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World's largest cruise ship that's 5 times larger than the Titanic set to make its debut

By Li Cohen

July 12, 2023 / 8:38 AM EDT / CBS News

The RMS Titanic was once considered the largest ship in the world before it met its demise in the Atlantic Ocean. Now, Royal Caribbean International has created a "first-of-its-kind" ship nearly five times that size that will soon make its debut.

The cruise ship, called Icon of the Seas, is massive – measuring 1,198 feet long with 250,800 gross tonnage. Capable of carrying 7,600 guests and 2,350 crew members, the ship is equipped with 20 total decks, seven pools, and what Royal Caribbean describes as six "record-breaking" waterslides.

When the RMS Titanic embarked on its ill-fated maiden voyage in 1912, it measured more than 852 feet long with 46,329 gross tonnage. Icon of the Seas' tonnage is more than five times that amount.

The new ship will soon be ready for use, starting in January 2024, the cruise company says, after hitting a milestone last month with the successful completion of its i nitial round of sea trials . During those trials, the ship was put on the open ocean for the first time.

The ship is divided into eight primary areas :

The "AquaDome" sits atop the front of the ship, offering 220-degree views and a 55-foot waterfall
The "Suite Neighborhood" with a Mediterranean restaurant and two-floor sundeck
A five-deck-high open-air "Central Park" with living plant walls
"Chill Island" with four pools and a swim-up bar
"Thrill Island," featuring what the company says is the largest waterpark at sea, called "Category 6"
An area dedicated to families called "Surfside"
The "Royal Promenade" with ocean views
"The Hideaway," which offers 180-degree views at the back of the ship and an infinity pool

Icon of the Seas first opened up for reservations in October of last year while the cruise industry was still recovering from the downturn it faced during the coronavirus pandemic. At the time, prices started at $1,537 a person, but they have since increased by a few hundred dollars.

Royal Caribbean now lists the cheapest ticket at $1,851 for an interior room on a seven-night cruise from Miami to the Western Caribbean in September 2024. The most expensive is substantially higher – $10,864 for a suite on the same cruise in March. The ship also offers a seven-day trip to the Eastern Caribbean.

Take laidback to another level. 🤩 #IconoftheSeas pic.twitter.com/0xIurFOMyD — Royal Caribbean (@RoyalCaribbean) July 10, 2023

And while many are excited about the chance to ride the ship to the Caribbean, calling it "stunning" and like a "scene from sci-fi movie" on social media, some others have expressed otherwise.

"Every time I see a picture of the Icon of the Seas cruise ship I am filled with an intense dread ," one person said.

" Infection of the Seas by Royal Caribbean," another person jested, seemingly alluding to past COVID outbreaks on cruise ships during the pandemic.

But for Royal Caribbean, it's all about the excitement. The day it opened up tickets for the ship in October, Royal Caribbean said it had the single largest booking day in the company's 53-year history.

"The enthusiasm and excitement for Icon are undeniable in more ways than one," Michael Bayley, president and CEO of Royal Caribbean International, said in October . "The incredible response we have received from our loyal guests, vacationers new to cruising, crew members and travel partners continues to come in, and this is just the beginning. We can't wait to share more of what Icon has in store in the coming months."

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Li Cohen is a social media producer and trending content writer for CBS News.

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Icon of the Seas: Inside the world's biggest cruise that's five times the size of the Titanic

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Wednesday 12 July 2023 at 11:28am

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The world’s biggest cruise ship, which is five times the size of the Titanic , is to take passengers into open waters in January 2024.

Royal Caribbean International’s mammoth 'Icon of the Seas' is 365 metres long (1,200 ft) and will weigh 250,800 tonnes. In comparison, the Titanic weighed 46,329 tonnes.

While the ship's length is longer than the Eiffel Tower is tall, it's the onboard extras that make this vessel truly huge.

A look inside the world's biggest cruise ship, The Icon of the Seas

When it sets sail in Caribbean waters next year, it will carry some 5,610 passengers and 2,350 crew.

It has 20 decks with eight "neighbourhoods" set up to house its huge passenger load.

The boat is also home to the world’s largest waterpark at sea - which is named Category 6.

It features six record-breaking water slides sitting on the open deck and over 40,000 gallons of water will be used to fill the huge pool.

With an ice rink, restaurants, bars and clubs, the ship has more leisure activities than most British towns.

For the more daring passengers, the ship has a "sky walk" where people will be harnessed and walk along a narrow platform with nothing but the deep water below.

Royal Caribbean International’s website says "when you least expect it, the floor beneath your feet could disappear, leaving you dangling high over the ocean".

Since the huge liner was announced there has been record breaking ticket sales, according to CNN.

The ship was built in Finland, and some 2,600 people have worked on Icon of the Seas each day.

For the sea trials, hundreds of specialists were on board to assess performance over four days.

Royal Caribbean says a second set of sea trials is scheduled for later in 2023.

The firm released a statement after the ship's first sea trials to say everything went to plan.

“During her first set of sea trials, Icon of the Seas traveled hundreds of miles, during which the main engines, hull, brake systems, steering, noise, and vibration levels were all tested,” the statement said.

“Everything was done on time as outlined in the schedule, despite her departure being delayed due to wind conditions.”

The cruise will take its passengers on a seven-night Caribbean holiday from Miami all year round.

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So what happens if the world's largest cruise ship — 5 times bigger than the titanic — hits an iceberg.

The Icon of the Seas, set to sail in the Caribbean in January, is five times the size of the Titanic.

But it's unlikely to ever meet the same fate as the iconic ship, thanks to radar and iceberg monitoring.

Royal Caribbean also says their cruise ships have enough lifeboats and rafts for everyone on board.

With the world's largest cruise ship set to make its maiden voyage in six months — and in light of another recent disaster at the Titanic — it's hard not to wonder what would happen if the Icon of the Seas met the same fate as the storied ocean liner.

The Icon of the Seas is currently set to sail in the Caribbean, meaning it won't be encountering ice. But even if in the future its used in an area in which there could be ice, it's still incredibly rare for a cruise ship today to strike an iceberg. It's not impossible though.

In 2007, in an incident The New York Times dubbed the "modern Titanic," a small cruise ship struck ice, causing a fist-sized hole that let water into the engine room and caused the power to fail. The 154 people on board had to evacuate on lifeboats and rafts.

Last year, a Norwegian Cruise Line ship hit an iceberg while traveling through dense fog near Alaska, causing enough damage to shorten the voyage and cancel another so it could undergo repairs.

But neither was a catastrophe of Titanic proportions.

Cruise industry expert Stewart Chiron, better known as The Cruise Guy, told USA Today that last year's incident was "extraordinarily rare." While cruise ships might occasionally make contact with ice, Chiron said it's uncommon for a ship to have physical damage or change its plans as a result.

Cruise ships rely on radar technology and satellite monitoring to avoid collisions with icebergs. Improvements in GPS and aircraft patrols of the oceans have also made sailing the seas safer, but there's still a small risk .

Thankfully cruise ships today are also better prepared for disaster.

Royal Caribbean , the cruise line behind Icon of the Seas, says all of their cruise ships carry "sufficient lifesaving craft to accommodate every guest and crew member onboard, as well as additional capacity in reserve." Passengers on their cruises are also required to complete drills so they know what to do in case of emergency.

So even if unlikely tragedy did strike, the lifeboat and raft protocols could help passengers avoid living out some of the most dramatic , and controversial , scenes of the "Titanic" movie.

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Icon of the Seas is the world's largest cruise ship, and will sail from January 2024

Looking to travel the world without jet-setting?

The world’s largest cruise ship is almost here to fulfil all your ocean holibob fantasies .

(Pssst…it’s five times the size of the Titanic , and it has a waterfall in it!)

Designed by Royal Caribbean Cruises, the Icon of the Seas was sailed for the first time as part of a four-day sea trial in Finland, where the ship was first constructed at the Meyer Turku shipyard.

World's largest cruise ship Icon of the Seas is the size of five Titanics

Ahead of its formal arrival in January 2024, the trials were operated by a team of 450 specialists and four tugboats. The tests proved promising, with a second set scheduled to ‘push Icon to its limits later this year’.

Welcoming 5,610 guests (or a maximum of 7,600 guests) and employing 2,350 crew, the ship comes in at an impressive 1,198 feet or 365 metres long.

By comparison, the famous Titanic – which was the largest ship afloat during her maiden voyage in 1912 – measured 269 metres.

Icon of the Seas will arrive in January 2024

The Icon of the Seas will debut in Miami, introducing a new era for holidaymakers in combining theme parks, beach escapes, fine dining and entertainment, sailing 7-night cruises across the Eastern and Western Caribbean year-round.

There are different packages, depending on your budget. The cheapest starts at £1,482 per person for a seven-night stay in an interior cabin in September 2024.

Or, if you’ve got cash to splash, you can opt for a suite. Prices for the latter vary wildly, depending on the dates you select. At the time of writing, a seven-night suite stay in September 2024 will cost you £2,694 per person. But in March 2024, the same package shoots up to £6,041.

Marketed as the ‘largest waterpark at sea’, the ship has a record-breaking six waterslides, from the aptly named ‘Frightening Bolt’ to the ‘Pressure Drop’, the first open, freefall waterslide on a cruise.

Seven pools and nine whirlpools can be found on Icon of the Seas

This cruise ship doesn’t skimp on swimming pools, either: there are seven pools and nine whirlpools, enough for every possible mood, with a range of infinity edges that’ll leave you feeling at one with the ocean.

That’s not all: passengers will get the opportunity to hop across some of the most beautiful islands in the Caribbean, including The Bahamas, Cozumel, Mexico, Philipsburg, St. Maarten, Roatan and Honduras.

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The Icon will also be accompanied by her sister ship, Utopia of the Seas, scheduled for her debut later in 2024. Consider us sold.

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World's largest cruise ship is five times bigger and heavier than Titanic

Both ships are the largest of their respective generations

22:49, 11 JUL 2023
Updated 11:25, 19 JUL 2023

We often look back at the Titanic as a mammoth of a ship - yet the largest cruise ship of today is a whopping five times bigger by gross tonnage.

Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas has recently completed the first of its sea trials. When it officially takes passengers on board in January 2024, it'll be the largest cruise ship in the whole world.

The ship has 20 decks, 18 of which are for guests, and 2,805 staterooms. It can fit a jaw-dropping maximum of 7,600 passengers - and that's on top of its 2,350 crew members.

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When RMS Titanic launched in 1912, it was the largest ship in the world. Yet 111 years later, Icon of the Seas would make it look small in comparison with a gross tonnage five times that of the White Star liner.

Gross tonnage isn't the only way in which Icon of the Seas supersedes the Titanic . From its dimensions to the overall cost of construction, the yet-to-launch ship overtakes its doomed predecessor in every way - as can be seen by the following table.

The differences between the pair's statistics show how far ship construction has come over the past century. Yet the most fascinating differences present themselves in each ship's amenities.

Aboard the massive modern-day cruiser is a three-floor dining room, a 55-foot waterfall, rock climbing walls, laser tag and surfing facilities, a mini-golf course, a carousel, and an on-deck 'Central Park' with living plants. It's also home to the largest waterpark at sea, with seven pools, nine whirlpools, a swim-up bar, and six waterslides.

The Titanic, by comparison, facilitated games of squash, quoits, cricket, shuffleboard, bull board, tennis, chess, dominoes, and cards. Passengers could also make use of a swimming pool, Turkish baths, a gym, and a reading room.

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Cruise ship five times bigger than Titanic to make its maiden voyage next year

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It’s been labelled a ‘monstrosity’

The world’s biggest cruise ship, which is five times the size of the Titanic, will carry its first passengers into open waters in January 2024.

Royal Caribbean International’s giant ‘Icon of the Seas’ measures 365 metres long and will weigh 250,800 tonnes, compared to the Titanic’s 46,329 tonnes.

The ship is expected to hold around 7,600 passengers at max capacity, along with an addition 2,350 crew members, bringing the total capacity to near 10,000 people.

Last month, Royal Caribbean announced that the vessel had reached the “next construction milestone” after successfully completing its initial round of sea trials and sailing the open ocean for the first time.

The ship will sail for 7 night Eastern and Western Caribbean vacations from Miami all year when she launches in 2024. She will travel to the coasts of the Bahamas, Mexico, St. Maarten and Honduras.

On board, passengers won’t run out of things to do in a hurry, with a giant waterpark, an AquaDome, an entertainment zone, over 40 dining options, a surf simulator, a mini-golf course, sports court, and a rock climbing area. There are also 28 different types of accommodation.

Royal Caribbean says that Icon of the Seas will also be the first ship to be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) and fuel cell technology. Using technology such as shore power connection and waste heat recovery systems, the company claim that the vessel will be their most sustainable ship to date.

The reactions have been very mixed on the unveiling, with some people calling the vessel a ‘monstrosity’.

The "Icon Of The Seas" sets sail in January 2024. 5610 passengers, 2350 crew members, 5 times larger and heavier than the Titanic, 19 floors with more than 40 bars, restaurants and bowling alleys. What a monstrosity! pic.twitter.com/igoQRUZ3nP — Ray Monk (@Raymodraco) July 9, 2023

Other commenters agreed, with one replying, “Nothing would get me on this horror!”.

Cruise ships have always been a contentious topic, with many critics pointing to the huge amount of energy they use up, the dumping of toxic waste into our waters and their dangers to marine wildlife.

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The floating city Icon of the Sea sailed hundreds of miles on the open sea before returning to the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, where work on the interior of the vessel will continue

10:22, 13 Jul 2023 Updated 14:16, 13 Jul 2023

The world's largest ever cruise ship will be five times larger than the Titanic - and the final touches are being added ahead of its maiden voyage.

The enormous Icon of the Seas has taken to the waters for its first sea trials, ahead of the official launch in January 2024.

The floating city sailed hundreds of miles on the open sea before returning to the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, where work on the interior of the vessel will continue.

At 365m long and with a 250,800 gross tonnage, the ship is fractionally larger than its sister vessel, Royal Caribbean's Wonder of the Seas .

The upper deck of the ship boasts plenty of impressive features including water slides, a suspended infinity pool at sea and a three-storey family suite.

The video also captures some of the ship's livery as well as the large and well decked-out staff area, and cabins where the 2,350 employees onboard to keep the show going.

The 'staff neighbourhood' features a clubhouse with its own coffee shop, a pub, a crew market with items from their home countries, gaming room, gym, a karaoke room, and an outdoor spaces to take in the views and grab a drink.

Arguably the most exciting feature of the ship is the world's largest at sea waterpark, named Category 6, which will feature six record-breaking water slides, seven pools and nine whirlpools.

Among them are Pressure Drop' which has a 66-degree incline and is 'the industry's first open free-fall slide'; the 14m tall 'Frightening Bolt' which will be the the tallest drop slide at sea, and Storm Surge, the first family raft slides at sea.

Those lucky enough to find themselves on an Icon of the Seas cruise will have a huge amount to get stuck into, including more than 40 ways to dine, drink and be entertained.

The ship has 20 decks and eight 'neighbourhoods' to explore, with each designed to appeal to a different demographic. Some are aimed at young families, others are adult only spaces, and some are built around piano bars.

The ship is large enough that guests can really make themselves at home. The three-storey family suite comes complete with its own white picket fence and mailbox. The 'Surfside Family Suite' has an alcoves for kids so they can tuck themselves away from adults.

There are 28 different types of accommodations, with more types of family set-ups, more layouts with ocean views and more space for group travellers.

The ship has been built at the Meyer Turku shipyard and will join the Royal Caribbean fleet at sea on October 26, ahead of its 2024 debut.

During the sea trial more than 450 specialists ran four days of preliminary tests on the first Icon Class ship’s technical areas, including the main engines, bow and propellers, as well as noise and vibration levels.

Icon of the Seas will have swim-up bar at sea called 'Swim & Tonic' and 'Royal Bay Pool', the 'largest pool at sea'.

The ship will turn into a large nightlife venue when the sun goes down, with a large number of restaurants, bars, and aqua shows to keep guests entertained into the small hours.

Royal Caribbean International president and chief executive Michael Bayley said: “We are positioning it as the ultimate family vacation and when you step back and look at all the energy and time that has gone into creating this ship it is mind-blowing.

“During her first set of sea trials, Icon of the Seas travelled hundreds of miles, during which the main engines, hull, brake systems, steering, noise, and vibration levels were all tested,” the statement said. “Everything was done on time as outlined in the schedule, despite her departure being delayed due to wind conditions.”

Royal Caribbean hopes the ship can be a little more environmentally friendly than other cruise ships, being its first to be powered by liquefied natural gas and fuel cell technology.

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The world’s biggest cruise ship, which is five times the size of the Titanic, has set sail for the first time.

Wonder of the Seas weighs in at a staggering 236,857 tons and is fitted out with 19 swimming pools, 20 restaurants, 11 bars, an ice rink, casino and even its own Central Park.

The Royal Caribbean liner set out on her maiden seven-day voyage Friday from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, heading to the Caribbean.

The statistics for the record-breaking ship are staggering.

It’s 362 meters long (1,188 ft), it can carry 6,988 passengers along with 2,300 crew and can hold enough beer to fill all the swimming pools on board twice over.

One female holidaymaker said: “It’s hard to believe you are even on a ship . It’s a city on the water. There is everything you could ever want. There’s no reason to ever get off.”

Another joked: “We’re going to need a bigger ocean.”

The colossal ship has 18 decks, 16 for passengers.

It has a top speed of 22 knots (25mph) thanks to three 20,000 kilowatt diesel-electric thrusters under the stern and four bow thrusters, each generating 7,500 horsepower.

Wonder of the Seas took three years to build in Saint-Nazaire, France, at a cost of more than £1billion.

She had originally been set to launch in China last year but those plans were shelved due to the Covid pandemic.

A source told the Mail on Sunday : “Restaurants have been renamed and signs in Mandarin have been changed to English. She will sail around the Caribbean before switching to European cruises this summer.”

On board is also a Boardwalk, designed on the Coney Island attraction and is lined with restaurants serving up Italian, French and German cuisine, along with US staples such as hotdogs and pizzas.

There is also a Vegas-style casino on board.

On another deck there’s Central Park, complete with 20,000 plants and trees.

Passengers can sip cocktails made by robots in the Bionic Bar which is situated on the Royal Promenade.

If that doesn’t appeal, there’s the Rising Tide Bar, which has a moving platform where guests’s seats move up and down between the Promenade on Deck Five to Central Park on Deck Eight and providing great views.

There’s also lots of activities and entertainment on board including the musical Chicago, performed by a Broadway cast, an AquaTheatre where high-divers plunge from 60ft boards into a swimming pool and nightly “icetravanganzas” in the indoor ice rink.

Thrill-seeking passengers can enjoy the surf pool which generates waves 12 ft high, a 25m-long, (82 ft) ten-deck-high zip line and two rock climbing walls.

There’s also a mini golf course, Laser Tag game area, video game arcade, outdoor movie theatre, luxury spa and state-of-the-art gym.

VIP guests get to relax in their private suites and have a “royal genie”, or butler, on call.

The Ultimate Family Suite, which can hold 10 people, comes with a two-story slide from the bedroom to the living room.

There are also a number of clubs and activities designed for kids of all ages, including Playscape, described as “an onboard wonderland for kids” – which has a slide that lifts riders up a near vertical wall on a raft before flinging them back down with a giant splash.

Thrills can also be found on the Ultimate Abyss, a 100 ft slide which drops from Deck 16 to Deck 6 in 13 seconds.

Royal Caribbean claims bookings are back to pre-pandemic levels.

Chief executive Jason Liberty said: “We are eager to move forward this year. We expect 2022 will be a strong year as we bring the rest of our fleet into operations and approach historical occupancy levels.”

This story originally appeared on The Sun and has been reproduced here with permission.

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The World's Largest Cruise Ship Will Set Sail in Early 2024

Measuring five times the size of the titanic, the enormous vessel houses six record-breaking waterslides, more than 40 restaurants and much more..

Royal Caribbean International’s Icon of the Seas is set to launch as the world’s largest cruise ship in early 2024, measuring 365 meters long and weighing approximately 250,800 tons — or five times the size of the Titanic . The mammoth vessel has completed construction in Finland and has entered open waters for sea trials, and it will continue to endure more rounds of testing prior to its official debut.

The gargantuan cruise can carry 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew members, making the maximum capacity roughly 10,000 people. On board, the ship hosts the world’s largest waterpark at sea, with six record-breaking slides, seven pools and nine whirlpools. Additionally, there’s a performance venue called the AquaDome and a “chill island” pool deck, which features a swim-up bar.

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12th Jul 2023

Cruise ship five times the size of the Titanic to carry its first passengers next year

Fiona Frawley

Response to the vessel has been mixed, with some calling it a ‘monstrosity’.

A cruise ship which is five times the size of the Titanic will carry its first passengers into open waters in January 2024.

Royal Caribbean International’s giant ‘Icon of the Seas’ is the largest cruise ship in the world, coming in at 365 metres long and 250,800 tonnes, compared to the Titanic’s 46,329 tonnes.

The ship is expected to hold around 7,600 passengers at max capacity, along with an addition 2,350 crew members, bringing the total capacity to near 10,000 people.

The ship will sail for 7 night Eastern and Western Caribbean vacations from Miami all year when she launches in 2024. She will travel to the coasts of the Bahamas, Mexico, St. Maarten and Honduras.

Icon of the Seas labelled a “monstrosity”

The reactions have been very mixed on the unveiling, with some people calling the vessel a ‘monstrosity’.

Other commenters agreed, with one replying, “Nothing would get me on this horror!”.

Header images via Getty / Instagram / Icon of the Seas

This article originally appeared on joe.ie

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In Search of America Aboard the Icon of the Seas

Twenty decks, seven swimming pools, and one novelist wearing a meatball T-shirt

The Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever built, docked on the water

In January, the writer Gary Shteyngart spent a week of his life on the inaugural voyage of the Icon of the Seas, the largest cruise ship ever. Like many a great novelist before him , he went in search of the “real” America. He left his Russian novels at home, bought some novelty T-shirts, and psychically prepared to be the life of the party. About halfway through, Shteyngart called his editor and begged to be allowed to disembark and fly home. His desperate plea was rejected, resulting in a semi-sarcastic daily log of his misery .

In this episode of Radio Atlantic , Shteyngart discusses his “seven agonizing nights” on the cruise ship, where he roamed from mall to bar to infinity pool trying to make friends. He shares his theories about why cruise lovers nurture an almost spiritual devotion to an experience that, to him, inspires material for a “low-rent White Lotus. ” And he shares what happened when cruise lovers actually read what he wrote about their beloved ship.

Listen to the conversation here:

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The following is a transcript of the episode:

Gary Shteyngart: Hi.

Hanna Rosin: Hi. It’s Hanna.

Shteyngart: Hi, Hanna. How are you?

Rosin: Good.

Rosin: I’m Hanna Rosin. This is Radio Atlantic .

Shteyngart: It’s cloudy here.

Rosin: It is? In a good way? In a way that makes your hair look full and rich?

Shteyngart: Oh, yeah. ( Laughs. ) It does add fullness to my hair, which is always a good thing at this point. I think spring has finally sprung. And I teach in the spring semester, and I’m like, God, I just want this to be over. I just want to go out and play .

Rosin: You teach fiction?

Shteyngart: Yeah. I can’t teach rocket science.

Rosin: ( Laughs. )

Shteyngart: Cruising technology.

Rosin: This is writer Gary Shteyngart.

Rosin: There’s just a Russian stereotype.

Shteyngart: ( Laughs. )

Rosin: I’m like, You could teach astronomy or physics . I don’t know.

Shteyngart: Chess.

Rosin: Chess. Exactly.

Rosin: Gary Shteyngart grew up in the Soviet Union and immigrated to the U.S. when he was 7. He’s written several award-winning novels, and he was a “literary consultant” on Succession , the HBO show.

Mostly, he is known for his satire, which can range from gentle to deadly. So who better to write an article about the inaugural voyage of the largest cruise ship ever built?

Shteyngart: This whole thing came about because I was on Twitter, and I saw a tweet that just showed the—may I use salty language here?

Rosin: Yes.

Shteyngart: The ass of the ship is how I describe it. I don’t know any of these terms, but, you know, with all the water parks and crap on it. And so I reposted the tweet, and I said, If somebody wants to send me on this cruise, please specify the level of sarcasm desired .

Rosin: Really? ( Laughs. )

Shteyngart: And then—God bless The Atlantic —within seconds, I had an assignment.

Rosin: That ass belongs to the Icon of the Seas, a ship that can hold more than 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew. It has 20 decks with seven swimming pools and six waterslides. The ship itself is about five times bigger than the Titanic. And I’m pretty sure the Titanic did not have a swim-up bar, much less the world’s largest swim-up bar.

In a recent piece for The Atlantic , Gary describes it this way: “The ship makes no sense, vertically or horizontally. It makes no sense on sea, or on land, or in outer space. It looks like a hodgepodge of domes and minarets, tubes and canopies, like Istanbul had it been designed by idiots … This is the biggest cruise ship ever built, and I have been tasked with witnessing its inaugural voyage.”

To prepare for that voyage, Gary wore a meatball T-shirt he found in a store in Little Italy. More specifically, the shirt read: “Daddy’s Little Meatball.”

Shteyngart: You know, I grew up in Queens and, being a spicy meat-a-ball , I thought it was funny. A lot of cruisers were angry. They thought I was being sexual or sexualizing. It’s very interesting because I thought that T-shirt was the bond between a child and his daddy or her daddy.

Rosin: ( Laughs. ) You thought it’d just be a conversation starter.

Shteyngart: I thought it’d be a conversation starter. If they had a “Mommy’s Little Meatball” T-shirt, that would’ve been preferable. I feel much more a mommy’s little meatball. But they only have daddy.

I actually thought, My expectations are low, but I bet I’m going to run into awesome people. And I love to drink and chat, and this is—I guess that’s what you do on a cruise ship. And I knew I was going to have a suite, so I was like, Maybe I’ll throw a suite party .

Shteyngart: Invite some people over . On land, I really am quite sociable. I remember I was just leaving a Columbia—I teach at Columbia—leaving a Columbia party, and somebody was saying, Well, there goes 75 percent of the party .

Rosin: Oh, that’s a compliment.

Shteyngart: It’s a compliment. I’m kind of a party animal. So I was super—I thought, you know, Look, 5,000 people. I’m going to find a soulmate or two .

Rosin: Great writers before Gary have deluded themselves in this way before. Most notably: David Foster Wallace, who ended up spending much of his cruise adventure alone in his cabin. They venture out, looking to swim with some “real Americans.” And instead, they are quickly confronted by the close-up details, like the nightly entertainment—

Shteyngart: There was a kind of packaged weirdness in the shows. Goddamn—the ice-skating tribute to the periodic table. What the hell was that?

Rosin: The food—

Shteyngart: It did not have the consistency of steak. It was like some kind of pleathery, weird—like this poor cow had been slapped around before it died.

Rosin: And the physical touch of an actual “real American.”

Shteyngart: He’d throw his arms around them drunkenly, and they’d be like, Ehh .

First of all, I just want to say, Royal Caribbean—the people that run it are geniuses. The CEO’s name is—I’m not making this up—Jason Liberty.

Shteyngart: His name is Liberty! I mean, I don’t know. What the hell? Like, exactly, if I was to write a novel character with, you know, Jason Liberty , people would be like, Oh, he’s being pretentious . But no. That’s his actual name.

I think they know the tastes of their clientele so well and are able to mirror it back to them, but also to give them this feeling that they’re awesome for doing something like this. One of my favorite slogans—you get all this literature— This isn’t a vacation day spent. It’s bragging rights earned .

Rosin: Mmm. It’s velvet ropey, like you’re in a club.

Shteyngart: It’s a velvet ropey situation. You are an adventurer. You’ve earned this. You have bragging rights. But when you enter the ship, you’re in a mall. And the mall is large and multileveled, and you can buy a Rolex at three times what it would cost on land and all this other crap.

And then there’s all these neighborhoods, and you can do whatever the hell you want. You can get trashed or have sex, which, whatever—I mean with your spouse, although there were some swingers on board. But you could do whatever you want in a way that you can’t on land, in a way, I think, because so many of these people are just working their asses off.

Rosin: Right.

Shteyngart: That was a topic of conversation that came up. People were like, Yeah, I work 90 hours a week, and this is my chance to just, you know, be blotto .

Rosin: You’re hinting at this. Part of being on a ship is being inducted into the language and the levels of the ship, and can you walk us through that? You mentioned, for example: You walk in, you’re in a mall. But I bet, eventually, you start to see more. What are the neighborhoods? You said the word neighborhoods . What does that even mean? And what are the distinctions?

Shteyngart: I think this ship and other Royal Caribbean ships of this size—although this is the biggest—try to create this idea of a city, like you’re in a city that happens to be at sea.

One of the funniest neighborhoods is called Central Park, which is literally another mall but with a couple of shrubs growing out here and there. I thought that was really funny—also, using a New York City landmark in one of the least New Yorkiest milieus in the world.

Rosin: I guess it just has to be terms—a word—people recognize. And people vaguely recognize it. They don’t need to know about Olmsted or live in Brooklyn.

Shteyngart: ( Laughs. ) No, no.

Rosin: They just vaguely recognize Central Park.

Shteyngart: It’d be funny if I asked—boy, would I get a lot of flak if I came up to a cruiser and be like, I don’t think this really matches Olmsted’s vision of Central Park. I don’t know. Meatball not happy . Maybe I should have used a Russian accent. Like, Hello. I am Meatball .

Rosin: Meatball not happy .

Shteyngart: Meatball not happy with Olmsted . So there’s that. There’s Surfside, which is a very funny kind of Disneyland for kids with—

Rosin: And are you walking—like, I still don’t get it. So you go in, and how big is a neighborhood? And then how do you get to the next neighborhood?

Shteyngart: Right, so everything’s on decks, so you take these elevators. I think I spent half the cruise on elevators just going from one place to another.

Rosin: Yeah.

Shteyngart: But I thought I would be in the Suites neighborhood. Because this whole thing—and Royal Caribbean is also brilliant at this. These people—really, a Nobel Prize in Economics. It’s a constant scramble. You constantly want a higher status, especially if you’ve been cruising forever. You want to reach Pinnacle status, which you have to do after 700 days (or nights, rather) on the ship, which is two years, right? Almost.

Rosin: Wow. And so what does that get you?

Shteyngart: So the Pinnacles have their own—I mean, there’s some priority things they get. Like, I was not allowed to go into one dining room at one point, and the guy—I didn’t know what Pinnacle was, so I thought the guy was saying, It’s just pendejo dining . He had a thick accent. I was like, I’m wearing a meatball T-shirt. I am the essence of pendejo . And he was like, No, no, pendejos only . But he was trying to say Pinnacles, I guess. So that kind of stuff.

They have their own little lounge, which I wasn’t allowed into. And some of the other cruisers who are not Pinnacles but have somehow gotten into the lounge, they’re very angry about being denied. And they’re like, There’s nothing in there. There’s just a coffee machine in there .

But the other thing is the suite status, which I had because by the time The Atlantic commissioned this piece, almost all the cabins were sold out. Everybody wanted to be on this ship, and all that was left was a $19,000—Jesus Christ—$19,000 suite that didn’t even look out on the sea.

Rosin: Wow.

Shteyngart: It looked out on the mall or whatever. But it looked like the Marriott, in a way, which—I like Marriotts—I’m just saying.

Rosin: So it’s just a plain—it’s like a hotel room.

Shteyngart: It’s like a hotel room.

Rosin: With a window.

Shteyngart: And I had two bathrooms.

Rosin: For yourself?

Shteyngart: Just for myself, I know. Well, I think the idea of these suites is that more than one person goes on them, right?

But there’s this—the Royal Bling. The Royal Bling is the jewelry store, such as it is, on board. And they introduced this thing called the something chalice. It’s a $100,000 chalice, and it entitles you to drink for free on Royal Caribbean once you’ve bought it.

So this thing is hilarious. Just the concept of it is insane. Everyone’s trying to figure out: Should I buy this? What’s up with this? Should I get it for my 28-year-old kid? Will it earn out? How much does he drink? How much can I drink ?

So I talked to the wonderful Serbian sales lady. Everyone’s country of origin, if you’re on the crew, is listed on their tag.

Rosin: Really?

Shteyngart: Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Rosin: That’s weird.

Shteyngart: So you’re like, Oh, it’s Amir from Pakistan , or whatever.

Rosin: That’s so weird.

Shteyngart: Yeah. And she was, I don’t know, something Olga from Serbia, and she was amazing. They’re all amazing. Every crew member is excellent.

And she was like, Well —she was trying to sell me the $100,000 chalice. I said, It’s really gold ? And she’s like, No, it’s gold-plated. We couldn’t afford . She said, If it was really gold, it would be, like, a million dollars . I’m like, Okay . And then it has diamonds, and she’s like, Well, they’re actually cubic zirconia, again, because it would cost, like, $10 million if they were diamonds . I’m like, All right, this thing is sounding worse and worse .

And then she said, But, you know, if you already have everything, this is one more thing you can have . And I thought that was almost like a Zen haiku, but about the American condition. If you already have everything, this is one more thing you can have.

Rosin: So the ship has neighborhoods and levels and status in a very explicit way. And cruisers care about that. They care about it in a very deep, almost spiritual way that Gary didn’t quite appreciate until after he’d written the story.

Shteyngart: One of the funniest things—somebody was telling me to look this up on, I guess, Reddit.

Rosin: Mm-hmm.

Shteyngart: There’s a huge cruising community. I think half a million people are on that thing and, boy, were they pissed!

Rosin : That’s after the break.

Rosin: During his time on the Icon of the Seas, Gary Shteyngart met a few memorable characters. There was the younger couple he called, “Mr. and Mrs. Ayn Rand,” who he drank with a few times. And the couple’s couple friends, he described as quote: “bent psychos out of a Cormac McCarthy novel.” And then, there was “Duck Necklace.”

Shteyngart: He’s fascinating. He was drunk all the time, and he was being arrested—there is a security force—for photobombing.

Rosin: I wonder if the laws are different on the ship. Like photobombing is a felony.

Shteyngart: I’d love to do Law & Order: Icon of the Seas . That would be amazing.

Rosin: ( Laughs. ) Right.

Shteyngart: But then he went on this long, drunken, very elegiac thing about, Well, I’m 62, and if I fall off the ship, I’m fine with that. I just don’t want a shark to eat me. And I believe in God, and the Mayans have a prophecy . He just went on and on. And then I looked him up and, when not drunk and getting arrested on a ship, he’s the pillar of his community in North Chicago. There’s so much more to this guy. So he was my favorite, I think.

Rosin: So maybe the ship creates a space where, if you’re grinding and working every day and being a pillar of the community, the ship is your space to contemplate and be philosophical or be an idiot or whatever it is you can’t be elsewhere.

Shteyngart: Yeah. And I think you’re right. And I think a couple of people, especially older people—I mean, 62 isn’t that old—but a couple of the older people were trying to summarize their lives through their cruising experiences, including, for one woman, realizing that she wanted to divorce her husband. All these things happened on cruises.

It’s like the cruise is the time when they’re—the way people say when you’re off land, it’s the rules of the sea. You’re in international waters; you can do whatever you want. I think for some people, the cruise affords them some weird way to look back on their lives and to make large decisions or to celebrate either happy moments or sometimes almost-elegiac moments. There were all these people who looked like they were about to die.

Rosin: Literally?

Shteyngart: Literally about to die, clearly coming off of chemo or on an oxygen tank. Or they had T-shirts celebrating a good cancer remission. So definitely there’s—and I hope this article, despite its very satirical tone, lends some of that poignancy. Because people are people, and this is the kind of stuff that they want to do, either to make an important moment in their lives or to think on the things that have happened to them.

But I think that’s one of the reasons people were so butt hurt on that Reddit—to use a term of art—because I wasn’t just going after a hobby or something. I was going after something that is so key to their identity.

Rosin: That’s interesting that people perceived it so badly. You both appreciated the earnestness of it and made fun of it at the same time. It was satirical but also present.

Shteyngart: I don’t know. I think people really wanted a quote-unquote “journalist” to give an honest review of the ship. But look, I got this assignment by saying, What level of sarcasm do you want ? But I didn’t deliver 11 on the sarcasm scale. I think it was, like, six or seven.

I realized the humor part of this—and this is what I talk about in my humor class—the human comedy is that no one understands quite who they are. So I may go around thinking I’m a giraffe, and I keep talking about, Oh, I’m so tall, and I eat leaves off of tall trees . But in reality, I’m an aardvark. I’m a small furry creature, burrowing in the bush.

And that, to me, felt like a lot of what people were saying on the ship. People would say, I feel like I’m on an adventure . And I’m like, Yes, but we’re in a mall, as you say this, that’s slowly steaming to all these islands . But many of the passengers wouldn’t even get off on these islands. They love the ship so much they wouldn’t leave.

And I’ll say this, also: One of the most important things that happened to me—I was in Charlotte Amalie, which I guess is the capital of the U.S. Virgin Islands or Saint Thomas, and I’d wandered off the beaten path. And this elderly Rastafarian gentleman looked at me, and with the most—I’ve never been talked to like this—but with a sneer beyond anything, he said, Redneck .

And I guess I did have a red neck at this point, and I was wearing this vibrant cap with the Icon of the Seas Royal Caribbean logo. But I realized, also, that people hate these cruisers. They hate what they do to their islands, their environment, everything. There’s just so much more happening here than just a bunch of drunken Americans on a ship.

And this also goes to the fact that, obviously, there’s all these people, mostly from the global South, working below decks. They work nonstop. And it’s interesting because a lot of the passengers, they would say, Wow, these people work so hard , with a kind of like, Oh, I wish everybody back home would work so hard , or something like that. But at the same time, I was listening to a comedy act, and the comedian was making fun of quote-unquote “shithole countries.”

So there’s definitely a kind of—even though cruisers keep talking about how much they love the people on the ship, it doesn’t translate.

Rosin: It doesn’t translate. It doesn’t translate into politics.

Okay, I’m turning it back on you—your story. You came into the boat with the story that Gary is a party guy, and Gary’s gonna have parties in Gary’s suite. So what did you realize along the way?

Shteyngart: Yeah, it was like being an immigrant all over again. And, for me, assimilation into America was a very, very long process. So the meatball, or the lack of success of the meatball, really reminded me of that, too—like I’m always a step behind.

And this did feel like, Oh, I was always a step behind . People would have casual conversations in the elevators, just shooting the shit, and I would try to banter with them. But I would always get it a little bit wrong, and I would realize it, too. Like, there was a lot of wind one day, and I was like, Oof, the frost is really on the pumpkin .

Shteyngart: But I realized that that’s probably said in the fall, right? Before Thanksgiving. Is that right? The pumpkin is, you know—

Rosin: So Immigrant Gary comes roaring back in those moments.

Shteyngart: Oh, my god.

Rosin: You want to be, like, Sophisticated Writer Gary.

Shteyngart: Absolutely. So I was always sweating bullets. Like, I want to get into the conversation. And this was a big thing because there was a big contest, several contests—the semifinals or something? Quarterfinals? I don’t know—between the big teams. And I had no idea what the hell was going on, but everybody was talking about it. And everybody was wearing paraphernalia—that’s the other thing.

Rosin: Paraphernalia. ( Laughs. ) You’re referring to team T-shirts.

Shteyngart: But also everything! I don’t know. Name it: hats, T-shirts, all kinds of crap. And I had nothing. I had meatball, you know.

Shteyngart: Look, the preparation for this article should have—I should have bought T-shirts with sports.

Rosin: ( Laughs. ) T-shirts with sports.

Shteyngart: And then I should have talked to people about all the rules of football. Maybe there’s a documentary that I can watch, something like that. And then maybe that would have been it.

Rosin: Okay, so I’m reading this essay about this cruise ship, which has a little bit of politics, a little bit of cult, a little bit of status obsession. What am I understanding about America?

Shteyngart: Well, I think we are, in some ways, a country that has been losing religion for a while. I know this is a strange approach to it, but people are looking for something to fill the void. Especially, among the hardworking middle class I think is where you feel it quite a bit. And I think because Americans are never satisfied, everyone’s always looking for, What’s my ancestry? Where do I come from ? Somehow just the term American is not enough to fulfill people’s expectations of what life is.

Rosin: Of what they belong to. Like, what they’re rooted in. Yeah.

Shteyngart: And for me, this is an easier question because I actually just want to be an American. I’m an immigrant who just wants to be an American, right?

So, on this ship, what I was seeing was people desperately trying to belong to some kind of idea. And I feel like the cruising life, because these people are so obsessed with the cruises that they wear these—half the people or more were wearing T-shirts somehow commemorating this voyage on the first day of the cruise. So I think I really offended a religion. I insulted not just a strange hobby that people engage in, but a way of life.

And I think that’s the future. Trying to understand America today is to try to understand people desperately grasping for something in the absence of more traditional ideas of what it means to an American, right? And this is one strange manifestation of that. But it was, for me, an ultimately unfulfilling one.

You know, God bless David Foster Wallace for being brilliant enough to start the genre, although there were a couple pieces before him, but the modern incarnation of this. Let’s stop this. I did not solve the question of what America is. None of that got solved.

Rosin: So what are we R.I.P.ing? We’re not just R.I.P.ing the cruise ship piece? I just want to end the episode this way. R.I.P. what?

Shteyngart: No, no, no, no. I don’t have that kind of cultural might.

Rosin: This episode of Radio Atlantic was produced by Jinae West. It was edited by Claudine Ebeid, fact-checked by Isabel Cristo, and engineered by Rob Smierciak. Claudine Ebeid is the executive producer of Atlantic audio, and Andrea Valdez is our managing editor. I’m Hanna Rosin. Thank you for listening.

Rosin: But was there a monkey on the ship?

Shteyngart: No, there wasn’t. The monkey was on Saint Kitts.

Rosin: Oh, okay. I remembered that wrong.

Shteyngart: No, no, no. The Royal Caribbean did not spring for a monkey. They had a golden retriever, and he wore, like, a cap or something? But see, so everybody was going gaga, and I’m like, You’ve never seen a golden freaking retriever? What kind of lives do you live on land ?

Rosin: Right, right. But it’s an Icon golden retriever, so it’s different.

Shteyngart: It’s an Icon golden retriever, and he’s, like, I guess, an emotional support dog for these people.

The Size of Titanic Compared to Modern Cruise Ships: A Comprehensive Comparison

Titanic Compared to Modern Cruise Ships is the ultimate showdown of nautical giants. Prepare to be amazed as we unveil the staggering size differences between the legendary Titanic and today’s cruise ship marvels. Dive in and let’s navigate the evolution of these floating cities together!

The Titanic is one of the most famous ships in history, known for its tragic sinking in 1912. At the time of its launch, it was the largest ship in the world, measuring 269 meters long and 46,000 gross tonnage. Despite its size, the Titanic was not able to withstand the impact of an iceberg, leading to the death of over 1,500 passengers and crew members .

Today, cruise ships have become a popular mode of transportation and entertainment for millions of people around the world. With advancements in technology and engineering, modern cruise ships have grown significantly in size, making the Titanic look like a mid-size ship in comparison. This article aims to compare the size of the Titanic to modern cruise ships, highlighting the differences in length, height, and capacity.

By comparing the size of the Titanic to modern cruise ships, readers can gain a better understanding of how far shipbuilding technology has come in the past century. It also provides insight into the challenges and limitations faced by engineers and architects when designing and constructing ships of this magnitude.

Overall, this article will serve as a comprehensive guide for those interested in the history of shipbuilding and the evolution of cruise ships over time.

The Size of Titanic

Titanic’s size and dimensions.

When Titanic set sail on April 10, 1912, it was the largest ship in the world. The ship measured 269 meters in length, 28.2 meters in width, and 53.3 meters tall. These dimensions made the Titanic one of the most significant engineering feats of its time.

The Titanic’s size and dimensions were impressive for the early 20th century. For reference, an American football field is 109 meters long, meaning the Titanic was the length of almost two and a half football fields. The ship’s gross tonnage was 46,000, which was also impressive for the time.

The Titanic’s dimensions were not only impressive, but they were also instrumental in the ship’s design and capabilities. The ship’s length and width allowed for a spacious and luxurious interior, while the height of the ship made it possible for the Titanic to have multiple decks and accommodate a large number of passengers and crew.

Size of Titanic Compared to Modern Cruise Ships

Passenger Capacity and Crew

The Titanic was designed to accommodate up to 3,547 passengers and crew. The ship’s passenger capacity was divided into three classes: First Class, Second Class, and Third Class. The First Class accommodations were some of the most luxurious of the time, while the Third Class accommodations were more modest.

The Titanic’s crew consisted of approximately 900 people, including officers, engineers, and crew members. The crew was responsible for operating the ship and ensuring the safety of the passengers.

Overall, the Titanic’s size and dimensions, as well as its passenger capacity and crew, were impressive for the time. Although the ship has been surpassed in size and capacity by modern cruise ships, the Titanic’s legacy continues to fascinate and inspire people around the world.

The Size of Titanic Compared to Cruise Ships

The RMS Titanic was a massive ship for its time, but compared to modern cruise ships, it is relatively small. The Titanic had a gross register tonnage of 46,328 tons, a length of 882.75 feet long (269 meters), and 92 feet wide (28 meters). It was considered the largest ship afloat when it was launched in 1912.

The Titanic had a total of 10 decks, with 3 of them being below the waterline. The ship had a maximum speed of 24 knots (44 km/h), and it could carry up to 2,435 passengers and 892 crew members.

Titanic vs Modern Cruise Ship Comparison

Cruise Ship Sizes Compared to Titanic

When compared to modern cruise ships, the Titanic is significantly smaller. The average cruise vessel today is around 298 meters long, just a few meters longer than the Titanic. However, modern ships are much larger than the Titanic in terms of gross registered tonnage, passenger capacity, and amenities.

For example, the largest cruise ship in the world as of 2023 is the Wonder of the Seas, which is 1,200 feet (368 meters) long, 215 feet (66 meters) wide, and has a gross tonnage of 236,857 mt. It can carry up to 6,988 passengers and 2,200 crew members. The Wonder of the Seas has 18 decks, 20 restaurants, a water park, a zip line, and many other amenities that were not available on the Titanic .

Other modern cruise ships, such as the Symphony of the Seas, Oasis of the Seas, the Allure of the Seas, and the Harmony of the Seas, are also significantly larger than the Titanic and offer many more amenities and activities for passengers.

Comparison of Titanic to Modern Cruise Ships

Size and dimensions of modern cruise ships.

Modern cruise ships are much larger than the Titanic. The Titanic was about 882 feet long, while the largest cruise ship today is around 1,184 feet long. The average modern cruise ship is 20% longer than the Titanic and twice as tall. The Wonder of the Seas, for example, is over 1,000 feet long and more than twice as wide as the Titanic. It has 24 pools, 22 restaurants, 2 rock climbing walls, an ice-skating rink, and more.

In terms of passenger capacity, the Titanic could carry around 2,200 passengers and crew, while the largest cruise ship today can carry over 6,000 passengers and crew. The Wonder of the Seas, the largest cruise ship in the world, has a gross volume of 236,857 GT and is five times the size of the Titanic.

Advancements in Technology and Design

Modern cruise ships have many technological and design advancements that the Titanic did not have. For example, modern ships have stabilizers that reduce the amount of movement felt by passengers in rough seas. They also have advanced navigation systems, satellite communication, and safety features like smoke detectors and sprinkler systems.

Modern ships also have a wider range of amenities and entertainment options. They have multiple swimming pools, water parks, theaters, casinos, and shopping areas. Some ships even have virtual reality experiences and skydiving simulators.

In terms of environmental impact, modern cruise ships are designed to be more eco-friendly. They use advanced wastewater treatment systems, energy-efficient lighting, and low-emission engines. Some ships even have solar panels and wind turbines to generate electricity.

Overall, modern cruise ships have come a long way since the Titanic. They are much larger, have more amenities, and are more environmentally friendly. The advancements in technology and design have made cruising a popular and enjoyable vacation option for millions of people around the world.

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Cruise ship FIVE TIMES the size of Titanic to set sail next year with 10,000 on board

Icon of the Seas will have the largest waterpark and the largest pool at sea.

By Sam Montgomery

Published: 17/07/2023

World’s largest cruise ship has 20 decks, seven swimming pools and an ice rink.

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The Icon of the Seas is preparing to embark on its maiden voyage next year, when it will assume the title of world’s largest cruise ship.

Operated by Miami-based Royal Caribbean, the ship sports seven swimming pools, 40 bars and restaurants, the largest waterpark at sea, and an ice rink.

At 1,198ft long with a gross tonnage of 250,800, the Icon of the Seas is set to take 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew on its maiden voyage in the Caribbean.

Currently being built in the Meyer Turku shipyard in Turku, Finland, the ship has reportedly racked up a bill of £2billion (£1.5billion) to bring it into existence.

The cheapest ticket for the January 2024 maiden voyage is $1,851 (£1,416).

Royal Caribbean Cruises

The cruise aims to appeal to younger voyagers seeking “adrenaline-pumping thrills,” while also catering for those in need of a “chill getaway.”

For the former, Royal Caribbean has created the largest waterpark and the largest pool at sea.

Dubbed Category Six, the waterpark will feature the Frightening Bolt, the tallest waterslide to sail, and Pressure drop, the first open freefall waterslide on a cruise.

On board is also the first to have a suspended infinity pool area and a zipline 154 ft above the ocean.

There are said to be over 40 ways to “drink, dine and be entertained” on board.

Other activities include mini golf, rock climbing, obstacle course, and an arcade.

There are said to be over 40 ways to “drink, dine and be entertained” on board, including a karaoke bar, a casino and nightclubs.

The cheapest ticket for the January 2024 maiden voyage is $1,851 (£1,416), while a suite costs around $10,864 (£8,311) per person.

Touting success off the bat, Royal Caribbean reported its single largest booking day when reservations opened in October.

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The club-inspired Hideaway, promises to "conjure Mykonos moods and Mallorca mindsets" with an infinity pool.

The ship is 10ft longer than its last incarnation and one time largest cruise ship in the world, the Wonder of the Seas.

Not content to rest on its laurels, Royal Caribbean are already striving to one-up themselves with two further ‘Icon’ ships setting sail in 2025 and 2026.

Yves-Marie Abraham, a professor in the department of management at HEC Montreal, described the ship as “a destructive and obscene monster, which feeds on all that remains of a little exotic in our world and on our rightful need to escape an alienating and harassing daily life. It’s a caricature of this industry in general”.

Meanwhile, Luc Renaud, a professor in the department of urban and tourism studies at UQAM, told Le Devoir: “It’s a symbol of unbridled capitalism that represents everything that should not be done in terms of economic development.”

Rich Harrill, an international tourism research professor at the University of South Carolina, told The Telegraph: “During Covid, people were dreaming about this type of experience and people saved up for it, they waited for it and now they’re doing it.”

How Do Cruise Ships Float?

I f you're lucky enough to have taken cruises over the past several decades, you've probably noticed a trend: Everything has gotten a whole lot bigger. That's especially true of cruise ships. In 1912, the Titanic was the hugest ship ever built; in 2022, Royal Caribbean International launched the Wonder of the Seas , the world's largest cruise ship . It might seem as unbelievable as the answer to how high airplanes fly , but the Wonder of the Seas clocks in at a whopping 236,857 gross tons—that's five times the size of the Titanic . With 18 decks, four pools, several waterslides and eight "neighborhoods" (to help the nearly 7,000 people on board navigate), you might wonder: How do cruise ships float?

You'd have good reason to puzzle over the science. Every ship on the best cruise lines weighs more than 100,000 gross tons, after all. (For context, consider that the Titanic weighed around 58,000 tons.) That's a lot more room for pools, lodging, entertainment and even hidden cruise ship features .

For the crew, making such a huge vessel sail efficiently doesn't just require a knowledge of cruise ship code words or an understanding of the things guests can't do on cruises anymore . It also requires something most of us left behind in high school: a basic understanding of elementary physics.

But you don't have to own a lab coat to understand how a ship the size of an apartment building doesn't sink to the bottom of the sea. Our super-simple explainer will teach you the basics, so get comfortable and get ready to learn a little science. In fact, go ahead and sink into a relaxing bubble bath as you learn about the science behind buoyancy.

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How do cruise ships float?

In the simplest terms, ships float because their weight is less than the weight of the water they displace.

If you've ever carried a bucket of water, you know that water is incredibly dense—that's why it feels so heavy. Cruise ships may be huge, but the ocean is much, much bigger. The U-shaped hull of a cruise ship displaces thousands of tons of water, pushing it down and to the sides, but the ship doesn't sink because the density of the water pushes back against the ship, keeping it afloat.

Let's break it down further: Whether you're on a singles cruise or a family-friendly voyage, your ship is likely heavy with engines, decks, rooms, buffets, people and hot tubs. But it's also full of air, which is much less dense than water. In other words, the total density of the ship is less than the density of the ocean waves.

It's the same reason you can float in the ocean but sink in the bath. See, we told you a bubble bath would help! It's not just a place to ponder interesting facts or questions like, " Have cruises recovered from the pandemic? " According to mathematics legend, the principle of buoyancy was actually worked out in a bathtub.

What is Archimedes' principle?

You may have heard the story: A smart guy in ancient Greece is struggling with a math problem, takes a bath, figures out the answer and leaps out of the bath, yelling "Eureka!" That's ancient Greek for "I've found it," not "I forgot my robe!" (Coincidentally, that's also what we yelled when we found a great deal on a Disney cruise .)

What that ancient Greek guy—Archimedes—figured out was that as he sank into the water, the water rose, becoming displaced. Therefore, if he could measure the displaced water, he would have an accurate measure of the volume of his body. This became known as Archimedes' principle.

He used the principle to figure out if a goldsmith was cutting his gold with a less-dense metal, such as silver (as the story goes). But you can use it to understand buoyancy.

In order for your body or even a giant cruise ship to float, the downward force of the object on the water needs to be less than the upward force of the water pushing back against the object. According to NASA, Archimedes' principle states that the buoyant force (the differences between the upward and downward forces) on an object in water is equal to the weight of the water the object displaces.

Think about a toy boat: It floats because the volume of water it displaces is tiny compared to the volume of water in the bath. Now imagine that boat is a cruise ship, and the bath is the ocean. That's why you can watch an ice-skating show on an adults-only cruise in the middle of the Caribbean or scale a rock-climbing wall as your ship sails around Europe. Thanks, Archimedes!

What else helps cruise ships float?

Motion and materials also go a long way toward helping cruise ships float. As the ship moves forward, it pushes water away from itself (displacement again!). Like a pendulum, the water returns to fill up the displaced space, and that force pushing upward also helps to keep the ship afloat.

The choice of materials is also incredibly important. These days, all ships—from family cruises to all-inclusive cruises —are made of extra-strength steel. For starters, this provides better protection against icebergs. (The Titanic sank because an iceberg ripped a hole in its side, causing it to take on water, which increased its density and, well, you know the rest.) Plus, extra-strength steel is denser than water, so it can withstand the enormous pressure of the ocean.

Cruise ships also usually include a double hull—a hull within a hull. This is an additional layer of protection and definitely why you're much more likely to read about themed cruises than cruise disasters these days.

In short, if you're wondering "how do cruise ships float?" you'll find buoyancy, materials and motion together in the answer.

Why don't cruise ships tip over?

OK, so we've covered buoyancy and learned how cruise ships float, but there are still a few mysteries to solve. (Like, what are those white balls on cruise ships ?) Cruise ships may have as little as 30 feet of the ship below the water, with more than 200 feet sitting above it. It's windy out there on the open ocean! Forget the "how do cruise ships float?" question. How come they don't tip over?

Again, it comes down to science and design. If you've played Jenga, you know that the second your tower gets top-heavy, it's only a matter of time until it's tumbling down. That's because a low center of gravity is your best insurance. Cruise ships keep their heaviest equipment—fuel tanks, engines, machinery and freshwater tanks—in the lowest part of the ship for just that reason. The upper parts of the ship tend to be much more open, which also allows wind to pass through.

Cruise ship stability is also dependent on the shape of the hull. Fast boats tend to have a V-shaped hull to cut through the waves, while cruise ships have a U-shaped hull. The rounded bottom of the ship may cause it to move through the water more slowly, but it also limits rocking and motion. This is a good thing, as anyone prone to seasickness will tell you.

By now, you should be able to answer "how do cruise ships float?" like a modern Archimedes. That means it's time to book your next sea-going adventure! Check out our comprehensive guide on what to pack for a cruise , and you'll be the most prepared passenger on deck.

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