⚓ Royal Caribbean's Sovereign, Monarch, Majesty of the Seas - History & Tribute Video
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
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From 1988 to 1992, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line built some of the most iconic cruise ships in their fleet; including the Sovereign of the Seas (later, "Soverign" by Pullmantur), the Monarch of the Seas (later, "Monarch" also by Pullmantur), and the Majesty of the Seas (which, including the Empress of the Seas - formerly the Nordic Prince - on December 16, 2020 has been sold to an undisclosed buyer in the Asia Pacific region). They were the start that solidified the brand's image as we know it today. Two out of three of them are in the middle of being scrapped in Aliaga, Turkey as we speak.
This video shares the story of these ships from beginning to end; how they made a cultural impact and innovated the Royal Caribbean brand as well as cruise design forever.
Have you sailed aboard any of these ships?
Did you have a good time?
Are you sad to see them go?
Do you have any fond memories you'd like to share?
Do you think it's unfair that their lives were cut short and that their time was up just a little too soon?
Let me know in the comments below.
**CORRECTION: Misspelled first female captain of Monarch of the Seas. It is proper spelled, "Karin Stahre-Janson"
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00:00 INTRO & CURRENT SITUATION
03:38 CONSTRUCTION
09:16 INTERIOR DESIGN
12:53 SHIP TOUR
21:31 LEGACY
29:46 FINAL THOUGHTS
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DETAILS:
Sovereign of the Seas STATISTICS & INFO
Maiden Voyage - 1.16.1988 (3.23.2009 as Sovereign)
Designer: Njal Elde
Refits for each ship included:
SOVEREIGN
Refit in 2004 at Freeport and featured on a Travel Channel TV special
2008-2009 when transferred to Pullmantur
MONARCH
Refit in 2003
Refit in 2014 when transferred to Pullmatur
MAJESTY
Refit in 2007 (4 week)
Refit in 2016
Refit in 2018
Both Sovereign and Monarch were beached in the Aliaga, Turkey scrap yard alongside Carnival Fantasy, Imagination, and Inspiration, July 2020
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I worked on the Sovereign late 80,early 90. She was a great ship. Fond memories, the crew really knew how to party. I miss those days.
Excellent video, Matthew. I worked on all 3 of these ships, as a musician. Plus the Song of America and the Legend of the Seas. I was on the maiden voyages of Majesty and Legend. This sure brought back a lot of memories!🤘🏼😎
My wife and I traveled on the Sovereign of the Seas during her Easter 1996 cruise. We were newlyweds. We absolutely loved her. Our honeymoon ship was the Carnival Ecstasy. Ecstasy was glitzy and Sovereign a classic look. It was sad to see her being torn apart.
Sovereign of the Seas was my first cruise back in the late 90s. I also cruise the Monarch and Majesty. That is a wonderful class of ship. The Sovereign and Monarch will be missed.
Good Video!!! My first Cruise was on the Monarch of the Seas, left from L.A. in 2004. I got so hooked, that then took Freedom of the Seas, then the Navagator of the Seas, in order, celebrity century, Ruby princess, zuiderdam, Oosterdam, celebrity Constellation, again the Century, new Ámsterdam, Allure of the Seas, norwegian Getaway, Disney Fantasy,Carnival Destiny, Niew Ámsterdam for 2 rounds, east and west caribbean. Celebrity Silhouette (New Jersy) Carnival paradise (Tampa), Carnival Dream( New Orleans), MSC Divina, Anthem of the Seas(New Jersey), Royal Princess, Celebrity Reflexion, and my last, 2021, Carnival Horizon. I'm missing the Epic and Valor
Your videos are some of the best cruise ship documentarys I have seen on RUclips, I hope you make videos on all the different classes of cruise ship
Thank you! That means a lot. There are more on the way.
Norwegian Sun (and possibly the Sky) had an odd deck like 6 on this class.
Myself and wife went on Sovereign of the seas back in 1990 when she was relatively new. We were WOWED by everything she had to offer. It was our first cruise and we stepped onto Sovereign the first thing that came to my mind was WOW how the hell is this thing floating its huge! The Centrum was magnificant for the time I have some great VHS footage ha ha! In fact myself and wife were in our mid twenties and I think we were the youngest people at our dining table ha ha! Excellent insigt and documentary to Royal Carribean. Yes these ships will be missed because of memories BUT remember its all about "money" and how to make it! Really enjoyed the video it was put together very well thanks for the memories
We went on the Monarch of the Seas just before it was sold to Pullmantur. The rooms were so small, even in comparison to other ships built at the same time. I loved the ship! The atrium is still one of my favorites of all cruises. Great job on this!
Thanks for a thorough, entertaining look at our fave RCI ships. Monarch was tops with us too because of lifelong friendships.
I remember sailing Majesty and Monarch of the Seas and will be on Carnival Elation soon. Just got off Icon of the Seas too. RCI got it right with the Voyager class and they'll probably sail for 50 years.
Loved your video. I was so sad to see these ships going to the scrapyard. I loved the Monarch. When it was based in San Pedro, I had the pleasure of cruising on her 17 times (yes, I was obsessed). It wasn’t all about the ship. I had made friends with many crew members. Going on the ship was like a second home. I was so sad when Royal Caribbean moved her to Florida then sold her. I did get to cruise a few times on Majesty which felt a lot like being on Monarch. Previous to that, I had cruised on the Carnival Imagination. I really prefer those “smaller” ships. It feels like we’re losing a lot of our cruising history. Thanks so much for your video!
I was on all three
I miss them a lot
Sovereign of the Seas was the ship I went on my very first cruise (Halloween week of 1993). The iconic wrap around Viking Crown Lounge and Centrum took my breath away! To me, RCCL's most beautiful and iconic ships are Sovereign, Monarch and Majesty.
My first cruise was Sovereign July 22 1997.
I would definitely love an 1980's themed cruise!! We cruised on Majesty in 2003 for our honeymoon. We'd planned an anniversary cruise on her in 2023. We are so sad to see her go. Nothing wrong with a small room. It is great for couples and older folks. The idea is to not be in the room all the time anyway. Even in 2003 we were overwhelmed with things to do.
Probably the prettiest of the cruise ships, classic ocean liner lines. I’ve always appreciated that RCL has stuck to some form of the cruiser stern.
I sailed on Sovereign July 1988. She was a brand new ship and was very impressive. Wasn't afraid to look like a ship (unlike the modern cargo shape blocks coming down the always today). Sad to see her go to the scrapper but the life of a cruise ship is short.
Ooh. I prefer the Royal Caribbean ships. They're so pretty. I love the green. It's like emerald.
Excellent video! I sailed on the Monarch of the Seas back in 1998 before the incident in St. Maarten. I am 99.9% certain the dining rooms were named Brigadoon (Deck 3) and Flower Drum Song (Deck 4).
Great round-up of a ship I used to see all the time, from other cruiseships.
The previous build song of America had the same thing where 2 decks had higher ceiling so deck 6 was only a partial deck in the front of the ship
I sailed on Sovereign of the Seas. One odd feature was the cabins on on deck had windows facing the promenade. Some people seemed to be unaware of this and would forget to close their blinds. I went on it in 2002 when it was already vintage. Very sad to see it go and so many others which are lost due to the pandemic disaster. Also I went on a fantasy class and its sad also to see those being scrapped as well. Normally you would think there would be repurposing of these ships for cheaper lines but it seems the lines are in a big hurry to get rid of them rather than to wait to find a buyer other than a scrapper.
The Soverign had no Promenade!!! It's only an Atrium and no rooms face there, is only shops and elevators. What are you talking about?? The first boat with rooms facing promenade was the Oasis class
Correcting my self, the first inside balconies were in the Oasis Class, the first windows to promenade were in the mariner class
Great video! I sailed on Sovereign during Hurricane Andrew in 1992.
My very first cruise was on Sovereign in the late '90s. She impressed from the exterior, and I feel that her unique look never got old. The interior when I sailed on her was very dated, very 1980s in appearance, and her cabins were functional but oh so tiny. Still, I loved the Centrum, which was simply beautiful, and everthing else about that first journey. In the years that followed I sailed on Majesty several times and she did not feel quite so dated on the inside. Everything comes to an end at some point, but it was a shame to see these lovely ladies scrapped.
Again I am impressed with your report. Historically correct and thorough, thank you 😊
Matthew
In the late 90s my wife and I had our first (and second) cruise on the Majesty OTS. Thank you so much for creating and posting this wonderful video. It has brought back so many great memories. Keep it up!
Great video! I love the history you give us on so many of the different cruise lines and their different ships. It’s awesome getting to see all of the newer and older pictures and videos too so I get an idea what they were like. Definitely upset to see some of them go though, especially since I haven’t got the chance to go on so many of them. Looking forward to more videos to come keep up the good work!
Got married on the Monarch. It will always have a place in my heart. Sad to hear that she's been scrapped.
Matthew this is very informative. Thank you.
Look forward to the video on the Fantasy Class! I loved the Inspiration doing sailings from Long Beach and hate to see it gone now.
Fantastic video as always. Extremely informative but not in a way where it feels like informational overload. Breaking things up with those bits of comedy are great as well.
I unfortunately have never sailed on any of the ships but have always wanted to. That's definitely something that's on my bucket list and I hope these current times can allow for that to happen.
Keep up the amazing work and I definitely look forward to your next video
Hope to get aboard the Majesty at some stage soon.
Yes that's true because they're previous build song of America just had a lobby area when you entered and no atrium
I love this class I’m sad i never got to sail on them
Great video, Matthew! I enjoyed it very much, and learned a lot about the Sovereign-class ships that I didn’t know. Exceptionally well done! Very well-researched and professionally edited. Your narration is perfect, and I loved the coffee/tea cup element. Nice touch! Looking forward to more great videos. Keep up the great work!😊
great vid bro so nostalgic
Hey Matthew, if you’re interested in original plans to these ships, PM me and I can scan them .tween deck debuted on Song of America. And is on Costa Victoria and NCL Sky & Sun
Really great video! I learned so much about RC history, I've honestly never been on a cruise in my life but this definitely makes me want to take one!
Can you upload your Fantasy class tribute video since I do not see it yet.
Great memories. My first was the Majesty. Then the Monarch and the last was the Sovereign. They where very similar in the exterior and a few inside locations (except furniture, colors and names) Out of all the cruises, these stole my heart. I’m not a fan of the massive ships today. And yes the weird thing between deck 5 and 6. Like who came up with that? But I loved them. I still think cruise ships are ugly. Nothing like the great liners of the past.
My first cruise was on the Sovereign in 2006. Sad they scrapped it
Very well documented. Thumbs up.
See the previous build they did since sovereign of the seize was song of America and that had a lot of vibrations when they ship was leaving Port docking And that's because song of America's engines were hard mounted to the deck solvern of the seas were actually mounted with rubber bushings which allow the engine to vibrate on the bushings and not vibrate the ship
It’s amazing the technology they came up to make it easier for people aboard. We’ve come a long way since the Lusitania in 1907.
I sailed on all 3 of them.
If the general public had the same interest in cruise ships as they did with ocean liners in the 1960's, would Sovereign of the Seas, Monarch of the Seas, Carnival Fantasy, Karnika, Satoshi, Costa Victoria, Marco Polo, Astor, and Tropicale have been preserved as hotel and museum ships.
I definitely think more ships would be saved if the major population was more interested in ocean liners and cruise ships. There still would be some scrapped though, I'm sure. I feel like the more popular ones would be saved. Like ONE or THREE Fantasy Class ships. I don't know about the Costa Victoria, but I'm sure the Marco Polo and Astor would be given a home somewhere. There may even be bids from port cities who would love to host them.
@@ManWhoLovesTheMary Would Regal Princess and Crown Princess have also been preserved since they were designed by Renzo Piano, who designed the Pompidou Center and The Shard. Also, Carnival Fantasy herself would likely have been the one most likely preserved out of the three Fantasy class ships.
What's really Ironic is Royal Caribbean's newest ship icon of the seas has 22 decks for passengers another 2 decks for crew so that's 24 decks altogether
She was 2 feet shorter than the titanic but twice as heavy as the titanic
Painful to watch, I sailed on many of these ships and I have great memories. My favorite was the Majesty of the Seas! I think the Majesty is still an anchor in Greece so hopefully someone will buy it and put her back in service.
i di a video on the monarch btw
its funny how i have more subs but your videos are better lol. alo want to colab?
@@TheOceanChannel2 I'm down to collab!
@@ManWhoLovesTheMary about the colab. heres my discord so we can talk about it discord.gg/T22FzceFqQ
i liked the monarch with pullmentur better
Did not like Carnival Splendor those stupid funnels coughing out bits of hot carbon down my neck!! Crew were great, but the interior decor was brash,loud and gaudy, could produce an epileptic seizure in susceptible souls. As it was , I just had migraines!!
That was the decor of the Carnival ships, until the Carnival Breeze. I forgot the name of the guy in charged of them, all were crazy like that, he also did the costa ones. He was famous for it, but overtime it got dated, cheese and tacky. It was las Vegas 90s inspired. A lot of neon, a lot of shine and crazy rooms.