Why It Costs $1 Million Per Day To Run One Of The World’s Biggest Cruise Ships | Big Business
It takes a staff of 2,400 people working day and night to keep Royal Caribbean's Symphony of the Seas sailing. From tiny cruise-ship kitchens, chefs whip up 30,000 meals a day.
All waste onboard is dealt with in secret, crew-only areas of the ship. And the engine room and captain's bridge work together to power and move the floating city. We go below deck on one of the world's largest cruise ships.
0:00 Intro
1:02 Inventory Manager
2:39 Navigation
4:40 Hotels
6:49 Food
13:56 Waste management
21:01 Live entertainment
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Why It Costs $1 Million Per Day To Run One Of The World’s Biggest Cruise Ships | Big Business
The logistics involved in having everything you need on-ship that every customer and crew member could possibly need is as impressive as anything else
The amount of waste it produces could probably feed, and house all of the Ukrainian refugees.
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it's ridiculous, unnecessary and a moving environmental hazard
@@a.m.a3809 its not a huge hazard with the modern ships. they're very efficient and the exhaust is extremely clean
working 10-12 hours a day for four months without a day off is insane. Hats off to these hard working people.
and they barely get paid anything. modern day slavery really and its sad
Thank the illegal immigrants
@@myles8543they complain they get fired and deported.
Many cruise ships are registered to the Bahamas or Panama to get the international and labour laws loophole. There are no illegal immigrants and almost no labour laws either since it is not a registered US ship.
On MSC cruise ships, they work 9 months with no break. Madness!!! I always make sure that I am nice to them. They are incredibly hard workers.
I used to be a cruise agent, responsible for the worker on the ships and their immigration documents, communication with authorities, logistics, etc. It was a fancy position, but legit one of the worst jobs I have ever had, it was miserable. This industry is borderline modern-day slavery and gluteny, as well as extreme ecological hazard. It is quite an amazing experience to be in one of those ships, but at the same time it feels almost nightmarish.
Could u explain more bout details ? Quite curious
@@Romme_ slave as the reason there’s no USA ships. They are tittle in sorta poor countries where the wage it’s really low. So they hire people from those countries
You're right. It would be better if people had no opportunities at all to work. I'm sure they would rather remain the poorest people on earth. Much better life
@@ctlt-pg4tm lmao, yeah much better to have people working on a ship serving rich people destroying the enviroment than having them not able to work on those ships, delusional af
One has to be really strong in the head to not break down doing the same job over and over again for long hours in tight spaces. Especially those in the lower decks, like the butchers, where there are no windows.
Can you imagine how much more the boat would cost if it wasn't registered in a no tax country and if they paid the workers more than $5 an hour.
what do you mean $50, i remember when I worked on such cruise ships that the dishwashers got $400 a month, for 80 hours work per week thats $1.25 an hour
@@POCKATA He never said $50?
Yep modern slavery. And it isn't just legal but normal people dream to be part of it. Absolute dystopian shit hole.
It's such a perversed juxtaposition of luxury and wealth next to poverty in disguise
@@thanhavictus Except it's not. Countries all have different costs of living. If you watch someone like WanderlustAlley, there's a video where she interacts with crew from other countries and they say the salary is still several times higher than working in their own country. It's not mistreatment to not pay a non-American the American minimum wage. That doesn't even make sense.
The same people who complain about the worker’s pay, are the same people who go on cheap cruises and spend as little as possible 😂
they dont get paid more for customers spending more, headass
@@v41.3ry9 Demand that companies pay their employees more and vote with your wallet and book with the companies that comply. Until stfu with all that complaining, but still supporting the very thing you complain about.
The same people who cry in yt comments are the same people who cry about “those modern people”
@@xtrey19x the free market should determine the worth of a worker, not some politician or some activists
@@rtsrt165 nice mirror you broke
I work at a restaurant as a chef and our head chef has been on one of those during his early career years. I love to listen to his stories from the ship, it is fascinating that they produced so much in very limited spaces. And cruise ship kitchen staff work 14 hour days... not 10-12
The kitchens run 14 hours, not the staff. The staff usually works 2 meals a day and has a 3rd off.
how much did they get paid? wow
Wait do they have Shifts or just 1 person per position?
@@gwappo4852 Our waiter explained that each cruise he has a different shift. They all work dinner, but he either works lunch or breakfast, but not both.
Does working there as a chef pay well?? Anyone?
Much respect to all the workers. I am sure they are all overworked and underpaid. Regardless, the workers are very kind and always smile while they work hard to provide to their families abroad. So many moving parts and it’s wild how massive these ships have gotten to handle so many guests.
Incredible that this comment has lasted an entire month without telling a temporarily embarrassed millionaire telling you off for implying that people are underpaid
You want wages to go up then so do costs of cruise and food. Cue McDonald's. Good luck getting a value meal for less than 10 bucks now that thanks to all you whiny complainers. Nobody is forcing them to work there
@@boozecruiser I agree, but it would be kind of hard to not look like an asshole when you see the loopholes they go to underpay people
@@junyaiwase for someone who have dream to work here as a cook? Think again carefully, your life too short to spend it here, ofc i am in cruise now
Even though the workers are overworked, underpaid, and have low working conditions, I appreciate their hardwork that sails thousands of passengers across the sea smoothly.
the ship itself is an engineering wonder, and the management of resources is mind blowing. But all i can think of is how they should pay their people more and give them vacation days.
Same here. Engineering marvels, sailing under flags of convenience so they can have the cheapest possible crew expense. IDK, my overall impression of these monsters is, "Wow.... (pause) YUCK!". I mean, why even build a ship? Why not just build another hotel in Vegas?
@@shaggybreeks There are many good answers to that question e.g., you cannot move a hotel or restaurant, but you can send a cruise-hotel with multiple restaurants all around the world. Cruise-ships are bigger than most hotels and restaurants on land and offer more products, services, amenities, options, and excursions than the ones on land. There are many more categories of guest-room on a large modern cruise-ship than there are in any hotel. E.g., a hotel tends to be in one category or another and every room is priced accordingly, but a cruise-ship allows luxury-classes, mid-range classes, and low-price categories all in one moving hotel-island.
Pay them more for what? Just because?
And what... make it unaffordable for most of us?
World’s biggest cruise ship ‘Wonder of the Seas', 362m long, 230,000 tons, launched on 20 August 2021 at St Nazaire, France. Previous World record 'Symphony of the Seas' launched by French shipbuilder in 2018. 'Harmony of the Seas' launched by French shipbuilder in 2016 World’s biggest Atlantic liner QM2 : built in 2004 by French shipbuilder at St Nazaire, France.
7 day cruise, 7500 passengers, average cost of $1500(you have to factor in balconies, suites, variable pricing) is $11,250,000 in gross revenue for rooms. Now take into account royal Caribbean says customers spend roughly $100 per day as well. That’s another 5mil right there. If they’re spending 7-8mil per cruise to operate, they’re still making 5-6mil per cruise easily after any taxes and port fees easily. I’m strongly believe I’m underestimating how much net profit they’re making. I’m sure it’s much more
They make more money with the premium. Premium passenger spends roughly around $100k per week.
This ship cost 1.2 billion to build so they'll be in the red for years before it's truly profit
@@purpjones1033if we assume the math there is roughly accurate it would only be 4 years to recoup the initial cost of the ship. it’ll run for far longer than that (20+ years) based on all that, you’d profit something like $4 billion over a conservative 20 year lifespan for the ship
@@crazysnipez5 yeah but they can't charge the same amount in 10 years it'll be old an probably half the price for tickets
1.2 B dollar ship too
I have the most upmost respect for the cruise staff and crew. They do an incredible job making sure your voyage is seamless. All that goes on behind the scene simply mesmerizes me. I am definitely Royal Loyal.
Youd be surprised the things people would do for money.
upmost isnt a word. cheers! utmost*
And they get paid nearly nothing. They work months straight at a time before going back home. The passenger gratuity help pays for their salary. But pretty much they're living on the boat for free with room and board.
those people are disgusting pricks that are selling their souls to capitalism
@@spankbuda5760 yeah they don't see their families for 4 months straight rotation. that's shitty
I used to work on one of these. I feel bad for some of the crew who work 10-14 hr shifts making as little as $600/Week with no days off 😌. These companies get away with the US Laws by registering their vessels in Bahamas, Panama, Liberia etc..
Whats the pro of people working this type of job?
@@mgeezylaslo7054 the crew members are mostly from developing countries
@@mgeezylaslo7054 i guess you dont spend any money out of your paychecks while at sea
@@louisazraels7072 I went on NCL once actually but spent money on excursions and some restaurants on the cruise
@@Sean-ds3br Yep, their pay seems abysmal by American standards but is generally quite good compared to their home countries. They also don’t spend much while on the ship, allowing them to save a lot of the money instead of spending it on things like rent and other bills. However the hours are very long and it’s very tiring.
4 months cooking everyday all day. Man shout out to those chefs that’s the real heroes. I couldn’t imagine how stressful that job is
I very much like that while these were made into independent videos a while back, when you compiled them, you changed the order of footage, used new stuff we hadn't seen before, and made a new voiceover, instead of just stringing the videos like most channels do. We like to see that extra effort, makes the video very entertaining.
As a newcomer I'm glad to have watched all of them together instead of separately
This right here, hate those unedited piecemeal documentaries. So lazy and I've already seen them before. This feels fresh.
@@jserr3739 totally agree
I recognized so many of the lines, and audio clips, and some of the video footage, but I agree with this- even hearing them again wasn't grating because the new video had so much new stuff.
dang it was so seamless. I had no idea this was a compilation. well made video!
The wildest part is that I was ON that cruise where 50 people tested positive, and we never heard a peep about it until we had gotten off the ship after the week was over.
good
Were they allowed outta their rooms/ stay on that floor? I can't imagine being cooped in a cruise ship room. 🥲
@@AhhhSukeSuke When you're on quarantine, you're not allowed out of your room at all.
Ships are great at keeping info lowkey. Someone can die on a ship and you won't even know it.
@@fr3shSwag It depends. A guy got crushed in an elevator and someone recorded a video of blood literally raining down the doors like a horror movie.
i remember when i was like 12 i went into the liberty of the seas with my family , great experience and i was overwhelmed by the scale of everything. now royal caribbean cruise ships have gotten way more bigger and complex and now i'm more amazed by the whole magic going inside the ship to keep the equation running.
Agree. Just amazing how the operations on cruise ships work.
equation running? are you trying to solve a math problem...
@@mohanish yes, it takes running some serious numbers and calculations to run an operation like that
Never been on 1 and wild never do
WAY MORE BIGGER
If you go on a cruise please consider giving a tip to those people who give you a great experience. The average worker on ship make less than 5$ an hour and we send most monies back home to family supporting not only wife and kid. but mother, father, Grandmom. It is very hard not seeing our family most of the year. But it is all worth it seeing your family make great memory for life. Thank you
Glad you were able to use some of our footage, awesome video as a whole!
I was thinking I know them from somewhere:) it was on youtube
I can't imagine trying to manage these finances, incredible
Robots do them
Pretty easy once you have a set system and multiple teams
these people are truly unsung heroes, bless them for working so hard.
The amount of work the staff, chefs and crew do to keep the ship running is really admired, their work needs to be appreciated and honestly it's the true meaning of hard work
I had the pleasure of going on the harmony of the seas ship for a week and I have to say that they are incredible, however it becomes very clear who is what, what I mean is that the people with higher class tickets act a lot different to the more normal middle class people and I saw multiple people being very mean to the workers who clearly worked extremely hard every day. Either way it was worth the money but like one of the employees funnily enough said “money money money, it’s so funny, in a rich man’s world”
@Old Blue Witch solid generalisation
The people on highest class or the deck ain't the richest, although they think and feel they are and try to show off they are,.. the richest have their own yatch. They are on another level and don't prefer cruise ships with public on board lol
That’s why I love carnival cruise. Everybody acts the same
That’s the rule for the entire earth too. 😂
I think that the sheer size and separate sections and amenities for suites mean that you would not even see many of the guests that are paying for premium classes of guestrooms. I can also say from experience that there are badly behaved average people and some friendly and generous wealthy ones. Not least of all because most high-income households nowadays earned their way, rather than inherited it. You would not even know how wealthy many people are. Or how poor a lot of flamboyant folks are.
thank you for allowing me to be part of this! as I was feeling very down, this cruise allowed me some escapism!
Wow, I never want to go on a huge cruse like that, but seeing the logistics of how the ship runs is fascinating. Like a self-contained city at sea
It’s really so amazing, if you have the chance go on one! I’ve been on 4 so far. So much fun!
It is a weird experience. To almost be treated as royalty by people that are skimping by on less than minimum wage. I didn't like the experience to be honest. I didn't have the right level of greed I think. I am too humble. 😕
@@fitybux4664 thats why they get tips, theres around 4000 people on these large ships and most give tips that are split between everyone plus you can always give more. I always give extra generous tips when I go and leave notes and a great review to help them out.
i’ve been on this exact ship, it’s really a unique experience
@@fitybux4664 "I am too humble" is my favorite statement of all time
I tested positive when I went on a Royal Caribean cruise quite a few months ago. The room service was great, I got my own room, and nurses came twice a day to check up on me. They were very sweet. I got complimentary WIFI, too. We were also refunded for the 3 days I had to be in quarantine.
That's so sweet! How are you holding up?
Nice :)
@@screechingweasel34 He’s dead yo
@@jessebrucepinkman9353only if he got the jab💉
@@jessebrucepinkman9353jesse we need to cook
Thank God their ships are registered in Panama or they'd be paying $1.5 million a day!
Yeah, genius
I mean 0.5m USD a day is quite a big difference
I think it’s in Liberia !
Except the ship is actually flagged in the Bahamas. The point is still relevant. An US registered ship is much more expensive. There is currently only one major cruise ship sailing under a US Flag, The Pride of America, owned by NCL. It cruises the Hawaiian islands and is not a cheap cruise. However, to sail inter island in Hawaii with a foreign flagged vessel would require a voyage to a foreign port on every cruise. This would take several days and thousands of miles of useless travel. So the Hawaiian market is the one place that it pays to have one, and only one, US flagged cruise ship.
@@MrBloodySpirityea per DAY can you imagine 😮
Excellent story!! It's amazing how much the crew has to do for the passengers to have a good time.
I went on Disney Cruise Lines and thought seven restaurants was a lot, hearing Royal Caribbean putting twenty-three restaurants on one ship is mind-blowing.
My brother worked on a cruise ship and he said if a guest made a complaint about a staff they were gone. No questions asked. They get rid of you for the slightest infraction sometimes.
I've just been on Liberty of the Seas for a 4-day cruise. Despite some hiccups, it was a dream. The staff always friendly and polite. The food exceptional. And Coco Cay incredible. Looking forward for the Wonder of The Seas, as soon as we are financially recovered.
You will love Wonder!
Been on two cruises one 4 day, one 7. Navigator of the seas, and Norwegian encore, both great ships Hope for my next to go on a oasis class ship by royal
@@ryans4116 I know they covered it in the video but I want to ask a real person. Does it feel very crowded on the ship?
20k USD is enough to feed entire families in some countries for a year. How ignorant of Americans to presume that they're underpaid based on American standards.
@@Tylorgng. Not at all... The only times we saw crowds were on the entrance of the night shows at the theaters. Even there, the lines were fast, no hassle. At the fancy restaurants, yes - people at the door waiting, but not crowded. At the self-service restaurants, a lot of people, but magically, always tables available, and quick lines for the food. I suspect that during all these years they figured it out how to manage 4-6 thousand people on a boat.
soooooooo much work involved. much much respect to the guys that do it for a living!
What an informative video! I had no idea about half of this stuff. Nicely done crew.
Big Wow! Makes me want to go now. And the underground Kitchens are insane.. it looks like a lot of work and a lot of fun to work there..
My week onboard Symphony with my family was the best vacation I've had
What an excellent episode! These crew members do outstanding work. It’s like watching a well-oiled championship sports team in action.
the commitment of the crew is admirable
Just done one of the cruise trip of royal carribean, appreciate the service, entertainment, food and all of it on the ship!
Extraordinary piece of Engineering.
would look great at the ocean floor
I've been on Anthem of the Seas and it was incredible. I really miss being on that ship, it is just so different and exotic.
I actually went on a tour of the symphony of the seas offered by royal Caribbean where we could visit crew only areas of the ship, such as the kitchens, laundry rooms and even the bridge, and we learned how the ship operated and saw all of this, and it was amazing.
I love to cruise but haven’t done so since the Covid lockdown. ..one day I will cruise again just not anytime soon. Two of my favorite Christine’s in Royal Caribbean and the other is Norwegian Cruise lines... my most favorite cruise was last minute a Norwegian 14-night cruise for $1,400… most excellent! .. and I love the crew because without them my cruise would be miserable.
The fact that they only 9 hours to load everything and clean is insane. I can only trust form my own experience that being that busy makes time go by super fast
If anyone at Royal Caribbean is reading; have you considered utilizing the bio-waste as biogas for the new ship motors that can run on gas? You could easily setup some bio gas digesters near the ports in Bahamas, Puerto Rico etc. and unload the previous days excess bio-waste (hard solid sewage included) and then pump in produced biogas (that is produced from the bio-waste deposited week or so earlier). The end result would be fertilizer that can be sold locally, free fuel and no more valuable food being burned for pollution
My first cruise when I was 19 was the Pacific Jewel that leaves from Sydney Australia. They released the ships waste coming into Lifou and so much of the filthy water washed up on the beach and smelled horrific. I felt really sorry for the inhabitants.
Gross :( all ships need to be udpated and do it the way this one does.
@@RedRoseSeptember22 all these cruise ships should be banned in harbors around the world.
As a baker, watching pastry and bread being done in the space they have is not nothing new, but doing it at sea is quite extraordinairy... I'd actually like to do a year on that ship, see what I can learn and just experience how it all just functions and take those ideas back home.
Ik neem aan dat je nederlander bent, ik denk niet dat de werkomstandigheden ook maar iets zijn zoals we in nederland gewend zijn. Er is een reden waarom ze in Liberia zijn geregistreerd. Dat is de realiteit.
@@SergioAbarca9 Ik zou daarom ook een paar maand bij voorkeur willen kijken/meewerken. het zal ongetwijfeld zwaarder zijn, daar heb ik geen illusies over.
Same here! I've only been at this industry for about a year, and there's many things I can and want to learn. I'm sure a year on a cruise will be very stressful but beneficial to my growth. The trolleys and food rolling away because of the rock of the ship sounds like a nightmare though. Pretty sure many get scolded for forgetting to secure their things 🤣
Apply for a jbo then :) I hope you get it!!!
@@RedRoseSeptember22 you didn’t understand what he ment . He wants to learn how’s bake on a small place . He is already a baker. And the minimum pay in a ship I’m sure is way less than what he gets paid
The ginormous amount of food x 6,000 passengers plus a couple hundred staff x 3 meals + snacks x 7 days cruise x the number of cruise ships globally x how many weeks per cruise season = mindblowing. Now add in the food production rates being diminished by global drought. At some point, prices are going to rise rapidly, as well as competition for food supplies.
I kept wanting to change to something else but every time something more interesting to learn came uop so I watched the whole video, great work ! I have never been on a cruise ship now I definitely would like to go on one at least once in my lifetime. I have a new appreciation for all of the efforts it takes to run one of these liners.
GOOD
When you thought your 10-12hrs a day, 5 days a week hustle was a real struggle then you come across this video saying that they work at least 14hrs a day *_without_* a day off for 4-12 months at a time.. 🤯
I've worked on one years ago, it's not too bad, I was just washing dishes and stocking. The employee rooms are a little cramped, mine got really cold from the AC. I kept getting lost the first couple of days lol...
How much did you get paid for the year's work?
@@richtran it was salary, $2200 a month. This was before covid, so it probably changed and probably higher pay now. I'm trying to work there again next year with carnival again 👍 just for dishwasher,. Stocking and cleaning. And a free ship cruise. Not bad lol.
@@95R_1NT39RA_ doesn't sound that bad
@@thegamingwolf5612 not too bad, I'm planning on going back on a ship next year once positions open up, it's hard to get a job on the ship. But yeah you get to see a lot of Kool places, only thing I didn't like was the 10 hour shifts..🙄. Free room and food is nice 👍
Where do I apply for a job like that?
I've been on the Anthem of the Seas to Bermuda, San Juan, St Maarten, and Labadee (Haiti) from Cape Liberty in Bayonne, NJ. I enjoyed sailing out of Cape Liberty because that means you get wonderful views of surrounding harbor and skyline. Seeing the skyline disappear as well as seeing it again when you return is just magical. Respect to Mazz! I think she made a great decision. She gets a free room to herself on board, travels the world, is probably saving a lot of cash, and stars in a real show for big crowds in a state-of-the-art theater. It's also a stepping point towards possibly doing West End, Vegas, or Broadway. And most importantly, she's happy doing this. It's part of your mental wellbeing to enjoy what you do. Chase your dreams Mazz.
Did you also go to Havana? What about Guantanamo Bay?
I work for Carnival as a Stage Lighting Engineer. I am always busy, checking all the lights to make sure nothing is burned out, making sure the color gels on the lights were still in good condition, checking video projectors and lasers, checking Co2 tanks used to create low fog on the stage. Preping the Pyro and counting it every week to report the count to the safety officer. One of my emergency duties is to station myself need Rib 19 Port side, there is a emergency exit there that I would guide people to. I am also one a medical response team that responds to a cardic arrest. We are not paid very much, but incorporating that we have no expenses at all, it makes up for it. As busy as I am, I still love my job
Sail this ship , a few weeks ago, indeed it is an amazing ship. Everything is good 100%.
Just let it sink in, the main dining hall serve 6000 people everyday. I would be very interested in understand how the waiters manage that amount of table on 3 decks, it must be crazy
I went on this cruise twice, once on a trip through Europe and second on a trip through the Caribbean, this is prob the best royal Caribbean ship so far, I've been on others like navigator of the seas but non is as good as symphony
Amazing how all this is put together..! Im taking my first cruise after being skeptical for years…
Good Job, BUSINESS INSIDER very nicely put.
This video was so informative, I love cruising, god bless those cruise workers who work those long hours
so happy that this exists
Greeting from Norwegian Cruise Line crew member, regardless any cruise ship company you choose to cruise, i wish u enjoy everything she has to offer and give you a memorable experience🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I have been on a lot of Royal Caribbean cruises & my wife with her friends on a hell of a lot more cruises. These men & women have it down to a fine science. So do many of the other top of the line cruise ship lines. They have my complete respect for doing a very hard job and doing it excellent. PJ
I was about to say y’all already showed us this but luckily they said this was in late 2019 transparency is key Thansk for that
They are definitely overworked. Eleven months without One day off (unless her use of "vacation day" means something else). However, even at 17-20 thousand dollars per year, it is a lot more than some of these employees would make in their countries and can send much of their earnings to their families. Package includes free room, drink and food, not a bad deal. But if they feel overworked, it can cause stress, anxiety and depression, so maybe they shouldn't stick around too long.
Few years ago, I was introduced to a ship crew in a party. I asked him " Don't you miss the normal world? Where is your life, when your wife is alone in bed and children are growing without their dads?" His response was bold and vivid. " I love ocean. I feel totally free from your so called world being myself. I work and enjoy, don't pay any notice to your so called world of racism, political or religious hatreds. On the ocean it became a military rule and we all abide by it. At the end of my shift I thank the God that I am free from garbage I had to deal everyday on land."
I'm so excited about this ship. I used to be a diver and seeing that there are now cruise ships that offer positions for divers really makes me want to get back into it again so I could work on a ship like this. That or one of the divers at the newly reopened Casa Bonita lol
Cruise ships are significant contributors to environmental pollution, releasing large amounts of sewage, wastewater, and greenhouse gases into the oceans. Additionally, their massive size and high passenger capacity can lead to overtourism, straining local resources and infrastructure in port cities.
I know I'm commenting on an older video but I've noticed a discrepancy between what the video says about no vacation days and what I found in idle conversation and observation onboard the Wonder of the Seas. While you can't obviously go where you want on a day off crew members do get shore leave and onboard time off (with some restrictions as you see performers have privileges) one tidbit told to me by a photographer is often new things like upcoming menu items and experiences are often given a trial run on crew before being given the go ahead for passengers so a cruise worker does get some benefits from the position. That said potentially you get better treatment if you are passenger facing and being totally below decks has you screwed.
That was very cool to watch. Thanks for sharing. 👍
As a person who is now an avid cruiser since 2020...WOW!♥
I've been on over 20 cruises and it never ceases to amaze me how well organized each ship is to make it work. But we prefer smaller ships that have maybe 3000 passengers.
Ironic that the ships are now so big that you say 3,000 like it's a low number. That's still huge.
How does it feel to be in the top 0.01% of environmental polluters because of your cruise ship usage? That's insane to go on that many floating environmental disasters.
@@CRneu I feel wonderful. How does it feel to be in the top 0.01% of sanctimonious whiny grouches? I just came back from my 24th cruise and the 25th (to Antarctica) is coming up in March. #26 is booked for May. I really don't care what people like you think. Your opinion is truly irrelevant.
@@CRneu Your opinion is irrelevant to me. I have a lot more cruises booked and just returned from my 24th.
I'm literally watching this while on a Royal Caribbean cruise right now lol
WTF, get out there and have fun! 😂
Enjoy it then!
What are you doing?? Get back out there and have fun!!
My dude, get out there and have fun!!
Perhaps his idea is to enjoy a 5 star meal on the balcony with the wife and simply relax seeing the waves. The common areas are overcrowded cesspool anyways.
A big big kudos 👏 to each and everyone working day and night relentlessly for the maintenance and satisfaction of the people. All hail to the staff members 🙌 behind this successful journey ♥️.
we sailed on the same ship last september and we had an amazing time! we'll do it again for 2024 for icon of the seas!
As a former navigator, I LOVED working on ships. As cool as cruise ships appear, I preferred cargo ships.
More exciting
I went on this cruise ship and the food,cleanliness, and how organized they are sold me! I went when and was part of the first passengers that cruised after Covid. 10/10 recommend
If you watch this and dont leave having mad respect for every single crew member... watch it again and again until you do
Amen~! PJ
Genuinely great video.
I never realized just howcmuch went into running a ship especially a cruise ship, the scale is insane
mind boggling and truly impressive that they have such a large operation down pat but then again the basic architecture has had over a century to perfect. if my anxiety wasn't out of control I'd be primed and ready to hit that ship
I admire every single one of them doing this job!
Today I learned a lot. Thank you! ✨✨✨✨✨
i am glad they are recycling, of everything, wish more ships did some more. this is a improvement.
They haven't for the last 100 years of shipping. There are laws but some don't follow them. It's hard.
Great video with serious insight in to the Ship's operations. I have the greatest amount of admiration & respect for the Crew, Staff & those Performers who I think all work their asses off every day! The one (minor) disappointment IMO is the Food wastage, given the current levels of Global Famine, but that's a part of the experience that's kinda difficult to control. Hope to make a trip one day just for fun....hey if they start at $1K US, that's no so bad, again IMO...😂😂
So off topic, but the way the Driscoll’s boxes lined up at 8:24 to make full strawberries was very satisfying.
Much respect!
Being also a crew member, not on this ship, have to give a HUGE RESPECT for all of the hotel staff and captain’s team. But one thing is making me LOL, when someone from entertainers says how difficult for them to do their job. GUYS DONT BE RIDICULOUS! If it’s that much difficult, here are always needs of restaurant and house keeping, galley, recycling room staff.
Damn this is like watching a cooking show! I'm hungry now
This was an awesome video, thanks
I always thank the crew for working hard.
The Executive Chef generally is an Administrator that helps run the operation like a General runs the army. He converses with management and the Chef De Cuisine who does the overseeing/management of the cooking.. I doubt he samples the food on a daily basis. ( I was getting vibes from him of talking himself up for the camera, much like tv Chefs that portend to be behind the burner when media come knocking on their restaurant
Amazing. I want to try cruising at least once in my life.
it’s horrible, don’t
@@TjCox1993lol
@@TjCox1993 it’s overrated
Sit in a hotel on the water? Nah.
One of the best manage and humanized management
Wow this looks really fun and exciting :D I've never been on a cruise before but maybe we'll go on one before we die lol.
Thank you IB for this awesome documentary! In today age we often forget that these free documentaries are made by harf working people which should be payed properly
for real this shit was juicy
It's a load of bs. They said it costs 1 MiLlIOn Dollars to run a day, yet tell us there are only 2000 rooms. When there needs to be 10 000 rooms all sold to break even on that million a day. Not even talking about profit. They are just making up whatever sounds good.
deserves a full length joint tbh
They make in most cases double their home country's average wage. They aren't forced to work for cruise lines. They choose to. End of story
@@WaterspoutsOfTheDeep theres not only rooms that cost 100$ dollars tho.
I went on this cruise. Absolutely hated it. I don't understand how anyone enjoys these huge cruises. And the locations you go to are mainly blocked off from the rest of the country (besides Mexico, that place was fun)
Great look inside what it takes to run a cruise ship. Great to see how they do it.
Damn my parents worked on the Star Clipper a cruise ship in the Caribbean as well. But this is a whole new level. Now I want to stay on such a ship for a couple of weeks.
I-95 is a reference to the Interstate stretching from the Canadian border at Maine to Miami, FL. An important link across the Eastern Seaboard, like how this is an important link to keep the ship going. So it's fitting that this cruise begins in Miami which is the southern end of I-95. When it comes to cruise ships, we have the 만경봉 (Mangyeongbong) 92. Built in 1992 (hence 92) using funds from the Chongryon (Koreans affiliated with the DPRK in Japan), it was once used to transport cargo as well as the Chongryon themselves between Japan and the DPRK. But after it was banned from Japanese waters in 2006, it became a cruise ship for Chinese tourists from Rason to Mount Kumgang. It was last used in 2018 to carry a 140-person strong orchestra to Mukho in the south for the 2018 Winter Olympics
We live not far from I-95.
Incorrect. I-95 is a reference to a US immigration form.
@@SuperCavaliersfan No, it's the ship's highway, like I-95 in the US.
And we call it other things in other countries. For example, in Australia, the equivalent highway is called the M1- so, on Australian based ships, we say “down off the M1”
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people who love there job and are passionate about it is so refreshing
its like taking a vacation with the same folks you wait in line with while trying to escape wallmart's check out lanes.
literally, cruises are sooo lame
All I know is 🔥🔥🔥 that’s awesome all of this awesome
Boarding this ship for a cruise next month! Super excited
How was it?
@@troycalvin2602 it was great! Would reccomend. Only downside is that it was pretty crowded but you cant avoid that on any of the new state of the art ships