Nautilus Entertainment Design (NED) is the entertainment facility consultant on all three ships, as well as for 12 other ships currently under development for Carnival Corporation, Carnival Cruise Lines’ parent company which operates six cruise companies worldwide. Previously, NED has designed the lighting, audio, video, projection and rigging systems for the Carnival ships. Their scope of work was extended on Carnival Pride to include the video and audio broadcast systems, a role which included modifications to the satellite receiving systems, video playback and editing, and the video distribution system.
Carnival Cruise Lines’ Fun Ships are well known for their imaginative interiors and Pride continues that trend with a variety of stunning public rooms and areas. These include the Taj Mahal showroom, filled with appropriately intricate India-inspired designs, the Ivory Bar, featuring a Japanese theme, and the Nobel Library, named after the famed award and housing an internet café.
The onsite NED project team was headed up by Glenn Wade and included rigging inspector Bob Murphy, lighting inspector Tony Bader, and audio/video inspectors Matt Hodkinson and Rusty Cadaret. Hodkinson was also involved in the broadcast system design and commissioning, as well as the integrated control systems. The Kvaerner Masa-Yards engaged different contractors to install the various entertainment systems, based on their expertise. The shipyard contracted the lighting systems installation to Foki, the rigging and stage mechanics to Riskotec and the audio and video systems to Lightinen. The broadcast systems were installed by the Finnish division of HMS.
(Ruth Rossington)
