What was your itinerary?

Did you go alone?

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🎉🎉🎉

You must try this one too to be able to compare with fairness.

That does sound nice!

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

If you need someone to carry your baggage give me a ring.

helo@@billpii6314

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"

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 !!!

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.

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

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.

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...

Righti feel the samw if its an out break of anything it wont be good

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

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.

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

Sure, you love terrorussian scums.

Russian is a murderer...

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.

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.

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

What

And they do

Get a balcony room. High up.

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..

@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 !

Tinned salmon ...

I'm not sure why you would want to see videos of the personnel sleeping.

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

21:20

22:10

I'd quit going on them after the 1st cruise if I wanted to be back on land after only 2 days lol

Yep!

Добро пожаловать в реальный мир.

They float the same monstrosity on the seas and call it a wonder .

Keyboard commandos

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.

agree

Not at all

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

Might as well just hang out in your hometown.

......and cheaper.

At least you weren't standing in this area where the two monsters crashed into each other so violently! Unbelievable. Are they INCOMPETENT? Was there an official inquiry by any government agency that watches out for consumers' safety at sea? Was anyone charged with a crime? Who's RESPONSIBLE? The CAPTAIN is ultimately responsible, right? Wow, 100 plus years after Titanic and these ships can't avoid EACH OTHER. As large as the ocean is, they collide! And everyone seems to be yucking it up about it. Wow. Are ADULTS running this thing? Do they all speak the same language? Who is in charge of HIRING and FIRING the crew? Clearly, the greed for the buck will overcome any safety concerns the corporation has with its customers.

Interesting take. I am afraid of leaving land. My fav is land journeys across Europe in my SUV.

Try one. You’ll love it.

The Walmart of cruises,😂what people with a little money do to be "fancy" cause they think this is what rich people do😂We do cruise but NeVeR on this, there are other cruise lines and ships, Cunard, Regent, for example, certainly not this😂😂😂😂

i would love this to be my first cruise. but then nothing else would be as good. if i can afford that is.

As long as there is no virus...diarrea.. rapers/killers on board...who can pop you overboard..i ve heard of horribel stores... there is no law there....no priority when something happens that way...or a captain that is drunk or other bs... etc...nah...i can think of a better way to spend that kind of money ...than sitting on a floating city. Watch disaster cruise ships...😂

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.

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. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

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.

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

The gullible find it impressive.

And those that have actually been on it, love it.