The New Behemoth Cruise Ship, Icon of The Seas

Supernatural said:
Not for me either. Even though I'm a good swimmer, I'd be scared stupid of drowning Titanic-style... Both my grandparents lived through the times it happened.

These ships are way too big and too many things can go wrong. Too many people as well. Don't like crowds.

We had plans to try a Viking Cruise on the Blue Danube. Their ships are small, just two-three stories high and that river is quiet. Our plans at retirement age was Austria!
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I think that many of those who perished in the Titanic disaster, died from hypothermia rather than drowning. I wouldn't fancy either!
You say you had plans. Did you ever make it to Austria and the Danube? I thoroughly recommend Vienna and you can take a boat trip down the Danube to Bratislava.

When we were in Germany before Christmas, we saw a surprising number of cruise ships, including Viking, on the Rhine.
 

Supernatural said:
Not for me either. Even though I'm a good swimmer, I'd be scared stupid of drowning Titanic-style... Both my grandparents lived through the times it happened.

These ships are way too big and too many things can go wrong. Too many people as well. Don't like crowds.

We had plans to try a Viking Cruise on the Blue Danube. Their ships are small, just two-three stories high and that river is quiet. Our plans at retirement age was Austria!
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I'm not against cruises - but I don't think I would like this super-sized ship.
 
MrPants said:
About a year & a half ago I thought I'd try a Carnival Cruise as I hadn't been on one in probably 20 years or so.
It was like being a part of a week long bar brawl lol. Never again 😣

I really does make a huge difference which cruise line & which ship you travel on.
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I have read not-such-great reviews of Carnival Cruises.
 
rgp said:
Do cruise ships still sail the north Atlantic ?
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Yes they do, primarily in the spring, summer & early fall months when conditions are better. many Cruise Lines do a "repositioning" of their ships twice a year moving them from north to south in the fall anf south to north in the summer.

There's a website called Cruisemapper.com where you can view the positioning of all ships around the globe at any time. Here's a screen shot taken from Cruisemapper.com showing the current position of the ship being discussed here (Icon of the Seas). It's just northeast of the Dominican Republic in the Caribbean today.
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Apparently the response is such they are already selling tickets for 2025 and 2026
Jules said:
I thought people wouldn’t want to go on this monstrosity; seems I was wrong. Read some reviews on Cruise Critic and they sold out the 80% available for the first run. I suppose those that already love a large ship would be even happier on this. Not me.
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That's why I heard they are scheduling cruises for the next 2 years. I guess they'll be a lot of lets' check out tourists. Return or growing business will determine it's success. Word of mouth is key.
 
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Capt Lightning said:
I think that many of those who perished in the Titanic disaster, died from hypothermia rather than drowning. I wouldn't fancy either!
You say you had plans. Did you ever make it to Austria and the Danube? I thoroughly recommend Vienna and you can take a boat trip down the Danube to Bratislava.

When we were in Germany before Christmas, we saw a surprising number of cruise ships, including Viking, on the Rhine.
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Thanks for asking @Capt Lightning but sadly it didn't happen. The trip was planned for this year, 2024, as hubby would have been 66 this year. The official age of retirement.

I believe we wouldn't have made it either due to the new requirements for travel abroad post-pandemic of Covid-19. Which is very sad, as I've been a huge fan of Sissi Empress of Austria since age 12.😩🥹
 
I'm not impressed. Somebody told me we had a massive problem with global warming which will end our way of life. This new ship reminds me of that Titanic story where the band played on as the ship sank.

The manufacturers and the passengers on this beast are out of tune with today's world. I would never go on this ship. Imagine the garbage and the sewage! I wonder where they dump it?
 
Nothing about cruise ships appeals to me. But we went on short one from Florida to some part of Bermuda because my father in law bought it and then decided he didn’t want it. We flew to Florida. Visited gardens and the Everglades and got on that boat. Yuck! Tons of horrible food and someone else to tip every time turned around. Never again.
 
Packerjohn said:
I'm not impressed. Somebody told me we had a massive problem with global warming which will end our way of life. This new ship reminds me of that Titanic story where the band played on as the ship sank.

The manufacturers and the passengers on this beast are out of tune with today's world. I would never go on this ship. Imagine the garbage and the sewage! I wonder where they dump it?
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The treat the sewage on the ship; there is a system. Then they expel the treated wastewater into the ocean.
 
VintageBetter said:
The treat the sewage on the ship; there is a system. Then they expel the treated wastewater into the ocean.
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No different really than our own residential sewage system. We flush our toilets, it goes to a sewage treatment plant, gets treated , [usually solids collected/burned] {sometimes chemically treated} then the remaining liquid expelled back into our water system , rivers, etc,

Look at the bright side ... we don't drink ocean water ... [for the most part]. And besides whales & whatever else that is in there poop in it all the time ....
 
Can I handle 24 X 7 Sea Travel Boredom. I can only puke a over the side so many times.
I don't care for short hop small aircraft flights either on change of season days.

Some Billionaire will build a similar one though. Let's hope it uses friendly green propulsion.
 
I have taken 6 cruises and they were fun. The largest ship had 4K passengers and the smallest 500. I preferred the ones with 2500 since there’s enough to do without being overcrowded.
 

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