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☆ Icon of the Seas: The world's biggest cruise ship is almost ready
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-27 | by ( Maureen O'Hare | ) edition.cnn.com time to read: +4 min

Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas is a mammoth 365 meters long (nearly 1,200 feet) and will weigh a projected 250,800 tonnes. Royal Caribbean InternationalIt’s being built at Meyer Turku shipyard, one of Europe’s leading shipbuilders, in Turku, Finland. At an on-site press panel earlier this year, Royal Caribbean International president and chief executive Michael Bayley told media that the vessel was on track to join the Royal Caribbean fleet on October 26, ahead of its 2024 debut. The Icon completed its first set of sea trials on June 22, according to a Royal Caribbean statement. Royal Caribbean InternationalThe ship promises more than 40 ways to dine, drink and be entertained, many of which are included in the cruise fare.

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☆ Royal Caribbean's new world's largest cruise ship is almost finished construction — see what it looks like now compared to what the cruise line is promising
▼ + stars: | 2023-06-04 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Icon of the Seas — Royal Caribbean's next world's largest cruise ship — will begin sailing in January 2024. Meyer Turku shipyard will deliver the Icon of the Seas to Royal Caribbean in October. See what the ship looks like about 70% complete compared to what Royal Caribbean has been promising. When complete, the over $2 billion project will be the first ship in Royal Caribbean's new Icon-class. In late October 2022, over a year after construction first began, Royal Caribbean gave the public a glimpse of the ship and its amenities.

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☆ Family stands to lose nearly $6,000 in airfare and hotel costs after they were bumped from an overbooked cruise ship
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-26 | by ( Hannah Towey | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have overbooked multiple ships in recent months. One customer said she may lose nearly $6,000 after being bumped from an overbooked cruise. Royal Caribbean International and Celebrity Cruises have seen a spate of overbooked ships in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday. 68-year-old Diane Gainey, a frequent cruise-goer, could lose nearly $6,000 in airfare and hotel costs after Celebrity Cruises overbooked her September voyage from Japan. Courtesy of Diane FoleyA Celebrity Cruises spokesperson said the company continuously monitors their sailings to prevent disruptions to guests' travel plans.

☆ Royal Caribbean is building the new world's largest cruise ship — see what the upcoming Icon of the Seas is like under construction
▼ + stars: | 2023-05-17 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +1 min

Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to tour its upcoming Icon of the Seas. Take a look around the roughly 70% complete floating resort soon to accommodate nearly 10,000 people per sailing. It's hard to imagine this incomplete shell of a floating resort will soon be the world's largest cruise ship to hit the market. In mid-May, Royal Caribbean International invited a group of reporters to visit the upcoming Icon of the Seas while under construction in Turku, Finland's Meyer Turku shipyard. But come January 2024, this mega cruise ship will begin accommodating 7,600 guests on year-round seven-night cruises from Miami to the Caribbean and Perfect Day at CocoCay.

☆ Royal Caribbean has taken big bets on big cruise ships — take a look at it's 5 largest vessels that have each held the title of world's largest
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-16 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

"As you go through the evolution of [our] strategy to compete [as] the best family vacation, you quickly grow into bigger ships," Schneider said. Royal Caribbean International

☆ I stayed in a $1,400 stateroom on Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas — see what my room on the world's largest cruise ship looked like
▼ + stars: | 2022-12-14 | by ( Brittany Chang | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: 1 min

This price then skyrockets to a little over $1,840 per person — with the same discount — for an eight-night sailing in late December from Florida to three Caribbean islands and Perfect Day at Cococay. Brittany Chang/InsiderSource: Royal Caribbean International

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