Oasis of the Seas - Day 11 Bridge Tour CruiseGuy.com

Royal Caribbean's Oasis of the Seas, is now just NE of Bermuda, and three days away from arriving home at Ft Lauderdale. Capt Wright provides tour of the bridge showcasing why Oasis of the Seas is the most technologically advanced ship in the world. Tour of Finland is also included.
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[@hanswolfgangmercer]

Very neat indeed. Captain Wright should be very proud!

[@Apaleutos24]

I don't know why but Oasis of the Seas it reminds me of Titanic and I don't mean in size, neither in color or it has nothing to do with technology as well. But I think that for some reason this ship is going to be a legend!

[@Kevinegan1]

Speaking of the US Navy, I read about an incident involving a US Navy convoy. The Navy Captain was informed of an approaching vessel on a collision course with the Navy ships. The Captain notifies the approaching ship and instructs it to alter course. To the Captain's surprise the other ship refuses to give-way. The Navy Captain gets into an uncomfortable verbal exchange and tells the oncoming ship that he is the Captain of a US Navy vessel and he will not deviate from his course, and will ram the other ship if it doesn't give-way. To the Captain's dismay the other ship's response was "Go Ahead, if that is what you really want to do." A moment later the Navy Captain realizes that he has been speaking to a man on an island. The Captain makes an immediate course change and not another word was said as the Navy ships slowly give way and goes around the island.

[@kenlee-97]

Best comment today ,also I've noticed radar blips are so hard to decipher a lot of times!

[@srcraigo]

Captain Bill Wright is the MAN!

[@cruiseguy]

@Kmartfor3 Both ships are 225, 282 GRT. The structure of the ships are the same. Both ships are amazing and offer an experience unlike any other ship in the world!

[@Bonstergirl1]

thankyou so much Capt..it was a wealth of information and i loved it

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Wow that's incredible great video thanks

[@Travelhub365]

Our clients loved this too!

[@InkVato]

AMAZING SHIP

[@TheSupraTIC]

The ISPS-code does not say anything about having visitors on the bridge. Its up to the captain to decide.

[@danc1197]

Near, far, wherever you are, you are safe in my ❤ and my ❤ will go on.

[@Travelhub365]

What fun!

[@StockholmSpotting.]

I have travling with M/S Galaxy from seden to turku an also see the STX

[@foxdmulder]

Im building one of these ships in my garage, finish date: march 2200

[@jeffreybabino8161]

Yeah ok😂

[@fsxmd90]

is there a bridge cam

[@twentythree7889]

Really the difference with modern oil tanker is not so big, cause nav.equipment is mostly the same all over the world, so as the maritime conventions requirements.

[@Warren774]

This man seems pretty competent, not the usual Schettino.

[@elasolezito]

Where does this beast travel ? Will it come to Europe ?

[@GrandTheftAutoIVboy]

I have been to sea but it seams so weird to put the steering wheel away from navigation.

[@Dirtjim]

Can put a view of the pool on the CCTV?

[@spwb2k]

if you want to know what a future space frigate will look like, here it is.

[@Agent0range67]

@NICKmv573 ironically they usually have that

[@hudsonriver3188]

The level of sophistication of the Oasis of the Sea is far greater than that of a Navy War Ship - umm ??? reeeely

[@mtorres3097]

It is the same concept aka theory. Except military warships have more sensors, screens, etc because of the extra things that they do.

[@jondelacruz100]

I love how the ship is still rocking even if it is more than 220,000 GT haha

[@alexlascu2136]

I don't know why, but I was expecting it to look more like a star trek bridge

[@robertkurt2]

If all the ships steering and maneuvering can be done from the navigation officers station, why even have a separate helmsman station and helm?

[@kaibcxkf]

I did not realize cruise ships were still giving bridge tours. I thought bridge tours were discontinued on all ships after the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 for security reasons. Which lines offer bridge tours and galley tours?

[@moboy4779]

I wish your camera was as sophisticated.

[@millintarkka]

HYVÄ SUOMI!

[@admirald4nk558]

Wait so the supplier is Northrop Grumman?! 😳

[@ReptigloRand]

@orison319 if they called her unsinkable

[@wilhufftarkin8543]

I wonder what a captain from the time of the ocean liners would think about this.

[@omgloveyou101]

@Paralyzer if your not being sarcastic the titanic was in the 18 or 19 hundreds, we didn't have technology then.

[@gibzrockzz]

I am wondering how many Captains are there to put Oasis at sea?

[@lorenzovagionakis2479]

gilbert cea There's just one captain per ship. The rest consists in officers

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

wikipedia says the crew is of 2394 persons, that means that it needs 2394 workers or "pilots" to make the ship run? or those 2394 of the crew are also the butler, cookers, janitors, etc? The point of my question is how many people does it takes to pilot the ship? In airplanes we know they are only 2 the pilot and co pilot but here i see at least 20 people on the bridge control room... Damn this is aboslutely my dream job, captain of that ship... even that im afraid of seas/ oceans...

[@grubi1026]

+john hamlet if U are afraid of the sea....stay at home ,best regards

[@grubi1026]

It's Your choice...I know the ranks for deck and engin dep.but thank You to remaind me.Best Regards

[@grubi1026]

+hoshino ok....understood,best regards

[@ETO0705]

+john hamlet Marine department consists of Deck officers, engineers and electrical engineers.. Usually on cruise ships of this size you have Captain, Staff Captain, Chief officer, 3-4 1st officers, 3-6 2nd officers and plenty AB, OS, two bosuns etc. Engine department is Chief engineer, staff chief engineer, 1st etc as for deck... Electrical department is made of Chief Electrical engineer, 1st and electronic engineer and 4-8 2nd and 3rd electrical engineers plus 6-15 electrical assistants. On my ship with 1250 Crew we have around 80 people in marine department, ~25 officers. There is many cabin stewards, galley crew, chefs, people who work in shops, bartenders, entertainers etc..

[@ETO0705]

+hoshino Its "old" system... 3rd officer on cargo is same as 2nd officer on cruise ship, 2nd officer = 1st....

[@GTomAlex]

Dear Sir, I understand you never been to sea at all !! Because, its highly advantageous as quarter master can have the best vision. in some ships his vision is at times by mistake obscured by pilot walking in bridge during night !!! :)

[@Cuenta-ry4bm]

How much is a family pack of 4 adults for a trip on this? 100.000 U$D?

[@johnboyle4937]

+john hamlet far from it..... you can probablly get 4 people for a week for less then 1500.00 usd. time of year, destintion, the room and length of cruise will determine what it costs. look it up at their website.

[@ReptigloRand]

Ice cude right ahead

[@echocs]

i am finish

[@GrandTheftAutoIVboy]

You have some very nice manners but you don't need to call me sir but I thank you for all the manners and comments

[@Fsxpro96]

if you look fast at 2:37 you see a Tsunami XD

[@joeholzman1271]

bruh when i was on it me and my friends were messing around on the phone and called the bridge which the number was 6969

[@PaleHearse]

Ah.. no. They are currently building her sister ship. They usually build these suckers in 2's and 3's because basically the tooling cost to build one is most of it. It actually costs just about the same to make 2 or 3 as it would to just make one. I know that doesn't sound logical on the surface of it but that's engineering. They contract out the price of both or all 3 vessels at once and spread the cost across all vessels of the same platform.

[@iCazZiStronZi]

you cant compare the shitty carnival to royal carribean...royal carribean offers so much more like service, always clean, fun for all, best food anyone has ever eaten, and do anything to make sure your vacation is the best vacation you have ever dreamed of...love this ship going on in just 9 m0re days

[@Philip02K]

Captain Wright is right. I just wonder if she is hardened against EMP. And could he go to old fasioned celesial navigation like ANY USN captain could?

[@nanicoar]

@Paralyzer They knew about the iceberg. They thought the ship could take it.

[@Ryan19812012]

So with advanced technology, driving a cruise ship today is a piece of cake,

[@fol6154]

Ryan19812012 until it fails

[@tedlam168]

Being a helmsman looks tiring just standing there

[@a6km]

Sadly said a VOR 70 racing yacht has more sophisticated technology regarding navigation and weather routing and most importantly the know how how to use them then this giant monster. Captain is trusting his LCD screens like Edward John Smith trusted that Titanic can't sink but he managed to sink it.

[@GTomAlex]

My apologies Sir

[@unapro3]

I think this captain would be surprised at what some of the warships would have in the way of electronics, not everything is advertised or talked about, for good reason.

[@ph11p3540]

+hoshino Yep. Maybe he was comparing the ships systems to that of an old Spruance class destroyer and not an Arleigh Burke destroyer never mind the extreme tech on a nuclear submarine or Nimitz class carrier. Even the LCS Independence corvette has a far more sophisticated bridge than that floating hotel.

[@ETO0705]

+hoshino You would be suprised how sophisticated are all the systems on this new cruise ships, start from the fire monitoring systems, water production, sewage treatment etc.. Still I believe warships have amazing radars, propulsion and weapon systems but stuff like water production, sewage etc are in my opinion probably more advanced on cruise ships..

[@ph11p3540]

ETO0705 I doubt this cruise ship has as advanced radars and propulsion as found on a modern destroyer. A AN/SPY-1 radar is the most advance radar today known to man until the AN/SPY-3 comes. You can't compare what this ship has to a military ship. Not by a long shot. You will never see phased array SPY radars on an civilian ship. Even the gas turbine power plants are state of the art. The point is military ships will always be far more advanced than anything on civilian ships. Their very survival depend on it.

[@ETO0705]

Phillip Mulligan Thats why I said that I believe they have amazing radars and propulsion probably better than civilian ships but others that I have mentioned... I don't believe they have anything much better or even if not same/worse. Again evaporators, reverse osmosis, especially sewage treatment.... When it comes to gas turbines I wouldn't know since I have never been on a ship with such propulsion but I can guarantee you ABB Azipods what we have are state of art too. Well omw to make some research if that military stuff is possible to find somewhere on the internet.

[@ETO0705]

***** It's much better to work on them than on cargo ships... and salary is pretty good...

[@muiroford1]

Amazing technology for an Ex M.N guy.

[@GrandTheftAutoIVboy]

That wasnt a smart adea putting the man with the steering wheel away from the navigation equipment I in my life would never design a ship that way.

[@Wellch]

much cheaper than paying $100 or so for a bridge tour.

[@bjahava]

Captain: "The level of sophistication is far greater than the level of sophistication on the U.S navy warships" That sir, is a very bold statement.

[@Ralf1970]

But sir, simply true....

[@SubhanKhan-hw8ri]

LOOK LIKE A380 COKE PET.

[@Hubieee]

11 days?? wtf... with 50 km/h or lets say 45km/h you need a max of 6 to 7 days to cross it. .. ok, slowing down on purpose, but SO slow? ^^

[@Philip02K]

@Paralyzer lol:)

[@HolyTrouble]

Cool ship but almost 200 peoples will be fired now that the ship has left the dock in Turku. Its a shame.

[@sksinha1]

LOL really? You are aware that the Titanic disaster happened in 1912 and there were no computers, satellites, etc., right?

[@bjahava]

@ViCe1986 Lol the Captain should know better than to make an ignorant comment, if he has no idea what "99%" of the systems on a US navy ships are.. Unless he really does think his ship is that badass. My opinion... he is just some guy who thinks his shit dont stink.

[@cubuff2647]

More sophisticated than the Ford. Doubt the Oasis is nuclear powered. Nice try though

[@hntbrady905]

Pretty sure your “sophistication” is not greater than any US Navy vessel, but nice try.

[@cobaltlima9826]

They won't let passengers onto the bridge anymore when ISIS smashes one into the Seaworld Trade Center. Now I feel bad. I think 9/11 jokes are still too early.