Avljkb22 Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Aside from being fueled by Natural Gas, What do we know/what are you hoping it has? I know they have been mentioned numerous times in the form of blog posts and scattered throughout the forum section, I'm just attempting to get all the info in one post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted March 13, 2019 Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 Combo of LNG and Fuel Cell tech, approximately 5,000 passengers. Also strong chance there will be something similar to Celebrity's Infinite Balcony onboard. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/category/category/icon-class Orange Crush, Avljkb22, JennyB and 1 other 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Avljkb22 Posted March 13, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 13, 2019 6 minutes ago, Matt said: Combo of LNG and Fuel Cell tech, approximately 5,000 passengers. Also strong chance there will be something similar to Celebrity's Infinite Balcony onboard. https://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/category/category/icon-class I'm definitely excited about the infinite balconies if that's true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bhageerah Posted March 14, 2019 Report Share Posted March 14, 2019 I saw them on a walkthrough of Celebrity Edge and feel in love with the concept immediately, I really hope that they come through with that feature on the Icon! I just can not wait to see what happens as details slowly start to leak out. One thing for sure is that I can see myself being on one not long after one gets stationed in the USA. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 I hope Icon Class becomes the tallest in the world, too many ships from other lines tower over RC ships making them seem inferior Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 6 minutes ago, Antonio said: I hope Icon Class becomes the tallest in the world, too many ships from other lines tower over RC ships making them seem inferior Which ships tower over Royal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mworkman Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 2 hours ago, twangster said: Which ships tower over Royal? And here I was thinking it was Symphony OTS that towered over all others https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_largest_cruise_ships twangster and The Cruise Junkie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Even if some of the newer ships on other lines tower over some of the older ships from Royal, I'm not sure I'd call them "inferior". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Actually tall ships are an engineering challenge. The higher you go the lower they have to sit in the water or they become top heavy and handle poorly. That's why Oasis went wide, not taller and taller. Most lines have older and smaller ships. Anthem towers over the NCL Sky. NCL Bliss towers over Empress. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
General_M Posted March 17, 2019 Report Share Posted March 17, 2019 Bridges are also a problem for tall ships. As icon-class is being built in meyer turku they cant be over 65m because of the great belt bridge in denmark. As far as i know from my sources the design of the ship is not final yet and thats why there is no information at all from royal. Over two years of design after first announcement of new class, i wonder what kind of WOWs they will have for icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 On 3/17/2019 at 3:13 PM, SpeedNoodles said: Even if some of the newer ships on other lines tower over some of the older ships from Royal, I'm not sure I'd call them "inferior". no, the newer ships too, NCL's Breakaway plus class and the MSC Seaside are 19-20 stories and quantum is 16 with oasis at 18 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Antonio Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Norwegian Bliss and MSC seaside to name a few Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 8 minutes ago, Antonio said: Norwegian Bliss and MSC seaside to name a few Oasis doesn't have a floor 13. Seaside does. There are two Seaside like ships, four Oasis class. You and I have very different concepts of "towering over other ships". Carlos A. and JennyB 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LandstromCruise Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 I was on Symphony with Bliss docked right next to us. It certainly didn’t appear to tower over us. To me the other ships look inferior to Symphony. Just my humble opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mook1525 Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 23 minutes ago, LandstromCruise said: I was on Symphony with Bliss docked right next to us. It certainly didn’t appear to tower over us. To me the other ships look inferior to Symphony. Just my humble opinion yeah. Bliss and Seaside are comparable to Anthem of the Seas or Liberty of the Seas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twangster Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 Looks like MSC numbers their decks starting with crews and engine room decks. Guest decks start at 5. Same with the Bliss. Royal starts there deck numbering lower with some below the water line decks called 0 or 00. On Oasis class guest decks start at 3. Measuring ship height just by deck numbers is irrelevant which accounts for the Seasides "20" decks being the same as Quantum class and less that Oasis class at "18" decks. tiny260 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Crush Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 It's also hard to get a real sense of the true height of a ship while you're standing on it. If you're looking from a pool deck at the ship in the next parking space, there are some odd angles and forced-perspective going on that can make the neighboring ship appear much taller than it really is. It's also hard to adjust for how much more ship is above you. Theme parks use this trick on purpose to make the attractions seem bigger from the ground. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpeedNoodles Posted March 19, 2019 Report Share Posted March 19, 2019 3 hours ago, Antonio said: no, the newer ships too, NCL's Breakaway plus class and the MSC Seaside are 19-20 stories and quantum is 16 with oasis at 18 My point being why is shorter "inferior"? You're basically saying it's not as good of a ship if it's not amongst the tallest. What an irrelevant way to evaluate a ship. SouthernYankee, JLMoran and JennyB 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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