Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[John&LaLa]

On 4/6/2022 at 3:02 PM, Jumping Cruiser said:

In Michael’s interview, he also announced that Miami would be Icon’s homeport. Looks like it may just be a TA from Southampton, possibly with trade/media events in UK and New York.

 

I wonder how often she has to refuel for a 7 day cruise. Looks like a 48 hour trip for LNG barge to get from Savanah to Miami

[dalee21860]

14 hours ago, John&LaLa said:

 

I wonder how often she has to refuel for a 7 day cruise. Looks like a 48 hour trip for LNG barge to get from Savanah to Miami

Not sure if I'm comparing apples to apples but Mardi Gras has enough LNG to get them thru a 14 day cruise 

[John&LaLa]

3 hours ago, dalee21860 said:

Not sure if I'm comparing apples to apples but Mardi Gras has enough LNG to get them thru a 14 day cruise 

 

I would expect that. Give her enough fuel to cross Atlantic. 

[steamboats]

6 hours ago, dalee21860 said:

Not sure if I'm comparing apples to apples but Mardi Gras has enough LNG to get them thru a 14 day cruise 

 

That´s the same for AIDAnova/AIDAcosma or Costa Smeralda/Toscana. The fuel tanks are good for 14 days.

 

steamboats

[Tough as Leather]

Any updates on the ship, its bow, the big ball, seeing renderings, etc?

 

[Lloyd555]

30 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

Any updates on the ship, its bow, the big ball, seeing renderings, etc?

 

 

The ship is taking shape. More pieces added recently. the hull is light blue. 😄

No sign of the bow. There is something incoming this week though.

Although the sphere is nowhere to be seen, I have spotted the block that it will be siting on. 😎 

Renderings - zip

[Tall-Cruiser]

3 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

The ship is taking shape. More pieces added recently. the hull is light blue. 😄

No sign of the bow. There is something incoming this week though.

Although the sphere is nowhere to be seen, I have spotted the block that it will be siting on. 😎 

Renderings - zip

Any photo updates that can be shared here? 
Light blue hull! Had no idea 😃. You are too funny 😂. 
So there will be  zip line? Quote from “Rendering - zip”. Lol 😆 

From pictures I saw on FB the other day, looks like Icon may have similar number of side balcony decks like Oasis or Quantum Class? 

[Lloyd555]

18 hours ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

Any photo updates that can be shared here? 
Light blue hull! Had no idea 😃. You are too funny 😂. 
So there will be  zip line? Quote from “Rendering - zip”. Lol 😆 

From pictures I saw on FB the other day, looks like Icon may have similar number of side balcony decks like Oasis or Quantum Class? 

 

Update: We can see that the Icon will have stabilizers. Well, one for sure anyhow. 😜

📷 Sergey Morgun

 

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

7 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Update: We can see that the Icon will have stabilizers. Well, one for sure anyhow. 😜

And a little more towards mid ship compared to some of our initial guessing of being closer to the forward section. 

[Old Fart Cruisers]

9 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

 

 

9 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

I like the tri color pinstripe.  It's going to look great below the waterline, but will they keep that same color scheme for everything above the waterline?

[Nathan Graveson]

Hello everybody, I am new around here, however I am no stranger to the Icon Project as I have a very close family member who has been working on the project for the last 5 years and I have been told that RC have ordered equipment for an Aqua-Theater and an Ice Show. So my concept of this is that Icon Of The Seas is in fact a smaller Oasis Class vessel.

[Biker19]

12 minutes ago, Nathan Graveson said:

So my concept of this is that Icon Of The Seas is in fact a smaller Oasis Class vessel.

Welcome to CC.

[Tough as Leather]

31 minutes ago, Nathan Graveson said:

Hello everybody, I am new around here, however I am no stranger to the Icon Project as I have a very close family member who has been working on the project for the last 5 years and I have been told that RC have ordered equipment for an Aqua-Theater and an Ice Show. So my concept of this is that Icon Of The Seas is in fact a smaller Oasis Class vessel.

 

Yup. From what I have heard, it has an Oasis-class feel, with a few exceptions.

Edited April 24, 2022 by Tough as Leather

[Lloyd555]

13 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

Yup. From what I have heard, it has an Oasis-class feel, with a few exceptions.

 

I second that. 😎

Edited April 24, 2022 by Lloyd555

[Tough as Leather]

5 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

I second that. 😎

 

👍 But I have the feeling that you have more than just heard.🤨 

[Tall-Cruiser]

5 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

I second that. 😎

 

2 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

👍 But I have the feeling that you have more than just heard.🤨 

Greater or less than 231,000 GT. Lloyd answer will be, yes I agree 😀

[Lloyd555]

4 minutes ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

 

Greater or less than 231,000 GT. Lloyd answer will be, yes I agree 😀

 

Spot on. 😜

11 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

👍 But I have the feeling that you have more than just heard.🤨 

 

Ok. here's a visual clue for you. 😜

 

[Tough as Leather]

15 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Spot on. 😜

 

Ok. here's a visual clue for you. 😜

 

 

I think I have seen that block. 😂

I just checked the webcam  and both cranes have moved over to the right.  Don't see that often. A lot of heavy lifting going on?

[Lloyd555]

Not too recent image of an Icon of the Seas block, but how many times do you see a grader parked next to one. I wonder if the driver went inside to warm up. 😜

📷 Ismo Sumi 

[Tough as Leather]

Lloyd555

I see that from your photo by Krisse Saarinen of that white framing  that it is possible to peek into the shipyard from its perimeter. Cool.

 

 

Edited April 26, 2022 by Tough as Leather

[Old Fart Cruisers]

34 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

 

Is that white signboard in the lower center of the picture the installation instructions for all of those blocks?

[Tough as Leather]

2 hours ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

Is that white signboard in the lower center of the picture the installation instructions for all of those blocks?

No. 

I am thinking that it is a map of the shipyard.

[Panda Monium]

Is the running track on deck 5 like Oasis class or top deck like Quantum class?

[Lloyd555]

4 minutes ago, Panda Monium said:

Is the running track on deck 5 like Oasis class or top deck like Quantum class?

 

On deck 5.

[Biker19]

The next new Royal Caribbean International cruise ship is heading to North America in 2023.

 

Set for a fall delivery, the Icon of the Seas will be sailing in the Caribbean, according to Michael Bayley, Royal Caribbean International’s president and CEO.

 

Additional deployment details will be revealed at a later date, with itineraries going into sale 12 to 18 months before the ship’s first cruise, he added during a press conference in Miami Beach on Monday.

 

The company currently operates from all key Florida homeports including Miami, Port Everglades, Port Canaveral and Tampa. 

 

First in a new class of LNG-powered cruise ships, the Icon of the Seas is currently under construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland.

 

In October, the vessel received its two 307-ton LNG fuel tank, which, according to Royal Caribbean, are the largest in the entire cruise industry.

 

Royal Caribbean previously said that the 5,000-passenger ship will “make waves” with a mix of innovations and adventures “cruising’s never seen before.”

 

 

Royal Caribbean’s New Icon of the Seas to Sail in the Caribbean - Cruise Industry News