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The new Princess "Sphere-class" ships appear to have a massive dome on the forward top deck. Could Icon have something like this too?

Call me crazy, but I'm not convinced this is just a huge window or glass wall. Normally, these large glass areas on a ship have supports for the panes of glass—look at construction photos of Eden on the aft of Celebrity's Edge-class ships, 270 on RCI's Quantum-class ships, or the wall of glass in the atrium of CCL's recent Excel-class. This framed opening on Icon looks different. I'm not sure what it's for, but we may be looking at something more than just a window.

Hmm...funnels are usually painted before being installed. Curious why this one looks dark blue/black. I also noticed that some of the decks with 'infinite balcony' cabins are also dark blue rather than white. And we've seen Icon's hull shares the Oasis & Quantum-class light blue livery. Could Icon introduce another change to RCI's look?

Oh, please tell me they’re not putting a Magic Carpet on Icon.

Great image. I'm still amazed at how much wider the superstructure (balcony decks) are from the hull (lower decks). The same thing is true of Oasis-class, but this looks much wider. That overhang is HUGE. And unlike Oasis-class, it doesn't look like the lifeboats will hang under the main deck. There are windows there but no lifeboat loading stations or equipment. I can only assume the lifeboats will be above the promenade deck. That is going to make Icon a very odd looking ship with an extremely wide top and much more narrow hull at the waterline.

This hull design is very odd. It appears Icon's lifeboats may be positioned very differently than the Oasis-class—above the main deck rather than hanging below it. And is it possible Icon will have a real promenade deck? On Oasis ships the Central Park basically replaced space that could have been an outside promenade deck. These images look like Icon will have very wide spaces facing the sea on the main deck with the lifeboats above—like on more older ships, as well as Quantum-class.

Looks like the final version of the "Universal Sphere" does not have screens on the exterior, and the seating inside looks a lot like what we've seen inside the Icon's sphere.

Here's a video:

I bet it's something like this...https://www.coaster101.com/2019/06/22/inside-360-degree-universal-sphere-dome-theater/ This sphere theater in Philadelphia opened in 2019 and it's 39 feet in diameter. I don't know if that's the interior or exterior size, but it's pretty close to the 50 foot diameter of the Icon's sphere.

The sphere definitely looks like a stairway. Given its location in the middle of the ship, maybe it's the entrance to a venue along the Royal Promenade. I could imagine it's a large digital projection dome you pass through to enter a nightclub? Restaurant? Bar? Hopefully we learn more soon.