Who built Icon of the Seas? What is the Icon of the Seas compared to?

Icon of the Seas was built by Meyer Turku, Turku, Finland, and was launched on December 9, 2022. The ship is the first in Royal Caribbean’s new Icon Class, and it is scheduled to enter service on January 27, 2024, out of PortMiami in the US.

In terms of size, Icon of the Seas is 6% larger than Oasis of the Seas in terms of overall tons. Icon of the Seas has a gross tonnage of 250,800 GT, while Oasis of the Seas has a gross tonnage of 226,838 GT.

Icon of the Seas is longer than three and a half football fields, meaning that it takes almost 15 minutes to walk from one end of the ship to the other. The ship has 20 decks, making it taller than the Eiffel Tower.

The $2 billion vessel is the first in Royal Caribbean’s new Icon Class, with two more additions, Star of the Seas in 2025 and another in 2026, on the horizon.

Icon of the Seas was designed by a team of architects and designers, including notable cruise ship designer Wilson Butler Architects, 3Deluxe, RTKL, Gensler, and Skylab Architecture.