Who decided this 'monstrosity' was a good idea?
Who decided this "monstrosity" was a good idea?As if hulking luxury cruise ships weren't big enough already, Royal Caribbean International's Icon of the Seas is here to break all records — and all we can summon is awe of this absolute unit., recently finished construction at a Finnish shipyard and is set to make its maiden voyage early next year.
Its scale is truly staggering. It's almost 1,200 feet long, weighs a quarter million tons — that's five times as heavy as the Titanic — and can carry 5,610 passengers and 2,350 crew members across 20 decks. It'll also feature six water slides, seven pools — one of which will be the "largest pool at sea" — and nine whirlpools.
"This feels like the setting Pixar would use for a movie anthropomorphizing all the nasty stuff that lives in your gut,"
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