A crew neighborhood tour on Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas seriously is never always just another "biggest cruise ship within the area from Royal Caribbean. It truly is a complete reimagining of what a cruise ship is likely to be.

The cruise line started from a blank page. And while the ship does offer some features found on Oasis-class ships — most notably Central Park — even the areas that carryover are different.

Royal Caribbean did now now not just redo the passenger areas. It also put an excessive amount of thought into keeping the crew at ease. That suggests many inventions and changes to the Crew Neighborhood.

Chris Wong, a Royal Caribbean crew member made a video blog as a part of his "I work on a cruise ship" series showing off the ship's crew neighborhood. He takes viewers to places that passengers not often ever, if ever, get to speak over with and gives away some at the back of-the-scenes secrets.

A whole new crew neighborhood

Transcript:

Ah, what's up guys? Welcome back to Chris Wong Vlogs and welcome to Icon of the Seas, essentially the most modern, the largest and best cruise ship within the area. Now in this day's video I should reveal you a full in-depth tour of the crew neighborhood on board this cruise ship.

Now for those of you who have not any idea Icon of the Seas is a little bit different to all of our other ships in our fleet because this ship is broken up into eight, 9 including the crew area, 9 neighborhoods which is unlike anything else on board our other ships.

Now the crew neighborhood is so big that's simply completely a special vibe when put next with every other ship I've worked on in my entire career and I should reveal you a full crew area tour video on board Icon of the Seas at this time. I'm currently on the helipad or winch pad I should say. Yo, shout out to the blue boys on Icon of the Seas.

Within the crew Windjammer buffet

The blue boys, let's go! Very well, so this day is crew appreciation dinner within the crew Windjammer so they have gotten a special spread of food for us this day. Welcome, welcome. Thank you.

First off we have an ice sculpture here, look into this. I've never seen the crew mess having a look so reside. I'm royal so on this side I may see steak, chicken, a complete bunch of different meats.

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Look into this. See all kinds of rice and bread rolls, cold meats, hot meats, cheese platters. Look into all this.

Can it's possible you should still have got you have gotten gotten faith it be focused on the crew? Different sculpture of cheese there. Man, it be awesome. The total bread and the flour displays.

Or not it is the principle section over here. So it be where I generally have dinner every day. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

Some other ice sculpture here nonetheless it be a fish. So cool. Over here, seafood salad.

And then we have more of the identical in each station. Pasta. What else can I see? Yeah, oh look, we have got a complete pig over here.

And then the dessert section. Thank you Icon. Ice cream over here.

So it be where we all sit down at the perimeters. I see an excessive amount of tables surrounding the crew Windjammer. Chocolate fountain, cakes, cookies. Selections of breads over here. And I've got more dessert over here.

This looks so good. So obviously crew appreciation dinner would now not happen on a every day basis but every now and then when it truly is a large day where you're in a position to are awaiting the cruise line to place on something like this for us. What's this? Look into that.

Huge chocolate display of cake. I've got all these mad desserts. Like what's this? And then at the perimeters we have our juice stations and coffees.

And as you're in a position to recuperate from here, we have more seating over here. There is likely to be definitely now now not a shortage of where we can sit down. So it be the crew windjammer.

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Crew members get their very own cafe

Now let me walk through to the crew cafe also also is often called Java Cafe. In order to appear here now it be usually a relax area. So it be the principle section where we can all sit down, relax, chill after we're now now not working.

We now have a coffee section here. We're going to get cold drinks, bottled drinks, order coffee fresh. Look how nice it be.

That that you just may per chance never get anything else like this on another Royal Caribbean class of ship. Or not it is handiest on Icon class. It truly is closed at this time but we have a crew shop as well.

Best open at some stage in certain hours of the day nonetheless it be usually, I gives you a sneak peek, that's sort of a market where we can purchase snacks, toiletries, ice cream, essentials, anything else that we want for the cabin. I do like buying instant noodles and chips. That that you just may per chance buy laundry detergent, kind of things like that.

Basically a small shop. But let me walk over to one in the full other lounges. We now have some board games here.

Monopoly, Uno, Screens around the world which is in point of fact nice. And then we have, I'm now now not even in point of fact sure what it's possible you should still per chance call this. I guess it be all a part of the crew cafe.

Just cool chill-out areas, more tv screens. Can it's possible you should still have got you have gotten gotten faith it be focused on the crew? So, let me continue, so we have pool, cruise bar over here, hey what's up, hey what's up, how you doing, hey guys, what's up, what's up, over here, it be where we charge our SeaPass cards with money, after which on the other side we have ATM machines over there, hey what's occurring, shout out to my family, shout out to the Philippines, hey what's up?

Very well crew gaming lounge, to be honest, I generally have spent very little time in here, crew gaming lounge, Xbox, PlayStation, more TV screens over here, see it be cool, and the lighting fixtures mood in here, the atmosphere is very dark, look into that, PS5's just chilling there, oh no way, GTA, NBA 2K, so yeah within the event you fancy playing video games, it be our crew gaming area, oh I forgot to reveal you the crew barbers, honestly there's a lot on this crew area, on this crew neighborhood.

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Icon's crew has quite an excessive amount of special spaces

I disregard what's here every now and then, let me will provide you with the full tour, sorry dude, what's up guys, what's up, within the event you exit and walk your way, previous to you come again into the crew Windjammer, on my left we have the crew barber shop, that's bigger than likely closed now, it be the crew barbers, hey man, it be cool, yeah just making a video, in order that you just see that's in point of fact a nice little space and I've had one haircut here already which is pretty nice.

Now there are some areas which are still confidential so I may't show you like a full in-depth crew area tour, so I generally have moved up one deck now, in order that become deck two where we were before, now we're on deck three and we have another crew bar here which is often called the crew nightclub, so it be now now not the principle, it be now now not the principle crew bar nonetheless it be a groovy, another chill-out area, so we can order drinks here, relax mode, nice vibes, now now not as now now not as loud or hectic as the principle crew bar but yeah it be in point of fact somewhere nice you're in a position to go.

And then if I make my way out, it be the icon of the siege training room, so it be where us crew members should do all of our trainings, specifically after we sign on to the ship, so it truly is solely like a conference room setup. I had many many hours spent in here learning the full things that we want.

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So before I am going up to deck seven within the crew neighborhood which is where the crew bar is, I've now come down to deck one and I'm stood outside the crew gym, or on this case they call it the crew fitness center, and I gives you a little bit sneak peek as to what it looks as if inside, how nice is this. Can it's possible you should still have got you have gotten gotten faith it be the crew gym, that's so bright and vibrant when put next with an awful lot of the other gyms and the other ships I've worked on,

I very a giant deal like the look of this, that's extremely visually pleasing, I appear like an icon, obviously, I'm dressed in my work uniform, I'm now now not in a position to determine this day, nonetheless it be so nice, nice combination of machines regardless that the free weight section is very limited, but I do have access to the guest gym if I rather use that, but after I won't have access to the guest gym I would definitely say the crew gym is very very sufficient.

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The crew bar is a favored spot

I've now come up to deck seven from deck three, so I just took the stairs up, again confidential area so I could per chance now now not show you the entirety, nonetheless it be the principle crew bar on Icon of the Seas, so most often every evening it be where crew members will get together after we finish work, clutch ourselves a drink, it truly is solely like a, I generally have not any idea, it truly is solely like a groovy bar sort of setup, kind of like the English pub but now now not quite, but yeah look, very spacious so we can order drinks here, crew bargain prices.

And then through this door here is the smoking area so let me just will provide you with a handy guide a rough shot I do now now not in my opinion smoke, but that's okay for me to, hello, hello, hi babe, crew patio it be the smoking area which also gives us access to the helipad, or shall I call it a winch pad so handiest helicopters can hover over and lower the winch, they won't in point of fact land on here but how nice is the sky this day, wow look into that.

And then if I look up here we have the bridge and the Aquadome, and it be terribly forward of the ship so it be an exceedingly exclusive area here, crew handiest, they even have chairs here for us to relax, well how cool is this, and it be where champagne smashed within the course of the naming ceremony, after which it's possible you should still have got you have gotten gotten got a view of either the sea or wherever we're docked in port this day.

And for the aim of this tour video I would as well just walk through the other side as well simply to reveal you so here is the other side of the seating area

I like the full decorations here look how packed it truly is a good way, that's an exceedingly rare occasion I get to appear the crew mess this busy after they pull out the full amazing food we have a wash station over here, it be where we take our dirty plates and cutlery and this women and gentlemen is the crew and that pretty much sums up my Icon of the Seas crew neighborhood tour.

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What did you suspect? is this gorgeous cool or now now not? it be by a good way the correct crew areas I generally have seen on any cruise ship I've worked on, I revel in spending an excessive amount of time within the crew neighborhood and all of us crew members like it too, so within the meantime, within the event you enjoyed this day's video thank you a ramification of for comment like and subscribe, I have been Chris Wong coming to you from Icon of the Seas, see you within the following one

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