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Icon of the Seas

Icon-class cruise ship · flagged in The Bahamas. Browse upcoming sailings and route previews for this ship.

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Tonnage
248,663
Capacity
2,350
Built
2,024
Length
364.754 m
Upcoming
80

Reviewer read

One of the fleet's best ships. Not one of its best values.

Icon of the Seas rates higher overall than 95% of the ships we track. Disembarkation and entertainment are exceptional. The weak spot is value.

Why reviewers choose it

  • Disembarkation9.5

    Higher than 99% of ships · 298 ratings

  • Entertainment9.1

    Higher than 98% of ships · 399 ratings

  • Activities9.0

    Higher than 98% of ships · 298 ratings

  • Dining8.9

    Higher than 98% of ships · 403 ratings

The one caution

6.6out of 10 for value

Higher than only 30% of ships. The typical ship scores 6.96.

Of the 56 reviewers who wrote about it, 34% were positive.

Everything else, in three lines

Seven categories rate in the top tenth of the fleet — disembarkation, entertainment, dining, activities, ship quality, embarkation and service.

Family and Fitness rate that highly too, on 93 and 71 ratings — too few to lean on.

Two are good without being remarkable: cabins (higher than 85% of ships) and public areas (higher than 83% of ships).

One falls below the fleet: value (higher than only 30% of ships).

Covered in full above.

Two places worth knowing about

  • Windjammer The restaurant people mention most63% positive · 60 comments
  • Wizard of Oz The best-liked show on board84% positive · 57 comments

Reviewers named 12 places by name. These 2 are the ones where knowing changes anything — the other 10 are all liked by 38% to 100% of the people who mentioned them.

Who says it suited them

Families with young kids (37 of 49) and families with teens (7 of 9).

No group described it as a poor fit.

What we can’t tell you

How it suits older travelers
Too few reviewers on this ship described traveling as seniors.
How it handles mobility needs
Too few reviewers mentioned accessibility here.
Whether it's good value today
Reviews describe the fare people paid, not the one you'll be quoted.

Every category, compared

The mark on each bar is where the typical ship sits.

CategoryRatingCompared with other shipsEvidence
Ship quality9.6Higher than 96%298 ratings · useful
Disembarkation9.5Higher than 99%298 ratings · useful
Embarkation9.4Higher than 96%403 ratings · useful
Service9.3Higher than 94%401 ratings · useful
Entertainment9.1Higher than 98%399 ratings · useful
Activities9.0Higher than 98%298 ratings · useful
Dining8.9Higher than 98%403 ratings · useful
Cabins8.9Higher than 85%403 ratings · useful
Public areas8.6Higher than 83%102 ratings · useful
Family8.4Higher than 98%93 ratings · limited
Fitness8.3Higher than 93%71 ratings · limited
Value6.6Higher than only 30%102 ratings · useful

410 published reviews · 410 from the last three years · 3,347 individual comments read.

On the chart

Upcoming sailings on Icon of the Seas