This Object Is the First of Its Kind

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When given the opportunity to tour any part of the Discovery Princess in 2022, Adam chose the engine room, and a fascination with cruise-ship engineering was born. So it's not surprising Tested jumped at the chance to chronicle the building of Princess Cruises' newest ship -- the Sun Princess -- at the Fincantieri shipyard in Italy. One of the defining features of this ship is its glass dome and sphere. But ... how can rigid spheres and domes remain watertight on a ship, which flexes while at sea? Well. Here's how.
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[@Kevin_Aus]

@tested, fyi this comment isn't pinned to the top. I reackon this will more likely be referred to as the floating gastro bubble than the sun princess.

[@elcorado83]

Ugh. I hate paid youtube videos like this. Big Adam fan, & I know he has to earn a living-but this sort of "pretend real" video is the worst most insidious kind of advertising.

[@JohnGeometresMaximos]

Great! Another cruise ship to pollute our atmosphere and seas! In the mean time I'm a dick if I let my A/C run longer because the temp is close to 45C.

[@CAPUT-rh2cm]

a 'ship' can take large numbers of people outside of view of regulations that would be faced on land, otherwise the industry would not be viable

[@NitaKerns]

​@@elcorado83 says the person watching this content for free...

[@Ho0wah]

Very impressive engineering from an industry that should definitely be shut down as a major polluter. Show me a nuclear cruise ship and I'll start being actually impressed.

[@Patriiiiick]

Its like a cross between a vegas resort and a floating block of flats that youre stuck on for extended periods lf time. A literal nightmare to me.

[@ButterfatFarms]

You're not the customer demographic it was designed to accommodate. Your opinion about it is only important to you.

[@Savayan]

Who could imagine that not everyone on earth would enjoy doing the same things? The cool thing about a cruise ship is that if you don't like the idea of travelling on one you can just not go.

[@webbot15]

Oh, 100% The cruise ship experience always struck me as the worst combination of things to me. But I will concede that the thought and planning and execution for those who would enjoy it is impressive.

[@brennen6354]

that's what I thought of them too until I took a trip on one. There was a surprising amount of stuff to do and explore and tried to visit and checkout everything but didn't have enough time on a week long stay. Will definitely be booking another one soon. It didn't even feel like you were on a boat and boggles my mind just thinking about all the engineering that goes into these ships.

[@boyinapeatbog]

I've got no interest in ever going on a cruise myself (and decry the environmental impact of cruise ships) - but I love ships, and I love incredible engineering feats, and found this video fascinating just from that point of view

[@patchvonbraun]

One the one hand, the engineering on these things is amazing, and I can fully appreciate that. On the other, the opulent excess of these cruise ships really bothers my soul....

[@geronimoabalmatos]

I was feeling the same actually. Can't keep mi mint away from the idea that all that creativity and ingenuity are put on the service of creating a floating all inclusive. And that kinda kills my excitement

[@wheatgrowssweet]

Not to mention how much they pollute from the heavy oil they burn out at sea, and how much they disrupt wildlife. Going on a cruise ship is the moral equivalent of flying to the Amazon to play golf on a recently razed piece of rainforest.

[@uriituw]

Not “opulent excess”! Anything but that!

[@KennethAndrews]

I can only imagine how many homeless and hungry people in the world the amount of money spent on this could house and feed. And that comes from someone who loves Tested and Adam and is glad to see getting huge sponsors and also appreciates all the engineering and hard work that goes into making such a flat out awesome modern marvel. I just think it's important for us to always have perspective on where humanity is putting it's energy and why our systems are failing us in such equally awesome ways.

[@MichaelHeal99]

Humanity can feed the hungry AND build things for recreational needs. I often see the argument of one and not the other or humanity is bad. Humanity can and will multitask. We are not one dimensional, but political arguments often pose one POV is right verses another. We are capable of making the world a better place AND having fun too.

[@bruceleenstra6181]

It would be better if we addressed what people need before what they want. But quite often when an island is hit by an earthquake or an hurricane there are several cruise ships sent with relief volunteers aboard And hospital ships too.

[@somewhat-32W3R]

It is housing and feeding potential hungry and homeless people. The people employed in building it.

[@yo_fav_nephew444]

@@somewhat-32W3Rthat’s copium and not a real effect

[@KennethAndrews]

@@MichaelHeal99 true, we just choose not to do both which is sad.

[@Max-fi2qi]

I have to say cruise ships shouldn’t be a thing in 2023, if it’s not powered by green energy.

[@4468]

It's a marvel of modern engineering no doubt about it but my goodness modern day cruise ships are the ugliest passenger ships to sail the seas imo.

[@Silvergum]

I don't like the cruise ship industry, but I do like seeing epic engineering

[@JoshuaC923]

Yes

[@TeddyLeppard]

While interesting from an engineering point of view, there is just no way to convince me that getting on a giant prison ship on the ocean is any way for me to spend a vacation. Not gonna happen.😀

[@NitaKerns]

Im not an ocean person, but enough alcohol and Ill do anything lol

[@marty8298]

You are missing out. Don't knock it until you try it. Each criuse line caters to different types of people. Carnival is party. Disney is kids. Princess is travelers, etc.

[@rockstarfan886]

Tried a cruise once and hated what a nightmare just didn't appeal to me

[@michaelmoore7975]

@2:10 Adam said "rigid member". Being an engineer guy myself, I totally get it.....both ways.

[@bruceleenstra6181]

The only cruise I've ever considered going on was a total eclipse cruise to the middle of the ocean. If I ever felt trapped I could just corner some poor scientist and ask them endless questions.

[@Fintoy]

I'm sorry to say but this kind of dome has been done earlier by Royal Caribbean ships that are done and still made in Finland. This isn't first of its kind.

[@chumleyk]

Just like your comment... read below.

[@davidatkinson6]

As opposed to the cruise industry, as am I'm on a moral basis. And will never set foot onto a ship in the devious ocean. This is interesting in the way that massive wepons of war are amazing.

[@Fuzzycat16]

Not a fan of these Megaships. They are terrible for the ocean. Interesting none the less.

[@Fuzzycat16]

@@mini1293blue Oh yeah. They are 100% terrible places for anyone and anything involved.

[@z3rotollranc3]

While I'm concerned about the environmental impact of these unnecessarily large ships, I get that this isn't Mighty Cruise Ships and these videos are more about the engineering technics used to build these ships, I do hope that we'll get to see how this ship is trying to prevent causing unnecessary damage to the waters that they travel in.

[@elevown]

One thing to remember tho is the economy of scale- if they didnt have these huge ships, they'd have 4 times as many SMALLER ones- that would be far more poluting. The same goes for giant planes.

[@deathbyteacup]

@@elevown people don't need to cruise around the oceans going nowhere in particular.

[@dakotareid1566]

@@deathbyteacupusing that logic we could do away with tons of stuff including phones and the internet

[@degiguess]

@@elevown thing is that would still result in less pollution. A ship 1/10th the size of this one isn't going to cause 1/10th of the pollution, it will cause less than that. As engines get larger the amount of exhaust they produce increases exponentially, not linearly.

[@user-td4gh6kj2z]

@@elevown Pure guesswork on your part there, and its also not even true. Smaller ships are gonna cost more, and they will have to take careful pathing to avoid storms that a ship like this princess of pollution could handle without much issue. The simple fact is it would not happen near as much if these ships were not as large.

[@bishop9757]

I love that this channel covers such a wide range of topics lol. One week a cool new toy, next a TV props, then we go and see historical scientific instruments...then suddenly a giant ship.

[@Czechbound]

*We've had "Green washing" ... now we have "Adam Washing".* Cruise ships are unbelievably polluting, using the worst type of heavy fuel oils. Want to take a tour of the deck while under power ? You'll experience some of the worst air quality you ever will ... literally walking through the exhaust haze. And what's worse, the ship companies think nothing of running the engines while in port, polluting the city they are visiting ( hence a few European ports have banned the practice ). Your greenhouse gas footprint will be terribly high going on a cruise. And they spoil the port cities they visit. The Netherlands is starting to ban them. Disgorging thousands and thousands of tourists upon a city for an 8 hour stay. In time these ships will be banned. Do your bit and boycott them. *Adam .... forget the great tech blah blah. These things are not part of a global climate emergency solution.*

[@Czechbound]

@@modestmousecoloredperson Granted, it sounds extreme. But it caught your attention - that was the point. Really, it all comes down to personal choice. Fly less, use public transport more ( if you can ), swerve cruises, support investment in renewable energy, if you're a celeb like Adam, think deeply before endorcing things that pollute like cruises. Nobody has all the answers, but it's a full on clime emergency. it's here. That too can sound "kinda insane". But it's what the UN, WHO and scientists are telling us. Anyway, peace and love !

[@Czechbound]

@@modestmousecoloredperson No, you don't understand the concept of bait and switch. And I don't appreciate being misrepresented as lying. The climate emergency is here. I presented a full bore defence of not supporting the polluting cruise industry. Yes, it can sound extreme. It is. Wake up. Yes, that is me suggesting you wake up. And don't backtrack : your initial comment was about eco-minded comments sounding extreme, not people-telling-people how to live being extreme. Nobody is telling anyone what to do in real terms. That only works in real terms if you have the power to make them. In colloquial terms - the terms we use every day, telling people to wake up, not backtrack and to be more concerned about the environment is just that : colloquialism. Do what you like. Adam can do what he likes. But at least you're doing it in knowledge that it's not the best for the environment. I don't have kids, so in one sense I shouldn't give a flying f??? as I won't be around to see the worst of what will happen. But we all have to pull together ( and no, that's not an instruction, it's another colloquialism. Try switching off the internet/ tv/ radio so that you don't think that every colloquial term is a direction to do something or else. You're not a slave after all. Peace and love.

[@RonPerreault]

You never did ask, How much does the ship flex? Curious minds need to know.

[@JasonFarrell]

Or "how many spare panes of glass and/or plywood are available if broken at sea?"

[@Bad_Wolf_Media]

He didn't mention it in this video, but in the intro he said this will be a series of videos, so there's a good chance that question/answer will be coming later.

[@cleverusername9369]

I'm not sure exactly but typically ships don't flex enough to be perceptible by people. Fractions of an inch. Ships are designed with expansion joints in the same way bridges are, but you wouldn't be able to notice it

[@jeffdroog]

It's a pretty large flex just to build such a thing for the sole purpose of stealing money from people,and polluting the earth.

[@Si-Al-Ti]

There are some cool vids here on KZbin from tankers/cargo vessels with very long corridors where you definitely can see the flex :):)

[@webbot15]

I love seeing how excited Adam is at every aspect of this! How a ship is like set design that has to be function. It's an object that gives an experience when you interact with it. How the layout tells a story. Honestly, I've never been emotionally invested in cruise ships until seeing this though Adams eyes.

[@PigeonHoot]

Dude was on camera for years, he has learned to look excited. He might be genuinely interested in the engineering but the dude is not interested in the champagne and coffee bar or the bells and whistles for customers.

[@theHardChargerVids]

What is interesting to me is the engineer/builder is not just..."let's get this done"...he really is committed to the artistic point of view. He is interested in the customer experience. I really appreciate that. By the way, Adam I commend you on keeping this under tight lip until you released the vid...this was a big deal!

[@ButterfatFarms]

Of course this is a consideration

[@theHardChargerVids]

@@ButterfatFarms right...but I didn't understand that. I don't know if that is unique or common. In my life I have met many people who think...ok this is my task...get it done...I go home. paid. never thought of again. But I didn't get that vibe when watching this. so your comment of..."of course this is a consideration"...may not be the common experience of everyone. You are one person with your own experiences...so...no of course this is not?? lol

[@jeffdroog]

Yeah,when you're designing something that is literally going to cause air pollution,water pollution,and noise pollution,it should AT LEAST look really nice.Everything evil should definitely have an artist design it.Really distracts from what an awful waste of human resources,and skill projects like this are.Its designed to steal money from people,and pollute.Good job 😑

[@michaelmoore7975]

@2:10 Adam said "rigid member". Being an engineer guy myself, I totally get it.....both ways.

[@daybraek9710]

@@theHardChargerVidsa great engineering group/company can sometimes do that, but most aren't capable or arent willing to put in the extra effort.

[@cpo415]

You should have asked them where they got rid of all the trash.

[@TheNiters]

For a good while there I was wondering if this was an ad or a normal video. It should probably be marked as containing product promotions.

[@tested]

It is marked as paid promotion (it shows when you start to play the video in the upper left), and it is also mentioned in the caption and the pinned comment. Although we would have done this video anyway; Adam's pretty obsessed with cruise ship engineering.

[@TheNiters]

@@tested Interesting, when I rewound to see if the popup in the upper left was there, it did not appear. It looks like it only appears when you click into the video, not when you rewind to the start. Carry on!

[@Kevin_Aus]

@@tested your comment saying that it is sponsored is not actually pinned to the top. fyi

[@dakotareid1566]

@@testednone of that pops up

[@archivist17]

​@@testedNo popup.

[@tibblescat2918]

If you stayed home and spent all day setting fire to buckets of petrol/gas, you would cause less air pollution than spending the day on a cruise liner

[@jeffdege4786]

I'm not so much concerned about what these huge ships do to the oceans, but what they do to the communities they dock at. Dropping thousands of tourists into a small town with a four hour deadline creates a mess.

[@dakotareid1566]

But tons of revenue on opportunities for local residents to make money, I live in a cruise ship town in Ontario Canada, and they bring much needed business to the area

[@Patriiiiick]

Yeah you just have to look at what it's done to places like Venice

[@jeffdege4786]

@@dakotareid1566 I don't disagree. But I'm a sailor, and the cruisers often hit the. cruise ship ports on days when the cruise ships are absent and marvel at what wonderful places they are, when they aren't flooded with tourists. The question, though, is how many of those quaint resort restaurants would be there, if it weren't for the cruise ship custom? There aren't, and there never will be, enough cruising sailors to keep such businesses running.

[@keeran697]

There are a lot of small island and other communities which are completely in hoc to these companies now, it's fucked

[@muramusan]

It's crazy how big these behemoths really are and how long they take to make and to just change the original plan takes way way longer. It's a marvel for sure and mula mula lol.

[@Junorr500]

Reminds me of the cruise ship from the 5th element movie.

[@dorsk84]

Now Ruby Rod at..... FLOSTON PARADISE!!!

[@JasonFarrell]

@@dorsk84 "Are you green?! Super-green?!"

[@dorsk84]

@@JasonFarrell Super green!

[@michaelmoore7975]

@2:10 Adam said "rigid member". Being an engineer guy myself, I totally get it.....both ways. And The 5th element had a couple rigid member scenes as well.

[@havegoals]

Such a good man, doing us all a disservice by promoting this industry.

[@chumleyk]

Sheep

[@havegoals]

@@chumleyk 🤡

[@Si-Al-Ti]

0:55 ”Energy efficiency” dumbest thing I’ve heard and we’re less than a minute in.. I can appreciate the technical feats and marvels that these ships are but a large, modern, luxury cruiser will consume around 60 000 gallons of fuel… PER DAY. That’s equivalent to an average car making 50 laps around the globe *every* *single* *day*. It’s absolute fucking insanity that these things are still being allowed to operate. But hey, I’d take the opportunity to get a close up of the construction any day of the week..

[@chrisw1462]

I hope you're going to ask about how the glass wall and dome are built to allow flexing. That would be extremely interesting to know.

[@HaileISela]

these must be some of the best seats to watch the oceans boil. how fitting. and special points for making spheres out of plane rectangles... never mind triangulation.

[@chumleyk]

We'll let you into a little secret... the oceans aren't really boiling.

[@Joe___R]

Seeing that shipyard takes me back to when I worked at a ship building and repair company in Florida. It is truly incredible how those massive ships get built. From flat plate steel to massive lego pieces, then assembled together into a final product that can live at see for months at a time if needed.

[@NoName-zn1sb]

live at sea

[@theHardChargerVids]

Tested has an attached vid that ask this question...boat vs ship...my response..."we use to train jumping off the port side of a ship...we had to cross our legs...hold one hand over the jewels and one hand over our nose...keep the elbows close to our sides...all this to prevent damage...if you do not have to take any of this into consideration when debarking...then you are probably on a boat...fishing...on a lake" USMC

[@GrahamRoche]

Don't forget to ask to see the rooms of the lowest staff member and find out how many hours a week they have to work and how much they get paid!!!

[@OttawaOldFart]

nope, cruise ships are a pariah on the oceans.

[@abbofun9022]

I shudder to think I would have spend a week on such ships, nonetheless I do appreciate the complexity of the engineering involved.

[@andrewwilks2700]

LOL it's the Fhloston Paradise!

[@ChefSarah4104]

This is just fascinating. I'm in awe of the engineers that made this happen.

[@socalkook1536]

I wonder how noisy it going to be inside that dome, with a bunch of screaming kids in the pool.

[@Matt_with_2Ts]

So, Noah got that ark built?! The rich will need that when all of the glaciers finally melt............. #waterpiercer

[@ColleenDorin]

Magnificent ship. Hope to cruise on her someday!

[@MikeBenko]

As much as I hate cruise ships on a conceptual level alone (and yes, I've been on cruises), the engineering that goes into them is undeniably impressive.

[@MaxxsHandle]

It's really cool that Mr. Magorium does cruise ship engineering now.

[@chazzyb8660]

Hmm… Are the domes there to keep the pterodactyls in? Because that went well? This is only the second time Adam lost me, first that robo-dog that seems to have been abandoned and now cruise ships(really?) Just ask the people of Venice and all the other cities, ports towns that get invaded by these (amazing) giant structures, but to no obvious benefit to the local economy? Not sure that the world needs cruise ships, but hey Adam's non-standard hard hat is still cool.

[@artor9175]

Cruise ships are some amazing feats of engineering, but a revolting waste of resources.

[@adamsd86]

💯 - I’m seriously disappointed Adam bought into this propaganda. Cruise ships are environmental catastrophes and a terrible way to travel.

[@bazzatron9482]

I'm really torn about this. The Engineering is really exciting - but it's impossible to reconcile my enjoyment from seeing this with the negative socioeconomic and ecological impact of the existence of this ship. This ship, and the pleasure cruise industry, should not exist. I do think a little less of Adam for adding his seal of approval to this, but I understand that these kinds of deals are the cost of the otherwise quality entertainment. I long for a time where this is no longer necessary.

[@DerekGreen123]

Completely agree Baz 👍 Honestly, this felt a bit like an advertisement 😵 I know there's some interesting engineering in there, but the pollution and environmental damage caused by cruise ship is just grotesque and they really should be phasing them out 🥹 - "A June study from sustainable transport campaigner The European Federation for Transport and Environment found that 63 cruise ships owned by parent company Carnival Corporation emitted 43% more sulfur oxides, a group of harmful air pollutants, than all the 291 million cars in Europe in 2022. " - "Europe's most polluted cruise ports: Venice, on the other hand, improved significantly. The most cruise polluted port in 2019 dropped to 41st last year following a ban on large cruise ships entering the port that was introduced in 2021, leading to an 80% fall in SOx emissions."

[@calebnewton_]

What?

[@bazzatron9482]

@@calebnewton_ You can read it as many times as you need. If you have a specific question, let me know.

[@quinnls]

Agreed. As much as I love Adam and thoroughly enjoy Tested’s content, I’m feeling put off by this. I wish at least that Tested was more upfront about how (besides being a really interesting engineering video with Adam) this is also in large part an ad for the cruise company. The fact that it’s never really acknowledged directly, even though it’s obvious, feels weird and unnatural to me. I think if nothing else, changing that aspect would help a lot. Of course I understand that these agreements have specific terms, and bills must be paid to produce the videos we love. But I do hope that the folks at Tested are open to our feedback.

[@benloi9874]

"Godfather to a cruise ship' is something I wasn't expecting to hear.

[@PierceArner]

These are the types of ambitious design challenges that I think don't think happen enough these days when designing science fiction spacecraft. Seeing these types of things being tackled in the real world and being built to be functional and aesthetically impressed is always inspiring to my imagination.

[@jeffdroog]

You're right! We DEFINITELY don't waste enough money on water,and air polluting endeavors such as this! Next,we could try powering them with coal! Lol Honestly,I'd much rather see those resources going to projects that actually help people,not actively hurt everyone involved.

[@PierceArner]

@@jeffdroog What you're going off on is totally irrelevant to my comment on how seeing real-world engineering problem solving for both functional & aesthetic design is something that we should see pushing boundaries more in _science fiction spacecraft design._ Be mad about cruise ships all you like, but keep the commentary on that in threads where it's actually relevant to what someone said. Read before you reply.

[@johan.mp4]

Aesthetic? Cruise ships look like sh*t. They are built to accommodate overweight crappy buffé-eating people, not as a mean of transport. I'm not for banning things, but if something should be banned, then these should be it. Engineering-wise they are cool though.

[@jeffdroog]

@PierceArner yes,but when the problem you're solving with engineering is,how can we pollute more,and take more money from people,then it's actually quite on point,and literally intertwined,not just related.

[@leonkrug4841]

@@jeffdroog " yes,but when the problem you're solving with engineering is,[...],and take more money" you do realize that a cruise trip is not a basic life necessity. There's nothing inherently bad about the fact that people are willing to pay money for something

[@MikeTheGamer77]

so, no opinions on how much of a waste of resources a cruise ship is, huh?

[@socal_spike]

Define: Waste

[@lukesalazar9283]

Great! We now have Poseidon Adventures!

[@luckytoastsebastian]

In one of your upcoming videos can you cover what people on shore who dont benefit from the tourism dollars think of these big ships full if people?

[@jenyates3033]

I love Adam, but when the world is burning - seeing giant coorporations build such disgusting monstrosities it's just a sign that not only are we not doing anything to fix the world, there are factors at play just making sure that it ends as quick as possible - and those fortunate enough to book a ticket can travel the world seeing the last days of the nice places before they all end up underneath the unstoppable rising oceans.

[@IndigoSilverbell]

This did not go at all deep enough into the engineering to get me to ignore that cruise ships are terrible for the environment. If you want to geek out about the engineering, you really should ask more questions directly linked to the science and mechanics behind it.

[@NitaKerns]

this is the first video in a SERIES.

[@IndigoSilverbell]

@@NitaKerns It being a series does not excuse the first video being a pure fluff piece that doesn't dive into the mechanics or ask probing questions.

[@JYD2020]

When you see this title on Adam Savage's channel, you know its going to be super unique because Adam has pretty much seen it all

[@andthatsalliknow5280]

We go on the "behind the scenes" tours when we go on a cruise and it's the best part of the entire cruise!

[@SergiuM42]

Damn everyone in this comments section needs to chill out and just enjoy the video. These are amazing engineering marvels.

[@bryan__m]

Lol I went to the comments to see if there would be 1 or 2 complaining about it and lo and behold there's maybe that many NOT complaining about it. Makes me curious if he continued with the series as promised.

[@hugjuffs]

TBH it looks like the Homer Simpson car.

[@helvettefaensatan]

It is wonderful all the beautiful ways we have found to destroy this planet. Bravo! Imagine being so creative that you invite Adam Savage to geek out and applaud your project. Imagine need to be that creative.

[@mikelynch920]

Is that Adam’s personal hard hat?

[@tested]

Yes, from MythBusters.

[@WaywardWhiteWalker]

Can't wait to see that giant ship crap all over the planet. Have fun everyone.

[@theHardChargerVids]

can we pause to give proper respect to Adam's Hard Hat...that has to be his own...the first hard hats was inspired by the helmets of WWI

[@MoZz..]

so was there any special procedure to make the glass not break? - i don't get it, maybe i skipped that part. imo there is some lack of information here on how the construction is made and designed, does it move in sepperate to the ship or are they just welding it so it Cant flex at all??? hmm

[@anon_y_mousse]

This is the kind of content why I'm subscribed, and why I don't care how far behind I am in watching my subscription feed.

[@CameronScottsChannel]

Major Avenue 5 vibes with this interior.

[@zapfanzapfan]

Well, I hope we meet Scotty in engineering next!

[@lukearoo]

this is what i love about Adam Savage, companies looking to promote a cruise reach out and they want celebs to obsess over the champagne lounges, swimming pools and service and Adam want to see the guts of it. it may still be an ad. but its riveting stuff all the same.

[@MysticBlueFox]

I may not have the same love for the engineering behind many things as Adam, but I do always love to see people enjoy what they love.

[@Preske]

cruise ships, no matter how much PR and money is thrown around to "prove" otherwise, are an environmental disaster.

[@billabongwardle]

Yeah, really, really surprised that Adam would even entertain the idea of promoting these floating ecological disaster engines.

[@TheVRSofa]

@@billabongwardle same. gutted. :(

[@dakotareid1566]

They’re less damaging than the equivalent amount of people going to the same destinations by plane.

[@k20nutz]

I understand him doing it. Yes they are really bad for the environment but, they are going to build it anyway and it's probably a good check the Adam could put towards something better or just enjoy. He's a great role model, but he doesn't need to be a martyr.

[@k20nutz]

​@@dakotareid1566do you have a source for that?

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

I’m disappointed that Tested accepted money to promote a company that is well known as an egregious polluter. Ships are cool but there are so many tech companies working on decreasing the pollution of crucial logistics ships that I’m disappointed to see Tested choose a company who pollutes for the pleasure of the wealthy.

[@Ontheroad13]

Could not agree more with you. Very disappointing.

[@dakotareid1566]

The fact you think the wealthy go on cruise ships is funny.

[@OhHeyTrevorFlowers]

@@dakotareid1566 Compared to the majority of the people of the world, cruisers are wealthy. But yeah, the ultra-wealthy have their own ships.

[@MrRogno]

Fantastic, it makes my stomach turn in so many levels.

[@Lion_McLionhead]

It's more of an exterior prop than anything functional, since it's divided into interior floors & passengers won't see any difference.

[@Nick-xe9me]

The back dome is the balls and the front dome is the head. Two engineers got drunk at a bar one night when they were supposed to be doing their design. The next day their boss says hey boys where's that design you were working on last night. One of them groggily reaches in to their coat pocket and pulls out this stained napkin sketch of a 13 year old's joke of a Weiner ship. Hands it to boss. Now this.

[@slugdaluga]

I'm just going to go ahead and assume that Adam had his own hardhat.😂

[@tested]

Yep!

[@coffeeshangarworkshop8051]

I appreciate the amazing engineering, even as I detest cruising. It sounds like the absolute worst way to go on a vacation to me personally. They are expensive, they herd you around like cattle to specific cruising Port locations which have grown to take advantage of the cruising customers with local populace/business just waiting to extract money from your pockets after you get off the ship for your few hours ashore. If you want to be literally spoon-fed a vacation, detest hiking camping and exploring, and enjoy sanitized tourist versions of countries that you visit... Cruising just might be right for you.

[@brunobrauer6301]

"They are expensive, they herd you around like cattle to specific cruising Port locations which have grown to take advantage of the cruising customers with local populace/business just waiting to extract money from your pockets after you get off the ship for your few hours ashore." These ships are all inclusive, food and booze, nobody who goes ashore spends money on restaurants etc, that's why Amsterdam, Barcelona etc are reducing their numbers, they just stand around gawking and hindering the locals from doing their business.

[@dakotareid1566]

@@brunobrauer6301just because they’re all inclusive doesn’t mean people don’t go ashore to enjoy local foods

[@dakotareid1566]

Cruising is the cheapest way to visit multiple destinations and in fact less environmentally damaging than it would be to fly to each destination.

[@gpaull2]

@@dakotareid1566- Don’t ruin their moral righteousness.

[@archivist17]

​@@dakotareid1566citation needed.

[@Davedarko]

cruise ships are the last thing I've expected to see here and I'm disappointed. Their impact on the environment suck, they're big and unnecessary.

[@bimmerfan2126]

Unfortunately these monsters have a massive carbon footprint, at least 5 times the carbon emissions vs flying to a destination, staying in a hotel, and driving a car around. Not to mention the huge amounts of effluents put in the water, the damage to whales, its just a horrible impact on the environment

[@nerdingforfunprops4487]

Adam has this really cool ability to make any hat/headwear look cool. And I'm including MacReady's in this.....

[@shred_savage]

Fun Facts: A large cruise ship can have a carbon footprint greater than 12,000 cars, and passengers on an Antarctic cruise can produce as much CO2 emissions on a seven-day voyage as the average European in an entire year. The most commonly used fuel type for cruise ships is heavy fuel oil, which is relatively cheap but highly pollutive. An average-sized cruise ship carrying 2,000 passengers uses 150 tonnes a day when it's at sea; in port, it requires an average of 50 tonnes to meet the liner's electricity demands. Ships like the Harmony of the Seas burn up to 4,900 litres of fuel per hour, 249,000 litres of fuel per day. Cruise ships generate vast quantities of solid and liquid waste, often dumped into oceans and seas, affecting marine flora and fauna. Environmental groups state that the passenger's carbon footprint triples when one opts for a cruise journey as these 'floating cities' produce around 15 gallons of hazardous chemical waste every single day.

[@lordvetinari1331]

I've always thought these would make more sense as slower, but self-sustaining, floating communities that have their own individual economies

[@stevemuzak8526]

Waterworld :D

[@randomhero123]

There's quite a few great examples of such things, google floating city architecture, there's a lot of designs and renders showcasing them. I can't think of any off the top of my head that ever became a reality though, usually they're dream designs of an architect that allows them to showcase their abilities.

[@theaveragepro1749]

problem is that theres alot of maintenance in keeping something like this operational, and a floating community is unlikely to be able to produce that much profit, the only thing they can really do is tourism or office space, but both of them will end up having a fairly long travel time from shore (where everything else is), so it ends up being just a niche hotel for tourism, and inconvenient office space

[@onawhim9079]

Hideous polluting things, I can't think of a worse type of holiday, but each to their own. Can't deny that the engineering aspect of big ships, especially cruise ships, is impressive. By the way a pool that you can swim from inside to out isn't a first, Coral Reef Swimming Pool in Bracknell, UK had an outside area, why? I have no idea! Although maybe on a ship it is 😂

[@tested]

It's the glass dome that's the first.

[@mRhea]

the cruise industry is destroying the planet, its sad to see adam promote this its sad [and illegal in my country] for an ad to not be disclosed before clicking

[@sintoxic]

It has the "Includes paid promotion"-Thing in the beginning of the video and the pinned comment also says "sponsored".

[@TheVRSofa]

yeah kinda agree, just....not what i expoected from them.

[@dakotareid1566]

The cruise industry is less damaging than the equivalent amount of travellers going to the same destinations by plane.

[@quinnls]

@@dakotareid1566I’m curious where you got that info. I genuinely tried to find data supporting that, but every source I could find stated that cruise ships emit twice as much (or more) CO2 per passenger when compared to airplanes. Could you enlighten me?

[@sebastienlabbe4647]

Would have been really cool if they'd chosen to create a geodesic dome. I wonder why they didn't? My best guess (as a non-engineer) is that it would have been difficult to integrate into the deck layout?

[@OlafsLeftArm]

Maybe this was easier to build. Don't know. Icon of the Seas has a geodesic dome structure.

[@theaveragepro1749]

i find geodesics tend to have worse views because they're all triangles and the parts where the beams go is not really aligned to where people try to look out, with these more rectangular windows aligned in layers you would get a much better view

[@seancoyote]

Adam Savage seems to be the best person to talk with about anything that has complexity. His level of joy and excitement makes everything fun, and such makes you want to learn about things with him.

[@user-ru3ql6ji4p]

All that glass on an Ocean Liner...What could possibly go wrong?

[@thomaswattle9828]

a seagull hits it

[@BlueEyedColonizer]

Adam Adam Adam, don't ever get in bed with a cruiseship company......I'm so scared you are gunna regret this....Ugh

[@Matthew-by6vl]

That ship has nice balls! Looks like it will be amazing when done.

[@Trying2show]

Adam is definitely giving me Bob vila vibes. He’s always taking us on a field trip lol

[@adamreynolds3863]

This is going to be fantastic!

[@lelamuirhead2423]

I can't wait to be on the Sun Princess. She's just stunning. What comes to my mind is how will they wash and keep all that glass clean?

[@ArgentVive]

While I genuinely respect the engineering and creativity that goes into building such massive things as cruise ships, they're just so goddamn ugly! They're reminiscent of skyscrapers, all glass and metal with very little actual character. I don't know, maybe I'm the strange one. I like to get off the beaten path when I travel. A great big floating resort just ain't my style.

[@erinkarp]

I agree, they also seem like a waste of resources tbh

[@OphoisOne]

Ocean liners tend to be more aesthetically pleasing to me, at least compared to cruise ships.

[@fabian1150]

I wonder if there is some sort of focalpoint inside the Domes where the light generates to much heat or could be dangerous. Like with that british tower called "walkie talkie"

[@XMarkxyz]

Not really for many reasons: that skyscraper in London was parabolic so the reflective surfaces of the glass concentrated the sunlight on one arguably large but still one point, while the dome even if they were perfeclty reflecting or working as a lens (thing that i doubt) being spheric scatter the light on a larger area, that's what's called spherical aberration; but mainly, by the looks of it, that is aluminized glass so only part of the light gets in and being flat panels there is no lensing and it ges pretty much stright through

[@grelgen]

it's frustrating when Adam wants to ask questions about a thing and the interviewee is treating the whole thing like an ad.

[@leonarddecant8566]

Pretty cool. But I wonder if the dome will not act like a giant magnifying glass heating up the air within..particularly in the center?

[@XMarkxyz]

Italians are really masters at building ships

[@Revonlieke]

just hope it has more than 12 lifeboats.

[@mph3500]

I enjoy these nuts and bolts explanations, the synthesis of engineering and design.

[@glennhawley1192]

Totally awesome dude....

[@zackbob6]

Know what else was a firsf of a kind? The Titanic

[@Spiritofpower24]

This is really neat! I've always been fascinated by the unique engineering problems that shipbuilders have to solve.

[@RetroCAD]

Oh no, Adam... I really admire you but this is a misstep. The earth does not need this industry.

[@LogicAndReason2025]

You could make a whole episode on how they will keep the glass clean on those domes.

[@EyeballOrigami]

This is the most blatant piece of sponsored promotion I've ever seen you do. Not a fan of this video, I hope it isn't a portent of future efforts.

[@HistoryWithJerm]

I work for Princess cruises, very cool to see behind the scenes thank you!