Just got back a week ago from the cruise. My wife,me ,my 2 brothers families plus other friends families. We had a blast! I would do all over again and the near future. The workers on board did a fabulous job and they work hard.
Going on my first cruise with the family in February. I swore I’d never go on one for the past 20 years but here we are. I must admit, I’m kind of excited.
I'll pray for you. But spending that kind of money is ridiculous unless you're going around the world and getting off at every port for 2 days to explore the cities.
You're literally going to have the best time of your life. Just let go and lose yourself, and expect to gain like 20 pounds from all the free food, but that comes with the territory. You could make a rule to always use the stairs instead of the elevator to burn it off. But sometimes there's an elusive piano man in the elevator that's fun to catch.
That's true she was an ocean liner. And the Icon doesn't "pale in comparison" to Titanic; they used that phrase completely wrong. It's the opposite. Titanic pales in comparison to Icon. Interesting segment overall.
I sailed on liners (RMS Queen Mary and Elizabeth, SS France) and worked on cruise ships in the 1980s. The idea of approx. 8000 passengers descending on a destination all at once is dreadful! These new cruise ships are too big not to mention graceless. And the Titanic was a liner!
Things have certainly changed. Cruising use to mean only going indoors to eat or sleep and spending most of your time looking out at the ocean, sunbathing or playing outdoor games like shuffle board or basketball. Now most of the rooms look inwards at the ship’s attractions and activities and you hardly can see the ocean from the ship‘s rooms except from the windows on the observation deck. It’s like mobile phones when they first came out, everyone would talk constantly to each other no matter how close they were to each other. Now they sit next to each other and just texting and not talking.
me and my wife will be on icon for our honeymoon, got married back in oct of last year but decided we wanted to be on one of the first sailings for icon! we are counting down and cant wait
Report said " $3,500 for 7 days" WRONG!! its more like $8500 for 2 guest... ( without the beverage package) ... We are crusing March 2024 on Icon, fingers crossed**
You’re right. I booked for April 2024 and somehow landed a balcony for 2 adults and a child for $3701 plus I got a $100 room credit. I checked the same room and it’s over $9,000 now!!!
@@jaymann3909 Oh yeah! One of the best trips of our lives but the times, they are a-changin'. to quote Dylan. (And by that I mean the GERMS, they are a-changin'. )
The only time I took a cruise was to Cartagena and the ABC islands, Limon and Panama. It was Pullmanturs Monarch. It was maybe a ship for some 2000 people. It felt small. I d only take a small cruise again, something like NCL or Carnival. But I did fall in love forever.
Great now the ports are going to be even more packed. Hopefully it doesn’t affect the excursions for all the other cruise lines and ships with that many people. How will there be room or time on the islands
Depending on how big the cruise ships and capacity are, I would imagine that the bigger the ships, the less ships there are at the port, and I think it all has to do with scheduling, which I can only think of
Cruise travel is one of the worst things you can do in terms of climate. Studies have shown that cruise travel emits more CO2 per passenger than if you travel by plane and stay in a hotel. Cruise travelers also fly to the ships' port of departure, and this costs in the climate account. Icon of the Seas sails on so-called LNG fuel, which stands for liquefied natural gas. It emits around 25 percent less CO2 than 'normal' fuel. On the other hand, it emits methane gas, which is even worse than CO2, which is otherwise the more well-known climate culprit. Methane can be up to 84 times better at absorbing heat and therefore has a massive impact on the atmosphere.
0:09 "it [the Icon of the Seas] pails in comparison to the iconic Titanic cruise ship". If the Icon of the Seas measures close to 1200 ft long, and the Titanic 883 ft, as the reporter says, isn't it the Titanic that "pails in comparison" to the Icon of the Seas, and not the other way around as the reporter said?
Be there in June baby! And having been on one of their other large ones, I will say, it doesn't feel like there are 6-7k people. With all the difference spaces, people are spread out.
We've gone on 4 cruises in 2 years, next month is our 5th and we're just in our early 40s. We can't get enough 😅 We'd like to sail with Icon when it comes here to Europe.
Great job news reader. “It pales in comparison to the iconic Titanic cruise ship” No, Titanic pales in comparison to Icon also Titanic was not a cruise ship, it was an Ocean Liner. 🤦🏻♂️
Not everyone wants to "get away from America." Some people just want to have a good time and relax. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean others won't.
I personally wish they would, I know there were plans, build a Titanic II except keep it mostly original side from modern lifeboats, rutter, and engine; people role play like the Edwardian times for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class. I would enjoy that more.
If there is a hell, it must be something like this: being trapped in this immense shitness of floating Las Vegas and theme park, filled with thousands of children screaming in your ear.
She also said it "pales in comparison to the Titanic". That would mean that the Titanic is much better. I think she meant it the other way around. Someone needs to proof-read their scripts.
@@joshuabray37 I’m a nerd with titanic and every right about ocean liners… so it does hurt me a bit but just hurts me more that they let it out on television. Makes my views on America not change at all haha
It depends how quick it sinks. If the ship goes down in two hours, I can't see how logistically they can get 10,000 on the lifeboats, all lowered, and safely far enough away.
@@randomrazr I think that took a while to evacuate. But with that boat, it didn't fully sink. Only half submerged as it sat on some rocks for what might have been years. I'm thinking striking icebergs in the open ocean in stormy weather, then going down in a couple hours. Something bigger than the Titanic. I don't think they'll be enough time. As the boat lists, lowing and using the lifeboats becomes more and more difficult.
Mark this post. You will see lots of complaints about debarkation at ports. Build as big as you want, ports and islands will have issues accommodating the sheer volume of just this cruise ship not to mention all the other ships same day.
The media drives me nuts; Why compare this ship to the ill-fated Titanic? They have ZERO in common! Also, since when did Royal Caribbean become more like Carnival - ugh those colours!
I will make sure I get in there as the “”In between the two ends; the newly weds is beyond me and am not nearly dead!!! “God forbid. So Now is the time to make memories with my fam.
They were just comparing the sizes, not the ship as a thing. As with any new ship, all media reverts to comparing its size to the size of the Titanic. Not sure why. It was one of the larger ships of its time, but no one now would know how big it actually was.
Imagine building this and allowing displaced Gaza civilians to take refuge. That would be a true ICON. Real selfless service to humanity… but yeah nice boat 👍🏾
How do you airlft 10000 people Of that ship to safety in reasonable time ? Could all SAR Helis in USA, China and Russia combined do it w.i. 24 houers ?
Like a cross between a mall and a theme park. You may technically be traveling to another country, but on one of these monstrosities, are you really leaving America? You could'nt pay me to get on board.
High center of gravity, risk of wind at high places, hard access to lifeboat, and a giant petri dish when an outbreak happens. Also that morbidly obese ship will be an annoyance to the locals and maybe will become an environtmental disaster one day, just like Concordia. No thanks.
