Harmony Keel Blocks are in the House... well they're outside actually!

[A&L_Ont]

I was looking at Harmonys cruise listings and the have two short sailings prior to their inaugural in approximately the third week of May. I thought I read somewhere on CC that open water tests are in March.

 

Does anyone know when general crew members start to join the ship prior to sailing? I am thinking along the likes of housekeeping, sports desk crew, etc.. Obviously it would be after turnover, but I am curious to when the dates might occur.

[Lloyd555]

I was looking at Harmonys cruise listings and the have two short sailings prior to their inaugural in approximately the third week of May. I thought I read somewhere on CC that open water tests are in March.

 

Does anyone know when general crew members start to join the ship prior to sailing? I am thinking along the likes of housekeeping, sports desk crew, etc.. Obviously it would be after turnover, but I am curious to when the dates might occur.

 

The first sea trials are set for March 10 to 13. The ship will return to spend some days in dry dock before returning for a second series of tests from 7 to 11 April. The general crew appears to be joining the ship in April and May.

[A&L_Ont]

The first sea trials are set for March 10 to 13. The ship will return to spend some days in dry dock before returning for a second series of tests from 7 to 11 April. The general crew appears to be joining the ship in April and May.

 

Thanks Lloyd.

[Lloyd555]

Thanks Lloyd.

 

My apologies. As I posted my previous answer about the crew, I started doubting myself. Sure enough, most of the crew, which will comprise more than 2,300 people, will begin arriving in late March, most of the troops are expected in mid-April.

[Faustballer]

A nice video of a reconnaissance walk over the Harmony on the shipyard in France

It is in German but whoever doesn't understand this also has a beautiful summary of the individual advances of works

[ahecht]

Looks like Harmony's sea trials have begun:

 

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/shipid:372127/zoom:10

[DeepSeaDiver1000]

Includes Video: :)

 

http://gcaptain.com/photos-worlds-largest-cruise-ship-harmony-of-the-seas-departs-begins-sea-trials/

[Lloyd555]

Plenty of sea trial photos out there on social media, etc.

 

Just a few that caught my attention because they showed off parts of the ship of interest ...

 

http://www.shipspotting.com/gallery/photo.php?lid=2422504

 

 

 

Zoom ins on Solarium and Perfect Storm water slides from Flickr photo

 

 

 

 

Photo by Rv GL of Perfect Storm water slides.

 

 

 

Photo by Rv GL of Perfect Solarium and bridge.

 

 

[DeepSeaDiver1000]

Thanks for the great photos Lloyd555 :)

[Tall-Cruiser]

Great photos Lloyd. I would have thought the Abyss would have been installed before the sea trials.

[adjjb12]

It is odd they didn't do the Abyss before trials.

[Susie51]

Is Harmony in the same class as Oasis or Quantum?

[olcar]

Is Harmony in the same class as Oasis or Quantum?

 

 

Oasis class

[Susie51]

Oasis class

 

Thank you for your quick reply.

[dutchclogs]

From sky news 500 crew on board now

 

http://news.sky.com/story/1657595/worlds-biggest-cruise-liner-takes-to-sea

[A&L_Ont]

The slides look great and I can't wait to try them. Perhaps they are waiting on components for the Abyss?

[Biker19]

The slides look great and I can't wait to try them. Perhaps they are waiting on components for the Abyss?

 

Like the slide on the Liberty, they'll still be installing it during the first few cruises. :rolleyes:

[Lloyd555]

Great video of the ship out at sea during sea trials.

 

[Tommy3putts]

Wow. That is a great video.

 

Huge two days for RCI. Ovation river conveyance also.

[CapitalKyle]

Great video of the ship out at sea during sea trials.

 

 

Love the video!! Lloyd, what do we make of these (what appear to be) windows on the bottom level of the solarium? Based on the deck plans, the kids clubs are behind that area... I believe on OA/AL there were windows here too but that was when the area was open space, not Solarium space. Could those still be windows into the kids clubs? That seems rather odd to me.

 

 

[papcx]

Same layout as Oasis and Allure, only the solarium is an additional deck. So the area that's open (Oasis and Allure) is now part of the solarium.

 

Kids club is "behind" the Solariums lowest level.

 

 

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[Wildcatfish]

Great video! Thanks Lloyd!

[dedosr]

Thanks for the great video. Thanks for clearing up the windows on the solarium.

[CroNich]

Love the video!! Lloyd, what do we make of these (what appear to be) windows on the bottom level of the solarium? Based on the deck plans, the kids clubs are behind that area... I believe on OA/AL there were windows here too but that was when the area was open space, not Solarium space. Could those still be windows into the kids clubs? That seems rather odd to me.

 

 

 

If you think about it, there would have to windows otherwise there would be no natural light getting into the kids club. My guess is that they will be tinted.

[ahecht]

Looks like she got up to 23.9kts during the sea trials. That just beats the official maximum speed for the Oasis class of 23.8kts:

 

http://www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/oldshipid:372127/oldmmsi:311000396/olddate:2016-03-11%2001%3A36%3A34/zoom:9