Icon of the Seas: A First Look INSIDE

TPG was able to take a walking tour through Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas as it wraps up construction at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Finland!

Measuring in at 250,800 gross-tons, Icon will be the largest cruise ship in the world boasting a number of family-friendly attractions, thrilling amusements and 28 different types of accommodations for passengers at sea.

Join TPG's Marc Ramos as he gets a first look at the ship and speaks with some of the product owners behind Icon-- uncovering what's hopefully going to make it one of the most iconic travel experiences in the world!

0:00 Intro
0:36 Boarding Icon
1:06 Thrill Island
3:07 AquaDome
5:00 Accommodations
6:25 Surfside
7:47 Outro

Icon of the Seas: A First Look INSIDE

Producer/Camera/Editor: Marc Ramos
Senior Producer: Jon Maxwell
Director of Video: Ayana Morali

[travelwithdebandnick]

wow that was reallly interesting, thanks for sharing :)

[halofan]

cant wait for it and so amazing you got to go see a progress of the build! me and my wife (by that time) will be on the third sailing for icon for our honeymoon and cannot wait!

[FraserAtSea]

I love when you guys cover cruise ships - I'm living on cruise ships as a passenger for all of this year, and have just got off of Symphony of the Seas. What Royal Caribbean are building here is truly remarkable - thanks for sharing some great footage in this video!

[JAMESFERNANDEZ]

I mean you go to a ship under construction with that long hair!? 😅 Oh girl!! 🙈
The ships looks massive, not sure if will surprise people as Oasis did in 2009 but definitely it’s another marvelous from engineering. 👌

[HRW]

Are RCL trying to recoup the $1.3 bill in cost on its first sailing? Have you seen how much this is for a week? Madness.

[davva]

I love the Oasis class ships, been on Harmony twice, Icon and Icon class looks even more immense. They have definitely borrowed a couple of ideas from Celebrity and Carnival for this build but a lot of original ideas too. Looks awesome. I probably won't be on it for a few years though. 

Next two cruises are with Celebrity but I hope to be back on an Oasis class ship in Spring 2024 whichever is sailing out of Florida at that time.

[myzonehotels]

Very interesting review (but not my time of vacation...)

[pilgrimsnest]

as high as it is, i cant imagine it beeing save in dangerous waters with all that weight.

[xachilles]

While it sounds fascinating, it is just too big. Plus the word "iconic" is so ridiculously overused. I might travel on it but it will simply devastate ports. Can you imagine this thing docking in Amsterdam, Juneau or Venice??? I assume this vlogger is paid by Royal Caribbean.

[ryanmatthew]

This ship makes me so sad.... Oasis class ships were the worst ever created. MAJOR shopping malls with ZERO outside views to the ocean. seems like lots of people just want a big structure with crappy food, shopping and trashy little gimmicks in stead of enjoying a nice cruise on the OCEAN!!! Now they took the only thing I liked about the Oasis class (The forward solarium) and turned it into bars. So sad

[ljacobs]

Royal Caribbean and other cruise lines building large ships are ruining port destinations.