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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

DESIGN. / 5 BEAUTY SHOTS OF THE WORLD’S BIGGEST CRUISE LINER


ICON OF THE SEAS 

ON MAIDEN VOYAGE. 

 It’s big, and breathtaking and Royal Caribbean cruise lines says its brand-new Icon of the Seas will hold as many as 10,000 passengers. 

 The 20-deck ship set sail last week from Miami. Dezeen magazine points out theIcon was designed by four design entities: Skylab Architecture; Wilson Butler Architects; 3 Deluxe; and RTKL. 

 The 250,000-ton vessel is the size of five Titanics with room for 7,600 guests and 2,350 crew. 

 So far, no icebergs have been sighted in the ship’s destination: ports around the Caribbean. Sorry, we couldn’t resist. 

MORE STATS:

--2,805 cabins 

--7 swimming pools 

--8 entertainment neighborhoods, including waterpark, Central Park, Chill Island with pools and the Aqua Dome. 

--Huge ship-based waterpark 

--Runs on a combo of LNG and diesel. 

--Constructed Meyer Turku Shipyard, Finland. 

--365-metres in length that’s bigger than U.S. Aircraft Carrier Gerald Ford at 337 metres. 






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