{"id":229397,"date":"2023-11-30T06:18:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-29T23:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/?p=229397"},"modified":"2023-11-29T17:42:56","modified_gmt":"2023-11-29T10:42:56","slug":"icon-of-the-seas-joins-rci-fleet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/2023\/11\/icon-of-the-seas-joins-rci-fleet\/","title":{"rendered":"Icon of the Seas joins RCI fleet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>SINGAPORE, 30 November 2023: Royal Caribbean International welcomed the highly anticipated Icon of the Seas to its fleet in a celebration at the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, this week.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;The cruise line\u2019s representatives signed transfer of ownership documents just two months before the new ship\u2019s January 2024 debut in Miami in a celebration led by Royal Caribbean Group president and CEO Jason Liberty, Royal Caribbean International president and CEO Michael Bayley and shipbuilder Meyer Turku CEO Tim Meyer.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"386\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6-8.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-229400 lazyload\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6-8.jpg 536w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6-8-300x216.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ttrweekly.com\/site\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/6-8-534x386.jpg 534w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 536px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 536\/386;\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Icon of the Seas: Off to Spain for finishing touches.<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Construction took more than two years, including installing the AquaDome, the single largest glass and steel structure to be lifted onto a cruise ship, and engineering more water on board than ever before across seven pools and six record-breaking waterslides.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the handover ceremony, Icon of the Seas sailed from Turku to Cadiz, Spain, where the cruise line will add the finishing touches before it heads to Miami for its maiden voyage in January 2024<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Icon is also the cruise line\u2019s first ship that can be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a transitional fuel. 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