Royal Caribbean International introduced that its Icon of the
Seas ship reached the subsequent building milestone after efficiently finishing
its preliminary spherical of sea trials and crusing the open ocean for the primary time.
Icon of the Seas spent 4 days at sea to permit a whole bunch of
employees on board to conduct preliminary checks on a lineup of its newest
applied sciences and tools, together with the hull, brake system, steering and noise
and vibration ranges.
The ship then returned to the Meyer Turku shipyard, the place building
will proceed.
#IconoftheSeas is on the transfer to sail the open ocean for the primary time and attain its subsequent building milestone. On board are greater than 450 specialists finishing up essential, preliminary checks with Icon’s principal engines, hull, lifeboats, thrusters and extra. pic.twitter.com/kC1obWEPCk
— Royal Caribbean News (@RCCLNews) June 20, 2023
In complete, the preparations and trials for Royal Caribbean’s
new vessel concerned greater than 2,000 specialists, a whole bunch of miles traveled,
4 37- to 67-ton tugboats and greater than 350 hours of labor.
Icon of the Seas will endure one other set of sea trials later
this yr earlier than its scheduled debut in Miami in January 2024. The ship will sail
seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean holidays from Miami all yr.
Passengers on board will go to locations like Royal
Caribbean’s non-public island vacation spot, Perfect Day at CocoCay, The Bahamas;
Cozumel, Mexico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; and Roatan, Honduras.
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