On board the world's largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas

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On board the world's largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas

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The world's largest cruise ship, the Icon of the Seas, is just 9 days away from carrying nearly 10,000 people around the Caribbean. For comparison, the Titanic was 883 feet long before it sank in 1912, while the Icon of the Seas measures close to 1,200 feet. CBS News senior transportation correspondent Kris Van Cleave got an exclusive look at the massive ship as it set sail on a test cruise.
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@vsznry 7 ай бұрын

"Newly Wed & Nearly Dead" got me laughing like the joker.

@leontedumitru 6 ай бұрын

Thank God I'm not the only one who was like: What?!

@Micahswf 7 ай бұрын

Titanic wasn’t a cruise ship btw

@heath6327 6 ай бұрын

That's true she was an ocean liner. And the Icon doesn't "pale in comparison" to Titanic; they used that phrase completely wrong. It's the opposite. Titanic pales in comparison to Icon. Interesting segment overall.

@dannyyang1202 6 ай бұрын

Just got back a week ago from the cruise. My wife,me ,my 2 brothers families plus other friends families. We had a blast! I would do all over again and the near future. The workers on board did a fabulous job and they work hard.

@chipchaunamom2665 7 ай бұрын

Going on my first cruise with the family in February. I swore I’d never go on one for the past 20 years but here we are. I must admit, I’m kind of excited.

@Chicago48 7 ай бұрын

I'll pray for you. But spending that kind of money is ridiculous unless you're going around the world and getting off at every port for 2 days to explore the cities.

@user-xw4ny9tf5q 7 ай бұрын

Enjoy! I’ll be celebrating my birthday and graduation on the icon in July 🎉

@Graphics_Card 7 ай бұрын

@@Chicago48that’s the whole point of cruising

@kernelxsanders 7 ай бұрын

You're literally going to have the best time of your life. Just let go and lose yourself, and expect to gain like 20 pounds from all the free food, but that comes with the territory. You could make a rule to always use the stairs instead of the elevator to burn it off. But sometimes there's an elusive piano man in the elevator that's fun to catch.

@chipchaunamom2665 7 ай бұрын

@@kernelxsanders That’s what I like to hear. lol.

@valiumtwo 7 ай бұрын

I grew up in a town of about 10,000 people. Though that is a HUGE ship, that's a lot of people even in a space that size.

@reecom9884 7 ай бұрын

Things have certainly changed. Cruising use to mean only going indoors to eat or sleep and spending most of your time looking out at the ocean, sunbathing or playing outdoor games like shuffle board or basketball. Now most of the rooms look inwards at the ship’s attractions and activities and you hardly can see the ocean from the ship‘s rooms except from the windows on the observation deck. It’s like mobile phones when they first came out, everyone would talk constantly to each other no matter how close they were to each other. Now they sit next to each other and just texting and not talking.

@Chicago48 7 ай бұрын

Its a floating prison IMO. 7600 people is tooo much. It's a little city.

@Graphics_Card 7 ай бұрын

Lol this cruise ship class doesn’t represent the entire cruise ship industry. All you gotta do is not go on it and browse the next set class of ships

@Strazman 7 ай бұрын

As a former passenger on the Titanic, I can affirm this ship is definitely larger!

@worldpeace5853 7 ай бұрын

Me too….travelled back in 97 for a 3 hour epic journey!

@user-sb7lv2tk9m 7 ай бұрын

She said pales in comparison to the titanic. Doesn’t that mean this new ship isn’t as good as the titanic? lol

@worldpeace5853 7 ай бұрын

@@user-sb7lv2tk9m Yeah, May be the editor was drinking when he wrote the story…and the anchor of course reads what’s is in there…😀

@ShoNuff26 7 ай бұрын

How old are you? 🤔

@pinkvelvet3865 6 ай бұрын

Your still alive?

@drmarkcthompson6504 7 ай бұрын

I sailed on liners (RMS Queen Mary and Elizabeth, SS France) and worked on cruise ships in the 1980s. The idea of approx. 8000 passengers descending on a destination all at once is dreadful! These new cruise ships are too big not to mention graceless. And the Titanic was a liner!

@halofan07 7 ай бұрын

me and my wife will be on icon for our honeymoon, got married back in oct of last year but decided we wanted to be on one of the first sailings for icon! we are counting down and cant wait

@thecatholicnextdoor3058 Ай бұрын

My curiosity has got the best of me, please do tell how your cruise went, was it very thrilling?

@halofan07 Ай бұрын

@@thecatholicnextdoor3058 icon was beautiful, definitely centered around families and kids, we had a blast though

@user-nb1oq4co1s 7 ай бұрын

Being surrounded with 10 Thousand people and you call it vacation 🤣

@carterpage4575 6 ай бұрын

Introvert alert

@alonzojordan6440 7 ай бұрын

Probably not a good idea to compare a Vessel to the Titanic! 😅

@davtra 7 ай бұрын

0:11 Titanic was an ocean liner, not cruise ship

@HTV-2_Hypersonic_Glide_Vehicle 7 ай бұрын

Yeah, I have learned that the news doesn't care. Planes, trains, ships, etc.

@fcwilli 7 ай бұрын

And she said “it pales in comparison to the Titanic”. Isn’t that the opposite?

@BlueStratRedStrat 7 ай бұрын

Spot on, my friend. I thought the very same. Very poorly written. This piece doesn’t even qualify as ‘journalism’.

@stelliosbonadurer359 7 ай бұрын

She also got the 'pales in comparison' order wrong...

@lukerinderknecht2982 7 ай бұрын

Nobody cares

@richardgarrett8087 7 ай бұрын

The largest ship I was on in my maritime career was the Supertanker Berlin. 1250 ft.

@dannysee1 7 ай бұрын

Me a 9 hp aluminum boat on the St Lawrence River.

@Topmystery705 7 ай бұрын

If I had a 40k budget for a vacation I wouldn’t spend it on a Royal Caribbean cruise

@fredyromero9621 7 ай бұрын

Report said " $3,500 for 7 days" WRONG!! its more like $8500 for 2 guest... ( without the beverage package) ... We are crusing March 2024 on Icon, fingers crossed**

@jason82180 7 ай бұрын

You’re right. I booked for April 2024 and somehow landed a balcony for 2 adults and a child for $3701 plus I got a $100 room credit. I checked the same room and it’s over $9,000 now!!!

@wilbobagins 7 ай бұрын

This will create an awesome spectacle when it capsizes

@aileenjacobus60 6 ай бұрын

You must be a pessimist!! Always seeing the down side!! It will never happen because God protects us all

@SamiKotiranta 7 ай бұрын

Built in Turku, Finland 🇫🇮🇫🇮 Absolutely beautiful 🚢⚓🚢⚓

@zvecan 7 ай бұрын

Cruise travel is one of the worst things you can do in terms of climate. Studies have shown that cruise travel emits more CO2 per passenger than if you travel by plane and stay in a hotel. Cruise travelers also fly to the ships' port of departure, and this costs in the climate account. Icon of the Seas sails on so-called LNG fuel, which stands for liquefied natural gas. It emits around 25 percent less CO2 than 'normal' fuel. On the other hand, it emits methane gas, which is even worse than CO2, which is otherwise the more well-known climate culprit. Methane can be up to 84 times better at absorbing heat and therefore has a massive impact on the atmosphere.

@Coolblockpro1220YTgamerz 4 ай бұрын

Is this the next ship of dreams? "Titanic sinked in 1912"

@jacquelinealvarezvega8972 7 ай бұрын

Safety? In case of unprecedented or unpredictable weather? Looks awesome 💯

@charlix7523 7 ай бұрын

‘It’s bigger then the titanic, probably a good thing’ 😂

@attikaifinch 7 ай бұрын

This story has got to be sponsored by Royal Caribbean somehow, reads like RC's marketing team wrote it... amazing feat of engineering though

@dellchica2373 7 ай бұрын

NO WAY i would want to be on that floating claustrophobic box on the sea. No escape!

@relaxing_white_noises_by_j1980 7 ай бұрын

plenty of lifeboats and life vests...

@scillyautomatic 7 ай бұрын

My friend called it the world's largest petri dish. I tend to agree.

@jaymann3909 7 ай бұрын

U ever been

@user-xw4ny9tf5q 7 ай бұрын

Don’t worry. U can’t afford it anyway 😂

@scillyautomatic 7 ай бұрын

@@jaymann3909 Oh yeah! One of the best trips of our lives but the times, they are a-changin'. to quote Dylan. (And by that I mean the GERMS, they are a-changin'. )

@kenmcalpine2215 7 ай бұрын

Imagine 7600 passengers with the Hershey Squirts.

@scillyautomatic 7 ай бұрын

@@kenmcalpine2215 😫 That's an image I won't be able to get rid of. 🤮

@Milencio1976 7 ай бұрын

For the crew like me its better to work on small ship it could be chaos and so much crowded a lot of cruisers choose small ships rather A big one

@minniemaklingham4255 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful ship 🚢 my next vacation is on I con of the Seas ❤

@Rafavalmor Ай бұрын

The only time I took a cruise was to Cartagena and the ABC islands, Limon and Panama. It was Pullmanturs Monarch. It was maybe a ship for some 2000 people. It felt small. I d only take a small cruise again, something like NCL or Carnival. But I did fall in love forever.

@kellyli7520 7 ай бұрын

After 7 times cruising , still want to go with this 😅

@izzyrov5814 7 ай бұрын

We've gone on 4 cruises in 2 years, next month is our 5th and we're just in our early 40s. We can't get enough 😅 We'd like to sail with Icon when it comes here to Europe.

@janpeterson6851 7 ай бұрын

I think you’d comment that you repeatedly mentioned (newly wed and nearly dead are tasteless. How does that make us seniors feel?

@sparky1019 7 ай бұрын

Great now the ports are going to be even more packed. Hopefully it doesn’t affect the excursions for all the other cruise lines and ships with that many people. How will there be room or time on the islands

@Graphics_Card 7 ай бұрын

Depending on how big the cruise ships and capacity are, I would imagine that the bigger the ships, the less ships there are at the port, and I think it all has to do with scheduling, which I can only think of

@TomatoPace 7 ай бұрын

Too much. The point of vacations like this is to get away from America, not bringing it with you

@Chicago48 7 ай бұрын

LMAO. 7600 people, toooo much.

@johnnolan5579 7 ай бұрын

@@Chicago48 10,000 including staff and on a ship, too many people. Lineups for everything.

@katieingle5836 7 ай бұрын

Not everyone wants to "get away from America." Some people just want to have a good time and relax. Just because you don't like it doesn't mean others won't.

@Graphics_Card 7 ай бұрын

Well technically flying also qualifies under that category

@slimpickens01 7 ай бұрын

@@katieingle5836I suggest buying some high heels. That way no more jokes go over your head.

@gonefishing4204 7 ай бұрын

Royal Caribbean is amazing

@mashy712 7 ай бұрын

Titanic was NOT a "cruise" ship. It was an Ocean Liner.

@tmoore4075 7 ай бұрын

Be there in June baby! And having been on one of their other large ones, I will say, it doesn't feel like there are 6-7k people. With all the difference spaces, people are spread out.

@Xenon-4300 7 ай бұрын

The Titantic pales in comparison to the Icon of the Seas... not the other way around lol.

@user-sb7lv2tk9m 7 ай бұрын

Glad someone else caught that lol

@bravosierra2447 7 ай бұрын

“It pales in comparison to the Titianic cruise ship…” So this new ship is inferior to the Titanic?

@peterlacewell5088 7 ай бұрын

Thank God It wasn’t just me

@tonylarussa4046 7 ай бұрын

Titanic was NOT a cruise ship.

@ThePeyton301 7 ай бұрын

Most impressive view of the bridge I’ve seen yet. Can’t wait to see more behind the scenes. Thank you.

@Gator87 7 ай бұрын

Damn it's booked until 2026? 😬

@jaymann3909 7 ай бұрын

The rich, the have some time other ships for much cheaper

@LJMDad 7 ай бұрын

My family will let the early excitement burn off and then book in a year or two. LOL

@TheBootywest 7 ай бұрын

Oh well. Sure you can do other things

@TheBootywest 7 ай бұрын

Oh well. Sure you can do other things

@jgwasner 7 ай бұрын

If there is a hell, it must be something like this: being trapped in this immense shitness of floating Las Vegas and theme park, filled with thousands of children screaming in your ear.

@cocorriveau1 7 ай бұрын

0:09 "it [the Icon of the Seas] pails in comparison to the iconic Titanic cruise ship". If the Icon of the Seas measures close to 1200 ft long, and the Titanic 883 ft, as the reporter says, isn't it the Titanic that "pails in comparison" to the Icon of the Seas, and not the other way around as the reporter said?

@BloodOfTartaros 6 ай бұрын

Pales*, and yes, they must have been the other way around.

@entropy22 7 ай бұрын

Saw it in Miami port and it looks amazing!!

@chardelraconner7324 6 ай бұрын

"next time around use alrernate dock priemer" ©

@joserosa5342 7 ай бұрын

Good thing, was parked (wrong word) in my country Puerto Rico, to the south of the island. Was magestic and magnificent that beast of ship.

@donoakes85 7 ай бұрын

Great job news reader. “It pales in comparison to the iconic Titanic cruise ship” No, Titanic pales in comparison to Icon also Titanic was not a cruise ship, it was an Ocean Liner. 🤦🏻‍♂️

@captainwarhead5626 7 ай бұрын

They called titanic a cruise ship… what the heck how did she mess up that. Can’t stand it

@joshuabray37 7 ай бұрын

She also said it "pales in comparison to the Titanic". That would mean that the Titanic is much better. I think she meant it the other way around. Someone needs to proof-read their scripts.

@captainwarhead5626 7 ай бұрын

@@joshuabray37 I’m a nerd with titanic and every right about ocean liners… so it does hurt me a bit but just hurts me more that they let it out on television. Makes my views on America not change at all haha

@Napp28 7 ай бұрын

The media drives me nuts; Why compare this ship to the ill-fated Titanic? They have ZERO in common! Also, since when did Royal Caribbean become more like Carnival - ugh those colours!

@arrasonline 7 ай бұрын

Maybe referencing the Titanic before the maiden voyage of Icon of the Seas is not such a great thing?

@brendacapestany2518 7 ай бұрын

No thanks, Covid is still hot and heavy. I could not image being sick my whole vacation or right after.

@garysabiya4985 7 ай бұрын

LOVE BOAT COMES TO LIFE 💜

@trollbot3728 7 ай бұрын

Some friend of mine said, "I would rather slide into my coffin, saying, "THAT WAS FUN!" You can't take it with you.

@pinkvelvet3865 6 ай бұрын

I will wait until they all settled down. We just cruised with Odyssey of the Sea last year in the Mediterranean.

@MarkATVWyoming 6 ай бұрын

I personally wish they would, I know there were plans, build a Titanic II except keep it mostly original side from modern lifeboats, rutter, and engine; people role play like the Edwardian times for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd class. I would enjoy that more.

@ripjeffhanneman5838 7 ай бұрын

Titanic was a steam liner, not a cruise ship.

@avari6167 7 ай бұрын

Made in Finland

@pyrho1 7 ай бұрын

You got that Titanic reference backwards

@nightdreamin 7 ай бұрын

Mark this post. You will see lots of complaints about debarkation at ports. Build as big as you want, ports and islands will have issues accommodating the sheer volume of just this cruise ship not to mention all the other ships same day.

@lsvegasman1 7 ай бұрын

My neighbor just came back from a cruise and she has been in the hospital for 25 days after her return

@aileenjacobus60 6 ай бұрын

I will make sure I get in there as the “”In between the two ends; the newly weds is beyond me and am not nearly dead!!! “God forbid. So Now is the time to make memories with my fam.

@hankterreros223 7 ай бұрын

I bet the slots, buffets, entertainment, the help that always has their hand out or are trying to get into your pocket, all suck.

@slimpickens01 7 ай бұрын

At 100k for the townhouse they better not!!

@waltersickinger263 7 ай бұрын

Can't imagine being trapped on a ship with 10,000 other "passengers" Hell of the Seas.........Not if you paid me.

@user-ke4kz3in9j 7 ай бұрын

Ummm who wrote that intro copy. “It pales in comparison to titanic cruise ship?” Could that sentence be any more incorrect

@TravelonlineWalk 7 ай бұрын

Cery good , we booked our cruise to explore Costa Blanca in sommer

@eldermcnamara3631 7 ай бұрын

Very soon it will become the “Bankruptcy of the Sea” who’s gonna pay that much for a cruise?

@butsikfinkel3483 7 ай бұрын

I know bro didn’t say “what about Covid” FOUR years later

@jamesfayne108 7 ай бұрын

NO!

@angelamonk716 4 ай бұрын

Absolutely AWESOME GORGEOUS

@edwardlee8044 6 ай бұрын

The grandest and most exorbitantly priced nautical incarceration vacation on the planet.

@bjornjoseph 7 ай бұрын

I dont have icon money. I got that carnival money

@slimpickens01 7 ай бұрын

I have the regular Royal Caribbean ship money

@drewconway7135 7 ай бұрын

0:10 No, the Titanic pales in comparison to this ship, not the other way around

@dolcevita713 7 ай бұрын

Sounds like an awesome place for families with kids.

@Indoman_71 7 ай бұрын

"I'm sooo jelly." No she's not. She does want a drink though.

@JLBA14 7 ай бұрын

I wonder if the Maldives is flooded with all that displacement 😂😐

@mymixture965 6 ай бұрын

My personal horror, having to spend my holidays with 10000 others on a monster like this. You have to pay me a lot, to go there.

@randomrazr 7 ай бұрын

imagine tryring to evacuate 10,000 people if their was ever an emergancy

@roachtoasties 7 ай бұрын

It depends how quick it sinks. If the ship goes down in two hours, I can't see how logistically they can get 10,000 on the lifeboats, all lowered, and safely far enough away.

@randomrazr 6 ай бұрын

what about costca condoria time frame?@@roachtoasties

@roachtoasties 6 ай бұрын

@@randomrazr I think that took a while to evacuate. But with that boat, it didn't fully sink. Only half submerged as it sat on some rocks for what might have been years. I'm thinking striking icebergs in the open ocean in stormy weather, then going down in a couple hours. Something bigger than the Titanic. I don't think they'll be enough time. As the boat lists, lowing and using the lifeboats becomes more and more difficult.

@SachiraBhanu 7 ай бұрын

I will cruise with this ship once my lottery win !!!

@angelalawrence537 7 ай бұрын

👋 Hello ted good day oh my God this is wonderful the largest Cruise Ship 😲 Icon of the Seas stay safe and God bless❤

@danielmesko4587 7 ай бұрын

It pales in comparison to the titanic? No, the titanic pales in comparison to it. Bad bad writing

@joshfloyd7003 7 ай бұрын

Titanic was an Oceanliner NOT a Cruiseship big difference got this story way wrong

@jeffs6090 7 ай бұрын

They were just comparing the sizes, not the ship as a thing. As with any new ship, all media reverts to comparing its size to the size of the Titanic. Not sure why. It was one of the larger ships of its time, but no one now would know how big it actually was.

@ace625 7 ай бұрын

Like a cross between a mall and a theme park. You may technically be traveling to another country, but on one of these monstrosities, are you really leaving America? You could'nt pay me to get on board.

@bjoernaltmann 7 ай бұрын

As long as they don’t do any “greetings” of small and rocky islands.

@MA-fg5hz 6 ай бұрын

"Its not about size" the chief say. Oh ok.

@maverickwatchreviews 7 ай бұрын

I don't think she knows when to use the phrase "pales in comparison" correctly...lol.

@positivevibrations.4607 7 ай бұрын

Only if you'll know what they put ship workers through... that place is worst than hell.

@dormamo6917 7 ай бұрын

I wish water slide is directly to the ocean.

@janijaatinen3913 6 ай бұрын

Made in Finland. Like most of them.

@EdwinVunagile Ай бұрын

Absolutely amazing 👏 ❤❤

@hendrikbarboritsch7003 6 ай бұрын

The dome of windows at the front looks extremely vulnerable to a rogue wave...

@user-db6pt7vr3l 6 ай бұрын

With 10,000 people. Anyone bother to count the number of lifeboats and capacity?

@vibrationalcurrency 7 ай бұрын

Imagine building this and allowing displaced Gaza civilians to take refuge. That would be a true ICON. Real selfless service to humanity… but yeah nice boat 👍🏾

@JohnMcrazygeeky 6 ай бұрын

My turn to be on icon of the sea

@DerekVuong7799 7 ай бұрын

Cbs employees drinking on the job? Makes sense with the logic they come up with 😂

@chriskelly6559 7 ай бұрын

It was ice tea, and not the Long Island kind.

@DrewKrzMusic 7 ай бұрын

Titanic cruise ship? It was a transatlantic OCEAN LINER. What happened to journalism?!

@tinhinnh 7 ай бұрын

$100k for a room 😂

@oliviawardell2266 7 ай бұрын

Why are will still comparing modern ships to the Titanic? How about how much bigger it is to a ship that can fit through the Panama Canal?

@glennduncan6843 7 ай бұрын

The Icon OTS is now the new mother of all the ugliest ships ever built. This ship is just a mess and a quagmire of opposing lines, bulges and appendages. If RCL think their main market are 5 year old's then they may just have got away with it, but I can assure them that a whole cashed up gaggle of near retirees or retirees would not go near this ship under any circumstances. Another example of a major company completely missing it's target market. Should have been called the Eyesore of the Seas.

@hantubelaung 7 ай бұрын

High center of gravity, risk of wind at high places, hard access to lifeboat, and a giant petri dish when an outbreak happens. Also that morbidly obese ship will be an annoyance to the locals and maybe will become an environtmental disaster one day, just like Concordia. No thanks.