How Do They Build Giant Cruise Ships? | The Meraviglia Cruise Ship | Spark

315 metres long, 65 metres high, weighing 80,000 tonnes and capable of transporting more than 7,000 people, the Meraviglia is the ultimate cruise ship. But how was she built? More than 2,500 people worked day and night, using the latest technological developments to lessen the environmental impact.
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[@mjordan233]

can people just appreciate how talented these engineers are?

[@lukepeita5402]

J M. I agree with you 💯 percent these engineering masters are to be admired for their tenacity and professionalism these guys were the top of the class at school ? All the haters are jealous ✔️

[@boffeycn]

Naval Architects.

[@raymonddaka8352]

It's very nice piece of machine

[@lenkhopau2881]

@@lukepeita5402 ,'fcto

[@jonnybee48]

@@lukepeita5402 The whole thing is based on flawed thinking and an awful lot of guesswork. The maintenance cost ALONE on this sort of build is going to be prohibitive in the long-term, leading to fewer cruise arrangements and a consequent loss of income. Further to all that, it should be remembered that during the post-sail days and the advent of powered vessels, simplicity was regarded as a necessity - one to keep the initial cost down, and two, to keep maintenance outgoings to a minimum; however it's in man's nature to "improve" such machinery to maximise performance, so it's obvious that "tweaking" hardware will eventually lead to failure of some of the more heavily-stressed items in the drive train. In the case of ships, you can multiply those extra costs by fourfold to get anywhere near the potential losses of overstressing ANY aspect of the original specifications of the vessel - so the OBVIOUS inference is to keep everything as simple as possible. "Pushing the envelope" might seem to be an added attraction, but when weighed against the possibilities of overloading / overstressing even minor parts of the ships' inventory could have even bigger ramifications, not only from local upsets among the passengers and crew, but to the good name of the company as a whole. In short, and using the well-worn RN saying, "keep it simple, stupd"!!

[@markusp9569]

I get the feeling that the narrator really loves the gantry crane

[@thesterrave]

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[@AmericaVoice]

The thing that amazes me is that its built around 650 million along with all of the stuff, and there are superyachts cost a 1/6th or a 1/4 for there yachts! I think it is very awesome how humans can do this in 3-4 years!

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@matthewmcarthur6135]

At 12:51 you can see him smiling after saying “two big balls”

[@unique11124]

Oh, he knew all right.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@jerryputra9411]

I had been involved as an opening team for Majestic Princess in Fincantieri, Trieste, Italy. I was lucky to witness a born of a cruise ship and I understand how hard the work was to built one.

[@liukang3545]

HA HA NO ONE CARES

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@Heraclitean]

One of the best documentaries I've seen. So well done, and informationally rich.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@midleshunts2637]

What a beautifully made advertisement. I’ll take two please lol

[@mr.sandhu587]

yeah lol

[@fredashay]

I'll take one as well... I'll see if they're being sold on Amazon. Or maybe someone is selling one used on eBay... EDIT: Joking aside I just discovered you *_CAN_* buy cargo ships on AliBaba!!!

[@ElloImNoodle]

The fuel efficiency is on all ships for like the past 20 years

[@ElloImNoodle]

And safety

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@jaha8796]

The title of this video made me believe this was a DIY project.

[@LizardoiL]

You mean it's not?

[@stevenherrold5955]

yea right!!!! like they are going to build that in there backyard pool always a cynical comedian ............. french speaking people need to learn to speak english it would make life so simple

[@GrandWalkingTours]

just use the info you got and scale down to your budget , mine ship is currently sailing in the kitchen sink ,

[@Honorablebenaiaha]

A black man designed and built the ship.

[@Luis-xr6ec]

😂😂

[@smproductions8989]

yo thanks bro ima go build my ship now

[@ilanalvarado6645]

Lol

[@kingfuji1019]

How far did you get

[@arigold3333]

😅a model cruise ship from Hobby Lobby would be sweet! 😅

[@arigold3333]

🛳

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@jrdeckard3317]

Wow, the ship produces its own electricity. So now they can get rid of the extension cord.

[@melbertautida3191]

Wkwkwkwkwk

[@breadyegg]

It could contribute to a country's grid at port, get money back to pay for the desserts.

[@grammarofficerkrupke4398]

Bra😅

[@jaynewton5278]

Fucking long ass cord that. Hahaha. 😁😁😁

[@CarFreeSegnitz]

Not only that, it comes with a front, back, sides, top AND bottom! It’s a big thing made out of a bunch of little things!

[@GreatGooglieWooglie]

38:09 - b-roll in reverse! (look at the logo on the ship and the waves at the ship's bow)

[@suzannepatterson307]

I caught that too

[@KlausBentes]

They probably thought no one would notice 😁

[@bdemaree]

I was confused about the power output until he clarified it by comparing it to 7000 washing machines. 7000 washing machines is so much more relatable. I don't know anyone who hasn't seen 7000 washing machines.

[@seanworkman431]

I was way off track until the double decker buses were brought into the scenario.

[@stefanlitinakis9641]

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[@JonBecker81]

If he had said 7000 dryers I would have been really impressed.

[@SB-it2hc]

😀

[@ddlinaviation9]

I will be sailing on meravigilia December 12-19 2021! Can’t wait to get onboard this beautiful ship!

[@alison__16]

How did go for you?

[@ddlinaviation9]

@@alison__16 I had a absolutely phenomenal time! We had under 500 people onboard for the week, so there was never a line for anything! I spent 2 hours in the aqua-park during one of our sea days, and I was the only person there the whole time. Great ship, and great crew! Couldn’t recommend it more!

[@alison__16]

@@ddlinaviation9 that's awesome, having the whole thing almost entirely to yourself must have been amazing. And no queues is an absolute bonus 👍

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@lattignon]

God bless all the teams and workers, this is oustanding, excellent video production as well. Generations will continue to owe you gratitude for all the good you do for humanity.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@alyssa2675]

I still can't believe it floats. Beautiful and amazing.

[@jamesadams893]

All it has to do is displace 80001 tons of water and presto she floats

[@ro-ro8uq]

@@jamesadams893 how does it do that?

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@KING-fo6bx]

So that epic mullet isn't going to get a mention?

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[@joycewilson4939]

Seems like this ship has answers for every eventuality: water to drink, ship stability, wind diversion, noise reduction. Unbelievable! Ancients would be impressed. So am I! Great work all, ship workers and documentarists

[@felixcat9318]

Great to see that it was all done in a European shipyard and that it incorporated many new technologies and technologies not previously used on such vessels. Truly a masterpiece of design, engineering, technology, construction and outstanding workmanship!

[@felixcat9318]

@Gordon Ring Your post certainly is!

[@Dave_Sisson]

95% of all cruise ships are built in yards in Finland, Germany France and Italy. So almost all of them are European. But competition is fierce between the shipyards, so they all use the latest technology. There's nothing special about this ship, it was not bigger or more sophisticated than others built at the time.

[@davidcole8448]

@@Dave_Sisson In addition to being subsidized by their governments to keep the local work force employed, which is the exact reason why the United States is not in the passenger liner business, so I'm not sure how much bang for the buck their governments get out of it, case in point Airbus and Boeing have accused each other of illegal subsidies for years.

[@davehall44]

@@davidcole8448 It's a lot of ship plus R&D for 600M euros.

[@copper0]

At first I thought this was a documentary about building a cruise ship…then I realized it was actually a test to see how many fucking ads they can squeeze into 10 minute intervals. Quit watching 20 minutes in and went back to Netflix.

[@georgewashington938]

the engineering is amazing - being on a boat with 7000 people is a nightmare

[@plexoduss]

Never went on one, all I think about is E-Coli or Listeria outbreaks and being locked up with so many others. I am considering crossing the ocean on a container tanker, just you and a small crew and the infinity of the ocean.

[@georgewashington938]

@@plexoduss yeah - a freighter trip would be interesting

[@gusgrizzel8397]

Imagine if it was sinking, and 7000 people are rushing to the lifeboats.

[@debabratabanerjee7461]

They have left out a vital part of a cruise ship. The provisioning, storing of provision, retrieving the provision to food processing/catering & distribution to the eateries. It would be interesting to get a video on this aspect of cruise ship arrangement & activity. For a ship of this size only one day is provided to load the provide. That must be very mechanized and hence interesting. interesting

[@hygrometer]

nah that shit is called "magic"

[@liukang3545]

HA HA NO ONE CARES

[@MrInternationalSound]

Thank you for this.. so interesting the amount of engineering for every single aspect of the ship.. amazing

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@johnallenismynameandmusici2796]

Wow. This hydrodynamic engineering and Computational Fluid Dynamics is going to revolutionize the way that ships have sailed for the last 300 years. Modern ships always had pointed bows and propellers. As long as you can fit through the Suez Canal I guess you're good to go, now. There has also been great strides forward in the development of hydrofoil techniques, too, for smaller craft. My Dad was a foreman at a Republic Steel plant in Ohio in the 1950's and he said they made the best steel in the world. He would be very proud at how steel is being produced and used now.

[@abdounguere3176]

Eeewc is

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[@evolutionaryadvantage]

Gonna put that in my resume: Hydrodynamic engineer

[@jessicabates2233]

Excellent ship to sail on. Went on it earlier this year. Excellent onboard activities b

[@scottsmith8016]

Great ship, never meddem

[@harrickvharrick3957]

Cool !

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@karmakarl6673]

Crazy challenge. You certainly wont get me going on a ship with 7 THOUSAND other people!!!!

[@davidcole8448]

I worked on these ships for years, when the ventalation system is turned off to save power, money, they smell like all holy hell !

[@gusgrizzel8397]

I don't see why people just don't go to a resort or a shopping mall, if they want to be around a lot of people. It would not be a vacation to me. If the ship was sinking, you'd be lucky to get on a lifeboat.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@calebniederhofer6529]

This is well done. Thanks for the quality content.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@AFJRHNELK]

engineers feel each other ...i can feel the person who is a real engineer ..more then feeling doctors or other people.... i respect engineers like police coops when they respect each other and respect engineer too

[@hammy8127]

So it took 684 years to build the boat

[@freshraven3043]

My calculator made me understand this comment 😂

[@noeldivine1046]

It would make sense if they were referring to man hour😂

[@Abin_Bhowal]

The main thing is missing in the documentary. That’s the Giant Marine Diesel engine which powers the entire ship.

[@anyanwuvictor5420]

4 diesel engine

[@r.perzylo]

Very impressive documentary with great explanations. 👍 I look forward to your next video. 🇨🇦 🍁 🇨🇦

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@freeqwerqwer]

Judging on the outside, the Merveille ship looks more like an apartment building on a boat as cabin windows surround the ship from top to bottom, unlike the Symphony of the Seas cruise ship which looks more like an entertainment ship.

[@davidcole8448]

Agreed,there's a difference between a passenger liner, and a cruise liner.

[@jorgechiubomberos]

Its the inside that counts, if you are a passanger. The oasis class have some balconies facing central park, that for my taste, feels cramped and the whole purpuse of a balcony is to feel the breeze and sun, whileyou watch the ocean. I really dont like them.

[@CariHere]

Wow, off by 100,000 tons. Nice work Spark

[@jeremytaylor3532]

I guess they gave the weight of the hull prior to all the interior finishes lol.

[@111danish111]

It's DWT is 12000 so the total weight of the ship would be 92000 tons ?

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@c2757]

Wow. They soldered all those steel plates together!

[@michaelmckay]

11:01 theyre going to find out.

[@Marilynschannel]

I was on this ship on 2/26 for four nights. Best Saunas...I went on here for the saunas. I did the yatch club...AMAZING> Private island , Ocean Cay , one of the best islands .

[@dlwaterloo2221]

The huge pieces of steel were soldered together with great precision? I thought they would have welded them.

[@fajoopsa]

That’s about where I stopped watching.

[@Poppindaddy79]

They are welded

[@dlwaterloo2221]

@@Poppindaddy79 as a welding engineer I know they are welded. I was mocking the terminology used in the video. The narrator clearly says “soldered”.

[@fajoopsa]

@@Poppindaddy79 haha, ok

[@psgouros]

They do make a point of describing how some stuff is brazed later on, “melting metal like glue”. The narrator doesn’t make a distinction between hull steel and deck steel.

[@jus10lewissr]

Very neat, interesting video! I especially enjoyed the little tidbits about building a cruise ship in between the countless ads!

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@SANibbler]

I just ordered the build kit. Just need to find a shipyard.

[@hate9135]

You need a starter pack

[@watsisbuttndo829]

One hell of a postal delivery.

[@ultimatemeta2586]

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@@hate9135 notl

[@itsmimi4135]

How's all that going? The building I mean..

[@aymen222]

Don’t forget the violin players. They need to be on board too 🎻

[@ingemarlilja4302]

The vessel MSC Meraviglia takes 4500 passengers. Still Royal Carribian Oasis class 4 ship which is the largest and takes the most passengers 227,000 gross tons 1,188 feet long 46 wheelchair accessible staterooms 5,479 guests (double occupancy) 24 guest elevators 16 passenger decks 30 feet draft 215.5 feet wide 22 knots cruising speed 6,780 guests 2,100 crew

[@jorgechiubomberos]

And your point is????

[@samuelhuang3801]

@@jorgechiubomberos probably wanted to state how good those shipbuilders are becomming

[@jorgechiubomberos]

@@samuelhuang3801 looks more like he is putting down the maraviglia, compared to RC boats!!! A RC fan boy

[@ĪĪMizumiĪĪ]

more like 171,598 gross tons

[@henrysantos7160]

This is God magic give those engineering excellent brain to make Everything possible God bless those engineering.🙏.

[@erichtomanek4739]

If you want an "eco friendly" ship, it should be nuclear powered and mostly built of the new laminated woods, at least for areas not in direct contact with sea water.

[@skylinez9367]

U mean a "rowboat"? , don't you?! ✌😆

[@TheBucketSkill]

@@skylinez9367 aircraft carriers are nuclear powered

[@nanouklezaf4273]

That would be awesome to see such polluting industry converting to nuclear and use more recyclable materials (instead of sending metal ships rotten in India)

[@zied6456]

@@TheBucketSkill yes some carriers and subs are nuclear powered

[@taal223]

The title confused me at first because I never see ships measured in tons, only ever gross tonnage. Meraviglia is 171,598 tonnes, which makes her the 14th largest cruise ship today.

[@mikehasted6348]

Think you might need to weld the steel together on this ship because if you solder her together she isn’t going float for long! Solder/Weld? Proof read perhaps?

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

Translation error most likely, souder in French means both solder and weld.

[@gurhanweyrah3930]

It is amazing what humans can achieve.

[@oopopp]

When they finished putting the ship together... imagine walking around it BEFORE they put all the walls up. How HUGE and amazing it must look. Talk about feeling like Noah just before the flood ... lol

[@Blackwoman12345]

That's Very impressive Technology It's So Amazing 😍😍😍😍😍

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@Wolfgangfm]

It‘s always "nice" to see when These Monsters swap over Venice,

[@rubberyowen1469]

Venetians hate them and are trying to get them banned. I don't blame them.

[@andymuller7425]

Was on this ship in 2023...really cool smooth riding city for 6000 people...didnt realize all this technology went into it.

[@luiul1]

@27:25 -- the narration states 200 cubic meters of water per day per person on board is required. even more impressive when you convert that to 52,834 gallons of water per person per day. @27:34 -- even more impressive still, is the graphic showing 1,400,000 liters of water, while the narration states "1.4 million cubic meters of water per day", which is 1,400,000,000 liters of water. makes one wonder if the other numbers are off by a factor of 10. or more. and have a nice day.

[@luiul1]

actually, most municipalities use human consumption of 88 gallons per day per person. that would be 616,000 gallons per day for 7000 persons. or 2,331,813 liters per day for 7000 persons. or 2,332 cubic meters per day for 7000 persons.

[@bowlampar]

Wow, it is insane engineering. 😲😲😲

[@markwilliamson5796]

Azipods were first introduced by ABB in 1987. Hardly revolutionary that this ship and mot others like it are using them 33 years later. But hey this ship is soldered together and that is revolutionary

[@g1a1r1y3]

_"But hey this ship is soldered together and that is revolutionary"_ That's not revolutionary either. They've been building ships using the "block" system for almost 20 years. All contemporary ships are built like that. Welding itself goes back to the late 1880's with metal hulls and all-welded ship construction started in the 1940s. There is literally nothing new in presentation. But it is still cool seeing the ground-up inside story.

[@markwilliamson5796]

@@g1a1r1y3 Oh I was being snarky about using soldering instead of welding. Later in the doc they do say welding. But i am pretty sure soldering is not a joining method for ship blocks.

[@g1a1r1y3]

@@markwilliamson5796 ; )

[@iGaRaai90]

34:40 is that special solution the waste from the ships occupant's toilets 😄

[@andrewlavey6992]

Well done to all those who took part in generating this fantastic ship.

[@mariejules1130]

Hello everyone thanks for having me it's my pleasure to meeting you guys and happy holidays 💖

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@_rynnas]

I've seen this ship few days ago in Malta! What a beauty!

[@Bobmcjoepants]

@ ah, hm. Didn't even think of that haha, thanks!

[@boffeycn]

​@ Not probably, is, so what? It is a flag of convenience and because Malta is in the EU registering ships there has a number of financial and legal benefits.

[@rebalfaisal6359]

This is one of the best documentry ever seen

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@lukepeita5402]

What a giant of the engineering world a true man made marvel excellent example of what can be achieved when human minds collaborate at the highest level

[@IrfanKhan-ds6jv]

Exactly

[@mariejules1130]

it's a beautiful boat for me it's not boat it's a condo is awesome job you guys doing a great works build this boat great performance.

[@mjordan233]

if a cruise ship can produce enough water for luxurious maintenance of the ship along with thousands of people on board using seawater, I can't see why countries around the world dont treat sea water for their entire population

[@jackdbur]

Cost energy usage and you need clean sea water

[@Gin-toki]

They do some places. Reason it's nor more widespread is primarily down to politics and weird priorities. The planet has more than plenty of resources for everybody.

[@gusgrizzel8397]

So when it's dumped back in the ocean as freshwater, it's changing the oceans' salinity.

[@mariejules1130]

Hello everyone thanks for having me in your steams it's my pleasure thank you for this opportunity.

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@OverlandingArmyVeteran]

WE LOVE MSC We wont sail with anyone else anymore. April 2021 here we come again! Love the Seaside.

[@christiangonzalez7887]

Agreed! The Seaside was hands down the best cruise I have ever been on

[@fredashay]

Yes. MSC is one of my favorite cruise lines because they let you book travel on a lot of their ships from point A to point B so you can actually use them as transport to destinations.

[@soar_alone96]

Lots of hard works and talents. Hats off!

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long)

[@joemalinchalk1314]

I was on all 4 Disney ship builds. A very dangerous and exciting experience.

[@clayr6264]

Explain more

[@joemalinchalk1314]

If you're living on the ship during the final build it's like being on the Poseidon. Exposed cables pipes, construction noises constant alarms, unreliable air heat water and power, water bottles of piss everywhere because workers don't want to climb 14 flights of stairs to pee, the noise never stops. Plan on camping out. There was a group of other contractors like me that would find each other on every build and share survival tips like; the lion's head in the women's spa will dispense ice. Improvise, adapt and always have a flashlight.

[@clayr6264]

@@joemalinchalk1314 Yeah, nowadays they don´t even finish elevators on time. Imagine having 60 year old "inaugural"- passengers going from Deck 5 to 14 by foot. This business is madness. Shame it´s (almost) always a great experience

[@OlusegunMokuolu]

I really enjoyed watching this technology marvel

[@CallardAndBowser]

I do not want to be stuck on that ship, crammed elbow to elbow with 7,000 people. No Way !

[@smokyblackeyes3615]

when covid happening, yeah not ever gonna happen in 10 years.

[@jburch8583]

@@smokyblackeyes3615 this statement would be no less true if infectious diseases didn't exist.

[@Rikitikisiki]

Not that it really matters, but there's never 7k people onboard of that ship. With crew, it's around 6k. Even the larger cruise ships can't get near 6,5k at the moment.

[@gusgrizzel8397]

@@Rikitikisiki Oh, like that's really a difference.

[@mariejules1130]

Thank you so much for this opportunity ❤

[@thesterrave]

guys please know we have all did evil (sin) and we are punished with death and since evil separates us from God we will go to hell. But God lovingly gives us a way out through Christ where we can be saved if we believe and confess Christ as Lord. We are saved as he paid the debt of our sins on the cross. Follow God and abandon your sinful ways please as if we stay in them we shall still go to hell as we will deny Christ(also if you want please read John 3:16 it's not long) .

[@dilligaf700]

It boggles my mind how things like this float. So heavy and yet slices threw water like a knife threw butter.

[@wolfmom1667]

"slices threw water"? .... were they orange slices?? lemon slices???, and where did they throw the water?? where did the knife throw the butter?? in the interests of literacy I would suggest replacing "threw" with "through". As to boggling, yes, how DOES a 80,000 ton boat slice through water like a knife through butter?

[@edwardcarr5985]

One thing i know intelligence is beautiful credit to the engineer really god is wonderful is he that give them the knoledge

[@dennisneale142]

I would of liked some interior shots of the finish ship.

[@trep53]

I’ve never been on a cruise ship but I have sailed offshore on a sailboat, I like to be able to spin the wheel.

[@ChroniclesofaZoe]

My first cruise ship and I absolutely loved it!

[@communi-ty4917]

Wonderful engineering

[@bokhans]

Can we download the drawings now and the owners handbook and start building one in the backyard beside the garage.

[@goodbyemrchips4174]

Haynes do a manual.

[@tbates1987]

a ship like this has around 150,000 drawings and just the manual to start the engines is around 600 pages!

[@supermelonbread]

"To calculate the hydraulic flow they used computers" "To determine the amount of scrubbing needed to clean the exhaust fumes they used computers" "To optimize the wind routes to protect the guests, computers were used." -> cuts to the same scene of the woman on the computer with a CAD file open.

[@DavidNayer]

What an astounding feat of engineering. And what is entirely missing from the lovely presentation is the magnitude of consumption. Thank goodness it is 20% more efficient yes. Yet that relative number fails to mention it consumes on the order of 100 kilos of fuel per passenger per day. Thank about that. Each passenger is living in his own car with the engine running at maximum speed 24 hours a day. And the sulfur emission is 8 times worse than what a car is allowed to produce. The stink is so strong that even in a 40 knot wind (70+ kph) designers need to manage the airflow so that passengers don't smell it, it blows away to fall as heavy particulate and acid rain and produce 1/8 of the world's sulfur emissions. While it produces 500,000+ human deaths per year (specifically cruise liner emissions per the WHO), it does partly reflect solar energy and lower global warming.

[@briannab9007]

I can't believe it freaking floats

[@smorrow]

Why. You've seen a boat before. Just scale it up.

[@richardstamper5630]

I have had it explained to me several times but I still don't get it - How does an 80,000 ton ship float? I also heard once that a cruise liner running everything can only travel its own length on a gallon of crude oil, it makes you wonder doesn't it...

[@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28]

Simple, really... The ship weighs less than the amount of water it displaces, therefore it floats.

[@jmikronis7376]

@@Watchdog_McCoy_5.7x28, yep, that’s how it works. If the ship takes on too much weight, it’ll weigh more than the water it displaces and the ship will sink. If the ship were too light, it would sit too high in the water and be too difficult to maneuver.

[@Hannah-pk6iq]

Wowsers. I am old now but I wish the internet was around when I was young. I would not have ended up in some crappy office job. Instead I would have had ambitions to work in these incredible fields.

[@DoDo-bo7ut]

My head hurt when I saw those blueprints with millions of lines and number 😑

[@mariejules1130]

Tons of gold

[@user-ol5sj1rk8s]

A real floating city on the water. Incredible! 😎👍

[@henrysantos7160]

Nice.👍

[@nielskjr5432]

Yes, we really need cruise ships now, don't we?

[@AndersHalden]

It entered service in June 2017.

[@PizzaManNick]

Cruising on this ship is amazing!

[@dilligaf700]

I'm always amazed how such things float 80'000 tons of metal floats like a dream yet a 14 stone man can drown in minits .

[@evolutionaryadvantage]

They can drown in minutes too

[@user-lv7ph7hs7l]

It's simple. The weight of the water that the ship displaces is less than it weighs. The ship is mostly air, water is heavy AF. Doesn't matter if it's a log of wood or 100k t ship. As long as the displaced water weighs more than the ship it will float.

[@wilecoyote5757]

Thanks!

[@SparkDocs]

You're welcome, thank you for your support!

[@citisoccer]

If it requires diesel fuel for 4 generators, then how exactly does it "produce it's own power"? By that standard, my lawn mower belongs in this conversation.

[@goodbyemrchips4174]

I was wondering about this part of the specs. Flannel. Every one of these buckets represents an environmental tragedy. We are gazing through the wrong end of binoculars. Everything we do or touch seems to be destructive. This is going to bite back.

[@imransharif443]

WOW big world Shipping Ship beautiful

[@spideywhiplash]

On a huge ship like that, do they have enough life rafts, or whatever they are called now, for all the passengers? Just curious. I've never been on a floating Petri dish before.

[@boffeycn]

Yes. check out IMO and SOLAS. They aren't floating Petri dishes unless you mean the rich wankers who refuse to apply common sense and societal norms.

[@JulieWallis1963]

Spidey Whiplash wow! How uneducated are you? All ships must carry enough life boats to hold 150% of the crew and guests! As for “floating Petri dish” how original yawn 🥱 I’ve never gotten sick on a ship, but I know how to wash my hands with soap and water.

[@chrisurwin9310]

No thanks...too many people in one spot.

[@AFJRHNELK]

its incredible chapeau france and french engineers

[@Technics19]

I like how the say 1400000 m3 of water daily like 50 times and it a mistake lol. 1.4Mm3 would be like the volume of the ship. They probably mean 1.4M liters.

[@Luke-tg9jy]

Was looking for the first comment on this, 1,400,000m3 is 1.4 billion litres of water. Thats ALOT of water.

[@luiul1]

sorry i stepped on your comment. i just didn't read down far enough.

[@spencerkr5778]

Every single cruise ship documentary acts like Azipods were invented for the specific ship when they've been around for like 40 years

[@bigdogg9644]

6 million hours = 685 years 🤔

[@debanjanray1019]

Marvellous work of engineering

[@adamjones2025]

I think after what's happened with cruise ships this year people will look at different travel methods.

[@gslogar1]

180,000 is not the weight but 180,000 tones which is a measure of useable volume. The ship’s weight is it’s water displacement, it’s actual weight.

[@gslogar1]

I know displacement of water is always the meassure of ship wight. It easy to do the calculation since you have the ship contour and shape the will define it's weight based on volume displaced multipied by density of water at the temperture of the water.

[@Dave_Sisson]

There is a difference between Displacement tonnage or how much a ship would weigh if it was put on giant scales and Gross Tonnage which measures the enclosed space on a ship (the most common measure for passenger ships). They quoted DT which is usually less than half GT for liners.

[@DavidJGillCA]

The ship is so extremely top-heavy that I would not willingly be a passenger. A rogue wave will capsize it.

[@dannygayler3164]

Wow , ships have come a long since had my 2nd lifetime trip in 2015 on the Carnival Legend 💗 !

[@Lvdcev]

Amazing turtourial if only you showed us how to build a ship for 10 thousand people