Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[deliver42]

Is that a North Star I see ?

[dalee21860]

1 hour ago, deliver42 said:

Is that a North Star I see ?

There's no Northstar on Icon as far as I know

[deliver42]

Thank you. I was looking at the last picture, and saw that lit thing up in the air. I guess it's a crane.

[Lloyd555]

 

No doorways to the wings (yet).

Screen grab from 📷 Eremita85

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Lloyd555

[Lloyd555]

 

📷 Audrius Masiulionis

 

 

 📷 Artur Simanel

 

Edited December 2, 2022 by Lloyd555

[Tall-Cruiser]

4 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

No doorways to the wings (yet).

Ridding on your “yet” then perhaps  still a possibility. Even Quantum Class has wing access. If it ends up not having a doorway it’s got to be because of certain conditions have to be maintained for the Aquadome. Just a guess though. 

[Panda Monium]

[Nunagoras]

Forgive me if this has been covered elsewhere!

 

Yesterday the RCCL blog announced some 10 new things about the brand new Icon of the Seas. While most of them are basically improvements/evolutions from the past generation venues, there were 3 things that stood out on me from the post:

 

10 new Icon of the Seas designs preview more of the cruise ship | Royal Caribbean Blog

 

First of its all, let me to say that it seems that in some photos it seems that they've somewhat slightly dimmed out the brightness level on most of the color palette. Great if true!

 

Second: "The Lemon Post Bar" seems very nice as concept to join generations around a family friendly bar for adults and kid friendly drinks. Me thinks; add an ice cream parlor to that it'll be perfect!

 

I've been one of the most vocal Icon naysayers for sure, but there's a thing where I'm more than happy with their initiative: The new crew areas! C19 has been a mess of its own, but if for the life of our cruising crew it is paving the way for a better life environment for them all; I can say; it was worth the effort. Crews deserve to be respected, praised and honored as they are: The brave souls of the high seas! Bravo RCCL for this initiative to let the crew to feel a little bit of what we, the passengers, have available for our enjoyment! Surely those mockups show some childish crew areas, but all the ship seems childish as well... Either way; the crew areas seem now to match the pax ones, and that is a strong evolution. Hope all cruise lines to follow suit!...

[Eremita85]

Icon's float out ceremony will be on this friday morning. They will move the ship day or two later to the outfitting pier.

[Tall-Cruiser]

2 hours ago, Eremita85 said:

Icon's float out ceremony will be on this friday morning. They will move the ship day or two later to the outfitting pier.

Have they finished painting the blue around the entire hull or is some being done later? Thanks 

[Eremita85]

8 hours ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

Have they finished painting the blue around the entire hull or is some being done later? Thanks 

Haven't been there for a while, so not sure. Icon have AIS turned on for now.

[Biker19]

4 hours ago, Eremita85 said:

Icon have AIS turned on for now.

Cruisemapper is not showing it, I guess since it doesn't have a name yet in AIS, though it does show up on Marinetraffic.

[Panda Monium]

[Lloyd555]

📷 Andrey Gaiduk

 

 

[Panda Monium]

Looks ready for a float out. 

 

 

 

[Tough as Leather]

📷 Czeszejko Sochacki 

 

 

[Jumping Cruiser]

New Renderings Released

Here are some new renderings of Icon, recently uploaded to Royal Caribbean Press Center.

 

Basecamp - Beneath Sports Court

 

Desserted Milkshake Bar - Basecamp/Beneath Sports Court?

 

Mini Golf

 

The Lemon Post Bar - Surfside

 

Pier 7 - Speciality Restaurant serving beachside bites - Surfside

 

Surfside Eatery - Family Buffet Restaurant - Surfside

 

Carousel- Surfside

 

Arcade - Surfside

Edited December 8, 2022 by Jumping Cruiser

[Old Fart Cruisers]

On 12/6/2022 at 7:32 PM, Tall-Cruiser said:

Have they finished painting the blue around the entire hull or is some being done later? Thanks 

 

 

8 hours ago, Panda Monium said:

Looks ready for a float out. 

 

 

 

 

Why wouldn't they finish painting all of the lower part of the hull before the float out?  Will Icon drydock again later to finish painting?

[Lloyd555]

1 hour ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

 

 

Why wouldn't they finish painting all of the lower part of the hull before the float out?  Will Icon drydock again later to finish painting?

 

They can paint the hull in the spring while the Icon of the Seas is afloat using a floating dock for the starboard side. 

 

[fsjosh]

2 hours ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

 

 

Why wouldn't they finish painting all of the lower part of the hull before the float out?  Will Icon drydock again later to finish painting?

It looks like everything below the water level is painted. They won't need to take it out of the water to finish painting. 

[Eremita85]

Some photos from yesterday. 

[Eremita85]

So today was the day for the float out ceremony! They were already filled the pool before the event, propably during last night. They fired a cannon too at the end of the ceremony, which you can see in the third photo if you look very closely 😄 they might start to move the ship tonight. Tug 'Saturn' is currently on its way to the shipyard, the rest of the tugs comes from the Port of Turku.

Edited December 9, 2022 by Eremita85

[A&L_Ont]

Those photos with the fog are amazing. 

[dalee21860]

according to Marine Traffic Icon has floated out 

[Lloyd555]

17 minutes ago, dalee21860 said:

according to Marine Traffic Icon has floated out 

Yup. Sloooowly being moved forward to her new spot in the yard.