SteveinSC 1,217 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Alright, fellow obsessed cruisers. I'm looking for some content to binge. What are some documentaries featuring RC (or other) cruise ships that I can watch, and what app/service are they on? Thanks in advance. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ellcee 1,518 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Netflix has an episode of Mega Food from a Royal ship - I think it's Oasis but my memory could be wrong. Def RC though. IRMO12HD, Vwjo, USCG Teacher and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ray 1,381 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 There is a UK show called " cruising with jane McDonald " It takes in most cruiselines, all sizes of ships and covers e every part of the world. You can find them on youtube IRMO12HD and SteveinSC 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
coneyraven 2,151 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 I still enjoy watching "Drydock, A Cruise Ship Reborn" off of YouTube when they were doing a rehab of Soveriegn back in 2004. SteveinSC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveinSC 1,217 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 2 minutes ago, coneyraven said: I still enjoy watching "Drydock, A Cruise Ship Reborn" off of YouTube when they were doing a rehab of Soveriegn back in 2004. Having been on Sovereign a few times, that would be great! Thanks! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 28,456 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Amazon has many videos online, a few covered by Prime, most are a small charge. Go to the Prime Video area and search for "Cruise Ship". There is an episode of National Geographic's Worlds Toughest Fixes where they cut open the hull and insert a new power plant into Radiance. They use the same dry dock in Freeport during this older video that buckled and caused the crane to fall onto Oasis this year. Fascinating stuff. Season one, episode five best $3 I've spent in a while. J_Keeble, Mrs. RoyalMoyal, PRebecca and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
melmar02 1,350 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 54 minutes ago, ellcee said: Netflix has an episode of Mega Food from a Royal ship - I think it's Oasis but my memory could be wrong. Def RC though. Yes! It's Oasis - last episode of the (first) season. I love this show! IRMO12HD and ellcee 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveinSC 1,217 Posted October 17, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Theres this one crazy documentary....Poseidon. Boy, talk about intense. Thanks for the quick replies, all! Baked Alaska, mook1525, mworkman and 2 others 4 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
twangster 28,456 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Youtube: This next one of Allure is exactly what Oasis was attempting when the dry dock collapsed: SteveinSC, Baked Alaska and JohnK6404 2 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
ChessE4 753 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 1 hour ago, SteveinSC said: Alright, fellow obsessed cruisers. I'm looking for some content to binge. What are some documentaries featuring RC (or other) cruise ships that I can watch, and what app/service are they on? Thanks in advance. The Mighty Ships cable program, I believe a National Geographic channel, has numerous cruise ship videos. SteveinSC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Bakerette 158 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 Love @ sea is filmed on Harmony which is a RC ship. IRMO12HD and SteveinSC 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
GatorCruiser 41 Posted October 17, 2019 Report Share Posted October 17, 2019 33 minutes ago, Bakerette said: Love @ sea is filmed on Harmony which is a RC ship. Love the hallmark movies. Saw that one a few weeks back SteveinSC 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmdrfrag 189 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Theres a series on Discovery (UK Discovery anyway) called Mega Cruise ships, its been really good, all different Cruise lines and itineraries As @Ray mentioned Cruising with Jane McDonald is good too and also covered River Cruises if you're interested in those too Last one I can think of is a series just called The Cruise which follows the life on board Majestic Princess. Think they've done 3 seasons of that across her different itineraries Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK6404 1,175 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 Hey @SteveinSC ! See if you can track this series down... they feature many RC ships... I watched the Allure episode which was excellent a couple of years ago... having a hard time finding it now... Yes, love the Mega Food episode on Oasis... it's currently available on Netflix... Another awesome documentary on Harmony and turnaround day... try pulling it up through the Science Channel website and log in through you cable provider: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/mega-machines-sea-giants/ Another video of Allure drydock... nhilding10 and SteveinSC 1 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
SteveinSC 1,217 Posted October 18, 2019 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 AWESOME feedback here. Thanks everyone!!!! Rainy weekend coming up here in the Carolinas. Perfect timing. Jmccaffrey and JohnK6404 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
PRebecca 341 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 18 hours ago, ellcee said: Netflix has an episode of Mega Food from a Royal ship - I think it's Oasis but my memory could be wrong. Def RC though. Wow! What a great episode!! ellcee and JohnK6404 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
flamtapgt 39 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 There's also a Science Channel "Impossible Engineering" episode about building Harmony: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/impossible-engineering/full-episodes/worlds-biggest-cruise-ship? JohnK6404, IRMO12HD and nhilding10 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ray 1,381 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 There was a show on UK TV recently about the worlds most expensive cruiseship, the Seven Seas Explorer from Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The Top suite was massive and had it's OWN bar in it! You wanted a drink you called staff to come pour you one! also had a piano and yes if you wanted music you called someone to come play it. the show was called " secrets of the worlds most expensive cruiseship" Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lisa6191 19 Posted October 18, 2019 Report Share Posted October 18, 2019 That Mega Food episode is fascinating. Kind of makes you wonder how they ever get everyone fed! IRMO12HD 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK6404 1,175 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 9 hours ago, flamtapgt said: There's also a Science Channel "Impossible Engineering" episode about building Harmony: https://www.sciencechannel.com/tv-shows/impossible-engineering/full-episodes/worlds-biggest-cruise-ship? Thanks! Just watched it... all from the engineering perspective (as titled), so it may not interest everyone. We liked it! Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK6404 1,175 Posted October 19, 2019 Report Share Posted October 19, 2019 I like this little 4-5 minute drone video on Symphony too... SteveinSC, SpeedNoodles and heffy2 1 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK6404 1,175 Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 Just an FYI... I stumbled across "Dream Cruises" again tonight! It's back in re-runs! Here in NY, and on Verizon Fios, it's channel 669 in HD ("AWE" HD channel) Looks like they are running Season 1 over the next week which includes Navigator (pre-amp of course), Rhapsody, Allure, Brilliance, Explorer, Voyageur, Vision and Legend... also many of the older MSC ships (still very interesting since they also cover some excursions)... They rebroadcast each epsiode many times... Navigator first on FRI, 1/10/20 at 9:00 PM (EST)... I'm going to DVR them to get my cruise fix! https://www.awetv.com/dreamcruises/ https://www.awetv.com/schedule/ Baked Alaska and nhilding10 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
cmdrfrag 189 Posted January 7, 2020 Report Share Posted January 7, 2020 On 10/18/2019 at 6:48 PM, Ray said: There was a show on UK TV recently about the worlds most expensive cruiseship, the Seven Seas Explorer from Regent Seven Seas Cruises. The Top suite was massive and had it's OWN bar in it! You wanted a drink you called staff to come pour you one! also had a piano and yes if you wanted music you called someone to come play it. the show was called " secrets of the worlds most expensive cruiseship" That was a good one to watch, not sure if it was the same or maybe a different episode but they did an "experiment" on board where the passengers chose the next port. Basically they gathered them all and the passengers up a coloured ball in a container that signified the next port, depending on the current location of the ship they had 2 or 3 to chose from. Was really good to watch as none of the crew knew where they would be going so once the votes where in then everyone had to scramble to make it happen, the kitchen more than most to try and get food in, and with the price people were paying the food had to top quality Quote Link to post Share on other sites
JohnK6404 1,175 Posted May 10, 2020 Report Share Posted May 10, 2020 Here’s another good short documentary I found (under 8 minutes) on “What It Takes To Be A Cruise Ship Performer”... filmed on Symphony! DD474, RCIfan1912 and JLMoran 3 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Hoski 371 Posted May 11, 2020 Report Share Posted May 11, 2020 Thanks everyone, we are going to watch some of these tonight. JohnK6404 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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