(28 Jan 2024)
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Miami Beach, Florida -- 27 January 2024
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TITLE: World’s Largest Cruise ship leaves On maiden voyage

1. Drone footage of Icon of Seas leaving Miami
2. View of top deck
ANNOTATION: Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas left on its first voyage Saturday from the Port of Miami.
3. Wide ship leaving
4. Ship and fireworks
ANNOTATION: It is the world’s largest cruise ship, carrying up to 7,600 passengers and running nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern.
5. View of stern
6. Close stern
ANNOTATION: The ship is divided into eight neighborhoods across 20 decks and includes six waterslides and seven swimming pools.
7. Entering ocean
ANNOTATION: It begins its service with a seven-day island-hopping cruise through the tropics.
STORYLINE:
The world’s largest cruise ship — the size of almost four city blocks —began its maiden voyage Saturday from the Port of Miami.
Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas runs nearly 1,200 feet (365 meters) from bow to stern.

The ship, which is leaving South Florida for its first seven-day island-hopping voyage through the tropics, was officially christened Tuesday with help from soccer legend Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates.

“Icon of the Seas is the culmination of more than 50 years of dreaming, innovating and living our mission – to deliver the world’s best vacation experiences responsibly,” Royal Caribbean Group President and CEO Jason Liberty said earlier this week. “She is the ultimate multigenerational family vacation, forever changing the status quo in family travel and fulfilling vacation dreams for all ages on board.”

The Icon of the Seas is divided into eight neighborhoods across 20 decks. The ship includes six waterslides, seven swimming pools, an ice skating rink, a theater and more than 40 restaurants, bars and lounges. The ship can carry up to 7,600 passengers at maximum capacity, along with 2,350 crew members.

It is powered by six dual-fuel engines, which can be powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG), a fuel alternative that the Cruise Lines International Association says reduces sulfur and greenhouse gas emissions. However, some environmentalists worry LNG-powered ships increase methane emissions. Other say that vacationers generate eight times more carbon on a cruise than they do on land.

Royal Caribbean says every kilowatt used on the Icon of the Seas “is scrutinized for energy efficiencies and emission reductions.”

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