This video is part of a sponsored series with Princess Cruises. You can sail on the Sun Princess in 2024! Visit: www.princess.com/ships-and-experience/ships/su-sun-princess/ Hang out with Adam on his very first themed cruise, taking place on the Discovery Princess in November 2023! Learn more: www.princess.com/cruise-with-adam-savage This Object Is the First of Its Kind: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-M8dFvQ1XChE.html This Ship Has a Big ... Nose? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0IBJwcvjZIY.html The difference between "ship" and "boat": ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-61k3n_YDygk.html
Its funny I couldn't care less about taking a cruise but the engineering on this ship is so remarkable it makes it interesting. the passion these people show for their work is incredible and you can tell they love what there doing. Great interviews Adam thanks for all your and the crew at Tested's hard work.
We've taken three cruises, and I regretted not taking the behind-the-scenes tour on the first two. I insisted on signing up first thing on the third, and it was definitely a highlight of the trip.
Yeah I wouldn't step on a cruise ship if they paid me, they're floating incubators as far as I'm concerned, but the technology behind it is amazing. A lot of my friends and co-workers have made a pretty penny doing theatre tech on cruise ships, but this side of the tech is next level.
Yea! I always tell people, even a simple system like a coffee maker or a step up to a car, is a very complicated system, and a lot of people don’t appreciate or maybe understand the logistics involved in engineering a system!
Makes me wish I had joined the Navy and gotten into that instead of the Air Force ... I ended up just working Security anyway, with no interesting career options when I got out. I'm so jelly! XD
this drydock is in monfalcone, italy, uss new jersey would have to be towed from camden, nj, over the north atlantic, through the strait of gibraltar and then across almost all of the mediterranean, would be easier and cheaper if they used a drydock in north america, im pretty sure both newark/new york and philadelphia has drydocks large enough for uss new jersey, philadelphia is just across the rive from camden where she is moored right now. looking at google maps, there are at least 2 drydocks in southern philly that are large enough to take uss new jersey, just a 10km (6 miles) tow away from her current mooring
The bigger and deeper this channel gets with more and more subjects, the more I love it. Basically, the nature of this channel is simultaneously the biggest compliment to Adam Savage with his excellent mind and charming charisma, and the biggest endorsement of science and engineering as a subject that is pleasurable and exciting. Building cruise ships - just excellent.
please take this as the complement it's intended to be. Adam Savage is an Enabler. Though his own enthusiasm for making things he enables others to be enthusiastic about their passions. that is really cool.
Watching these videos takes me back to my first time on my old ship. She was in drydock when I was first stationed there, and I can still remember the smells and sounds. I know how those metal gangways feel under a pair of boots. The rough, irregular texture of the metal handrails. Takes me all the way back.
I have to say, with this series, it is so much better than anything I've seen on modern commercial liners. It is head and shoulders better than shows which have been on Discovery or Nat Geo, etc. Seriously, very well done!!! ❤
The thing that really amazes me is the thought process that needs to be done to organize what part comes first and what part comes next and then what part comes three weeks from now. Keeping on top of what needs to be done and the order it needs to be done in seems an incredible feat to accomplish.
I'm a cnc machinist, I work for a VERY small company (two employees) but we make parts for all sorts of big companies. We actually made two capstan drums (one was a prototype) for princess. It's quite a sizeable chunk of steel and makes a fantastic paperweight. Although, deskweight might be a better word.
I was lucky enough to get a tour of a cruiseship drydock while studying. One of the most mindblowing revelations was that the ship does not wait for anyone. If there is a inner element produced offsite, that is late. They will still close up the side of the ship and then later cut a hole in the side of the ship to bring the inner element in and then weld the hole shut. That is more cost efficient, than waiting for anything thats late. :D
That was great, thanks for sharing it Adam. The gentleman you spoke with was super knowledgable and could speak to all aspects of the build, I was entertained & educated.
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such a great series! I never would have imagined the cassette style of cabins that's mind-blowing. it's also funny I just had the realisation that i'm sitting here on my lunch break watching an engineering video before i go back to my job as an engineer, completely different fields of course but the passion for problem solving never dies!
I am on my very first cruise on Regal Princess, and yesterday booked our second cruise on this very ship. I watch this channel all the time, but was blown away that I found the Sun Princess series at such a strangely perfect time…. I am actually quite mind blown at the timing
I am a structural engineer that primarily focuses on marine front projects. I have done projects for several cruise lines and am currently working on two huge facilities in the Bahamas. One of the items that got me excited on this ship is the embarkation doors. These tend to be a pain in the butt when designing these structures since the pier/wharf deck height tends to be fixed because of this. That means, bollard locations, fender panel sizes, pile cut-off locations, beam construction are all tightly monitored because no one wants to construct a concrete beam in the surf or cut a steel pile to elevation that may be partially under water. Being able to raise the deck even a few cm is a game changer. Side note, larger vessels mean larger loads, which means larger piers/wharfs are needed. Looks like I can be expecting projects popping up from Princess soon.
James was absolutely brilliant, really engaging and a pleasure to listen to, these videos where Adam is free to just talk and geek out with someone involved in the project are some of my favourites!!
2 years sounds insane! Even Adam has worked on projects for decades. I get the full time staff, but wow. When you can fully design without regulation red tape it's amazing (and regulation isn't a bad thing).
Lol there was an overpass in my home county that took almost a decade to complete. And these cruise ships can be busted out and seaworthy in a fraction of that time!
It is so awesome to see the range you have for things made! From this ship to a watch. Both very complex but on extreme scales! Thanks for sharing that Adam!
My father worked in shipyard in so many aspects for several decades after working his way up the ladder. Some of the stories he’s told are just unbelievable. The magic the craftsmen before digital anything was just that. Magical.
as a maintenance engineer that has worked on passenger ship for many years, i hate this kind of thinking.... i dont how many times we have force to cut through so much stuff, just to repair a small leak, cuz it is to cramped....... and often the job gets so big that you have to wait until down time to do something about it 😞
I absolutely loved this video! The amount of knowledge the architect has is amazing. He was so excited to talk about his expertise. You guys should do more of this type of videos. Maybe next time you can show us some of the actual build. I’m a big fan and enjoy everything you do. Always look forward to the next one! Thanks for sharing
It might be the size of a skyscraper, but it's constructed more like a car. It doesn't have to be built in layers in a confined space the way buildings do so it's possible to built it faster. Rockets would also be built that way, although their engineering would likely take longer.
Oh, that fight for space and your craft getting the easy access and forget those coming behind you. That fight went on into the 80's at least with military ships. I can say that having been there and done that. I loved ship repair etc. No two ships being the same and it was always like working to save a wounded whale...a Steel Whale.
I've gotta say we loved our Princes Cruise we did a years ago, you can see why they have to work like a well oiled machine & that they do take things seriously even from the very beginning. While on the cruise I honestly spent a lot of time looking at how they get things to work especially on such a large scale, it was extremely interesting & time well spent during my holiday away. Thanks!
I work in the PME building design field. Modular construction has been used on several of my projects. Typically patient rooms for hospitals and conduit/duct/piping "racks" for above ceiling runs.
An amazing video is Disney "re-theming" one of their cruise ships. From dry dock to back to cruising was less than three months. All new paint, all new interiors, new cabins, new show rooms, etc. Just an amazing orchestration of material an talents. I really want to take a behind the scenes tour of a ship to see how all that functions once built. Tangential to this. The technique of prefabricating a full space as a module and dropping it into its final place is happening in apartment construction. I drove by a building being "populated" with prefab condo units. The building, like a ship, was steel framed and fully plumbed/wired. The fully finished plastic wrapped condos arrived on 18 wheelers. Once unwrapped they were lifted into place and the bits connected up with quick connects. Gaps between adjacent spaces had flap down "bridge" pieces with cover strips dropped in during the process. It was strange to see a full kitchenette with all cabinet, counters and appliances installed hoisted into place.
I wonder if they build new rooms and slide them into an old ship. This is actually the same way that the Contemporary hotel at Disney World was built but apparently the building settled and its now impossible to remove the rooms.
I think the most interesting part of this is the random glimpses at the engineering drawings. So much more information about how these ships are built than you can get from looking at the deck plans on the Princess site.
Holy crap. I have 10 doors in my house and they don't all seat great. It blows my mind to think that they have thousands mounted to a flexing ship. They must have unique hinges and frames to adjust doors. WOW
This is my fave cruise ship video so far! It never even occurred to me that the cabins were built off-site and then slid into place with an elevator!! Thats so interesting!!
Thanks for sharing this Adam. The fact that the cabins are built as indivudual cassettes and slotted into place is something I was completely unaware of. I need to go and investigate this construction, it's absolutely fascinating. I would love to understand more about how superstructures are planned. I love this channel.
Sorry if I sound mean but there's a very important difference that makes building a skyscraper like the Empire State Building and building a cruise ship of equivalent size. A cruise ship is build horizontally and requires less structural support to to hold the upper levels while a skyscraper has a relatively tiny footprint to hold up all that weight and thus need lots of support to hold it.
For sponsored content this was amazing. If not for the contrived mention of “princess this, princess that” I would’ve had no inkling that it wasn’t just an organic conversation that you set up purely due to the awesomeness of the operation.
Unbelievable just unbelievable. The cabins alone, to make them fit with Lego brick precision is mind blowing,but they are fitted to something that bends as well !!! Fantastic series Adam.
The engineering of installing large modular parts, as opposed to assembling parts that can be carried by one or a few workers, is a feat in itself. That could be another whole episode.
Well, azipods are not neccessarily more efficient. For a cargo ship, they're less efficient than regular shafts because there's less drag and less mechanical losses on a straight shaft. But a cargo ship spends weeks at a time sailing in more or less a straight line. A cruise ship does a whole lot less of the long sailing, and it's in and out of ports the whole time. Having azipods may cut the need for tugs down, using one tug instead of two to dock each time will save a lot of money, probably more than the drag losses of the pods while at sea.
one tug instead of two? How about NO tugs at all. Watch the live-stream of the port of Miami and the only tugs you'll see on a big cruise day are moving the fuel barges around. The ships can do a 180 with zero assistance.
I just love this type of thinking applied to seemingly "boring" tech like cruise ships the scale alone is such a challenge it feels like they can conquer anything physics can throw at it! They've come a million miles in a couple of years tech-wise!
According to the analysis, one individual on a typical cruise ship emits roughly 421.43kg of CO² per day. These are a scourge to humanity. I hope that tested decides to break their partnership with these goliaths of gluttony.
This was amazing to watch and really helps me appreciate all the effort that goes into building/operating one of these ships. I would love to see a series into different portions on the different engineering challenges.
Ok so I have a question as an engineer.. are they engineers designing rooms for a cruise ship, or are they architects? Where does the line get drawn between laying out a living space, and designing a moving structure?
Ships are designed by Naval Architects, which is an engineering profession. Ship interiors are undoubtedly designed in consultation with interior designers experienced in marine vessel interiors.
Princess is great, one of the most consistent quality cruise lines, but I think Royal Caribbean is probably more ambitious with the shipbuilding and technical aspects. They have some real giant staterooms on the latest ships, like some of them span two decks, but they're targeting different demographics like large families, etc. Princess seems to offer more or less the same things as they had in 2004 when I last took a cruise. Quality is good but they're a pretty conservative outfit.
If they are using every bit of space, make more space or put in fewer cabins. Ive been on 3 cruises on 3 different carriers. Unpleasantly cramped is an understatement. I did explore and appreciate the engineering that goes into the ships, but the whole experience is claustrophobia inducing.
That is mindblowing. I remember with Project Egress, just hard it was to get 50 makers to assemble components that fit together for a museum display... now I'm thinking about the 10s of thousands of engineers working together to design a massive structure that is completely water-tight...
And how well these ships handle adverse conditions. I remember when the Star Princess had a major balcony fire in 2006 that damaged over 300 cabins, and the only death on a ship with thousands of passengers was from a heart attack during the muster, with only a handful of passengers treated for smoke inhalation. That could have been far worse than it was, and it's a tribute to the ship design and the crew that it wasn't.
All I'm seeing is the first baby steps into building sci fi level spaceships. 2 years for a cruise ship? Why not less than 2 years for a large space fairing ship in 200 years time. Built in orbit mayhaps? Fun to think about!
If Adam and Tested are really getting more intrigued and invested in construction, they should get in touch with Fred Mills and the B1M RU-vid channel... a fantastic channel about construction of all types.
You have to be a well trained tour guide to be able to say; "we are maximizing space usage to give the customer more room" instead of admitting; "we are maximizing space to cram in more customers, so we can make more money."
It’s funny that most cruise companies would probably rather you not worry about how the magic works, but I’m sure there’s a ton of people who would find that just as interesting.
