Royal Caribbean launched their new “Icon Class” ships with fanfare about being the biggest cruise ships ever built. The problem? They might be too big for their own good.
Icon of the Seas holds 7,600 passengers when full. That means 45 minutes to get off the ship in port. It means restaurant reservations booked solid before you even board. It means the main pool deck feels like a New York subway platform during rush hour.
The cruise line spent a billion dollars building floating cities. But cities have traffic jams. They have long lines. They have that feeling of being just another face in the crowd.
Compare that to a ship with 2,000 passengers. You can walk from your room to dinner in three minutes instead of fifteen. The pool actually has space to swim. You might see the same friendly bartender more than once.
Bigger ships get all the headlines. They get the flashy marketing budgets and the social media buzz. But the best cruise experience often happens on ships that do not make the evening news.
If you want to feel like you are on vacation instead of managing logistics, that is worth considering.
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