Matt Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2016/10/10/royal-caribbean-orders-new-class-of-cruise-ships-be-powered-liquefied-natural-gass Discuss! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KLA Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 ... Did you even sleep last night? Or were you too excited? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 ... Did you even sleep last night? Or were you too excited? Sleep? Totally overrated when there are new ships coming! KLA, AGSLC5 and CruisingQueen36 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina_e123 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Was thinking the class name of "Icon" would most likely convert to another name once all is said and done... I was hoping for "Galaxy Class" with ship names like: Celestial of the Seas or Constellation of the Seas.... 'cept Celebrity already has a Constellation... coneyraven 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestingBird Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Can't wait for more details! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coneyraven Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Was thinking the class name of "Icon" would most likely convert to another name once all is said and done... I was hoping for "Galaxy Class" with ship names like: Celestial of the Seas or Constellation of the Seas.... 'cept Celebrity already has a Constellation... Yeah, because I seem to recall that before Oasis came out, it was dubbed "Genesis Class" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjac Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Refueling will be interesting. I wonder how many ports have lng capability? Could limit their itineraries. I don't know, lng scares me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Refueling will be interesting. I wonder how many ports have lng capability? Could limit their itineraries. I don't know, lng scares me! How many ports could handle Oasis-class ships when they were first announced? Ports have shown they will move with the times to ensure they get their share of the cruise business. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I thought the O class was originally called "Project Sunshine". Maybe that was not the equivalent of the "class" - Icon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted October 11, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 I thought the O class was originally called "Project Sunshine". Maybe that was not the equivalent of the "class" - Icon. Oasis was originally called Project Genesis. Quantum class was originally Project Sunshine :) There is a "tribute" to the Genesis name on Oasis: http://www.royalcaribbeanblog.com/2015/02/05/secret-behind-the-graffiti-oasis-of-the-seas-royal-promenade Yes, I'm a nerd. AGSLC5, Flypped73 and WAAAYTOOO 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gina_e123 Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 ohhhh...this is not "project icon", so maybe the Icon class name will stick... maybe the ship names will be celebrity icons like: Presley of the seas or Monroe of the seas or Astaire of the seas :) coneyraven, WAAAYTOOO and RestingBird 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monorailmedic Posted October 11, 2016 Report Share Posted October 11, 2016 Refueling will be interesting. I wonder how many ports have lng capability? Could limit their itineraries. I don't know, lng scares me! I thought about refueling as well, though depending on the operating range, it may not be much of a concern so long as the home port has LNG. The safety aspect is one I'm sure that's being carefully considered. Highly compressed gasses aren't new to ships - boilers are still out there, powered by various fuels. Outside of the compression factor LNG has a flammable range of 5-15% in air, whereas diesel is .6-7.5%. A different concentration, but somewhat similar range. Gasses like acetelyne for example have a LFL of 2.5% and an UFL of 81%. I'd be very curious to understand the efficiency by volume when it comes to actual propulsion. Inherently, LNG has about 75k BTUs per gallon, compared to diesel's 129.5k BTUs per gallon, but of course, this doesn't necessarily represent how well that energy is manifested. To me, this means that if the engines were the same size, and identical in efficiency, LNG would only occupy about 60% the space the diesel does on the ship to accomplish the same range. I'm gonna go back into my nerd corner now. RestingBird 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobroo Posted October 12, 2016 Report Share Posted October 12, 2016 I'm pretty sure T Boone Pickens was high fiving everyone within a 5 mile radius when he read the press release. bcarney, Matt, monorailmedic and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocLC Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Seems like this would be an ideal so for Northern Europe where they tax ships based on how much pollution they create. However, size is an issu, similarly with Alaska. Hope they come out with dinne sneakers ships for the specialized itineraries. The Vision and Radiance classes won't last forever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WAAAYTOOO Posted October 17, 2016 Report Share Posted October 17, 2016 Dinne sneakers ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchmanOfTheSeas Posted April 20, 2018 Report Share Posted April 20, 2018 Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I couldn't find another thread discussing the Icon Class? Is there any news regarding this class of ships? I'm so curious as to what the ships will look like and what features it will have! I wonder if it'll look similar to the Oasis or Quantum class or something entirely new! Also, thoughts on names for the ships? The first is supposed to be called "Icon of the Seas", right? Other options in my opinion might be "Vantage of the Seas" and "Legend of the Seas" (Or would they not recycle ship names?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Matt Posted April 21, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 21, 2018 14 hours ago, DutchmanOfTheSeas said: Is there any news regarding this class of ships? I'm so curious as to what the ships will look like and what features it will have! I wonder if it'll look similar to the Oasis or Quantum class or something entirely new! Nope, it's all been kept quiet. Part of the reason is they are still working on many of the details, and part of it has to do with marketing. RC does not want to give too much attention to ships coming down the pipeline. The last thing they want is someone saying "Oh that Icon class sounds so cool, I'm just going to wait to book that." They want you booking stuff now and then, get excited when Icon is closer in and then book that too. DutchmanOfTheSeas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RestingBird Posted April 22, 2018 Report Share Posted April 22, 2018 On 4/20/2018 at 7:14 PM, DutchmanOfTheSeas said: Sorry to bring this thread back from the dead, but I couldn't find another thread discussing the Icon Class? Is there any news regarding this class of ships? I'm so curious as to what the ships will look like and what features it will have! I wonder if it'll look similar to the Oasis or Quantum class or something entirely new! Also, thoughts on names for the ships? The first is supposed to be called "Icon of the Seas", right? Other options in my opinion might be "Vantage of the Seas" and "Legend of the Seas" (Or would they not recycle ship names?) There's a thread on here somewhere about some names RC has copyrighted and whatnot somewhat recently. I think Joy OTS is one...can't remember the others. DutchmanOfTheSeas 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Orange Crush Posted May 1, 2018 Report Share Posted May 1, 2018 On 10/11/2016 at 12:09 PM, gina_e123 said: I was hoping for "Galaxy Class" with ship names like: Celestial of the Seas If they create a Galaxy Class and don't name one Enterprise, I'm rioting. kandamonk, DutchmanOfTheSeas, RestingBird and 7 others 5 4 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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