CRUISE SHIP Harmony Of The Seas - Leisure fun on the high seas | Full Documentary

a small floating city for 8,000 people with construction costs of 1.5 billion euros on board is pure luxury for the super-rich the personal butler or royal genie takes care of the well-being of the sweet guests the genie factor I think is that trust in which It is built between your guests and yourself. The 362 meter long colossus is powered by 131,000 horsepower in the belly of the

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. Six giant diesel engines run 24 hours a day. If we are talking about a lot of horses, I would say they are very hungry horses. 6,300 guests we have to take care of the kitchen produces 30,000 meals every day there is pressure, so we have to make sure we have the right food on the plates the port of Barcelona the

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of the sea awaits its new guests traveling with 6,300 passengers and 10,000 suitcases the Western Mediterranean Sea round trip lasts seven days with hectic loads and excitement of anticipation on deck 5.

This is the royal promenade known as the beating heart of the

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a shopping center covering around 150 meters of bars, restaurants and shops. The hotel manager, Giuseppe Campagna, supervises guest check-in. Today is a very busy day. We have about 6,200 people leaving the ship in the morning and just after 10.15.10.30, between 6,000 and 6,300 people come on board. its flagship, the shipping company relies on

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technology, upon request, each guest can buy a wow bracelet for five euros, very easy things to always carry with them, you know, they just put it on their wrist like a watch and They can go to a bar and buy. a drink and then pay by simply playing the band on the opposite reader we have in all the places bars restaurant if you want to buy a tour the newest ship in the fleet has super fast satellite internet coverage for passengers and crew with a total of over 8,000 people can browse the web at the same time.

There are also computer monitors around the ship to help passengers find their way. One of the features that helps with this is our digital signs around the boat and the touch screens that we have around the boat are called path. finders, so with these finders that are located in all areas of the lobby, ahead and after the ship where the elevator lands, a guest can simply go and look for their stateroom, an example, a few levels down, the cargo load is underway in Barcelona, ​​​​the ship receives tons of fresh groceries kilos of beef seven thousand kilos of chicken and six thousand kilos of pork per week the head chef Franz Bloom has to serve more than 8,000 people every day the devoted home ship really is such a big ship it's 350 meters long that's certainly nothing worth sniffing at and you can really see that this main artery runs the length of the entire ship so that's the heart of the ship , where everything happens, all deliveries pass through here, this is more or less the ship. lifeguards we have more than 2 000 employees within the fleet we have ships with 2 000 guests in relation to the ship this of course is very impressive the relationship is not the show the 46 year old man checks the warehouse if the deliveries are not of the best quality then Bloom returns them and contractors will no longer receive orders with the necessary quantities on board.

The head chef cannot simply go to the market on the go. He needs 12,000 kilos of melons every week, for example, bananas. there are three different stages stage one stage two stage three bananas come in different stages so there are the ripe ones that are ready to eat, then we have the ones that need a little more time and the ones that can't be eaten right now because of the end of the

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after seven days they are ready to eat franz blume has been working at sea for seven years but for him also

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is a new challenge especially when it comes to his logistics, this is what happens with chefs who runs the station with the red scarves place their orders a day in advance tell us what they need and we send the order to provisions where everything is prepared they will have everything ready in cardboard boxes for the chefs then they take it to the sanitation room where everything is they are washed and put in plastic containers to go up to the kitchen, so we do not take any of these boxes to the kitchen in all the weapons and boxes of cotton that bring my garlic the fresh products come from local producers in Europe frozen products are delivered US containers are delivered every week, so if you have 20 containers and you make a mistake with each container, that means 20 mistakes every week, this should be okay again within two months , so you should pay close attention when placing orders. four months in a row, after which he gets two months off he and all the other crew members work seven days a week the Mediterranean Sea

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begins all 2,744 cabins are occupied the ship is

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y booked captain gus anderson commands The 227,000 gross register ton colossus has six diesel engines with 131,000 horsepower at its disposal.

As a captain, it can stomp, reaching a maximum speed of about 45 kilometers per hour. The three so-called azipods propel the ship forward. They are propulsion nacelles that are placed under the hull of the ship here are the controls for the three acid capsules when we see how we are now we have 20 megawatts in each of the asphalt when we do the maneuver we have 10 megawatts and of course we can use them in combination synchronized or we I can use them separately, so each of these are just the controls, obviously, but I can turn them in any direction and then the motor, the propeller is giving the force in the direction where I want it.

Flashback to March 2016, the stainless steel propellers were connected to the propulsion nacelle. Each propeller has a diameter of more than 6 meters and weighs around 26 tons. The azipods were then connected to the hull by a crane with millimeter precision and the azipods were then tested. The mega cruise ship was built at the Stx shipyard in France. Chief engineer harry kulmayavi is responsible for observing the engine room and azipods the fin controls the ship's control room its technological heart all areas of the mega cruise ship can be monitored from here all error reports are also sent here if they occur A fire somewhere sensors would immediately trigger an alarm.

In addition, sensitive areas such as the engine room are monitored with cameras. The engine control room is open 24/7. We have three dedicated second engineers who rotate on four-hour shifts. They have three people downstairs patrolling the machinery all the time. spaces and inform you if there is anything unusual as you see, etc. The control room is also in constant contact with the bridge. An emergency maneuver is carried out periodically. Duty officers must be able to take control of the azipods in just a moment. a few seconds because in case of emergency the boat needs to be controlled from down here during the exercise, a technician calls from the engine room at

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speed if there is any problem with its acceleration so we can control the boat from here, but according to su The commands have the so-called dynamic position system and there is a pattern in the bridge.

You press it twice and it stays. The ship will remain in position. Overcome the ship's archipods and plots if the ship moves from the set point one meter brought by the satellite. Back on this giant ship, vacationers do not feel the waves below or the fact that harmony slides over the sea at about 40 kilometers per hour. Vacationers surf on artificial waves, fly on a zip line over the boat, play table tennis or van rock climbing There are many different types of sports facilities available on the 66,000 square meter sports deck thanks to Helen Francis and her colleagues tourists never get bored so now we are in the harmony of the marine sports deck where guests have a lot to choose.

So you have the zip line, you have the Flow Rider, you have our newest attraction, the abyss slide, you can also play on the sports court, basketball, volleyball, we have competitions with mini golf and table tennis, so there is a lot to do here also. We also have our rock wall on deck seven, two on each side of the ship, that guests can choose from, so there is plenty to choose from here. Passengers do not pay anything additional for the use of sports facilities. Helen has been hired by Royal Caribbean for The last two years after finishing her studies, the 25-year-old was looking for a job that combined sports and travel, so for the sports staff we worked on the ship for seven months and then we have two months of vacation and it's up to us if we want.

I repeat that it is not for everyone because summer spends a lot of time away from home, but for others it is a good time to travel, see the world and meet new people, and we work every day, so before you know it, your seven months will end. home and then you're having a nice relaxing holiday and then you're doing the same thing again, meeting different people and going to different places. Back to the chief engineer, Harry Kumar Jarvi, as part of his inspection round, he checks the motors that turned the giant. The propulsion nacelles in the desired direction, the azipods themselves are driven with the energy of the generators that are driven by the diesel engines, so this is one of the propulsion units where it comes to itself, down here, in the water, with a big uh 18.8 electric motor. megawatts here what we can see is the cooling unit, it needs a lot of cooling to remove all the heat from the Archibald and then four steering motors where we can turn approximately 360 degrees, which direction is needed to maneuver or steer, so If we want stop the boat at full speed, we can turn the boats and the boat will stop in five.

The length of the ship is 370 meters, five times more than if it were completely stopped. The chief engineer is also responsible for the diesel generators. The 16-cylinder engines measure around 30 meters long and 15 meters

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. The engine room extends over several floors. This is the velcro on the engine where the piston diameter is 46 centimeters. The stroke is 58 centimeters, which makes the displacement of a cylinder close to 100 liters. The power of the entire engine is 17,000 horses. If we talk about a lot of horses, I would say that they are very hungry horses. During the entire trip from Barcelona back to Barcelona, ​​we are burning 900,000 kilos of fuel.

The giant ship offers six different landscapes of swimming pools and 18 jacuzzis in deck 18 the new highlights are the water slides called supercell typhoon and cyclone as a group, cleverly named perfect storm helen francis monitors the entrance to the slide we need to understand what are the peak times and what are the less busy times So in this At the moment we are clicking on how many people to have a record and know how many people will come in to make sure we are open and have enough staff, only children taller than 98 centimeters. are allowed on the slides these safety regulations are strictly followed Helen even offers advice on how to best go down the slides the 25 year old changes positions several times a day making the work more varied she has a special connection with her colleagues in all Los Boats all leave and come at different times so you're making friends and essentially your family is always meeting new people and it's such a crazy copy.

The nice thing about Harmony of the Seas is that we all come together at the same time and a lot of us. we are going to lead together at the same time, so as soon as we met, after a week, we were a family on the cruise, certain areas are strictly reserved for vip passengers, only sweet guests are allowed in this restaurant, these guests also have Access to A Personal Kingdom Butler Varkevisser is the real genius on board. Can I make a reservation for the Royal Loft Suite for two for tonight at eight? Wonderful please for our sweet guests, especially when they want to get away from the hustle and bustle of the ship. and of course they would just like to enjoy a quiet meal in the Concierge Lounge and in the evenings we serve delicious cocktails and canapés from five to eight thirty.

Also for guests with this amazing view, a great area to come and relax in an enclosed location. area for vip guests everything is more luxurious the hallways are wider the facilities are more exclusive at this time we are on deck 17 this is where our royal loft suites are located aboard harmony of the

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and it is a private area only for the suite stay here so that there is no traffic of people who do not live on this terrace this is exclusively for the sweet guests this two-story loft-type suite has approximately 98 square meters and for two people it costs about fifteen thousand euros per week good morning good morning days oh rowan how are you okay thank you fantastic how is the case going oh they are fabulous they arelike wow it really is a great room oh fantastic they told me they were going to the beach listen to me do me a favor I need you to make sure the guest gets the list of Sarkoz services from our site so leave it on their desk.

Is there anything else I need to know? They are fine? Yes, they are fine. They are quite happy. I am very happy with the room and would definitely give them this. We always need to anticipate the needs of guests. It's all about surprise and delight so we get a good idea of ​​what our guests prefer and what they like to do, and we actually go over it. and on top of that, we suggested other things you probably wouldn't have even thought of. The suite also offers a 20 square meter balcony. Good morning honey how are you? I'm fine, today is a beautiful day, meanwhile, harmony has arrived.

We made a stopover in Marseille, times have changed people and a more expensive, larger suite is needed that comes with different amenities and we must take this into account, even if we are on a ship that we would like to stay on. align with what the rest of the hotels on land have to offer their guests and turn special occasions into a special experience to keep them coming back Flashback in February 2016 the ship was still a giant construction siteMore than 3,000 workers worked feverishly to finish the megacruise in the shipyard of the French city of San Nazae.

The workers laid 2,500 kilometers of cable, fifty thousand square meters of carpet and used around three hundred tons of paint. President Raymond oversees the work on behalf of the shipping company, however the ship still belongs to the shipyard. Right now, the Austrian native and his colleagues are only guests on board until a week ago only scaffolding and decks could be seen, and in the meantime, all that has disappeared, a new design feature that excites even a professional of a cruise The machining option, the different sections move individually and the face and head rotate in different directions every 15 minutes.

Meanwhile, the rings rotate and there is again a completely different sculpture. which can be seen 24 hours a day. It took almost three years to build the world's largest cruise ship and this is reflected in its price: $1.5 billion, that's what a ship like that costs on average, so yes, we have to sell some. cruises to achieve this, Peter Roy is the environmental officer on board and ensures compliance with all legal requirements. The giant ship uses as much energy as a small city to produce, among other things, 2.1 million liters of drinking water every day. It is a microphone. filtration unit and right now, since we haven't left the port yet, it's not working yet, but it's 100 microns in diameter, so we have a very fine filter and let's take a look at our ultraviolet disinfection unit.

All wastewater is treated on board and only cleaned. the water is pumped back to the sea inside we have a number of ultraviolet bulbs and like everything on the boat we have double capacity in case the system goes down or there is a break we can switch to another unit in our system Final is disinfection with ultraviolet light. So again, we do not use any harmful chemicals like chlorine to sterilize the waste. It's ultraviolet light, very high energy light, and what comes out looks like drinking water. The Harmony has a new hull design and a new type of bubble system.

A compressor that generates a carpet of microbubbles so that the boat glides smoothly through the sea, which actually gives us a boost of around three percent in fuel economy. Now three percent doesn't seem like a huge amount, but that over the course of a year will translate. Saving millions of dollars and greatly reducing carbon emissions, this ship is not meant to be just another form of transportation, but rather a vacation spot with a built-in amusement park. Its enormous width of 66 meters inspired designers to create a green oasis on board with 20,000 plants and dozens of trees. The revolutionary Harmony design allows for a giant green space in the open-air courtyard between apartment blocks known as Central Park.

A unique experience for vacationers is also a unique risk for the shipping company with the ship's constant changes between different climates, Chief Gardner Thomas Brownlee was initially skeptical that a park at sea could really work, George, so we need lift this module up and check underneath to see if the drain is clogged, so if you want to pull it out for me, that's fine, so in Central Park, as I mentioned, everything here is real and from a distance it looks like what you would see in the plants and the soil of your house, so this module can only go here, it doesn't fit anywhere else in the park so it's like a puzzle.

A fully automated irrigation system is used several times a day on especially hot days. Plants are also watered by hand to keep them cool if the plants want to survive they have to learn to adapt and some do well and some don't and over the years we find out which plants will do very well and which just won't. The sound of birds singing in the park is simply a recording, however on occasion real birds visit the park and thomas brownlee once hosted a pink flamingo in the caribbean yeah i mean the strangest thing i found pests on my plants it was New Year's Eve on the ship, it's always a big party and on January 1st early in the morning, when we all went out to At work I found a couple in the bushes, deep in the bushes, She was wearing a beautiful evening dress and he was in a tuxedo and they had just gone out and when I finally got them to wake up they had no idea they were on a boat and I had too much partying the night before and we finally got him out of my bushes.

There are several specialty restaurants in Central Park with prices ranging from 40 to 60 euros per head. Even more expensive are the luxury stores. Chief Butler Reynold Varkeviser is I'm shopping right now. I'm picking up a gift for our Royal Loft Street guest. Tonight is his wife's birthday and he asked me to buy something special. Rashed. How are you? Good night. Thank you so much. Are we going to come in and tell me rich? Customers can splurge on board as easily as if they were in a luxury shopping mall in Milan or Monaco. Thanks Rashid. I think you have a package for me for the royal suites.

Yes, this beautiful piece. This is one of the most exclusive collections we have. have it on board, you know, the Egyptian queens are uh cle patra, their favorite snakes are panty and this value amounts to 57,000 usd. Great, okay, would you mind making it for me? I'll pick him up right before dinner tonight, Ray. Novak Visa works for his guests 24 hours a day in purchasing the gift. I always make sure the guests obviously see it first and give me feedback. I can only advise you and point you in the right direction on where to get a special gift like this.

You must understand that guests rely on us to stay in their suite or to take care of their belongings when they may not be on board. That's part and parcel of the genius factor. I think it's that trust that you build between your guests and yourself to deliver. a personalized service of this level chef de cuisine Franz Bloom commands around 250 chefs and 100 kitchen assistants. Morning Jack, how is everyone? This is the meat broth we need for soups. We can then remove the entire lid or open it at the bottom like a tap only soups are prepared the day before all other meals are prepared fresh daily with 8 000 people on board this means the kitchen team needs to work 24 hours a day In a row, how many servings did you prepare for tonight to make the soup?

We need around 8,000 kilos of poultry bones per week and the same goes for the beef bones to make the sauce, which is really a lot. Power consumption is meticulously controlled. Here is the meaning of the thumbnails of the harmony for which this graphic has been planned. The Harmony is the first ship to have it. It monitors our energy consumption so we can see how much energy we need and how hot the kitchen is. When the kitchen reaches a certain temperature, we look here to see how much ventilation we need, so we can more or less look at the curve here to see how much electricity we use each day and here you can see the highest and lowest amount that we have used.

It is also monitored in Miami. The 46-year-old tries to remain calm in all circumstances in the experience of using it. The pressure to lead a team as large as this will not work, that is the worst thing about chefs, they are always willing to criticize but never praise, you have to maintain a positive attitude. Now it's time for the tasting panel. Hello, hello everyone, so let's see the flavor. Again, I want to go over what we have today and I want to go over it. Each chef has to present a sample plate of the dish they intend to serve to the guests in the evening.

Franz Bloom tastes the food. This is more or less the final confirmation of the menu as a lot has already been tested during the day the chefs come from all over the world and each one brings their own mentality to the table therefore the boss needs to be culturally sensitive the crew on board It is made up of 72 nationalities that is really interesting at the end of the day you have to respect the people where they come from because of course everyone is a little different, the culture is different, even the way things are understood, you have You have to adapt and take care of how you talk to people or what they say.

I want it is very important to be able to understand each person in the night harmony set sail for Italy it is time for vanessa bawa to start her shift the 19 year old figure skater is part of the show ensemble and needs to prepare after winning the german junior championship and Finishing high school, the Berlin-born figure skater signed up for a tour on the harmonia where she can dedicate herself to her hobby as a job and also travel as a skater working here on board. The most important thing is to shine on stage to get people excited about skating. on ice and show them that you are having fun on the ice and of course comply with the technical elements, but really the most important thing is that you convey that kind of show feeling before the show where the figure skaters gather. a feedback session vanessa is the youngest of the group and she still needs to get used to life on board but her team supports her we are all a team a group we want to present a show together we want to entertain as a group and that doesn't It doesn't work if you only think about yourself yourself and you do your thing we are a good team vanessa is not one for stage fright she loves finally being able to perform in front of a large audience the ice rink studio b can accommodate around 1000 guests vanessa and her colleagues put on a show four to six times per week the crusaders meet in the evenings on the royal promenade here they find pubs, cafes and the latest attraction, the bionic bar, where two robots mix drinks and dance to the rhythm of beets that guests can put together their own drinks and choose Among a wide range of liquors, there are also 16 types of juices and soft drinks to mix like anywhere else on board.

Payment is made with a boarding pass or wow band. If the drinks run out, the robots will notify you, requesting a refill. Yazna Carrasco and her colleague help they get to work immediately yasna has been working on cruise ships for 10 years but this is the first time she has robots as colleagues yes the robot has a name yes she is mix he is mingo and they are working very well jasna y Yes, close the bar several times a day. Robots and, in particular, mixing containers must be cleaned and disinfected. In addition, the two ladies at the bar help customers place orders on the tablets.

Hello, how are you welcome to the ionic bar? Would you like to order one? baby yes please okay please can you put your Sipas car here? Yes, that's how you go to the classic here we have more cocktails. Okay, yeah, same thing. You can press, you can see the recipe and then you come back. Alright. This part is very nice, it's very fun. ok enjoy when the cocktail is ready the robot places it on the bar only the person who ordered the drink will be able to pick it up with his boarding pass ok alin and the robot will give you the drink excellent thank you enjoy this is like a new toy for the gentleman you know they really enjoy it they like creating the drink they feel like they are bartenders you know they really enjoy harmony it is a mar five five star hotel with an entertainment program on deck 3 is the arcadia theater with 1,400 seats, Ken Rush is the Cruise director on board, okay, we're almost ready, guys, what's up?

Yes, everything is good for the show. We are ok. I think that's what I wanted to hear, so here we go. We're going to start right on time, so yeah, just a reminder that Mckelly is also going out with me, so we're going to do it in English and Spanish, okay, but justI need the microphone we made with Greece. We took the famous movie with Olivia Newton John and John Travolta, we took that movie and of course it was already a Broadway musical, but we chose the best of the Broadway musical and we chose the best of the movie and combined it into our own production well , very good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, welcome, I am here on one of our balconies, how are you today?

Here we go, I want to ask you this, although music is an international language, maybe there are some people who don't understand what I'm saying right now Spanish, so I solved it right now by bringing my wonderful assistant cruise director, his activities manager this is mckelly mckelly please I speak Spanish ladies and gentlemen this is so exciting this is like Greece. the olivia newton-john and john travolta movie and our broadway musical we bring together the best of both worlds for today's show and you know what's great about our company is that we have people from all over the world, so now You know, sometimes we have to bring in a performer to make sure everyone is covered, but the music is international, so everyone will love this show.

Tickets to the onboard show are free. These costs are included in the vacation package. Everything is a little bigger. best in the harmony of the sea the main restaurant extends over three floors and across the entire width of the ship nearly 400 waiters set the tables for the evening backstage franz bloom is in charge meals are only served once orders start to be placed When the kitchen staff arrives, they have 30 minutes to serve the first course to the guests. The waiters have more or less orders and now we are trying to have the dishes ready for when they come and now I am checking if it is done correctly and as agreed on the test table. , that is very important because this is the decisive moment, it must be correct, otherwise the whole day will be a waste if it does not go the way it is supposed to be, each station is responsible for a meal, the waiters come and bring the tickets for your orders and then you come back here and we see exactly what we need new york double stick we need a new york steak the beef and pork and then the steak precise planning has paid off franz blume and his staff are at While the waiters do not need to wait long to receive their dishes after an hour and a half, the first round ends around 8:30 p.m.

The second course will follow again for approximately 3,100 guests. 400 waiters constantly shift between galleys and dining rooms on all three decks. Meal in the main restaurant is included in the cruise price. Guests only pay extra at specialty restaurants, which is also free. It is the special atmosphere that is breathed in the stern of the giant ship. In the evenings, great shows are held in the so-called aquatic theater. Acrobats and dancers trained and chosen especially for this ship offer an artistic spectacle under the Mediterranean night sky with 800 seats. the open air theater is almost always sold out flashback the highlight at the stern are the two slides the name says it all final abyss this should get everyone's adrenaline pumping stefan spill is responsible for the construction of the giant slides the german engineer examines the final work Here basically each slide is made up of 15 individual segments, this is the 15th segment and then there is a final segment that connects the two slides.

These segments will be hoisted here little by little and placed on these cantilever arms that hold everything up. are the white pillars that can be seen in the background, which of course is a big task, partly because we can't always use a crane here on the upper deck because it is covered, so we have to work with chain hoists and platforms elevators in the cruise industry. It always has to offer new attractions and shipping companies try to outdo each other. From there came the idea of ​​installing a gigantic slide to attract tourists even more. The individual parts were manufactured in Schteinbach, Bavaria and then shipped to France for assembly.

Even for Stefan Spilla the numbers. They are giants. The slide starts at 47 meters above sea level. Passengers have to enter the mouth of a fish to push themselves into the depths. You can slide down the 66-meter-long tube at a speed of up to 9 meters per second. Here it is. The entrance to The Slide, this extremely spectacular fish, is still in its final stages and is basically supposed to scare people a little, giving them goosebumps as they walk up the stairs. There is a 30 meter high glass floor. If you look down, the adrenaline is already starting to flow.

Even before entering the slide today, the engineer wants to test the slide himself. Hello, apparently we still have a problem with the traffic light. Actually, this morning they reconnected the traffic lights and now it shows red when it's supposed to. So we have to change this first because before we can go right, that's a mistake that happened this morning apparently the adjusters are still working, this is one of our climbers and we're just finishing the slide, which means we're repairing. A few scratches here and there and removing some white paint splatters on the slide, the climbers are making everything look perfect, ready to go to the final abyss, if I want to break the record, I have to slide in less than 12.5. seconds, that's the current record, but when it gets a little warmer, for example when the ship reaches the Bahamas, then maybe the record will be broken again.

Guests have to use special mats and lie down to reach the highest possible speeds. Oh, that was amazing. I still have to make it a little more slippery and remove some construction dust, but then it will be fun. The ship runs on heavy oil at sea and in port. Therefore, large cruise ships are considered the biggest polluters traveling the

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. Peter Roy, environmental officer. choose to clean these emissions through modern technology and then okay, the main engine room is divided into two, so we have two exhaust gas chimneys and each engine is connected to the scrubber, while in the port at least A diesel engine must continue to operate in order. provide enough power Critics therefore dislike the fact that such a large ship can burn at least 150 metric tons of fuel each day, emitting more sulfur and poisonous nitrogen dioxide into the air than several million cars;

However, environmental officer Roy opposes this. Assertion, so what you're looking at is a multi-story reaction chamber with seawater sprayed at different levels inside the scrubber and what's happening here is the effluent comes down through this large diameter pipe and goes to our unit. of treatment. The system sucks in seawater and sprays it into the engines' exhaust gases. Dirt particles are captured. This means that only clean gas is pumped into the air. Impurities are removed from the water and the excess water is returned to the sea. Sulfur removal above 97, we also achieve some nitrous oxide removal, although this is not regulated, this system will also reduce that level and does a very good job, as well as removing any particles left from the combustion process, so it is Achieving far beyond what current regulations require, after exactly 137 weeks and three days of construction, the Harmony of the Seas was delivered to the shipping company on May 12, 2016, a moment of celebration for the 2,300 members of the crew that sails the ship. under the flag of the bahamas however the main office of the shipping company is in miami therefore the american national anthem is sung 362 meters long 66 meters wide and 72 meters high the ship is truly gigantic it even surpasses in terms of comparison the attractiveness and oasis of its sister ship in volume the harmonía is five times larger than the titanic meanwhile on its mediterranean cruise the harmonía has arrived at the port of la spezia in italy while many of the 6,300 guests have booked one of shore excursions to which the hotel machinery operates on board Chief Housekeeper at full speed, Gregory Dawkin, is completing his checks throughout the ship.

His destiny. One of the new virtual interior cabins. Hello, good morning, Frederick, how are you today? Can I check if you are ready for me? Good, great, yes, you look very good, nice and clean. ready for our guest everything ready ok great just take a look here you have the place very good very nice excellent very good job so we have the virtual backup room so you don't miss anything and you can see all the action that happens outside they have four cameras on the boat, bow and stern that broadcast the shots live from the outside so that guests can see exactly what is happening outside and it is as if they had a balcony in the room. 2744 cabins must be cleaned every day.

Gregory's crew works under strict time pressure. Romeo, good morning, how are you today? I'm fine, sir, thank you. Each hostess looks after more than two dozen cabins. I see that this is very good, very clean, very nice. How far is it from this room? Is it over yet? uh, just start, yeah, right now, yeah, the bed looks good, yeah, very nice room, you have to wash the balcony, yeah, how far are you with washing the balcony? Are you going to work on that now? When we finish our rooms right now, we still have five. more rooms to do, okay and after that we're going to do most of the washing, everything in our section, okay, okay, everything looks good so far, continue, have a great day, okay, many thank you, yes we have a total of 10 supervisors. and each supervisor is assigned per deck now every day we have an inspection that is done and over a period of one month all the rooms are covered with inspections so we have a daily inspection that tracks the washing that is brought to the deck a Hello, good morning, how are you? today okay, okay, um, how's everything going with our pillowcases?, pillowcases, uh, I'm not impressed yet, but I'll try to urge these people first.

This afternoon will be ready to tackle the operation tomorrow, yes, yes, no problem, okay, then in the afternoon we can press like. uh eight thousand to ten thousand pillowcases okay I'll try to finish all the duvet covers and everything will be ready yeah yeah okay let's see this morning we pressed like a 12,000 napkin for the windjammer seven eight thousand when I came to the dining room and uh two thousand three times we are working on the duvet covers now yes, we are working on the adhesive cover because you know it is tomorrow uh interpolation day the bed covers of the 2744 cabins are changed every three days to make This the laundry team works tirelessly the laundry room is basically operational 24 hours a day the workload becomes particularly heavy on formal evenings when guests want to get dressed up the normal first night we receive approximately one thousand items to wash, iron and turn over in a very fast time, so throwing force on schedule will require extra manpower to get the job done, so we always try to deliver before 5pm. m. so that guests have enough time to prepare for their formal evening. 18 floors up, vacationers are enjoying the highlights. surfing the waves 70 meters above the sea seems easier than it really is as the water hits the surfers at high speed one wrong move and the fun ends with a crash helen francis offers some tips on how to master the board The main thing is to stay relaxed at the same time She has to make sure that no one gets hurt You say it sounds easy but it is definitely one of the most challenging activities on board It is a guest favorite Helen would like to continue her work on the harmony for a few more years, like many other members of the crew, he has suffered from cruise fever.

The general rule is that if someone survives the first hire and rehire, they will stay until Helen. The job is ideal. She can accomplish everything. world while sailing I can interact with people on a daily basis, you already know many of the guests, we develop a relationship with them, we know what they like and what they don't like and we can just talk to them and get to know them and also meet good people within our communities that you meet down within the crew and we also get to see a lot of places depending on the ship you're on, yeah, it's good, it's a really good life, yeah, on another.

Within 24 hours the megacruise will return to Barcelona and 6,300 passengers will wait impatiently at the dock to board the new supership