Royal Caribbean Provides Update on Icon of the Seas Venue

Anticipation is constructing for the upcoming Icon of the Seas, what shall be Royal Caribbean International’s largest and most revolutionary ship in historical past.

One of essentially the most distinctive points of the ship is the excellent AquaDome, a first-of-its-kind venue, and the newest episode of “Making an Icon” goes behind the scenes to showcase that tremendous house.

Icon of the Seas AquaDome

Royal Caribbean has launched extra particulars and teasers about AquaDome in Episode 4: Creating AquaDome, the newest in its “Making an Icon” video sequence.

The video not solely outlines the options of the house, however contains each conceptual and building footage of AquaDome, giving cruise followers a novel perception into the engineering and design experience essential to carry this transformational house to life, together with a particular have a look at the very first idea of AquaDome – sketched on a serviette.

Naval architects, inside designers, entertainers and extra have all been a part of the design course of. The dome is comprised of 12 particular person modules that took 8 months of meeting.

“We really needed to exert additional collaboration and testing to even do this,” stated Kelly Gonzalez, vp of architectural design and newbuilding for Royal Caribbean Group.

Not solely was the design of the dome a collaborative effort between a wide range of consultants, however merely getting the dome into place aboard Icon of the Seas‘ hull was an enormous, cross-disciplinary undertaking.

At 363 tons, AquaDome is the biggest construction of glass and metal that has ever been lifted onto a cruise ship, a course of that occurred over 80 hours on the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland, the place Icon of the Seas is underneath building. The dome was lifted into place with a specialised rig in mid-November.

Features of the Venue

One of the 5 model new neighborhoods aboard Icon of the Seas, AquaDome is extra than simply an leisure venue.

“What we’ve tried to do is instead of designing a space for a single purpose or for a single point of time within the day, we’ve designed this so this can really operate through the course of the entire day, bringing more and more experiences to our guests,” stated Jason Liberty, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean Group.

Among these experiences would be the improbable 220-degree ocean views, but the house shall be weather-controlled for enjoyment it doesn’t matter what the out of doors situations. Food and beverage venues shall be discovered all through AquaDome, in addition to stress-free, Spanish-step model seating and lounges.

Shows of AquaDome

While the brand new neighborhood affords an excellent deal past simply reveals, it’s the leisure the place AquaDome will really shine. Shows will embody excessive divers from a pair of 60-foot excessive diving platforms, slackliners, and robots, together with 3-D flying aerialists. Special results embody high-definition screens, fog and smoke, lighting and water results, and far more.

During the day, fountain reveals will happen in AquaDome, and completely different lounge areas could also be used for different actions and gatherings as nicely.

“AquaDome programming should kind of transform from day to night,” stated Claudia Diaz-Gonzalez, affiliate vp of product growth for Royal Caribbean International.

The venue is being described as a “tranquil oasis by day and a vibrant hot spot at night,” making certain nice variety in what AquaDome affords to the as much as 7,600 visitors (full occupancy) who will sail aboard Icon of the Seas on each cruise.

Next Up for AquaDome

Now that the dome is in place, the outfitting of the inside house has begun. This contains not solely the ending particulars of seating, portray, flooring, and ornamental components, but additionally refining how the house is for use and what new applied sciences and revolutionary options shall be a part of the venue.

Royal Caribbean International guarantees extra updates on AquaDome in future “Making an Icon” episodes, with many extra particulars of the superb ship to be revealed within the subsequent 12 months, main as much as the vessel’s January 2024 debut.

The unbelievable new ship will homeport from Miami, providing 7-night Eastern and Western Caribbean itineraries visiting standard ports in addition to the cruise line’s non-public island, Perfect Day at CocoCay.