The "Ultimate Family Townhouse" is a 3-deck/level suite designed for families. "Sunset Corner Suite" (fleet's first) represents aft-facing staterooms (located at the stern) featuring large wraparound terraces. "Surfside Family Suite" is in the Surfside Neighborhood, accommodates 4 people, has a separate kids' bedroom (convertible into a lounge room) and its occupants receive Royal Suite Class perks. "Family Infinite Balcony" cabins accommodate 6 people and are with split bathrooms, a separate kids' bedroom (with bunk beds), and an infinite balcony. This category (as Edge Veranda Infinity) debuted on Celebrity Cruises' EDGE-class ships. These accommodations are designed as convertible, transforming the veranda into an indoor space (within the cabin/separated by accordion doors) at the push of a button. "Infinite Balcony" are "French Balcony" cabins with drop-down panoramic/wall-to-wall and floor-to-ceiling windows enclosing the terrace. "Panoramic Ocean View" cabins and suites are in the AquaDome Neighborhood and all are with floor-to-ceiling and wall-to-wall windows. Icon OTS has several new for RCI cabin categories - Inside Plus, Panoramic Ocean View (redesigned/both cabins and suites), Infinite Balcony, Family Infinite Balcony, Surfside Family Suite, Sky Junior Suite, Sunset Suite, Sunset Corner Suite, Icon Loft Suite, and the Ultimate Family Townhouse. Infinite Balconies are 693 (615x Standard plus 78x Family). The ship has 179x suites, 1815x balconies, 276x oceanviews (including 12x Panoramic) and 744x inside cabins (534x Standard plus 214x Interior-Facing/Promenade View Balcony). Of all Icon of the Seas staterooms (2805 total, in 39 grades), ~70% are balconies and over 50% are new to Royal Caribbean. Initially, the ICON ship design was announced with passenger capacity ~5200 and GT tonnage ~200K. For comparison, the previously largest passenger ships (OASIS PLUS class) have GT ~227000 tons and max capacity 8800 (6410 pax + 2390 crew). On October 20th, RCI revealed more details, including the vessel's exact volume (250800 GT-tons) and max capacity (9950/7600 passengers + 2350 crew). On May 5, 2022, an RCI spokesperson announced that the ICON class will be bigger (as both passenger capacity and volume) than the OASIS class, which makes Icon of the Seas currently the world's largest passenger ship ever constructed. ![]() All RCI liners have names ending with "of the Seas".Įach vessel from the ICON series has passenger capacity 5610 (lower berths) and GT tonnage/volume 250800 tons, making the design Royal Caribbean's/world's largest. RCI also has RCG's largest fleet as both vessels number and GT tonnage (ship sizes and capacities). RCI was established in 1968 and currently has over 1/5 of the worldwide cruise market. Royal Caribbean International (RCI) is a US company, trademarked brand, and subsidiary owned by Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd (shipowner). The vessel (IMO number 9829930) will be Bahamas- flagged (MMSI tba) and registered in Nassau. "Project Icon" is the name for a cruise ship class ordered by RCG-Royal Caribbean Group (shipowner) and all units of the series will be built by Meyer Merf's Shipyard in Turku Finland. The liner is currently the world's largest (~6% bigger than Wonder OTS) and has two same-designed sisterships - Apex Of The Seas (2025-Q2) and Joy of the Seas (2026-Q2). ![]() ![]() The 2023-built Icon of the Seas cruise ship ( currently under construction) is RCG-Royal Caribbean's first ICON-Class vessel scheduled for delivery and inauguration in 2023-Q3 (November/December) being postponed from 2022-Q2 due to the COVID crisis. 7 days, round-trip Eastern Caribbean Perfect Dayħ days, round-trip Western Caribbean Perfect Day
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