2023-08-19 09:00:00
DECRYPTION – Ordered by the Royal Caribbean shipping company, this ship is due to make its first cruise in January 2024. It has been under construction for several years.
It is the vessel of all hyperbole. Some see it as a monster of the oceans, others as a technological feat. One thing is certain: theIcon of the Seas leaves no one indifferent. 250,000 tons, seven swimming pools, six water slides, fifteen restaurants and bars, no less than 700,000 liters of paint to dress its 365 meters in length… A few months before its launch – the largest liner in the world will criss-cross the waters from January 2024 – the figures of this gigantic boat, bigger than the Eiffel Tower, make you dizzy. For those who already wish to book their maritime voyage, it will be necessary to prepare to be surrounded: 7,600 passengers and 2,350 crew members from all over the world will be on board.
Logically, building such a behemoth is no small feat. L’Icon of the Seas – the Icon of the Seas, in the language of Molière – is also an equally disproportionate challenge on the industrial and commercial level, which its builder told the Figaro.
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