NEW DELHI: The world’s largest cruise ship, ‘Icon of the seas’, is about to sail on its maiden journey beginning January 27. Until now, the title was held by the ‘Surprise of the seas’ cruise liner.
Photograph: Royal Caribbean X deal with
Right here’s all you should know concerning the latest vessel making waves:
- The ship is reportedly round 1200 ft lengthy and weighs round 250,000 tons.
- The ship prices practically $2 billion based on The Solar report.
- It has 20 totally different decks out of which 18 could be accessible to the passengers.
- The cruise has 40 eating places, bars and lounges.
- The ship has seven swimming pools; six waterslides and a 55-foot waterfall.
- It was delivered to
Royal Caribbean on November 27, 2023. - The ship has the capability to carry 7,600 passengers who could be catered by 2,350-member crew.
- It entered the port of Miami for the primary time on January 10, 2024 from the place it’ll begin its maiden voyage.
- Soccer star Lionel Messi has been named the icon of ‘Icon of the seas’.
- The ship presents weeklong packages with Jap and Western Caribbean itineraries and can go to Royal Caribbean’s personal island, Good Day at CocoCay, based on the Royal Caribbean.
- Onboard the Icon of the Seas, there could be a devoted lush inexperienced area, adorned with hundreds of actual crops, nice eating and stay music.
- The weeklong cruise reportedly prices round $3,500 for 2 folks in a median stateroom with costs going as much as $100,000 per journey for the Final Household Townhouse – a three-story suite full with touchscreen tables and a slide, as per CBS studies.
Photograph: Royal Caribbean press centre web site
Whereas Icon of the Seas makes a brand new world report within the delivery world, issues have additionally been raised about its local weather legal responsibility.Within the final obtainable information from 2022,, Royal Caribbean’s direct emissions amounted to five.5 million tons of CO2 equal, reflecting a rise from 5.3 million tons in 2019, as reported by Bloomberg.
