Cruise ship
Icon of the Seas
Merima was proud to be responsible for Royal Caribbean International’s jaw-dropping Aquadome and Royal Theatre areas on board its brand new vessel, the “Icon Of The Seas.” Billed as five times larger and heavier than the Titanic, Merima delivered steel-to-steel turnkey for a combined area total of 6,804 m².
Ready to set sail in 2024, the Icon Of The Seas hosts 5610 passengers and 2350 crew members with over 40 bars, restaurants, luxury cabins, and dazzling entertainment areas.
Creating the Aquadome is a feat that’s never been done before, and Merima is exceptionally proud to have delivered this extremely challenging project on time and put smiles on the faces of the ship owners.
Project name
Icon of Seas
Delivered
Autumn 2023
Customer/End customer
Meyer Turku / Royal Caribbean International
Service provided by Merima
Turnkey (Steel-to-Steel)
Area
Aquadome, Royal Theater, Outdecks
Building area
3,130 m² + 3,674 m²
Icon of the Seas
Aquadome – Astonishing by day. Iconic by night.
The AquaDome is one of Icon of the Seas’ eight unique neighborhoods, boasting 220-degree ocean views, restaurants, and the one-of-a-kind Aqua Theater. Upon entering the shimmering AquaDome, perched at the top of the new Icon of the Seas, you’re immersed in a whole world of sensory discoveries – from athletes doing superhuman stunts in front of a shapeshifting waterfall to dining, coffee and cocktail options designed to tingle every taste bud. The lounge elevates your ocean views to new heights and lets you relax in luxury.
Merima is immensely proud of this showstopping area – to get it across the finish line meant that we had to be creative, solution-oriented, and develop techniques that had never been done before in shipbuilding. Many of the surfaces and materials were unconventional and required many creative solutions. Despite this, our team came up with all the right solutions and put huge smiles on our customers’ faces, and we’re pretty proud of the final result!
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Fit for a royal - the best entertainment at sea
The main theater is a state-of-the-art venue that rivals theaters on land, spanning multiple decks and offering nightly entertainment from world-class performers. Merima was responsible for the whole 3,000 m² steel-to-steel area.
We have a heritage of building top-notch theaters in Finland, meaning implementing impressive technology, such as lifts and a tracking system to a fly space that allows performers to soar overhead, comes like second nature to us. Royal Caribbean’s entertainment team produces next-level original shows and Broadway favorites to treat guests to an incredible experience at sea.
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World’s largest water park at sea
The Icon of the Seas is the home to the world’s largest water park at sea, with six slides on board. There’s an open free-fall slide, a 46-foot drop slide, family raft slides, and a pair of mat-racing slides. Having six slides on board is pretty unheard of, and we’re super proud to be part of this groundbreaking achievement.
To achieve this great result, we needed to implement a lot of tailored solutions, including the stair towers to enter the waterslides, all of the water park graphics and colors, wooden slats, and more! Selecting the right materials to meet the strict quality requirements and weather conditions while also matching the milieu wishes of the client was a massive challenge. Still, now everyone can safely say it was a major success!
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Problem-solving leads to great customer partnerships
Many of the materials we used in the whole ship were made in-house at Merima’s factories, while we also relied on our extensive partner and supplier networks to provide creative solutions for challenging situations. This was a winning combination; everything was delivered on time and with absolute satisfaction. We’re so proud to be a part of this historic ship’s development, and we’re so excited for people to enjoy it the way we intended!
