Harmony of the Seas
Discussion
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?
Disembarking is rarely a problem as everyone gets off at different times (organised trips, self-organised trips, independent wandering....) more likely to be an issue getting back on board at the end of a stop. Last year in Lisbon the port insisted on doing security checks on returning passengers and crew in the (small) terminal building - only 2 channels as I recall, usually the ship does it all and has multiple gangways and a number of x-ray sets etc. We were late departing...
Zoon said:
bulldong said:
A mammoth piece of engineering, very impressive. However, I would stick pins in my eyes before paying to go on a cruise holiday.
Why?
ker but it's all a bit manufactured.bulldong said:
Zoon said:
bulldong said:
A mammoth piece of engineering, very impressive. However, I would stick pins in my eyes before paying to go on a cruise holiday.
Why?ker but it's all a bit manufactured.One thing I would suggest is the restaurants are far from naff.
Some of the best food I've had has been on board (albeit it's not cheap!)
R8Steve said:
While i have every confidence it's been designed correctly it doesn't half look top heavy!
They are hulking great things. I was on P&O Azura in St Maarten and Oasis of the Seas parked next to us. Azura is a big boat by anyones count, but Oasis was something else! Absolutely huge. The main block juts out wider than the beam of the ship, most other ships you can draw a straight line up from the water line and not cross anything.kuro said:
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.HoHoHo said:
bulldong said:
Zoon said:
bulldong said:
A mammoth piece of engineering, very impressive. However, I would stick pins in my eyes before paying to go on a cruise holiday.
Why?ker but it's all a bit manufactured.One thing I would suggest is the restaurants are far from naff.
Some of the best food I've had has been on board (albeit it's not cheap!)
Otispunkmeyer said:
The shows as well, especially on the American lines like RC, Disney and Norwegian are really not Butlins on the high seas. I mean on Norwegian Epic we had Blue Man group, Cirque du Soleil and one of the best blues bands I've listened to. The P&O shows are a bit more low rent, but some of them can be suprisingly good fun to go see. The less said about the European liners though the better!
We were involved in the inaugural sailing of Epic and it was a lovely ship.As you say, Blue man et al are very good shows
On the subject of restaurants, we went on NCL Escape for an quick whiz around the channel on its inaugural and if you used a different restaurant every day for two weeks, there would still be 11 left you hadn't tried.
as I say, cruising isn't for me but they are mighty impressive bits of kit
Nanook said:
My wife and I went on a short cruise as part of our honeymoon a couple of years ago.
After not-very-long she was pissed off with me pointing out flaws, crap welding, poor bracketry and stiffener termination arrangements,
After not-very-long she was pissed off with me pointing out flaws, crap welding, poor bracketry and stiffener termination arrangements,
Nanook said:
cruise ships aren't exactly built to the same standards and regulations as the sort of stuff I design.
Ah, right, for a minute there I thought you were talking about the wife...
was great to see up close and got 3 horn blasts. Bloody loud!
Not being a boaty type, where would the captain steer / drive that boat from.
Behind the windscreen at the front somewhere, on top of the first tower at the front or the bigger tower at the back..
Or do you think these boats are so sofisticated and big, he does not need to look out at all
Behind the windscreen at the front somewhere, on top of the first tower at the front or the bigger tower at the back..
Or do you think these boats are so sofisticated and big, he does not need to look out at all
zoom star said:
Not being a boaty type, where would the captain steer / drive that boat from.
Behind the windscreen at the front somewhere, on top of the first tower at the front or the bigger tower at the back..
Or do you think these boats are so sofisticated and big, he does not need to look out at all
I THINK it's this bitBehind the windscreen at the front somewhere, on top of the first tower at the front or the bigger tower at the back..
Or do you think these boats are so sofisticated and big, he does not need to look out at all
the bridge would be the dark glass strip high on the front. visual observation does still seem to be a big part of navigation, although of course radar etc and computer navigation for actual course planning/plotting. Particularly in port or interesting locations such as up a fiord or near rocks/islands they often seem to have observers out one the bridge wings + cameras all over the place. On some of the ships you can see down into the bridge or get a bridge visit so can see how they work.
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