Tough as Leather

Besides the dueling pianos, is there anything else that we would like to see on the Icon of the Seas?

From the FB group list:

new cabin design

new type of ride

a room that allows you to see under the hull of the ship

covered solarium

interactive walls, floors, dining room tables, etc

infinity pool <----- THAT'S A BIG YES FOR ME!

more solo traveller options

ice bar

circus show

ropes course

planetarium

outdoor seating for the Windjammer

brewery

hammocks on pool deck

Apparently we can expect to see this venue on the Icon. 

19 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

One of the keel sections (two views of it in the insets) has been moved somewhere. 

New stuff about Icon? 

Yup.  Nothing that I can repeat though.🙄

Move all the keel sections up to the basin!!!

Old Fart Cruisers, I wish there was something to laugh/smile about, but no news yet. 😪

Give us something cryptic  Lloyd555!

8 hours ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

 

I was wondering about this block in the background. Could those attach to the engines? Maybe combustion air intake riser or to the exhaust stack?

Possibly. 

Forgot to ask in the previous post...

Looking at the icon keel pieces in the shipyard. Anything to watch out for that would indicate that they are parts of the FERU or engine area of the ship?

10 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Some energy, but not much, would be expanded using the sphere. 🚶‍♂️🚶‍♀️👟👞🥾👠🥿👡👢 😜

So at the least walking through it will require expending energy. As there appears to be steps/tiers, walking up & down will expend more energy. 🙂

This image again...

📷 Andres Camacho

3 hours ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

Perhaps she will be moved again before they drain the basin. I have often wondered for this particular build were the FERU block is in relation to the rest of the ship. On the sides it looks like the location of the stabilizers. Are they typically in the FERU block? Then one end of the block starts to curve. Is that towards the aft or bow? On most builds I thought the FERU is mostly towards the aft or midship. I could be wrong not being a ship Engineer.

What do you, @Lloyd555 and others think about  that?  

2 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

I was told that this was closer to the bow. Waiting for it to be placed.

Can we determine stern & bow location by the shape/orientation of the stabilizer opening? Are ones like the one on Icon all the same? Maybe then we can tell if that curve is towards a bow or a stern.

Finally! 

Is that as far as the FERU is going into the basin?

besides the Pearl, anything new?

50 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

As far as I know, the sphere is still being worked on at the location we assume** that it went to, Mobimar Mobile Marine Applications, boatyard and engineering company - Mobimar

 

I can't wait to see it installed in the ship. 😄

 

** Tugs floated it over to a dock close to, and used by Mobimar.

Ya, I noticed that the Royal Caribbean Blog used the term pearl (not a coincidence I am sure) to describe the shape of this piece of the Icon. 🙂 I have seen it elsewhere. 
You can't wait to see it installed in (e.g. inside) or on top of (e.g. top decks) the ship... ?!

Lloyd

Any update on the Pearl?

1 hour ago, Chiliburn said:

There seems to be two openings on opposite sides,with something that looks like stairs.

Maybe it has a staircase from one deck to another.

A walk through with LED artwork?

I think that Lloyd is suggesting that with his amphitheater post...

Not something very low in the hull. 
 

    Curious what people here think it may be.
 

    You can see the size/height of the tiers compared to the people nearby (in small image on the right) and the welder from another image (on the left below) thatI overlapped with the main image.
 

    Those tiers remind me of an amphitheatre. There may be stairs on the right side that we cannot see or perhaps they have yet to be added...
 

    ... or there will be a ramp on each side of the tiers perhaps.
 

    It is thanks to some back & forth with Manfred in the FB group, that have me thinking that perhaps it'll be like an amphitheatre. Somewhere to sit and enjoy the view of the exterior of the ship or the ocean maybe.
 

    This nice photo that was found online also had me thinking along those lines.
 

     
 
https://boards.cruisecritic.com/topic/2658057-icon-of-the-seas-blocks-are-in-the-house/?do=findComment&comment=62407593

Do we definitely have to book a parking spot with WestPark in advance? Is it because Canada Place is not just have a cruise terminal on the premises with parking that is just for ship passengers, hence there is limited parking - so better to be safe than sorry?

I checked some sites that talked about the parking, and what might happen if one did/could not book a spot in advance. In one site someone posted...

Friends we were traveling with had trouble with the website and ended up calling WestPark. They were told to just come to the parking office when they arrived. This ended up working just fine for them too.

On 11/25/2021 at 11:03 AM, Lloyd555 said:

FIRST CERTAIN THING THAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE ICON OF THE SEAS

 

<drum roll>

The Icon of the Seas will have a curved* bank of elevators.

Contain your excitement.

 

Thanks to Edouardo for passing along these screen grabs from a Costa Toscana video he watched.

You can see some doorways for the curved elevator banks on the backside of the blocks that we have been admiring. Must admit that at first glance I though they were the balcony doorways for inward facing cabins.

 

*I hope that this is the proper terminology 🙂

 

As pointed out in the FB group, what looks like the bottom of the elevator shafts.

(Lloyd, I am not repeating your 'pits' joke  LOL)

12 minutes ago, Biker19 said:

To save money, probably. Get a 2 device package for yourself only.

Many thanks. I just saved even more $$$... my friend said he won't be needing it. :D

My friend and I who are on the same reservation want to surf the internet at the same time on our separate phones. So... I assume that I click on my name, choose 1 device and then add to cart, and then do the same for my friend? Or do I have it wrong? 

1 hour ago, Biker19 said:

Both the GT and berths could somewhat misleading. Wonder is at 5,700 (so "bigger" than Icon) and while "only" about 230K GT, that excludes the outdoor portion of Boardwalk and Central Park. If that was enclosed, you'd likely be "bigger" than Icon.

When I heard that the Icon was going to be of more gross tonnage (I'm trying not to say bigger), I assumed that it would have open areas in the center similar to the Oasis ships.

4 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Yup, we do. 😎

The Icon of the Seas is indeed bigger than the present Oasis-class ships at ~ 245,000 GT, and a bit wider at the water line, and longer by one shuffleboard table. 

 

A capacity of about 5600 passengers & 2500 crew as has been mentioned before.

 

And now that you have that information...

So you were able to confirm it.

By the way, shuffleboard tables range in size from 9 to 22 feet in length. 😛

On 11/17/2021 at 4:36 PM, Lloyd555 said:

From the Royal Caribbean Blog article 'Royal Caribbean looks forward to big plans in 2022 and 2023' 

Darn it. So many questions, especially about the size. We don't even know that. 

4 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

Do you or anyone else remember that image?

 

That sounds familiar. I remember it. 

9 minutes ago, pyrateslife4me84 said:

You can see some ocean up there! I was told that’s not possible on Wonder!

Not possible???!!! It is, and why did they think this?

9 minutes ago, long4acruise said:

@Lloyd555 Can you determine  how much of an obstructed view I may have in cabin 1700?  We were moved from a large balcony hump GS on Allure to Wonder GS 1700. Recently received our new invoice which lists 25% obstructed and the balcony appears to be much smaller.

Thanks much for any insight you can offer!

Cabin #1700?

On 10/1/2021 at 12:38 PM, Lloyd555 said:

Someone is interested in the new style of roof. 🙂

📷 Juliana

 

What are these tubes?

On 10/1/2021 at 12:38 PM, Lloyd555 said:

 

Any other views? Curious about the bed area.