Will Icon of the Seas be bigger than Wonder of the Seas?
At 250,800 tons, Icon of the Seas will measure just 6% bigger than the current size leader in the cruise world, Royal Caribbean's 1-year-old Wonder of the Seas.
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The current size leader in the cruise world, Wonder of the Seas, is part of the Oasis class. Icon of the Seas is just the first of three sister ships Royal Caribbean has on order for delivery by 2026 that will make up its new Icon class. The line also has one more Oasis-class ship on order for delivery in 2024.
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