Utopia of the Seas Updates - New Elevators, Crew Parties, No Guests Onboard, Coast Guard Drill

[@ClementPoh]

Awesome that you're doing long form content

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Trying! Still haven't settled on a vibe yet, not sure what is best but I'll keep trying

[@blessedmom3599]

I like the long content. The short ones are good but I definitely like the longer ones . I’m enjoying your videos! Take Care.

[@SkinWitchNYC]

@@BryanJamesCruiseswait! I recognize that voice! I was on icon of the seas April 20th. I do have to say, I absolutely HATE cruises….. but I will admit, that vacation was one of the top 3 ever and I travel often and all over 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@jbauth]

the stress walk to the meeting is so real… me everyday😅

[@BryanJamesCruises]

I'll never learn 😅

[@zulickj]

Royal should give you access to more behind the scenes content. Interview and engage with other cruise members on the ships....as well as ship leadership. It would give more transparency into this world as a Royal cruise customer myself.

[@avgeekguy]

Are you loyal to royal

[@jsverner]

I can't begin to say how much this makes me want to get my next cruise scheduled!

[@billparry7058]

Loving this content 👏 Good memories of watching you and the guys in the Mason Jar on Wonder of the Seas running out of Barcelona.

[@jworth7203]

Thanks for the longer videos, Bryan! And congrats on the new ship placement!

[@ELysian-ox2re]

Love this video, and for showing us around Utopia. My cousin is also a crew there on Utopia, and my brother is working in Odyssey. From your videos I get a glimpse of what's inside the cruise ship.

[@CruisingWithJT]

Great video, Bryan! Appreciate the behind the scenes look. Keep up the great work and have a wonderful inaugural season!

[@PaulDollinger]

Excited to see you are on Utopia. I saw you last year on wonder. I will be on Utopia im November hope to see you then and party.

[@adindabtari5324]

been watching your contents and honestly it is the first time I see you do your work and gotta say I love it 👍👍 keep doing what you're doing

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Haha I don't really show what I do for a job, huh? Maybe that'll change with the longer videos!

[@TheDecisionsDecision]

Really enjoying theses videos, super interesting to see what the crew life is like & enjoy the vibe of cruise ships.

[@LIFEISFINE1963]

Shout out to Bryan. I saw you on the elevator yesterday. Nice seeing you in person.

[@SSDGM26.2]

Love the long content!!!! Also, special appreciation to the happy Windjammer sandwiches.

[@maitrinhhuynh4234]

cant wait to see your band performing life ! soon !!!

[@rslings]

Can’t wait to hear you perform when I sail in September.

[@dougcross2335]

Let’s hear some old school outlaw country too!!! See you in February!

[@DocPicklez]

Good one! More plz!

[@juliusdixon898]

Great video

[@ChefDaphneeFrancois]

Love this video!!!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

😀

[@alimatt9685]

These vids are getting my beyond excited to get on the ship!!

[@erikvazquez4909]

Be on the ship in November, thanks for the awesome video!!

[@PaulCashman]

Not only are the ships so big, but there are only two sets of elevators, fore and aft. Makes for even more walking!

[@melvinjacobs2328]

Great video. Glad they give you a party.

[@wanderlustalley]

Bro you smashedddd this video! Love the long form 🎉

[@BryanJamesCruises]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@ChrissyGotTheCoils]

I loved watching a day in your life. I'm excited to see how things are when guests join.

[@kellyharrington3346]

Yay excited to see you on the new ship! I hope you’re still there in March!! Always love your videos & glad this one was longer! Have a great contract!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Hopefully we'll still be here! 🤞🏼

[@LaLidoLoca]

Really appreciate these videos. Looking forward to being on Utopia soon.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Tony! Thanks man, love everything you make! See ya in a bit

[@FelixTorres-wl5vt]

@@LaLidoLoca Shout out Luda!!

[@nicolabyrne2440]

Fab video. Really enjoyed this one. Great to see you and the guys back together.

[@changeez1]

Love the long form content and miss you three! Can’t wait to see you in Sept!!! And welcome back Jeff 😊

[@BryanJamesCruises]

The legend himself

[@Michael-rx6ji]

Nice content! Keep it up please! That's nice to see the inside perspective from a crew member

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Hopefully more to come!

[@FelixTorres-wl5vt]

Welcome to my city, Ponce, I can see the ship from my balcony. Sailing on Utopia B2B March 2025

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Loved Ponce! Wish we could stay longer

[@FelixTorres-wl5vt]

@@BryanJamesCruises When are you all leaving? Icon stayed almost 6 days.

[@FelixTorres-wl5vt]

Well, looks like you're leaving....

[@alexandershelton4002]

Destination elevators are great, they were amazing on icon!

[@derrickc9831]

Saw you on Wonder last year and will be very awesome to see you on the 19th!

[@anythingroam2423]

Thanks for sharing bro, love seeing the new ship and your super chill Vlogger. just my style.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Very appreciated to hear that

[@takedownspecialist1767]

Sailing August 12th lucky to be on for a whole week and can’t wait!

[@jacksanfranse]

utopia looks so fun

[@jimb0sjimb0s]

Thanks Brydude!! "Best contract ever" vibe!!😁😁😁😁

[@BryanJamesCruises]

😀😀

[@emilywillard7280]

Gonna miss you guys in the mason jar 😢 my favorite band!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Oh dontchu worry

[@davidrle23]

Icon has these elevators. they are great and work so much better.

[@patricialamarche3914]

Coming to cruise this week

[@dillardowens]

Bryan we saw you on Wonder of the Seas a couple years ago. Looking forward to seeing you Again August 19. Enjoying your videos. We were the older couple from Nashville.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Yes!! See ya in a bit

[@joshlickert2694]

Great video!! keep up the good work

[@Nate_Hawkes]

Ahhhh can't wait to meet you guys in August!

[@christineciccone2201]

Love you content. Hope to see you on one of these cruises Soon

[@TopCanadian1]

Really enjoy the longer form video, very interesting ,very cool,

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Thank you! Gonna try and make longer videos more consistently

[@Adaranova]

I appreciate the psting speed of the uploads its azming what can get on the crew aspect of whats on a cruise ship

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Thanks! I was hoping to be posting every two days but I underestimated how much time it takes to create longer videos.

[@mercy_estevez]

Great video!!!

[@rainawofford]

Loving the singing content! You should add more clips of y’all rehearsing and performing ! :)

[@BryanJamesCruises]

I'll see what I can do...

[@fofita17]

Love these longer videos!!!

[@debmoye1985]

😊 Thank you!

[@MYATM]

We Just left Kevin on the Icon, missed you no Mason Jar boo! It was great to see Effy in this video! Work hard party harder!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

How was he??

[@riondoesthings1988]

Love these videos! Can’t wait to be on Utopia on July 26th!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

See you soon!

[@chrism4432]

That sounded like the cruise director from Icon - interesting

[@timguy4783]

Awesome see you July 29

[@aprilsimmons5137]

Thank you!!

[@dmwnc1959]

This was 🎉🎉🎉 so great!!!

[@dipakchetry8270]

Nice,keep going 💪

[@donaldchewning5984]

Great video.. hope my family and I get to meet you when we sail on Oct. 11. It’s been a lot of fun watching all your videos

[@BryanJamesCruises]

I don't think I'll be onboard then unfortunately :(

[@donaldchewning5984]

Aww that sad. We wish you well

[@jbauth]

killing it bryan!!

[@ellenhenderson6865]

This was great!

[@RainStrom_61]

Enjoy your videos

[@jeffdurling100]

Great video and interesting to see the crew side of life. Missed you on Wonder in Oct. If you are still on contract in Late Jan. will look for you in the Mason Jar.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

It's pretty likely you'll see us!

[@jennerspatterscruisingchan5731]

I'll be on the July 15th sailing and I'm going to request MMMBOP country style. Thanks for your video!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Hahahah

[@julienb_ms]

Nice VIdeo Bryan! :) As a Musician on a German Cruise Ship I'm really excited to see the differences between our crew life. I must say that I'm really sad to see a privilege matrix - it feels like some crew members are better than others^^ Is that a thought that comes up in the crew? Because to me it doesn't make any sense to allow only some crew members to eat for free in a buffet restaurant while others have to pay for it?

[@amclaudet]

Love these videos!!

[@lban0525]

Don’t get too fresh with the music. I’ll be sailing early September and I’ll be excited to see you again.

[@edvaira6891]

Your cruise director is cool!

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Truly! Really great with crew

[@KyleMiller1919]

Newer subscriber here- looking forward to hanging with you on the Inaugural sailing in about 1.5 weeks! We booked Mason Jar on night 3 for 6pm dinner (let us know if you think we should pick a diff time to catch your set)

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Cool! Eating at the mason jar is a different vibe than hanging out there, it's a different section of the room. So if you wanted to come listen to the music and hang then I'd recommend coming at any time in the evening to the bar side

[@izzytheminigoldendoodle]

I can't wait until august

[@laurahenderson5882]

I'm watching so keep on making videos 😂

[@BryanJamesCruises]

♥️

[@lorenzoarodriguez6048]

Those are the elevators that they have on the Icon of the Seas

[@mfx1]

"Privilege matrix" makes me want to have less to do with cruses than I already do either as a punter or crew.

[@nicholascaputo8433]

Brian James see you on the ship August 5

[@seanholbert6244]

I'm super happy to see that Utopia has adopted the destination elevators from Icon. They are a bit hit.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

They are SO much better than what we had before

[@swimking1]

I have been wondering for weeks if utopia will have destination elevators

[@uli2044]

😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@NWong95]

Awesome vlogs! Great to see the process. Do you know if you and the band will be on April 2025? I have Utopia booked then.

[@BryanJamesCruises]

My guess is that we won't be onboard at that time, but ya never know

[@laurahenderson5882]

Is there a picture of Dolly Parton behind you on the stage?

[@totallyadvancedgaming]

Must have m o r e, good work btw

[@xxabsxx31]

Does this cruise ship dump its waste into the ocean? Enjoyed the video thanks

[@RobertHansenRob]

Love your channel. Have you met Jordan Bauth yet? Vlog together?

[@BryanJamesCruises]

I have! She's quite busy but maybe we'll find some time!

[@rabidfishsticks666]

Where do you call on the matrix?

[@blessedmom3599]

Do y’all play anything by The Eagles? Take it Easy! Lol

[@nicholascaputo8433]

I am going on the ship I’m going August 5

[@zulickj]

How long is your contract on Utopia of the Seas?

[@Juelz9590]

Hey Brian, where can we find you on ship when we sail? We are sailing August 12!

[@takedownspecialist1767]

Me too! 😊

[@BryanJamesCruises]

You'll find us performing up at The Mason Jar on deck 15

[@erikm9768]

The other musician looks exactly the same?

[@erikm9768]

Are you brothers? :)

[@eleonelo40]

Hi, I have a question, please, is the job of a hotel storekeeper or warehouse very hard? If I have worked in a warehouse that is not a hotel, can I be accepted for the position? Thanks

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Every job on a ship is 7 days a week, 8+ hours a day, no days off 😬 but if you have the experience on land I'm sure you'd be successful doing it on the ship!

[@nrashmaster]

dang im here early

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Very appreciated

[@angeladelman4846]

Who is the cruise director?

[@islandgirl3131]

Ooh there's a Mason Jar...so this is more like Wonder and not so much Harmony

[@BryanJamesCruises]

Yes yes, very much like Wonder with some nice additions

[@lavendarblue360]

First person to say...collab with Jordan

[@garchomper5348]

How long are you on utopia for?

[@BryanJamesCruises]

For now just til September 9!

[@doreenlong2877]

Sailing in March 2025

[@timf2279]

Why does this have like a cult vibe?

[@dickriggles942]

Sadly, that's most companies these days. When you're 40, it gets old and lame.

[@OscarHernandez-qq6du]

Thanks for sharing. Can’t wait to experience Utopia (my first cruise ever 😊🫶🏼)