Cruise Ships

Documentary revealing technological leaps that have allowed the world’s biggest cruise ships to be developed. When christened, the 160,000 tonne “Independence of the Seas” was the biggest passenger ship in existence. This Freedom-class cruise liner cost 828 million dollars to build, carrying passengers in unrivalled luxury, and manned by a crew of 1,360 who occupy a vast behind-the-scenes world of control rooms, kitchens and engine spaces. Longer than 5 jumbo jets and weighing more than 80,000 family cars, this gargantuan ship was made possible through a series of historic engineering breakthroughs.

The film explores six iconic liners, including the SS Great Britain and the RMS Queen Mary, which feature major technological innovations that allowed engineers to build ever larger ships. Using computer generated animation we reveal the incredible stories behind these vessels and the inventions that enabled them to grow. Six ingenious leaps forward that let cruise ships to evolve from BIG, to BIGGER, into the world’s BIGGEST.