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This new luxury cruise ship is 5 times bigger than the Titanic – and it’s scaring people: meet Royal Caribbean’s epic Icon of the Seas, a 20-deck behemoth Twitter is calling a ‘human lasagne’

Royal Caribbean’s epic Icon of the Seas boasts 20 decks and, coming in at 1,198 feet (365 metres) long and 250,800 tons, the cruiseliner will be able to hold more than 7,000 people. Photos: Handout
Royal Caribbean’s epic Icon of the Seas boasts 20 decks and, coming in at 1,198 feet (365 metres) long and 250,800 tons, the cruiseliner will be able to hold more than 7,000 people. Photos: Handout

  • At 365 metres long and 20 decks tall, it’s the largest cruiseliner in existence, but how tasteful does it look? ‘Hell on water’ and a ‘Candy Crush version’ of Silo, say netizens
  • Just in time for Barbie the movie? We can’t help thinking Royal Caribbean’s brightly coloured city on water looks like something straight out of a Mattel toy catalogue

Six months before its maiden voyage, Royal Caribbean’s massive new ship, the Icon of the Seas, is already generating an incredible response – and when you take a look at the pictures, that’s absolutely zero surprise.

The ship is reportedly five times bigger than the Titanic, boasting 20 decks. Coming in at 1,198 feet (365 metres) long and 250,800 tons, the cruiseliner will be able to hold more than 7,000 people.

All aboard Royal Caribbean’s massive new cruise ship, Icon of the Seas
All aboard Royal Caribbean’s massive new cruise ship, Icon of the Seas
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It’s area is split into eight themed “neighbourhoods”. It will have a surf simulator, dozens of restaurants and bars, and the largest swimming pool and water park at sea – and even includes a miniature Central Park.

Good enough for Barbie? We think so
Good enough for Barbie? We think so
The timing is impeccable, too – a childishly neon make-believe universe befitting a plastic doll … just in time for the Barbie summer-blockbuster and the ongoing ascent of “Barbie-core” it will doubtless inspire.
Of course, this sunset would only be possible when sailing directly east
Of course, this sunset would only be possible when sailing directly east

Renderings of the vessel are making the rounds again on social media, following news late last month that it completed its first sea trials in the ocean.

There are lots of identifiable threats to our safety that might be triggered by this image
Elisabeth Morray, psychologist

And along with the hype, there’s been an almost-inevitably round of online haters.