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Hi everyone. I wasn't going to do a live trip report, and I still may not keep it very live, but, currently in the air on the way down to Miami via Delta. We board icon tomorrow and we can't wait! I'll try to keep it live as much as possible, but, new ship and all, I may lose track of updating continuously. 

 

A little about us.. My wife and I are in our 30s, no kids, and recently turned Diamond Plus this year. We make full use of Royals casino program. We cruise as much as possible. I believe we have 8 cruises booked through the casino for 2024, from. Icon, to Wonder, to Utopia b2b late August. 

 

This cruise, we're in an oceanview balcony from the casino program fully comped with I believe $500 in free play. We likely won't play much in the casino this trip just because of so much more going on to experience. 

 

Pictures and more will start tomorrow! We're so excited for this ship! We also have Empire Supper club booked for night 4. Let's go!! Snapchat-1751769823.thumb.jpg.8f96f150ea02f416cb790f293880f7ab.jpg

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It's Icon day! We've stayed here at the Hyatt place miami airport east before. Close to the airport and always clean, and love using points for the room. They didn't have any king rooms left when we got here, so wife and I got our own queen beds, love it! 

 

Enjoyed their complementary hot breakfast (in Miami, rare), now hanging out in the room for a bit and heading to the ship around 10:30 or so. 20240518_093439.thumb.jpg.419e01b70a0597c96246c0d0f7ea75ec.jpg

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2 hours ago, colesc15 said:

Just doing some wondering and everything is so different compared to oasis class. 


This is a big negative in my book. While overall I enjoyed Icon, not having a Solarium and Boardwalk is a major miss to me. However, I realize Icon is geared towards families with kids, not someone like me in my late 50s with adult kids. I have another cruise booked on Icon (NYE later this year), but Oasis is still my favorite RCI ship class. 

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54 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said:


This is a big negative in my book. While overall I enjoyed Icon, not having a Solarium and Boardwalk is a major miss to me. However, I realize Icon is geared towards families with kids, not someone like me in my late 50s with adult kids. I have another cruise booked on Icon (NYE later this year), but Oasis is still my favorite RCI ship class. 

I feel like they took a lot of what people loved on oasis and implemented it with a twist. I will say so far, icon blows oasis class out of the water. The Hideaway is to die for 

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I must have said to my wife at least a million times today already how lucky we are to be on this ship sailing comped through the casino. I actually got goosebumps a few times. 

 

We've been at Hideaway the last few hours enjoying the water and view with it being as hot outside as it is. 20240518_124716.thumb.jpg.26fa4f3615069dbda1d87f4236b61285.jpg20240518_131053.thumb.jpg.8856bbc26842e4f550e07609ce3ce5af.jpg20240518_131133.thumb.jpg.d88eb676cae642585c7bafa8e1891c2a.jpg20240518_150305.thumb.jpg.1030ca60ce13d886838a75ff67706cba.jpg

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1 minute ago, colesc15 said:

I feel like they took a lot of what people loved on oasis and implemented it with a twist. I will say so far, icon blows oasis class out of the water. The Hideaway is to die for 


When we were on Icon in February, we literally spent 30 minutes at The Hideway. It was way too loud there for us. You could hear noise from the water slides (I loved the water slides and rode all 6 slides multiple times), the Flowrider and the mini golf course. A few days later we thought we would try it again, but there was a DJ there and it was like a party there (nothing like the Solarium on other ships). There literally is no area to get away from kids, which makes sense because they are part of the targeted demographics for Icon. On the bright side, the 1400 Lobby Bar is probably my favorite RCI bar now. During our 7 day cruise, we spent a lot of time there every day/night. 

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1 hour ago, PhillyFan33579 said:


When we were on Icon in February, we literally spent 30 minutes at The Hideway. It was way too loud there for us. You could hear noise from the water slides (I loved the water slides and rode all 6 slides multiple times), the Flowrider and the mini golf course. A few days later we thought we would try it again, but there was a DJ there and it was like a party there (nothing like the Solarium on other ships). There literally is no area to get away from kids, which makes sense because they are part of the targeted demographics for Icon. On the bright side, the 1400 Lobby Bar is probably my favorite RCI bar now. During our 7 day cruise, we spent a lot of time there every day/night. 

Understandable. I love music so this has been my vibe. We've been here all afternoon and loving the view. 

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1 hour ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

 On the bright side, the 1400 Lobby Bar is probably my favorite RCI bar now. During our 7 day cruise, we spent a lot of time there every day/night. 

What was it that attracted you to this bar? Does Icon have a Schooner Bar?

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4 minutes ago, Ocean Boy said:

What was it that attracted you to this bar? Does Icon have a Schooner Bar?


Yes, there is a good size Schooner Bar on deck 6 that overlooks the Promenade. Like most RCI ships, lots of trivia games were played there during the day and a piano player played/sang at night. The 1400 Lobby Bar had a really good drink menu and the bartenders were excellent there. Reminded me a lot of the Martini Bar on Celebrity ships. 

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40 minutes ago, PhillyFan33579 said:


Yes, there is a good size Schooner Bar on deck 6 that overlooks the Promenade. Like most RCI ships, lots of trivia games were played there during the day and a piano player played/sang at night. The 1400 Lobby Bar had a really good drink menu and the bartenders were excellent there. Reminded me a lot of the Martini Bar on Celebrity ships. 

I'm excited to try all the new bars and new bar drinks. The "oh Mai gawd" today at Hideaway was delicious. 

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1 hour ago, PhillyFan33579 said:

 The 1400 Lobby Bar had a really good drink menu and the bartenders were excellent there. Reminded me a lot of the Martini Bar on Celebrity ships. 

Then I would probably like this Bar since I'm a big fan of the Martini Bar on X.

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Forgot to take some pictures, but went to the casino for a bit, turned my $500of free play into like $536 of real money, then went to the windy J for dinner. I wish every windjammer in the royal fleet had the selection and quality as icon.. You can definitely tell they allow for more money into their big money maker. Food was delicious and so many good desserts. I normally skip dessert on Royal because they usually suck, not today lol. 

 

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