I've said it before and I'll say it again, if this is your idea of fun, we can't be friends...
Royal Caribbean's "Icon Of The Seas" arrived in Miami yesterday for it's January 27th inaugaral voyage. It holds 10,000 people (7,600 passengers, 2,500 crew). This abomination is 5 times larger and heavier than the Titanic, 20 deck floors tall with more than 40 bars/restaurants, bowling alleys, and live music & circus performances. Count me the fuck out, thank you very much...
When it sets sail in late January, Icon of the Seas will have eight different neighborhoods for travelers to explore, and some 40 bars and dining options. Among these is Thrill Island, which will feature Category 6, the world’s largest waterpark at sea. This neighborhood will also have a ropes course/thrill ride that lets guests swing 154 feet above the ocean, a 'FlowRider' wave simulator and a mini golf course.
On the opposite end of the vacation spectrum is Chill Island, which will have four of Icon’s seven pools and an adults-only zone. A boat that big has got to end up as the subject of some kinda disaster movie. Juss' sayin'...
7600 passengers?
ReplyDeleteWhoop de doo. Too small.
It can hold only HALF of the amount of illegals entering this country every day.
Beat me with a baseball bat before I would ever get on that thing. In the Navy I served on DE that displaced 3800 tons. The swimming pools on this thing probably displace more.
ReplyDeleteTopo many, too much noise. I like cruising, but that's over the top. The cruise lines need to make up some of the money lost during the Shanghai Surprise, but I think these turn very quickly into white elephants.
ReplyDeleteImagine being on that monstrosity hundreds of miles at sea when a big SHTF strength EMP hits and knocks out every device with a computer chip - like the engine, generators, water makers...
ReplyDeleteAs a former USN guy, the freeboard on that beast is awfully low. Hope they only plan to sail the coastal Med waters. Open Atlantic is asking for disaster, heck a Lake Michigan or Superior storm would do her in easily.
ReplyDelete