Anthem of the Seas Construction

[Lloyd555]

Some more photos from today at Meyer Werft thanks to Master_Schnief.

 

 

 

 

 

[Lloyd555]

 

Photo by Master_Schnief

[CRUISEFAN0001]

 

Photo by Master_Schnief

Things are really moving along on Anthem Lloyd!

 

Thanks for sharing the progress pix. :)

[lucysmommy1]

This is making me very excited thanks for posting x

 

 

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[Lloyd555]

Just spotted this photo posted by David Pogue who co-hosted with Richard Fain on August 25. He is illustrating the scale of the ship section.

 

 

 

Someone commented with: They're building the sandcrawler from Star Wars!!!!

 

[papcx]

Just spotted this photo posted by David Pogue who co-hosted with Richard Fain on August 25. He is illustrating the scale of the ship section.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Someone commented with: They're building the sandcrawler from Star Wars!!!!

 

 

 

 

 

That's a great photo. It's made me wonder. Are there bow thrusters on both port and starboard? Or are they the same thrusters, that spin in opposite directions depending on the desired movement?

[Tall-Cruiser]

That's a great photo. It's made me wonder. Are there bow thrusters on both port and starboard? Or are they the same thrusters, that spin in opposite directions depending on the desired movement?

 

With the four bow thrusters, two are facing port side and the other two starboard side. If you zoom in to some or the recent photos of this section you can see the direction of the blades.

 

On smaller ships that only have one bow thruster, the direction is reversed to give the push for port or starboard movement.

[Tall-Cruiser]

Just spotted this photo posted by David Pogue who co-hosted with Richard Fain on August 25. He is illustrating the scale of the ship section.

 

 

 

Someone commented with: They're building the sandcrawler from Star Wars!!!!

 

 

Great photo and illustration to point out the sheer size of these things.

[UNV-IT!!!]

Very cool pics. This thread excites me a lot since I cancelled quantum due to a stagnant itinarariy. Booking anthem for my birthday next year.

[Lloyd555]

Webcam image finally updated.

 

[ChristianDecker]

May I ask what the other ship in front of Anthem is ? Hope I did not oversee a post explaining this :rolleyes:

Is this Q3 ?

[MasterSchnief]

May I ask what the other ship in front of Anthem is ? Hope I did not oversee a post explaining this :rolleyes:

Is this Q3 ?

 

Meyer Werft is going to lay Norwegian Escape's keel there soon. We wait for the official ceremony. She is going to be built out of two mega blocks, just like Anthem of the Seas.

 

Delivery is scheduled for autumn 2015.

[ChristianDecker]

Meyer Werft is going to lay Norwegian Escape's keel there soon. We wait for the official ceremony. She is going to be built out of two mega blocks, just like Anthem of the Seas.

 

Delivery is scheduled for autumn 2015.

 

Thank you for the quick reply. I was so much hoping ... that MAAYYYBEEE ... :D

Don't intend to get too much OT:

So when will Q3 be started in which building ?

Any updates on Q4, especially if she is finally confirmed ? Guess not ...

Edited September 10, 2014 by ChristianDecker

[MasterSchnief]

Thank you for the quick reply. I was so much hoping ... that MAAYYYBEEE ... :D

Don't intend to get too much OT:

So when will Q3 be started in which building ?

Any updates on Q4, especially if she is finally confirmed ? Guess not ...

 

The start of steel cutting for Q3 was planned for the media event a few weeks ago. I have no idea why they haven't done it yet.

 

Well, Q4 is a special topic. We will see if and when RCI will confirm it.

Edited September 10, 2014 by MasterSchnief

[ChristianDecker]

The start of steel cutting for Q3 was planned for the media event a few weeks ago. I have no idea why they haven't done it yet.

 

Thanx. So I did remember Q3 timing correctly and I did not get totally brain-dead finally along waiting for Q3+4 as well as O3+4 ;)

I would have wished that Q3 comes right after AoS same as AoS did after QoS ... also as more capacity hopefully brings the prices further down.

[Lloyd555]

Tweeted by RCI PR

 

Piece by piece #AnthemoftheSeas is coming together (North Star staircase)

 

[Lloyd555]

Anthem of the Seas video found online.

 

https://www.youtube.com/edit?video_id=_89h_gmk5FI&video_referrer=watch

[Lloyd555]

An NCL Escape engine with Anthem of the Seas in background.

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

An NCL Escape engine with Anthem of the Seas in background.

 

 

Once again thanks to the NCL ships we get another glimpse of a Quantum class build inside Hall 6. Anthem seems to be coming along fine and looks good. Thanks Lloyd

 

Edit: Did you notice the Anthem top bow section (also in blue) right behind the NCL Escape engine block?

Edited September 14, 2014 by Tall-Cruiser

[Lloyd555]

September 14 visitor photo.

 

 

[Little Fish973]

This is a fantastic thread. Can't wait until we sail on Anthem next June 13th from Southampton. First and only time we've sailed was on our honeymoon 13 years ago (RCI Navigator, western caribbean). We have some amazing memories so super excited to sail once again!

[MasterSchnief]

Only two more blocks need to be assembled to Anthem for completion of the steel construction in two or three days.

 

This is how she looked like a few hours ago:

 

 

 

Meanwhile work on Norwegian Escape has also started at Meyer Werft.

[Lloyd555]

Only two more blocks need to be assembled to Anthem for completion of the steel construction in two or three days.

 

This is how she looked like a few hours ago:

 

 

 

Meanwhile work on Norwegian Escape has also started at Meyer Werft.

Great photos. Construction progressing at a good pace.

Wonder what the aft end is looking like with Two70 attached?

Edited September 16, 2014 by Lloyd555

[Tall-Cruiser]

Only two more blocks need to be assembled to Anthem for completion of the steel construction in two or three days.

 

This is how she looked like a few hours ago:

 

 

 

Meanwhile work on Norwegian Escape has also started at Meyer Werft.

 

Thanks for the photos. Does it appear that they are ahead of schedule?

[MasterSchnief]

Thanks for the photos. Does it appear that they are ahead of schedule?

 

 

Not really. When Quantum was floated out I was told by MW that steel construction on Anthem should be finished by september 20th. So they might be two or three days ahead of schedule.