Posted on 01/27/2024 11:10:36 AM PST by dynachrome
The Royal Caribbean-owned Icon of the Seas will begin its first official cruise later Saturday, sailing away from Miami and toward the Caribbean.
The world’s largest cruise liner’s first official trip, which will go seven nights, comes about two months after builder Turku Meyer transferred ownership over to Royal Caribbean and just a couple weeks after the ship first reached its home port in southern Florida.
The Icon of the Seas owes its title of world’s largest cruise liner to its nearly 1,200-foot length and its nearly 248,700 gross tons. It also has 20 decks, all but two of which are open to guests.
"When you drive up even to the port, you can’t help but just go ‘wow,’" Ingraham told FOX Business about the size of the ship. "And as we were sitting there waiting to take off, there were a couple other cruise ships that would come by – and these are massive cruise ships – but they look small next to the Icon of the Seas."
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” 8000 passengers?”
Think of the amount of sewage that thing will dump once offshore.
It’s about 100 feet longer than the biggest laker. So yeah that’s a lot of boat. Then imagine all those people hitting the sights at once at the different stops. That’s pretty overwhelming.
Actually it’s 7,600 passengers but once you approach 8k what’s another 400.
My wife and I have been on plenty and never caught as much as a sniffle, those were all before covid and I’m sure the hygiene practices have been fortified since then.
Having said all that, the largest one we went on was 3k passengers and that was too many for us.
Our 1st was on our honeymoon on the smallest ship we ever cruised on and it was also the most enjoyable.
At the end of the day, it’s not for everyone.
Big problem.......you could stroll the ship
from stem to stern and never know you’re at sea.
TUBE 1 ready in all aspects!
I am imaging a trail of belly-up fish following it out to sea.
They have better sewage treatment than almost any city. And they dump NONE of it.
So says you?
I have heard many captains prefer dumping far enough offshore to avoid cleaning and maintenance of the treatment system.
Far enough offshore it is legal for them to do so.
“am imaging a trail of belly-up fish following it out to sea.”
On dive boat trips, we used to see long trails of brown sludge offshore Hawaii after cruise ships had transited the area. The crew would always be dodgy about the sludge if asked.
I suspect the treatment is only used in coastal areas closer to land.
As a one time “Big U” passenger, I say no thanks. Las Vegas with a keel.
Beneath the waterline of this ship, it’s probably still as big as a small city.
Most large ocean going vessels now use a collection, holding, and transfer (CHT) system to handle wastewater & sewage. None is dumped overboard, but pumped out pierside after reaching port.
Looks like one of those two-bit buses you see driving around the streets of Panama.
You know NOTHING about that.
Even beneath the waterline of this ship, it’s probably still as big as a small city.
Ignorant.
Quit spreading these lies.
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