Tough as Leather

On 1/22/2023 at 4:58 PM, Ourusualbeach said:

Any pictures of blocks indicating whethervshecwill have 1 or 2 flowriders?

Not yet. Will keep an eye out for them.

First time sailing from Cape Canaveral.
We will be arriving at terminal 1 at the port by taxi. Will we be dropped off at the guest terminal entrance behind the parking garage? And if so, is the luggage drop off there outside the entrance?

Aura has arrived at the shipyard with its cargo of Utopia of the Seas pieces. 

📷 Pascal Collin Photography 

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19 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Utopia of the Seas keel (and Celebrity Ascent in the background).

There are 4 tanks? Why did I think there were only 3?
 

https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2022/11/08/new-icon-of-the-seas-aerial-construction-photos-aquadome-installed

New video.
 

20 minutes ago, gmerick said:

More speculation:  Where does this piece fit?

I  say out in the stern of the ship.

Another view of the front of the ship. 🙂

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We won't have the Carnival Celebration blocking some of the views of the Icon of the Seas as of Wednesday November 2. Safe travels.

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They appear to have installed (most of) the ring at the top of the AquaTheater area of the AquaDome. I hope they are almost ready for the dome itself!

A screen grab from Xplorermedia video:

Photo by Tunde Kulcsar 

I suppose that I am okay with the dome shape. I was hoping that it wouldn't be 'so round' as my son puts it. 😄 Maybe they could have flattened it slightly on top or the edge.  I would have been okay with an almost rectangle dome.

I am not an artist. 🙄 Forgive the bad examples here:

My son wanted them to go really 'futuristic' with something like this stadium design that he found (and had to alter because it had an open roof)!!! Maybe too wild for me. 😄

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A nice shot of the funnels.

Meanwhile the Icon is still under construction. 😄

They are calling it an infinite deep pool on the plans.

And there is a splash area right behind it.

(There is a post or two about this a few pages back. 🙂 )

Also, there is a shallow pool on the stern edge of deck15. Correct @Lloyd555 ?

31 minutes ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

A screen grab from the new XPLOREMEDIA video above. Those are the funnels that I circled I presume! What is going on with them. And the azipods?!

1 hour ago, Eremita85 said:

Yesterday they brought something from Mobimar, maybe diving platform for Aquadome?

Thank you for sharing.

Yes, I see something there on the dock that looks like part of an Aquatheater. 😎

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