ICON CLASS UPDATE

[LovetoCruise87]

1 hour ago, Chili said:

It’s a bit hard to tell ,it looks like it has a nice outside promenade.

Does it look like it has cabins like celebrity infinite cabins?

Hard to tell about the cabins. And it does look like it is a nice outside promenade. 

[Chili]

6 hours ago, LovetoCruise87 said:

Hard to tell about the cabins. And it does look like it is a nice outside promenade. 

Here’s a good shot from CC.

It looks like infinity cabins and a mix of standard balconies.

Love that promenade, how about some outdoor dining areas like Jamie’s on Quantum class ? Wouldn’t that be nice?

 

[Jill]

Check out these offset balconies. I call first dibs on one! 
 

 

[brycemo]

On 5/13/2022 at 5:42 PM, mattymay said:

The gap doesn't look as wide as Oasis.

If the gap is the same width, then the ship is definitely larger, although I wouldn't have expected royal to expand the ship in width, considering this is one of the more limiting factors in ports-of-call, etc.

[Matt]

22 hours ago, Chili said:

Am I ok posting a few pictures I find here and there Matt?
They won’t have any copyright.

I dont mind, but the issue isn't that the photos have a watermark or not on them.

What typically happens is the person that takes the photo posts them on their social media account. Then someone else saves them and reposts without asking permission. Then you see them, and re-post here.

It's just a very gray area and I always want to be respectful of whomever took the original photo.

Use your best judgement.

[AlmondFarmer]

1 hour ago, Matt said:

the photos have a watermark

How is this possible? Icon is being constructed in a dry dock. 

[Shep]

ICON Class. How big is big?? 250K Tons? 

[Matt]

23 hours ago, AlmondFarmer said:

How is this possible? Icon is being constructed in a dry dock. 

Meaning the person that took the photo adds a watermark to it.

20 hours ago, Shep said:

ICON Class. How big is big?? 250K Tons? 

Unknown yet

[twangster]

On 5/14/2022 at 7:19 AM, AlmondFarmer said:

How is this possible? Icon is being constructed in a dry dock. 

Maybe it was raining or the photographer was overheard saying "hold my beer" right before taking the photo.  

[Atlantix2000]

14 hours ago, Matt said:

Meaning the person that took the photo adds a watermark to it.

The Joke

Matt's head

[Traveler]

On 5/14/2022 at 7:48 PM, Shep said:

ICON Class. How big is big?? 250K Tons? 

Not sure how big its going to be but I guarantee you Icon 2 will be bigger and Icon 3 will bigger than Icon 2 . 

[mattymay]

[endofturn]

How cool would it to get a ship that isn't old enough to go to Kindergarten in Galveston

[Chili]

That ball or whatever it is ,is big.

 

 

[Chili]

11 minutes ago, endofturn said:

How cool would it to get a ship that isn't old enough to go to Kindergarten in Galveston

Old enough to vote you mean.

[endofturn]

12 minutes ago, Chili said:

Old enough to vote you mean.

Harmony is coming so I want to give them credit for that.

[Jill]

7 hours ago, Chili said:

That ball or whatever it is ,is big.

 

 

So what we know is that it’s been installed on the promenade. Question is: what is it? 
 

Hubby thinks it’s a new Death Star as Royal prepares to take over the cruise industry 

[JC Pats]

10 minutes ago, Jill said:

So what we know is that it’s been installed on the promenade. Question is: what is it? 
 

Hubby thinks it’s a new Death Star as Royal prepares to take over the cruise industry 

With its location in the promenade, I'm beginning to lean towards it being a multi deck bar - something unique, kinda how Rising Tide is unique to Oasis Class 

[Chili]

It’s going to be impressive on embarking, a real jaw dropper.

 

[Jmccaffrey]

On 4/11/2022 at 9:59 PM, Al Miller said:

The one redeeming quality of BBar is I do not feel any pressure to leave any extra gratuity other than the included. 

I love the BBar. 

[LovetoCruise87]

Confusion and no idea on what the sphere is reign.

[steverk]

Maybe a pool table that you play from the inside? 

[smokeybandit]

I think I know what it is

 

[Chili]

On 5/14/2022 at 11:24 PM, Matt said:

I dont mind, but the issue isn't that the photos have a watermark or not on them.

What typically happens is the person that takes the photo posts them on their social media account. Then someone else saves them and reposts without asking permission. Then you see them, and re-post here.

It's just a very gray area and I always want to be respectful of whomever took the original photo.

Use your best judgement.

Lloyd Marchard has asked people to stop sharing photos off his Facebook Icon group.

 I believe his contacts  have a issue with it ,he does a lot of work.

So unfortunately I won’t post any more photos in respect to his hard work.

[smokeybandit]

So it's insulated and fireproof.  It's wired for electric and lighting. And it has air conditioning

[Carlos A.]

And stairs

[LovetoCruise87]

On 5/20/2022 at 6:45 PM, smokeybandit said:

I think I know what it is

 

That would be AWESOME!!!

[SPS]

On 5/18/2022 at 10:21 AM, Chili said:

That ball or whatever it is ,is big.

 

[LovetoCruise87]

It's going to be an immersive experience, something never seen before on a cruise ship, along with LED panels on the outside. 

[Rackham]

3 hours ago, LovetoCruise87 said:

It's going to be an immersive experience, something never seen before on a cruise ship, along with LED panels on the outside. 

Don't know if that's such a great idea with the DBP.

[mattymay]

https://www.coaster101.com/2019/06/22/inside-360-degree-universal-sphere-dome-theater/

 

 

[mattymay]

Looks kind of similar to the Universal Sphere video above.

 

[Al Miller]

I hope it's not just that universal sphere thing. That is a TON of space to be wasted on a single use venue like that. Maybe I am wrong, but that is the kind of thing in a theme park that gets one, maybe two different shows that run all the time. So after you've seen them once you never go back. But I guess the aqua theater and Ice rink is like that too. Maybe it will be cool. I dunno.

[BrianB]

Motorcycle racing dome? LOL!!

[Seafarer]

Another possibility: https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/whats-that-giant-sphere-being-built-in-las-vegas/

[Mark_A]

9 hours ago, Seafarer said:

Another possibility: https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/whats-that-giant-sphere-being-built-in-las-vegas/

that would be cool!

[Al Miller]

Hmmmm... If this becomes a popular venue in Vegas and other Entertainment meccas, perhaps there will be a lot of content made for it and they can keep it from getting stale by getting a trickle of new content on the ships.

[smokeybandit]

9 hours ago, Seafarer said:

Another possibility: https://www.cbs17.com/news/national-news/whats-that-giant-sphere-being-built-in-las-vegas/

 

"It’s massive – over 500 feet wide and 300 feet tall"

 

It didn't look like the one on Icon was big enough for more than a few people (if it was an entertainment venue)

[Rackham]

22 hours ago, Al Miller said:

Hmmmm... If this becomes a popular venue in Vegas and other Entertainment meccas, perhaps there will be a lot of content made for it and they can keep it from getting stale by getting a trickle of new content on the ships.

Assuming it is a spherical theater, it could be used to show regular movies with either the right projector lens setup or digital calibration of the projector to warp the image appropriately so it'd look relatively normal. Royal might also use it for planetarium shows (there's a slew of content out there already for the curved dome screens; examples here: https://www.mpm.edu/now-showing and https://www.colorado.edu/fiske/showtimes/fulldome-films-star-shows),  IMAX/Omnimax movies (with the lens/digital setup mentioned before), or something nuts using a drone streaming 360 degree footage back to the theater.

And that's not even considering them creating their own films.

[Seafarer]

23 hours ago, smokeybandit said:

 

"It’s massive – over 500 feet wide and 300 feet tall"

 

It didn't look like the one on Icon was big enough for more than a few people (if it was an entertainment venue)

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