jagnew Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 On our Oasis trip in February 2018, there was a documentary on the history of Royal and the evolution of the ships that played a few times during the week. Have any of you ever successfully searched for that video online? I never got to watch much of it due to show reservations, etc, and would like to see it all if available somewhere... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Great question. There is more than one. If I recall the first addressed the earlier year and the second went through Freedom if (I think). I saw them on Symphony I think, and it was memorable seeing the videos of that day refer to Freedom as the largest cruise ship in the world! I did find this link but the video is gone. http://www.royalcaribbean.com.au/ourCompany/ourHistory.do Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagnew Posted February 24, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Yes sir, the geek in me wants to watch it all, but that dead link was the only promising lead I found to this point. I'm sure there is a magical keyword out there, but I have yet to find it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 I'm absolutely sure this is not it, however it is a video on the first Royal Caribbean ship and maybe some of you might enjoy it. Fuzzywuzzy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuzzywuzzy Posted February 24, 2019 Report Share Posted February 24, 2019 Thanks Speed, I enjoyed that. My, my she had a lot of paint jobs in her life. SpeedNoodles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom2mybugs Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 22 hours ago, SpeedNoodles said: I'm absolutely sure this is not it, however it is a video on the first Royal Caribbean ship and maybe some of you might enjoy it. This was totally fun to watch!!! Thank you!!!! Jane SpeedNoodles and Baked Alaska 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 Can you elaborate as to what the video focused on and/or who was in it? Might be easier to track down the video. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 The videos I saw on the Symphony TA provided a history of the company, How it came to be, how it was formed, the key players, the early decisions on building a ship designed specifically for the cruise market versus converting a cargo ship into one, the early days of the fleet, the first stretching and evolution into Vision class. The second video they played may have originally been joined to the first video but was presented as a separate video and continued talking about the company, the power struggle for ownership, how it turned into an American company, the evolution of the fleet including Voyager and finally Freedom class. The second video wasn't played in its entirety, it was so long that eventually they would interrupt it and move onto the next typical short clip such as the "wash your hands" bit then another more modern promotional video clip and so on never returning to play the end of the 2nd video. The era of the videos was pre-Oasis, pre-Bayley. Likely something from the archives. Sort of a documentary style video, not a slick modern marketing video. They provided a lot of insight into the company, the main players and the evolution of the fleet. Captivating for a cruise geek. I know I learned a lot about the earlier days of the company. The Cruise Junkie and jagnew 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted February 25, 2019 Report Share Posted February 25, 2019 It would be awesome to find this ...... just like occasionally I'll watch the Dry Dock Series on Sovereign that were produced in '04. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jagnew Posted February 26, 2019 Author Report Share Posted February 26, 2019 @twangster's explanation sounds like the same thing I saw. It was about an hour's worth of deep dive info on the evolution of the company, the first super ships, etc. Perhaps I can seek out the Sovereign dry dock video as a hold me over. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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