Wonder and Utopia of the Seas, Oasis class ships, are not able to pass under this bridge and the great belt in Denmark even with funnels fully retracted because both ships are taller than Oasis. Icon of the Seas just made it yesterday under the bridge in Denmark! Nice footage! :)
Thanks for posting this. I was on Staten Island watching it come under the bridge at this time. Later after I drove to the port I had the pleasure of meeting the great Derek Picone
On the 18th she was under the bridge at 7am and docked by 8am. She had no guests onboard though. Tomorrow when she returns from the test cruise she will have guests to debark so she'll likely follow closer to the listed time for a normal sailing which is listed as docking at 6am.
Great Video! Just found your FANtastic video on TH-cam while researching Oasis of the Seas when I found out she was porting out of Bayonne. I know exactly where the port is as we have been to the Tear Drop Memorial quite a few times. You were up early to film this to. Question? Any problems getting into the area that early in the a.m. and parking at the Memorial was not a problem? Thanks again for any info. I'm up in Lodi so not a far ride for me to catch Oasis sailing in again in the future.
No issue. This was my 4th time going to the tear drop. I've been twice for departures and twice for arrivals. The park is technically open dusk to dawn so I was probably right on the edge of the official open time. There is a gate there, but no one actually manages the access, the gates are open 24/7 from what I've seen. When I went to see Quantum's arrival in 2014 it was November and I got there at 4am with sunrise not until 7am and still had no issues then either. I think it's secluded enough that as long as people don't find it and start causing problems no one seems to really care. When I was pulling in I went past the security building and someone that was coming in to work at the dry dock was following me most of the way, but I didn't notice any security making loops through the parking lot by the memorial until after she was docked.
I filmed from the Tear Drop Memorial at Cape Liberty. It's adjacent to the cruise terminal in Bayonne and has it's own parking lot right there with free parking. From the turnpike you are going to want to follow the signs for the cruise port. You actually go right to the Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal and once there you get to a y that leads you through the passenger drop off area, or to the right which goes to the Tear Drop Memorial parking lot. Since it's so close to the terminal it's important to account for departing guests because you will be stuck sitting in the terminal traffic to get to the memorial if there is any.
They received certification from the test sailing, so that would indicate that there were no incidents onboard. Not sure that any ship has failed a test cruise yet, though several have had cases once sailing, often from vaccinated individuals that later tested positive.
I’m not sure what time she will sail. It seems like since Covid ships have been sailing later to give extra time for boarding and provision. I’m sure Henri isn’t going to help thing either. It’s probably going to be 6:00 or later if I had to guess.
TH-cam is being a pain. The video is in full 4K and only the SD version was processed after 24 hours. I've now had to delete it and re-upload again, hopefully this time it will actually process the SD, HD, and 4K versions. Until the HD version is processed I can't let it go live.
Your patience is amazing-I just want to give her a push!😂⛴
Arrivals and departures take a lot of patience, I'm just glad she was on time!
We were there .
Wonderful
Wonder and Utopia of the Seas, Oasis class ships, are not able to pass under this bridge and the great belt in Denmark even with funnels fully retracted because both ships are taller than Oasis.
Icon of the Seas just made it yesterday under the bridge in Denmark! Nice footage! :)
I wonder if icon can go under the Verrazano bridge (the one we see here)
Thank you derek for sharing this video.. so this is how we look like during positiong from outside😊😎😍
You're welcome 😊
Thanks for posting this. I was on Staten Island watching it come under the bridge at this time. Later after I drove to the port I had the pleasure of meeting the great Derek Picone
You're welcome, great to meet you that morning!
Excellent video - thank you so much for getting up so early to capture this spectacular event!
No problem, it's not every day the northeast welcomes a massive ship like this for the first time.
And you know what I’m talking about
Thanks for the amazing footage...you even got perfect shots of our aquasuite cabin..... even more excited to sail on Sept 26th.
thank you Derek just starting to watch this historic moment
We are considering taking a ride to see the ship arrive tomorrow (8/28). About what time did she arrive 8/18?
On the 18th she was under the bridge at 7am and docked by 8am. She had no guests onboard though. Tomorrow when she returns from the test cruise she will have guests to debark so she'll likely follow closer to the listed time for a normal sailing which is listed as docking at 6am.
Thanks!!
Great Video! Just found your FANtastic video on TH-cam while researching Oasis of the Seas when I found out she was porting out of Bayonne. I know exactly where the port is as we have been to the Tear Drop Memorial quite a few times. You were up early to film this to. Question? Any problems getting into the area that early in the a.m. and parking at the Memorial was not a problem? Thanks again for any info. I'm up in Lodi so not a far ride for me to catch Oasis sailing in again in the future.
No issue. This was my 4th time going to the tear drop. I've been twice for departures and twice for arrivals. The park is technically open dusk to dawn so I was probably right on the edge of the official open time. There is a gate there, but no one actually manages the access, the gates are open 24/7 from what I've seen. When I went to see Quantum's arrival in 2014 it was November and I got there at 4am with sunrise not until 7am and still had no issues then either. I think it's secluded enough that as long as people don't find it and start causing problems no one seems to really care. When I was pulling in I went past the security building and someone that was coming in to work at the dry dock was following me most of the way, but I didn't notice any security making loops through the parking lot by the memorial until after she was docked.
9 days after my birthday. When I had Oasis on the 5th, we had to reschedule for the forth time.
Hello Excellent video !!! .Can i ask something please. What do you program use for this video ?
Thanks
Thank you, I use Apple's Final Cut Pro X to edit all of my videos and Apple's Motion to create the graphics.
Derek: can you tell us where you filmed this and how to get there after getting off the turnpike? Is there parking nearby?
I filmed from the Tear Drop Memorial at Cape Liberty. It's adjacent to the cruise terminal in Bayonne and has it's own parking lot right there with free parking. From the turnpike you are going to want to follow the signs for the cruise port. You actually go right to the Cape Liberty Cruise Terminal and once there you get to a y that leads you through the passenger drop off area, or to the right which goes to the Tear Drop Memorial parking lot. Since it's so close to the terminal it's important to account for departing guests because you will be stuck sitting in the terminal traffic to get to the memorial if there is any.
@@techwb THANK YOU!!
Does anyone know if there was any problems on the ship
They received certification from the test sailing, so that would indicate that there were no incidents onboard. Not sure that any ship has failed a test cruise yet, though several have had cases once sailing, often from vaccinated individuals that later tested positive.
When is she sailing away today? Trying to watch on PTZ unless you are going to stream it?
I’m not sure what time she will sail. It seems like since Covid ships have been sailing later to give extra time for boarding and provision. I’m sure Henri isn’t going to help thing either. It’s probably going to be 6:00 or later if I had to guess.
Hmmmm it premiered on August 18th, 19th and now it's premiering on the 20th
TH-cam is being a pain. The video is in full 4K and only the SD version was processed after 24 hours. I've now had to delete it and re-upload again, hopefully this time it will actually process the SD, HD, and 4K versions. Until the HD version is processed I can't let it go live.
Looking forward to it