On Monday, we were invited to a Bridge Tour and an Engine Control room tour. Obviously, we were not going to pass that up! In the morning was the Bridge Tour. So, we met at the prescribed place, and then security escorted a group of about 10 of us to the Bridge. Theresa was the OLNY female of the group. Anyway, it was interesting, but having seen a few bridges before, and frankly much of the technology is just big heavy versions of what is on a flight deck, there weren't a lot of "wow" moments. Then they took us "outside". There is a platform on the side of the ship, sticking past the main part of the ship, for docking. It gives very good visibility of the side of the ship.
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| Bridge. Nice Lounge! |
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| Bridge & Control console. |
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| Bridge Controls for Outside |
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| View along Starboard (Right) side. |
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| Bridge Platform viewed from ship. |
Of course we were curious what or how much the bridge could see of our veranda. This is the "best" view from the bridge. The wood railing is about all they can see unless we are hanging out past it.
Also, this gives a "complete" view of the bow of the ship and about all we would have been able to see from the Deck 6 room. (Recall, we took the room on Deck 7 in the middle of the night because we did not want this view. The Bridge is on Deck 8.)
In the afternoon, we got to tour the Engine Control Room. This was interesting, but the Second Engineer who gave the tour was kind of hard to understand with his thick Greek accent. He seemed very proud of the water system as that was what he talked about the most. And every time some warning came, it flashed a bright red light (like a rotating siren light). And that thing went off about every 30-90 seconds, and no one seemed to care. That was odd. We were allowed to take pictures, but only "generic" ones, that did not show much. I would have LOVED to gotten a picture of him with the flashing red light behind him, but I suspected that would not be appreciated!
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