Royal Caribbean International and world-renowned sports icon Lionel Messi debuted the Icon of the Seas at a naming celebration in Miami in the US, just shy of the cruise line’s 55th anniversary.
The milestone moment was held in the AquaDome neighbourhood and attended by Royal Caribbean executives, crew, employees, fans and partners.
Messi, who inaugurated the highly anticipated vacation with a bottle-breaking, said: “Everything I’ve seen on Icon of the Seas is next level. There are experiences for the whole family to make memories that they’ll remember forever.”
Royal Caribbean Group president and CEO Jason Liberty described the new ship as a “culmination of more than 50 years of dreaming, innovating and living our mission – to deliver the world’s best vacation experiences responsibly”.
Icon of the Seas set off with vacationers for the first time on January 27, and will island-hop through the tropics on seven-night Eastern or Western Caribbean adventure from Miami.
