See the crew areas on Royal Caribbean's Icon of the Seas

Icon of the Seas will never be only another "biggest cruise ship throughout the arena from Royal Caribbean. It truly is a complete reimagining of what a cruise ship would per chance 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.

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Royal Caribbean did now now not just redo the passenger areas. It also put various thought into keeping the crew relaxed. Which implies many inventions and changes to the Crew Neighborhood.

Chris Wong, a Royal Caribbean crew member made a video blog as portion of his "I work on a cruise ship" series showing off the ship's crew neighborhood. He takes viewers to places that passengers infrequently, if ever, get to speak over with and offers away some in 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, many of the most up-to-date, a truly powerful and best cruise ship throughout the arena. Now in as of late's video I desire to disclose you a full in-depth tour of the crew neighborhood on board this cruise ship.

Now for those of you who haven't any idea Icon of the Seas is a little different to all of our other ships in our fleet because this ship is broken up into eight, nine including the crew area, nine neighborhoods which is unlike the remainder on board our other ships.

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

At some stage in the crew Windjammer buffet

The blue boys, let's go! Alright, so as of late is crew appreciation dinner throughout the crew Windjammer in order that they have a special spread of food for us as of late. Welcome, welcome. Thank you.

To initiate with we have got an ice sculpture here, are trying this. I've never seen the crew mess looking so live. I'm royal so on this side I may possibly see steak, chicken, a complete bunch of different meats.

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

Are you able to trust or not it's excited about the crew? Different sculptures of cheese there. Man, or not it's awesome. The total bread and the flour displays.

This is the principle section over here. So or not it's where I've dinner on day after day basis. Breakfast, lunch, dinner.

One more ice sculpture here but it surely's a fish. So cool. Over here, seafood salad.

And then we have got more of the identical in every 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 or not it's where we all sit at the perimeters. I see various 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 day after day but occasionally when it's a gigantic day where it's easy to predict the cruise line to position 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 is that this? And then at the perimeters we have got our juice stations and coffees.

And as you may perhaps are looking to normally get over here, we have got more seating over here. There would per chance be definitely now now not a shortage of where we're able to sit down. So it truly is the crew windjammer.

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Crew members get their own cafe

Now let me walk through to the crew cafe also often often called Java Cafe. So it's easy to peer here now or not it's basically a kick back out area. So or not it is the principle section where we're able to all sit, relax, kick back when we're now now not working.

We have gotten a coffee section here. We can get cold drinks, bottled drinks, order coffee fresh. Look how nice or not it's.

never get the remainder like this on another Royal Caribbean class of ship. This is simplest on Icon class. It truly is closed at present but we have got a crew shop as well.

Only open at some point soon of certain hours of the day but it surely's basically, I may possibly give you a sneak peek, it's like a market where we're able to purchase snacks, toiletries, ice cream, essentials, the remainder that we want for the cabin. I do like buying instant noodles and chips. That you just may purchase laundry detergent, kind of things like that.

Normally a small shop. But let me walk over to without a doubt among the other lounges. We have gotten some board games here.

Monopoly, Uno, Screens in all places which is accurately nice. And then we have got, I'm now now not even accurately sure what you would call this. I suppose or not it's all portion of the crew cafe.

Just cool kick back-out areas, more tv screens. Are you able to trust or not it's excited about the crew? So, let me continue, so we have got 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, or not it's where we charge our SeaPass cards with money, and then on the other side we have got 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've spent little or no time in here, crew gaming lounge, Xbox, PlayStation, more TV screens over here, see or not it's cool, and the lighting mood in here, the atmosphere is extremely dark, are trying that, PS5's just chilling there, oh no way, GTA, NBA 2K, so yeah if you fancy playing video games, or not it's our crew gaming area, oh I forgot to disclose you the crew barbers, honestly there's so a full lot on this crew area, on this crew neighborhood.

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Icon's crew has various special spaces

I forget what's here occasionally, let me give you the ultimate tour, sorry dude, what's up guys, what's up, if you exit and walk your way, just sooner than you come back into the crew Windjammer, on my left we have got the crew barber shop, it's most likely closed now, or not it is the crew barbers, hey man, or not it's cool, yeah just making a video, so you see it's accurately a pleasant 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 possibly't show you like a full in-depth crew area tour, so I've moved up one deck now, in order that became deck two where we were sooner than, now we're on deck three and we have got another crew bar here which is thought because the crew nightclub, so this would never be to any extent further the principle, this would never be to any extent further the principle crew bar but it surely's a fab, another kick back-out area, so we're able to order drinks here, kick back out mode, nice vibes, now now not as now now not as loud or hectic because the principle crew bar but yeah or not it's accurately somewhere nice it's easy to move.

And then if I make my way out, or not it is the icon of the siege training room, so or not it's where us crew members should do all of our trainings, specifically when we sign on to the ship, so it's just like a conference room setup. I had many many hours spent in here learning the total things that we want.

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So sooner than I am going up to deck seven throughout the crew neighborhood which is where the crew bar is, I've now come right 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 may possibly give you a bit of sneak peek as to what it feels like inside, how nice is that this. Are you able to trust or not it is the crew gym, it's so bright and colorful when put next with among the vital other gyms and the other ships I've worked on,

I very a full lot the image of the look of this, it's terribly visually pleasing, I look like an icon, obviously, I'm wearing my work uniform, I'm now now unable to determine as of late, but it surely's so nice, nice combination of machines though the free weight section is extremely limited, but I do have get entry to to the guest gym if I rather use that, but if I do now not have get entry to to the guest gym I'd definitely say the crew gym is extremely very sufficient.

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The crew bar is a renowned spot

I've now come up to deck seven from deck three, so I just took the stairs up, again confidential area so I may possibly now now not show you the total lot, but it surely's the principle crew bar on Icon of the Seas, so in general every evening or not it's where crew members will get together after we finish work, take hold of ourselves a drink, it's just like a, I've no idea, it's just like a fab bar sort of setup, a full lot the image of the English pub but now now not reasonably, but yeah look, very spacious so we're able to order drinks here, crew cut price prices.

And then through this door here is the smoking area so let me just give you a handy guide a rough shot I do now now not in my view smoke, but it surely really is okay for me to, hello, hello, hi babe, crew patio or not it is the smoking area which also gives us get entry to to the helipad, or shall I call it a winch pad so simplest helicopters can hover over and lower the winch, they could't accurately land on here but how nice is the sky as of late, wow are trying that.

And then if I look up here we have got the bridge and the Aquadome, and or not it's terribly forward of the ship so or not it's an extraordinarily exclusive area here, crew simplest, they even have chairs here for us to chill, well how cool is that this, and or not it's where champagne smashed at some point soon of the naming ceremony, and then you have gotten a view of either the sea or wherever we're docked in port as of late.

And for the aim of this tour video I'd as well just walk at some stage in the other side as well simply to disclose you so here is the other side of the seating area

I love the total decorations here look how packed it's, it's an extraordinarily rare occasion I get to peer the crew mess this busy when they pull out the total amazing food we have got a wash station over here, or not it's where we take our dirty plates and cutlery and this women folk and gentlemen is the crew and that virtually sums up my Icon of the Seas crew neighborhood tour.

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What did you believe? is that this gorgeous cool or now now not? or not it's by some distance worthwhile crew areas I've seen on any cruise ship I've worked on, I revel in spending various time throughout the crew neighborhood and all of us crew members adore it too, so throughout the intervening time, if you enjoyed as of late's video thank you so a full lot for looking at comment like and subscribe, I've got been Chris Wong coming to you from Icon of the Seas, see you throughout the subsequent one

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