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28
October
2022

TravelbizTV – Royal Caribbean introduces ICON OF THE SEAS

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A first-of-its-kind Royal Caribbean and the world adventure where you’ll have the time of your life, multiple times a day. It’s thrills you never dared to imagine and next level chill you never dreamed possible. This is the Icon of Vacations arriving 2024.

Royal Caribbean line has announced it’s building the largest cruise ship ever, even bigger than its recently unveiled Wonder of the Seas, the current record holder for world’s largest cruise ship. The new Icon of the Seas will carry 7,600 passengers at maximum occupancy (or nearly 10,000 people including crew).

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When completed, the ship will be 20 decks high and 1,198 feet long and measure 250,800 gross tons. To compare, Wonder of the Seas is 1,188 feet long and measures 235,600 tons. It carries 7,084 passengers at maximum occupancy.

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