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Icon of the Seas is the largest cruise ship

The vessel measures 248,663 gross tonnes and carries up to 7,600 guests Delivered in late 2023, Icon of the Seas is 365 metres long and 248,663 gross tonnes, with 20 decks and capacity for about 7,600 passengers alongside 2,350 crew. Gross tonnage measures enclosed volume rather than weight, which is why the figure is used to compare ship size. It is powered by liquefied natural gas and runs on fuel cells for part of its hotel load. It sits in Mondo's records & extremes collection, one of 200 facts that each trace back to the reference below.

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Where does this come from, and can I check it?: The vessel measures 248,663 gross tonnes and carries up to 7,600 guests. The figure is taken from Royal Caribbean, which is linked in full on this page. Every fact on Mondo Knows names its source rather than repeating an unsourced claim.
Is this really a records & extremes fact?: Yes. It sits on the Records & Extremes shelf, one of 2,600 sourced facts grouped into space, animals, the human body, history, science and more. Category pages collect every fact in the same field.
What else can I read about it?: The links under the fact point to a quiz, game, puzzle or calculator on the same subject, and the shelf below shows related facts. The wording here is original, and quoted phrases are marked as quotations.