This article originally appeared on Business Insider.
Introverts, look away: Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, set sail on January 27, marking a new era in the mega-cruise-ship boom.
The start of Icon’s service has been a long time coming for the cruise brand and fans of massive ships. Royal Caribbean and Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard began constructing the behemoth vessel in 2021. A year later, the cruise line saw its largest booking day as reservations opened for the Icon of the Seas in October 2022.
Since then, Michael Bayley, Royal Caribbean International’s president and CEO, has been touting the new ship as “the best-selling
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