Boarding the Biggest Cruise Ship in the World (Icon of the Seas)
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The creators visit the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland to tour the Icon of the Seas, which is described as the world's largest cruise ship. During the tour of the construction site, the creators explore several new features including the Surfside family neighborhood, the updated Windjammer, and the expanded Central Park area. They examine various stateroom types, specifically highlighting the infinite balcony rooms and the improved bathroom storage and outlet configurations. The tour also covers technical aspects of the ship, such as the new elevator destination system and the bridge where navigation occurs. The creators meet with the captain to discuss the ship's sustainability efforts, noting that it is Royal Caribbean's first vessel powered by liquid natural gas. The video concludes with a walkthrough of the ship's extensive water features, including the Category 6 water park, the largest pool at sea, and the suspended infinity edge pool known as the Hideaway. The creators express excitement for the ship's upcoming launch in early 2024.
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Royal Caribbean invited us to turku Finland to check out the world's newest largest cruise ship icon of the Seas will set sail in January 2024.
This is the new Windjammer the 360 glass around the entire thing.
This room we're previewing here is called an infinite balcony and it gives you a roll down window where half of the wall opens up to the elements to the ocean.
They have moved to Zumi up to Central Park and it's bigger than it was before and that right there is a takeout window you can get a Bento Box to go.
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