Construction of Icon of the Seas has reached a brand new milestone with one of many signature areas added to the ship.
Royal Caribbean has designed Icon of the Seas to have many new options that stand out from the remainder of the fleet, in addition to nearly each different cruise ship on the market.
The AquaDome is a brand new neighborhood idea that may take the AquaTheater idea from Oasis Class cruise ships to a brand new stage.
On Sunday, the Meyer Turku shipyard put in the 363-ton dome, which has over 600 glass panels and was put in utilizing greater than 1,600 ft of cables. The size of cables is longer than the peak of the Empire State Building.
The means of lifting the huge dome is a large-scale, advanced course of.
Up till now, the AquaDome was situated subsequent to Icon of the Seas on the shipyard.
The dome had been constructed by itself in tandem with ship building. This is a typical technique in cruise ship constructing, because it permits a number of sides of the cruise ship building course of to be finished concurrently.
Cruise ship cabins, ship blocks, and different options are constructed elsewhere after which assembled collectively later on the shipyard.
What is the AquaDome?
Once full, the AquaDome is situated on the very high of Icon of the Seas.
It can be residence to eating places, retail, bars, lounge areas, and–most significantly–Royal Caribbean’s next-level AquaTheater.
By day, passengers can loosen up in one of many AquaDome’s comfy seating areas with expansive, 220 diploma views of the ocean. Based on the ship’s deck plans, the AquaDome additionally options a number of eating venues together with Hooked Seafood.
The present has the tallest waterfall at sea (55 ft tall), together with flying artists and divers.
Royal Caribbean can also be promising visitors will see a remodeling pool, 4 robotic arms, state-of-the-art projection, and extra.
Other notable new neighborhoods on Icon of the Seas
Besides AquaDome, there can be a couple of different new areas added to Icon of the Seas which might be new to Royal Caribbean.
Thrill Island is a brand new water park on the high of Icon of the Seas, which has 6 waterslides to select from.
If you favor rest over pleasure, then Chill Island neighborhood is for you, with seven swimming pools to select from, together with whirlpools, in-water loungers and breathtaking views.Â
The Surfside neighborhood is one other new idea designed with younger households in thoughts, the place adults and children ages six and underneath can keep and play all day.
There may even be a revamped adults-only space, generally known as Cloud 17. For visitors age 16+ years outdated, it overlooks the ocean with devoted Lime &
Coconut bar and whirlpool.
The Hideaway has a multilevel terrace and first suspended infinity pool at sea.
Icon of the Seas launches in 2024
Icon of the Seas will debut in January 2024 from her homeport of Miami.
The first crusing of Icon of the Seas, a seven-night voyage out of Miami to the Eastern Caribbean, is scheduled for Jan. 27, 2024.
The ship will alternate between Eastern Caribbean and Western Caribbean itineraries.