Icon of the Seas Blocks Are In The House!

[Oceansaway17]

22 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Yup. Finally the build can begin.

 

And I am glad that this shipyard did not go belly up like some others.

will be fun to follow along and try to guess.  I hope they do put a Northstar on the Icon.

[Old Fart Cruisers]

Any idea of the total number of blocks goes into a build like this.

[Chiliburn]

I really enjoyed watching Wonder and this will be a real guessing game.

[dalee21860]

2 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Yup. Finally the build can begin.

 

There going to need an icebreaker to get Celebration out  Lol

[Lloyd555]

21 minutes ago, dalee21860 said:

There going to need an icebreaker to get Celebration out  Lol

 

Luckily the ice was broken up earlier this week by a tug maneuvering back and forth through it.. 😁 

 

 

[fsjosh]

9 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Would it help to say that the sphere will be inside the ship.

The interior is supposedly covered with 3700 pieces of glass. I have seen that posted in a few spots. One or twice by Meyer Turku employees.

 

Largest disco ball at sea confirmed. 🤣

[Lloyd555]

Some glimpses of the Icon of the Seas. 🙂

 

 

[Lloyd555]

The Icon of the Seas is headed into the basin.

There's no turning back; they have to build her now. 😜

📷 Janne-Petteri Kumpulainen 

 

First, move the Carnival Celebration out of the way. I think we've seen enough of her. 🙄

 

 

 

 

 

 

The moment we have been waiting for.

Icon of the Seas FERU is in the House! 😜

 

 

Edited February 12, 2022 by Lloyd555

[Tough as Leather]

Finally! 

Is that as far as the FERU is going into the basin?

[Tall-Cruiser]

2 hours ago, Tough as Leather said:

Finally! 

Is that as far as the FERU is going into the basin?

Perhaps she will be moved again before they drain the basin. I have often wondered for this particular build were the FERU block is in relation to the rest of the ship. On the sides it looks like the location of the stabilizers. Are they typically in the FERU block? Then one end of the block starts to curve. Is that towards the aft or bow? On most builds I thought the FERU is mostly towards the aft or midship. I could be wrong not being a ship Engineer.

What do you, @Lloyd555 and others think about  that?  

[Lloyd555]

3 hours ago, Tough as Leather said:

Finally! 

Is that as far as the FERU is going into the basin?

 

56 minutes ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

Perhaps she will be moved again before they drain the basin. I have often wondered for this particular build were the FERU block is in relation to the rest of the ship. On the sides it looks like the location of the stabilizers. Are they typically in the FERU block? Then one end of the block starts to curve. Is that towards the aft or bow? On most builds I thought the FERU is mostly towards the aft or midship. I could be wrong not being a ship Engineer.

What do you, @Lloyd555 and others think about  that?  

 

I was told that this was closer to the bow. Waiting for it to be placed.

[Tough as Leather]

3 hours ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

Perhaps she will be moved again before they drain the basin. I have often wondered for this particular build were the FERU block is in relation to the rest of the ship. On the sides it looks like the location of the stabilizers. Are they typically in the FERU block? Then one end of the block starts to curve. Is that towards the aft or bow? On most builds I thought the FERU is mostly towards the aft or midship. I could be wrong not being a ship Engineer.

What do you, @Lloyd555 and others think about  that?  

 

2 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

I was told that this was closer to the bow. Waiting for it to be placed.

 

Can we determine stern & bow location by the shape/orientation of the stabilizer opening? Are ones like the one on Icon all the same? Maybe then we can tell if that curve is towards a bow or a stern.

 

 

[Tough as Leather]

📷 Andres Camacho

 

 

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

8 hours ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

 

Can we determine stern & bow location by the shape/orientation of the stabilizer opening? Are ones like the one on Icon all the same? Maybe then we can tell if that curve is towards a bow or a stern.

 

 

 

Here is one of the photos that I think Lloyd shared here. You can clearly see the Stabilizer in the bottom corner.

 

 

[Tall-Cruiser]

23 hours ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

 

I was told that this was closer to the bow. Waiting for it to be placed.

 

20 hours ago, Tough as Leather said:

 

 

Can we determine stern & bow location by the shape/orientation of the stabilizer opening? Are ones like the one on Icon all the same? Maybe then we can tell if that curve is towards a bow or a stern.

 

 

 

Using that Icon block circled in green, you can compare the bow position of Carnival Celebration in the basin with the FERU block in the same general area. So perhaps it’s closer to the bow as Lloyd noted.. 

 

 

[Lloyd555]

8 minutes ago, Tall-Cruiser said:

 

 

Using that Icon block circled in green, you can compare the bow position of Carnival Celebration in the basin with the FERU block in the same general area. So perhaps it’s closer to the bow as Lloyd noted.. 

 

 

 

Ha! I was using that block as a marker as well. As I mentioned in earlier post, waiting for the water to be drained and the FERU laid to rest (so to speak) in its final spot. I thought it would happen today, and perhaps it has, but unfortunately the weather is bad in Turku right now, so nobody is heading out to snap some photos. 😞 Maybe we will see something on Monday.

Apparently the photographer was told by a shipyard employee that the FERU was up front. We shall see.

 

In the meantime...

 

[Old Fart Cruisers]

38 minutes ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

Ha! I was using that block as a marker as well. As I mentioned in earlier post, waiting for the water to be drained and the FERU laid to rest (so to speak) in its final spot. I thought it would happen today, and perhaps it has, but unfortunately the weather is bad in Turku right now, so nobody is heading out to snap some photos. 😞 Maybe we will see something on Monday.

Apparently the photographer was told by a shipyard employee that the FERU was up front. We shall see.

 

In the meantime...

 

 

Just hope green circles aren't contagious or they may have to throw all of the blocks out! 

[Lloyd555]

This has been trademarked.

 

 

[fsjosh]

On 2/13/2022 at 12:57 PM, Lloyd555 said:

 

 

 

Looking at that pic, with what looks like could be cabin openings underneath an overhang, could this be for the promenade? 

[Jumping Cruiser]

1 hour ago, fsjosh said:

 

Looking at that pic, with what looks like could be cabin openings underneath an overhang, could this be for the promenade? 

Possibly, but to me it looks like an overhang for the pool deck, similar to what can be seen on Quantum Class ships (see photo).

 

 

[Jumping Cruiser]

1 hour ago, Lloyd555 said:

This has been trademarked.

 

 

I have a feeling that this could be used across all of the marketing materials for Icon. If so, we can only hope that this means an announcement is not far away. 🤞🏻

[Lloyd555]

 

The basin at the Meyer Turku shipyard has been emptied.

This is the view of the far end of it.

Harri

 

 

[Old Fart Cruisers]

1 hour ago, Lloyd555 said:

 

The basin at the Meyer Turku shipyard has been emptied.

This is the view of the far end of it.

Harri

 

 

So will all the rest of the blocks be put in place by cranes as opposed to being floated in like the FERU?

[Lloyd555]

27 minutes ago, Old Fart Cruisers said:

 

So will all the rest of the blocks be put in place by cranes as opposed to being floated in like the FERU?

 

By crane.

[Lloyd555]

Does that look really close to the door/gate? 🤔 
We'll get a better perspective with a view from the skies.😊

📷Sergey Moran