Harmony of the Seas

[Uonlyhave2seats]

The code phrase is 'Would you like to purchase a Wing'd Horse of ChavTat?' That usually sorts out the PH old timers. Alternatively I will see you on the CC Roll Call thread.

[MBBlat]

FourWheelDrift said:

Does it really have only 18 lifeboats for over 8,880 people or are there some more elsewhere?

Are they double decker lifeboats?

370 person capacity each, so 6,600 capacity total.
I presume the intention is that at full capacity the crew will use the liferafts - you can see the canisters between the two banks of liferafts.

[j3gme]

Boarding the Queen Victoria on Sunday so will have a look...no doubt it will dwarf the Victoria.

[kuro]

We had a great trip on the anthem of the seas last year which is now the 4th largest after these oasis class liners. Whatever you think of these ships they are impressive feats of engineering. People question the stability of the top heavy designs but the anthem sailed into a severe storm off the east coast of the USA last year and despite the sensational reporting it seemed to come out of it very well.

[ukaskew]

What's it like on board these beasts? 6000+ people brings me out in a sweat, that's twice as many as the village I live in. Do you have to queue for everything and what's it like when thousands disembark in the same place?

[V41LEY]

ukaskew said:

What's it like on board these beasts? 6000+ people brings me out in a sweat, that's twice as many as the village I live in. Do you have to queue for everything and what's it like when thousands disembark in the same place?

Hell on the high seas I should imagine. Thousands of people with their noses in the trough at the all day buffets, watching washed up comics and second rate shows, losing all your money in the casinos and being fleeced in the tacky gift shops.

[yellowjack]

We were in Bournemouth yesterday visiting my MiL, when my wife said "take me to Southampton so I can see that big boat". Now obviously "take me to bed or lose me forever" would have been preferable, but she declined as we were parked outside a care home at the time.

So I set a coastal course through the New Forest and up through Marchwood (secretly hoping to see it from t'other side to avoid driving into Southampton itself). We ended up in the small car park in Mayflower Park next to Gate 8/Birth 101. The 'beast' was alongside the City Cruise Terminal...

...as we drove in to town, we thought we'd spotted it. But that turned to to be "only" Ventura.

Harmony of the Seas is 70 metres longer, 30 metres wider at the beam, and about 110,000 Gross Tonnes bigger than Ventura, with roughly double the passenger capacity. When we realised that the 'building' behind Ventura wasn't a luxury high-rise block of apartments, but the ship we'd come to see, I couldn't help but utter an expletive.

We couldn't see much beyond the stern of the ship from where we were standing...


Harmony Of The Seas alongside in Southampton


And is if on cue...


The NYK Hyperion was hauled up the channel by a couple of tugs, just to lend a sense of scale to the scene

[kuro]

V41LEY said:

ukaskew said:

What's it like on board these beasts? 6000+ people brings me out in a sweat, that's twice as many as the village I live in. Do you have to queue for everything and what's it like when thousands disembark in the same place?

Hell on the high seas I should imagine. Thousands of people with their noses in the trough at the all day buffets, watching washed up comics and second rate shows, losing all your money in the casinos and being fleeced in the tacky gift shops.

Actually it's not like that at all. Yes, the pool decks can get a bit crowded and also the wind jammer restaurant but you soon learn to time things right. The ship is so vast you can always find somewhere quiet to go, the whole operation is very well organised and the food is amazing. There is a royal carribean shop on board for cheap souvenirs but also a lot of designer outlets for clothes, jewellery etc. I picked up a nice tissot powermatic 80 for about £100 cheaper than the high street.

[Halmyre]

I'd just stay in the cabin watching DVDs. Titanic, Juggernaut, The Poseidon Adventure, The Perfect Storm, A Night To Remember...

[yellowjack]

Halmyre said:

I'd just stay in the cabin watching DVDs. Titanic, Juggernaut, The Poseidon Adventure, The Perfect Storm, A Night To Remember...

[FourWheelDrift]

Deep Rising.

[anonymous-user]

condor said:

I read the blurb and thought - all those balconies - you only need one anti social person to be playing music all night for your holiday to be ruined!

Like this antisocial tw@t

[The Moose]

speedyguy said:

Like this antisocial tw@t

[anonymous-user]

A mammoth piece of engineering, very impressive. However, I would stick pins in my eyes before paying to go on a cruise holiday.

[CAPP0]

speedyguy said:

Like this antisocial tw@t

The picture would suggest that the tw@t in question was being rather sociable at the time?

[anonymous-user]

CAPP0 said:

speedyguy said:

Like this antisocial tw@t

The picture would suggest that the tw@t in question was being rather sociable at the time?

I was referring to the guy on the right in the blue shirt, what are you looking at purvy

[HoHoHo]

Rick101 said:

Was considering a Caribbean trip on her for November but a quick look at the US Visa website has put me off.
Did Britannia last year which was enjoyable.

Why is the US visa website putting you off?

My understanding is it's simple - have an up to date passport, apply for an ESTA and go on holiday

[carreauchompeur]

Classic! "Nobody can see me!"

[HoHoHo]

CAPP0 said:

speedyguy said:

Like this antisocial tw@t

The picture would suggest that the tw@t in question was being rather sociable at the time?

I bet she didn't see that coming......

[chilistrucker]

HoHoHo said:

CAPP0 said:

speedyguy said:

Like this antisocial tw@t

The picture would suggest that the tw@t in question was being rather sociable at the time?

I bet she didn't see that coming......

That's 1 in the eye for her.