbean’s Symphony of the Seas sailing. From tiny cruise-ship kitchens, chefs whip up 30,000 meals a day. All waste onboard is dealt with in secret, crew-only areas of the ship. And the engine room and captain’s bridge work together to power and move the floating city. We go below deck on one of the world’s largest cruise ships.
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I went on a cruise on Harmony of the Sea in October. I loved everything about the trip. Nothing negative. Anxiously awaiting my next cruise. . The crew were outstanding. The food absolutely the best. Love , Love , Love. And I an older lady of 76.
What was your itinerary?
Did you go alone?
@@krissto22 no. I went with 20 other people
I wish I could get my wife to go on a cruise. I too am 76.
I'm a cruiser and have taken many. I just recently done Encore ( Norwegien) . i went solo. My first solo, i just wanted to try it out. I loved the solo cabin. The ship had over 4'000 people, way more than i was use to. It was not enjoyable. They nickeled and dimed you for everything. The morning of the last day was a pain and took forever, so many people waiting to get off the ship, not good. My best cruise experinces would have to be Princess from out of San Francisco. Smaller ships and less people to me are by far much enjoyable. You pay all that money why not enjoy : less people, chaos, quality of food, able to move around, can go freestyle wben it comes to dinning, can go to any show and it's enough sitting for everyone, you are not nickle and dimed. This ship is just toooooooooooooo much. I love people and getting to know the crew, that means alot to me. I'm 65 and i love being at sea and dressing up ( Captain's night). God bless you all.
I did Haromny out of Miami, first cruise, 6000 people, 2500 crew, most of the time I kept asking where is everybody? The only time we saw a crowd was when we were going into the shows, even then it took only minutes to get in and get a seat. Still amazes me to this day how so few people we saw. Boarding and disembarkation was literally walk on and off, very little queuing. Being a lover of the sea and ships, the one thing i was dissappointed with was it looked more like a block of flats than a ship, so you never really got the feeling of being on board a ship.
O my I'm new to cruising.., I never been so thank you for warning me🎉🎉🎉
It's Vegas on the high seas. From the moment you board the fleecing begins.
It still amazes me how something so massive can float. Same with massive planes flying. Great video!
I do not see how being on a ship with over 8000 people can be an enjoyable vacation. Not to mention not relaxing.
Same
It's a city with parties everywhere. To some people drinking and partying are fun and enjoyable
I agree. A smaller, more intimate ship is more appealing
Just think if you are a younger male and female approx 19-32 than the partying life might be good for you. But if you are 33-75 than you might enjoy relaxing , eating and exploring, that park looked nice. And of course if you are 5-18 you would go nuts over the fun in the water park. What I am saying there is something for everyone.
That's your opinion because you never went on a cruise.
Way too large for me. In 2022 we took at Viking cruise from Sweden around the Baltic to Denmark, Poland, Germany and Norway. The ship had seven hundred passengers on it, not seven thousand! And once you sail on Viking you can't go back.... no kids, no casinos, no fees to eat in special restaurants, no art shows, no roaring tunes by the pool, it was lovely.
You must try this one too to be able to compare with fairness.
That does sound nice!
That is the most horrifying idea of a “vacation.”
Mind blowing what it takes to facilitate these cruises BUT ....
I'm with you...last comment. The thought of being trapped on a ship with 6 thousand people, is NOT my idea of relaxing 😳 Give me a cabin in the woods 😌
Damn right at least there I know to bring my best friend Heckler & Koch (I know weird name he's German). Yup he's .40 and has 12 little kids with him. God I love that guy!
stupid gun mentality
Think of the waste this thing produces and the food it takes? its vulgar.
I've been on Symphony of the Seas as well as the new Wonder of The Seas, Oasis of the Seas and Spectrum of the Seas. The Oasis class ships are just amazing. I have never felt overwhelmed except during high-lunch times if going to buffets. I don't use the pools, instead I just spend my time relaxing by drinking, walking, seeing shows and taking my time. There are plenty of areas to find solace, the ships are so huge you don't realize there are thousands (except during launch/end day). I enjoy city life, so these ships bring that level of familiarity on my trips. Don't get me wrong, you wont get the same level of personal service as you do on a smaller ship or a luxury cruise, but if you want to experience what it might be like going on a intergalactic cruise of the future, these ships are it!
If you need someone to carry your baggage give me a ring.
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You must have the bucks to cruise I guess.
@@MissX905 I just save for one trip per year and go during off season. Usually costs me around $2000 in total with all costs. I get interior cabins which saves me a lot unless I get a deal for a balcony.
"Jack I'm flying"
having fun on a floating petri dish .. never in my life..
Righti feel the samw if its an out break of anything it wont be good
An amazing ship!! Cruised on her September '23 out of Barcelona. She is "All That!"
Convinced me to never be in a port when this ship is there.
What they're doing to ports that were once enjoyable is total wreckage.
What a logistics nightmare. Absolutely amazing.
Yes and if the world wide grid goes down how will they be able to view any of the monitors to see what the parts of the ship are doing? It would cause chaos on the ship
I appreciate the English voice over. Thank you!
This was a thoroughly enjoyable and at times jaw-dropping tour of a floating city that operates at a Five Star level.
Except we saw only men washing dishes, shelling lobster, not a single shot of a plate served to a passenger, or people enjoying the sun poolside, having a drink in a lounge, enjoying the ocean and sunshine!! It was only workers and kitchens, engine rooms, launbdries, etc! I saw nothingt that a passenger on a cruise on this ship would actually enjoy. They mentioned the gym but failed to show any shot of it. Same for ports--we saw a dock, but never why we'd love to visit that town, city, or country. Like they were trying to attract buyers or workers, not passengers. WEIRD.
Thank you for a wonderful tour of Icon! My younger brother, his daughter and I were on the Inaugural Sailing of Icon back in January and had an absolutely amazing time. Seeing your video just makes me want to get on board all over again as 7 days was simply not enough time to see and do everything that beautiful ship has to offer. I know Icon isn't for everyone, but it certainly is a ship worth checking out if you love to cruise in style!
I've cruised a few times, and I still found this video amazing! I gather that the original video was narrated in Russian, and you've done an excellent job in overdubbing it in English.
One exception: the USA and UK pronunciation of "quay wall" is "key wall", NOT "KWAY wall"!!
@@butchieblock9118
True, but you'll hear it pronounced KWAY even by native English speakers.
thanks
Thank you for showing us the ship but I think is a it is a monstrosity!
This is straight out of H.G. Wells's Time Machine, in which there are two classes of people. "The Eloi live a banal life of ease on the surface while the Morlocks live underground, tending machinery and providing food, clothing, and inventory for the Eloi."
I could not imagine anything worse than cruising in these enormous vessels! They look like larger versions of live sheep and cattle transport ships.
Great insight in all key components of that Gigantic Ship!
Looks like a container ship for people!
Tinned salmon ...
I can only imagine the amount of leftovers and food wastage from this ship and what it can do to the millions of children dying of hunger all across the world.
As a matter of fact, most companies have agreements with on land association to which they give the leftovers so that they are not wasted.
Thanks Obama!
It's absolutely obscene to even think about it
My thoughts exactly. It's floating bloated excess!
Thanks to Russian journalist Vershinin Aleksey and his team for bringing us on a super interesting visit of Royal Caribbean's giant of a ship and all the places traveler's don't see like the helm, kitchens, mechanical rooms, etc. fascinating!
The only thing I don't agree with is saying staff are well paid, quite the contrary, they often work 12 hour days, 6 days a week and share windowless rooms on the bottom of the ship.
Cruise lines don't respect their crew enough.
Profits and shareholders.
Well, they might be well paid if you are a Russian. At least, one who isn’t a computer geek writing code, be it malware or something good.
We never saw a single shot of where passengers will spend their 3 to 5 days or whatever. Thousands of passengers and not a room, much less the chance to compare the classes, only one empty ordering tablet in a bar--no lounge with a view. This could have been a skanky old hotel in Vegas because passengers never see laundries, water distilleries, engines... Where were the reasons we'd want to be there?
Having not crewed on one of these ships I can't comment with experience, but there are compensations to all this. Some passenger-facing crew receive "tips." These include servers/waitstaff in the dining rooms (not the cafeterias though), and the stewards who see to maintaining passenger cabins. All of the crew receive food and accommodation as part of their compensation -- in other words, they eat and sleep for free, unlike the passengers. Most of the crew are from countries where people are not paid as well as people in Western countries. Yes, they have to work hard and don't get much experience of the places they sail to, but consider other occupations where this is also the case. Most of the crew on US Navy aircraft carriers, for instance, almost never go out on deck, and live in similar, perhaps even less comfortable conditions. And unlike the Navy, cruise workers do have limited recreation facilities for their own use, out of sight of the passengers.
I've cruised several times, and in conversations with many cruise workers I found that most of them had been working on these ships for years -- if they were mistreated or too poorly paid, they obviously wouldn't continue to do this work. They are not slaves.
Excellent story, high information density, every second interesting. I imagine the worst part of a cruise is 10,000 people disembarking in a tiny Caribbean port. Maybe better to just stay onboard.
Its like a giant city. I'm used to much smaller, but wouldnt mind trying it once to see how I like it. It looks beautiful.
It looked like a scifi movie of a crowded dystopian human processing factory. Nothing enjoyable, just engines, washing dishes and sheets, and the computers they use to operate the ship. That's nice, esp for technically minded folks, but the US offers no "5th-grade physics classes! 12th grade for kids who complete 3+ years of algebra, geometry, trigonometry, calculus (simultaneously w/physics) and biology, chemistry. My engineer ex would like this but even he would love to see the plates of food passengers would be served more than workers removing lobster shells. Was this doc made for executives at the cruise line to learn their side of the cruising experience? Ice skating instead of swimming pools was a bizarre touch--perhaps what Russians might do on a cruise, but def not where others would spend their time at sea! They go on cruises ton escape snow and ice. Swimming pools, sunbathing, eating, maybe a scuba diving adventure, perhaps dinner, drinks and dancing in the evening, and a stroll around the decks in the moonlight? Things they can't do back in Minnesota or Wisconsin in February...
Thanks for the arrow on the thumbnail. I was looking for the ship and that saved me a lot of time.
You couldn't pay me to set foot on that deathtrap.
That's what it is! It's not beautiful, it's not even nautical.It's a floating toilet.
Great video - lots of detailed info. Was just on S of S March 2024 and she was amazing... food options, various bars, many workers are all awesome! Never once did we feel overwhelmed by how many passengers were on board or on a certain deck. Moved around freely most of the time and enjoyed everything the ship had to offer!
Awesome video. Extremely edifying and great insight into this Goliath. I also enjoyed the script of the narration.
If you watch various cruise review channels, the main problem with huge ships like this (whether or not you like the idea of being in a floating hotel/mall/amusement park with thousands of other people) is that you have to reserve ahead for meals and shows or get on line and wait, or risk missing out. And embarking/disembarking is also slow because of all the people. That does not sound relaxing or fun.
We have never had a problem with any of that, though my wife and I do like the more personal touch a smaller upper-end cruise provides.
Not necessarily every meal needs reservation. If anything, reservations help the cruise to efficiently manage resources.
I went on a cruise as a young teen and more than half the shiit you said is a lie....and it was carnival cruise which isn't known as the best to say the least😂😂 didn't have to make reservations for food, everything was on a timed schedule and we didn't have to wait in lines to get into anywhere or to do anything.
@@BigZoe99
I was on a Carnival Cruise and they had several restaurants. One of them was a self serve cafeteria so there was very little waiting. The food wasn’t gourmet but wasn’t bad considering it was included in the reasonable price I paid for the cruise.
Exactly! It's a mid-range hotel wrapped around a shopping mall with an amusement park on the roof... and several thousand people trying to squeeze into ten hot tubs. And then you disembark with 15K other tourists and try to squeeze into souvenir shop and grab a fast food meal of "authentic" local cuisine before you have to get back onboard. But I suppose if that's one's thing, go for it. I do wonder what the food is like but with that many people to feed, I doubt they do much better than Applebee's or TGIFridays.
Hell on Earth! How anyone can enjoy being surrounded by 8000 people on a floating shopping mall is beyond me.
I know I would not like it.
yep, I have been on two cruise, neither was really enjoyable, all they do on board is try to sell you stuff, and then they drop you in a third world port, were the natives try to sell you stuff! Namely drugs and cheap junk souvenirs made in china! I would only cruise the Rhine in Europe, if I ever cruised again!
Especially when Covid strikes and ports refuse disembarkation.
Why bother watching then ?
That's a whole lot of lifeboats !!!
We love Alexey Vershinin ever since we first saw him on Largest Offshore Oil Platform. He really connects with his audience and brings his enthusiasm front and center. More Alexey Please....
Sure, you love terrorussian scums.
Russian is a murderer...
A place where you Eat Sleep and Shiit and not necessarily in that order😂
By far the best vacation I’ve ever been on! I absolutely loved this ship and have sailed on it twice. Next for me is Wonder and then Icon!
But how much does it cost?
@@vanessapagan9526 I paid $2,600 total for a gorgeous ocean view balcony stateroom. But I’ve seen prices as low as $800 for an inside cabin.
Varies
I am left speechless of this incredibly ship. Never knew that this kind of technology exist. I definitely want to go on this ship for a cruise.
One giant petrie dish for Covid and Gastro outbreaks. I see the cruise lines have abandoned their no buffet rule. So it's only a matter of time. NZ just banned a Carnival cruise ship from entering any NZ port because of the buffet back down. They had 20 cases in isolation after only three days out from Australia.
Oh no not Covid! Get over it dude it was all bullshit. Make sure you go get another booster or three though.. our collective lives depend on you doing so..
6000 people on my vacation....?😅
No way.
A pietri dish of bacteria.
Drunks😮 crazy people on one big ass boat😅 not for me❤ I prefer the Four Seasons....
With king bed... overlooking the aquamarine Waters❤❤
With my cocktail and appetizers in hand❤
The tonnage the author mentioned is actually gross tonnage. It is a measurement of enclosed volume rather than displacement. The displacement of the ship is actually about half of that number, close to 100000 metric tons.
I want you guys to know... I thoroughly enjoyed this video and this ship. This will be my first cruise ship when I plan out my cruise..... I'm very very impressed.... ❤❤❤
All I can say is wow more than phenomenal.
Super great video
Like being locked inside a hotel. All fun and games until the plumbing fails😅
What
And they do
Get a balcony room. High up.
Amazing, jaw dropping monster! Amazing logistic management too, plus the scale of work, how everything is produced, done and contrrollod in the ship. I m from 🇫🇮, and was still amazed the level of engineering ot takes to manufactire the ship with hundreds of thousand elements! Few days ago the newest cruiser for Caribia from Meyer dockyards in Turku, Finland. That ship is even bigger and more fine tubed than any cruiser before. The cost of manufacturing was over 1billion dollars! Does this make sense to build this huge, moving entertainment centers? Well, maybe not, but the demand is there. So... Bigs get bigger.
@Capo51 Couldn't agree more sir. Small typos: controlled*, manufacture*
@@The_Beast_666What weirdo.
@@The_Beast_666 Uncalled-for Nitpicking....! AND I spelled everything correctly !
Extremely fascinating. Salute
A video of a ship personnel's day at work as well as of their quarters and personal time would be awesome. I loved this video by the way, thank you.
I'm not sure why you would want to see videos of the personnel sleeping.
Too big; too crowded.
Each to their own. For me, this is a waking nightmare.😮
The ship was awesome, first cruise and I loved it!!!
I find this information fascinating 🤗
Conspicuous Consumption--Reminds me of Al Gore & John Kerry flying around in private jets while lecturing us on Global Warning.
And Cheney/Bush ever gave a damn about the environment?😆😅🤣!
@@stanleyhornbeck1625 You are not comparing " Like Variables"--Cheney/Bush did not lecture on Saving the Planet and how evil we are for using cars& air craft--then get use private limousines & jets.
I've just embarked from Sympathy of the Seas! She is amazing! Thank you for all the ships facts and look through the parts passengers don't visit! She also docks at Ft. Lauderdale.
Wow that's really incredible and lots of information hope to see you on the ship soon sa
9,000 people on a ship? NO THANKS!
Might as well just hang out in your hometown.
Gotta admit that's impressive on a certain level. But it sure ain't for me. When and if I "go to sea" I go for peace and quiet... and as few people around me as possible.
If I wanted this kind of experience, I'd go to Las Vegas.
This was a great video! Amazing Ship 4 sure! I hope 1 day to go on a 2 weeks out just for some time away ♥️
I was terrified when he started playing with the mooring lines
Not just no, hell no!!!
People must like these monster ships to book it. Can't think of anything worse than a floating hotel x amusement park. Hideous!
excellent coverage, well explained
Nice vibs.👌.
Amazing cruise ship"!!"
Its much too big. Have been on 4 cruises but definitely dont want to go on a cruise with more than 3000 people. This one is top heavy. Dangerous when the seas are rough.
agree
Not at all
Been on three cruises and after two days…I’m ready to come back to land. Love the land
I'd quit going on them after the 1st cruise if I wanted to be back on land after only 2 days lol
This ship is amazing 👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯💯
Excelente !! Muy buena explicación !!!
Looks to me more a huge block of inner city flats.
Maybe it has to be, in order to offer bargain prices.
But being in a city myself, I see that scene every day - it's not what I could put up with, when I'm also on holiday.!!!
They float the same monstrosity on the seas and call it a wonder .
For those that cruise, know that any tip you leave on your credit card goes to the 'ship'. The worker doesn't get it and they may work like 100 hours in a week for $200. Discretely tip them in cash, if they are seen taking it they will be told to turn that into the 'ship'.
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Very well done spectacular ocean liner. Great video
very nice, Thank you for the info.
I am blown away by this ship/video. Extremely impressed with all of it, from the ships engineering to the enormously well trained crew!
U KNOW ITS ONE THING MAKING THE VIDEO AN ITS ANOTHER OUT ON OCEAN AN WHO KNOWS WHATS GONE HAPPEN. I WOULD NOT GET ON THIS DISASTER SHIP IT I WON EVERYTHING FREE TICKET I’D SALE FOR THE MONEY. NO SHIP FOR ME EVER. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Wouldn’t that ship be top heavy?
Wow. Look very cruise ship and huge.❤
After watching this, I'll say some people deserve to be rich because they don't even sleep. Good job guys with love and hugs from Cameroon 🇨🇲🇨🇲
What on earth would make a person want to get on a ship with hundreds of people they haven't seen or will never see again and call it a vacation. I would call a nightmare
Extroverts. They need to fill every waking moment with external stimulation. Think Burning Man.
You’ve obviously never tried it. It’s awesome.
@@lucabrasi5070 you right and I'll never put myself even close to doing it
So do tell where you have traveled where there is no people
@@Peichen01 stay to myself away from people and I'm a happy man
Trapped with 6,000 other people for days in the middle of an ocean. Nice.
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂
Believe it or not, you really don't see all 6000 people. I just completed a cruise on the Allure of the Seas (similar in size) and felt very relaxed. I'll go so far as to say that debarking at the end of the cruise, ( which can be very hectic), went so smoothly, It was a breeze. It was very well organized and done quickly. Don't knock it until you have tried it.
great translation and footage. most channels do not go to the point of manufacture as these guys have, engineering, assembly, trasport...excellent presentation
Food prep is amazing
I kind of wish these huge ships would make cabins bigger instead of cramming more small cabins in
They have small cabins because they need to cram as many people on their ships. Plus they don't want passengers hanging out in their cabins they want them out spending $ in the shops, casino etc. Make as much $ as possible to heck with cabin comfort lol
Well done! This documentary convinced me to book a vacation at the SYMPHONY OF THE SEAS! **I wish our port here in San Diego could handle super cruise ships like the SOS.
We just visited San Diego this week for the first time on the Princess Discovery. Downtown San Diego was beautiful. One of only a few cities outside of Canada I’d move to.
Thank you! We are very proud of our city. It's not perfect yet, but we are working very hard to make it safe and attractive to locals and tourists.@@1486230
Looking forward to make a try on this ship
I salute this workers work in this mega ships 🚢
Looks so safe, not to say unsinkable.
Amazing tour. Thanks.
Damn, each generation gets bigger and bigger.
I don't imagine they can get much bigger since they still have to fit into ports lol.
Go Kabayan.. Filipino High quality workers
Enjoyed!
It has been five years since Ive been on Symphony but, Iam going back on her really soon. Captain Rob and his crew have done a beautiful job running that ship. Every inch is just absolutely beautiful. People who call it a monstrosity havent been on it. That ship has a space for everyone individually and then some. Try finding that on another boat. I betcha that you cant!
It is a monstrosity and why would going on board change my view? Ugh
We never saw one of those spaces on this doc! Not a swimming pool, a lounge, and the only bar was empty, just an ordering tablet. Not a room, a spa, a massage, a sauna.
The only entertainment was a performance on the ice, with ice skating during the day--what passengers are getting away from. No sunshine except on the docks, and no ports of call, just the dock. Antiseptic?
Do they go places where people can visit a white sandy beach or scuba dive? Do people lounge in the sun by the pools? Or just shoot thru a water tube in a dystopian world--we never saw a room in any price range, and not a balcony or a window!
The videos posted by employees of cruise lines of their rooms and jobs are more inviting than this behind the scenes doc that forget what was in front of the scenes, why we;'d want to be there.
Interesting episode but several times the audio cut off for 30 some seconds. Really annoying
Just got off of her in Barcelona after doing a B2B in the Med. Actually, the Wonder of the Seas is a tad larger than Symphony, but she is our FAV for sure!!!
I happen to have a 16 foot v bottom....thanks,you given me some great ideas,thanks for posting
Ship looks like a monstrosity. Or should I say Ship IS a monstrosity.
The gullible find it impressive.
And those that have actually been on it, love it.
The biggest critics in the comments are complaining about how crowded it is and yet are the same ones that have never been on this amazing ship. How does that work? 🤷♂️
Keyboard commandos
Very well presented documentary
I may be only 11 but i have lots of experiences of cruises, i have been on 4 cruises, and symphony of the seas and oasis of the seas have been my favorite ones so far. 10/10 would recommend if you can.(try the robot bartender on oasis of the seas if you manage to go)
Impressive ship
It is a barge with a low level booze cruise resort building plonked on top.
It would be interesting to see, but I feel you do not get a good cruise experience with so many people on these huge ships. The much smaller ships like the old Carnival Jubilee were really the best passenger and crew experience!
It’s an awesome ship - you did not feel as if there were 6k people with you!!
Quay is pronounced 'Kee'
I can tell you’re going off your imagination bcos it far from crowed.
It’s pronounced Kay
You're wrong. I live near Circular Quay and the only morons who pronounce it 'Kay' are tourists.
I fell asleep on the second episode after engulfing so much info on a sofa , love videos like these, just subscribed.
Not a ship I'd ever go on to. When something goes wrong no one is there to take responsibility.
This ship is very beautiful and relaxing and much more I was on it and I really enjoyed it and I had a good time and I can’t wait to go back again 😅
The biggest cruise ship in operation, is the Wonder of the Seas, who being the same size has 120 more cabins on board making it the largest until January 2024 when the Icon of the Seas will become the largest cruise ship of history. Just for the record.
Obviously you didn't read how they determine the large ship has nothing to do with size
I wonder if Science will do a video for Icon? Then later for Utopia coming in July?
All I can think about is
THE STRAW THAT BROKE THE CAMELS BACK LOL
BIGGER IS NOT ALWAYS BETTER. I cannot fathom the thought about stormy weather and rogue waves and winds and the thought of uneven weight contributions!!!
I envision the sides collapsing into the sea it’s a fright of a sight to me.
very cool to see what is going on underneath an ice rink