Great meals & #loyalty benefits on #StarOfTheSeas ... #lobster nights & #SeafoodBuffet ! (I was too busy eating & not snapping photos!) #WordyExplorers #IconClass

Only 2 times we saw #Sailor ( #StarOfTheSeas #ChiefDogOfficer ) were during events w/ staff. Some say she can be spotted on walking track too. #WordyExplorers #IconClass

Another #TopTierEvent in #AquaTheater - this on #IconClass #StarOfTheSeas ; Great performance by couple of #slackliners ! #WordyExplorers #RoyalCaribbean #LoyalToRoyal

#CruiseNews | Legend of the Seas: Royal Caribbean Takes Delivery of New Mega Cruise Ship etwasmeerzeit.de/article/234… #Cruise #RoyalCaribbean #LegendoftheSeas #Shipbuilding #IconClass #etwasmeerzeit

#Kreuzfahrtnachrichten | Das nächste Mega-Kreuzfahrtschiff ist da! 🚢 Royal Caribbean hat die brandneue „Legend of the Seas“ in Turku übernommen. Mit 250.000 BRZ geht es im Juli direkt ins Mittelmeer. 🌊 Wäre so ein Riese etwas für euren nächsten Urlaub oder ist euch das zu groß? Schreibt es mir! 👇 🔗 Mehr Infos: etwasmeerzeit.de/article/234… #Kreuzfahrt #RoyalCaribbean #LegendoftheSeas #IconClass #Schiffbau #etwasmeerzeit

Delivered! @RoyalCaribbean took delivery of #LegendoftheSeas at Turku, Finland #cruise shipyard. 3rd #IconClass ship. 248663 tons, 5610 passengers, 1196 feet long, 219 feet wide. Maiden voyage is July 4, 2026.

Royal Caribbean Group (RCL) takes delivery of Legend of the Seas as RCL expands Icon Class capacity business-news-today.com/roya… $RCL #RoyalCaribbeanGroup #CruiseIndustry #TravelStocks #LeisureTravel #NYSE #LegendOfTheSeas #IconClass #ConsumerCyclical #LargeCapStocks

Having a big bold idea is one thing… But making it actually happen is THE thing. (You can only be first, once.) #RoboticsAssistedProduction #IconOfTheSeas #IconClass #AquaTheater #JustAddImagination @RoyalCaribbean

Speaking of revolutionary ideas, here’s one that is not only revolutionary… but actually does revolutions 🙄 #Robodrums is another super-cool piece of my #RoboticsAssistedProduction (R.A.P.) concept. I originally intended it for #IconOfTheSeas as part of the full #AquaAction suite, but venue delays ran out the clock… Picture four of these monsters moving with extreme dynamics, perfectly choreographed to the music — two of them operating way out over the performance pool! Combined with the #FlyingTychoDrum (which debuted in #inTENse on #WonderOfTheSeas), it would create a spectacular visual and rhythmic explosion — exactly what the #IconClass #AquaTheater was designed for. #RoboticsAssistedProduction #IconClass #JustAddImagination

THE CORE IDEA BEHIND THE SPECTACLE: This is the world’s first self-assembling robotic skate-ramp, a.k.a. The #Roboramp™️ This is version 1 — the Genesis — on board the first-in-class vessel #IconOfTheSeas. The concept and technology are, as always, intended to be iterated, refined, modified, optimised and then scaled. This innovative engineering system opens the door to an entirely new family of wheeled sports and specialty acts for the #IconClass #AquaTheater including: BMX, Inline Skates, Roller Skates, Scooters, Longboards, Freestyle Scooters, Caster Boards, Electric Skateboards, Electric BMX, and my own invention “4Trax™”… (and whatever else the next generation of wheeled athletes will dream up). Roboramp™️ = ♾️ Possibilities. The #IconClass #AquaTheater is the ultimate creative sandbox. Dream it, do it. #IconOfTheSeas #AquaAction #AquaTheater #RoyalCaribbean #RoboLights™️ #RoboticsAssistedProduction #Roboramp™️ #JustAddImagination

THE PHYSICS THAT POWERS THE PERFORMANCE: Itski makes it look like he can literally “switch off gravity” — look at his head between 3 and 8 seconds, and again between 15 and 19. What he’s actually doing is rotating his body around his center of mass. Once airborne, his center of mass follows a perfect parabolic arc while he simultaneously rotates his body around it. By keeping his head at or near the axis of rotation, he creates a mesmerizing zero-gravity illusion. It’s a stunning example of the law of conservation of angular momentum, in action. Science in Showbiz. (My passion). #AquaShows on #IconClass and #OasisClass #RoyalCaribbean #Slackline #PhysicsInPerformance #ItsukiHosoe #Itski #ScienceInShowBiz #ConservationOfAngularMomentum

HOW IT WAS DONE: Back in 2019, I had an idea for a brand new special effect that had never been done before in live entertainment: The combination of an array of independent moving lights with an industrial robotic arm — providing six additional degrees of freedom to the lighting choreography that could then be positioned anywhere in three-dimensional space, allowing infinite directionality… I knew for sure that I had a very exciting concept on paper, and that the theory and the calculations made good engineering sense… But before committing to the challenge of building it for real, I decided that I needed to create a detailed computer simulation from scratch to fully understand the actual production values of a prototype system like this. “What exactly would a Robolight™️ look like?” And WOW!… you quickly realize that you’re onto something very special when a video simulation can give you a powerful dose of “the feels.” I dedicated five years of my biggest and best ideas to the #AquaDome’s #AquaTheater — and it was worth every single minute… and every single spark of creativity. ✨ The #IconClass #AquaTheater is the ultimate creative sandbox. Just add imagination… #IconOfTheSeas #AquaAction #AquaTheater #RoyalCaribbean #RoboLights™️ #RoboticsAssistedProduction #JustAddImagination

Derek, thank you — that means a lot. The aerial duet on #IconOfTheSeas truly is the first of its kind. Using two completely independent, autonomous 3D performer flying systems (each allowing six degrees of freedom), that can also intersect and overlap on all axes, we were able to create the world’s first aerial Pas De Deux. It’s a genuine piece of history in the performing arts — extremely complex, and beautifully effective. You can only ever be first… once. (The image shows how the two systems intersect in three-dimensional space.) #AquaAction #IconOfTheSeas #RoyalCaribbean #BigIdeas #IconClass #AerialPasDeDeux #FirstOnce

Order of @RoyalCaribbean #IconClass #Icon6 and #Icon7 #cruise ships ensure the continuity of Finland’s maritime industry – Juuso Heinilä: “The sustainable financing model is well established, and progress is positive” fr #Finnvera finnvera.fi/eng/finnvera/new…

The iconic #WheelofWow apparatus, in the equally iconic #AquaAction show on #IconOfTheSeas, is something to behold… The #Aquadome is the only venue on the high seas that can handle the Wheel of Wow — and it takes full advantage of the volume and height of this very special space. This bespoke version of the apparatus was specially designed and engineered by my friend Steven Michelman and his team in Las Vegas, exclusively for #IconClass. A unique, memorable feature of Icon of the Seas and a major talking point for anyone who sees it — it is ready to be developed and taken to new limits. Maritime history. Award-winning. Awe-inspiring… Can’t wait to see where the team take it next. Icon was really only the beginning. 🚀

Until I could get to #IconClass, where I was at long last able to drive the design of a completely new theatrical venue from a white page (the #Aquadome’s all-new #AquaTheater, for example), I had to make do with figuring out how to create cutting-edge entertainment in venues that were designed by committee and debuted way back in 2008. It was an interesting challenge for sure. But limitations are so often the source of great innovation. And slowly but surely, the ideas started coming… #Highline #Slackline #Trickline #TheFineLine @RoyalCaribbean’s #HarmonyoftheSeas #SymphonyoftheSeas #WonderoftheSeas

Royal Caribbean @RoyalCaribbean just revealed the newest world’s largest #cruise ship—and it has a three-story treehouse. As #LegendoftheSeas prepares for its big debut, the #IconClass family just got a massive new addition. fr @ParadeMagazine parade.com/news/royal-caribb…

Just announced... 4th @RoyalCaribbean #IconClass cruise ship #HerooftheSeas debuts @PortMiami #Miami, August, 2027. More pools, dining & thrills.

That’s actually a deliberate characteristic of the entertainment I produced for @RoyalCaribbean, Karyn. Inside scoop: Cruise ship productions often stay in place for many years — sometimes decades — because of the economics of the industry. So my strategy has always been to design shows with as many layers as possible: choreography, lighting, robotics, visuals, storytelling… and plenty of hidden “Easter eggs.” That way repeat viewings stay interesting — there’s always something new to discover (as you described). With #AquaAction — the first of the #IconClass #AquaShows — guests often watch the open rehearsals during the day… …and then line up to see the full production later that same evening. Designing entertainment for repeat viewing is one of the most overlooked challenges in the cruise industry and it’s also why productions like this can become incredibly complex — and be rather expensive 😇. In this short scene alone, there are at least five independent creative systems operating in sync. I hope you get to see it live one day. (stay tuned for more clips and inside scoops…) #CruiseEntertainment

🚢✨ Royal Caribbean inicia la construcción de su quinto barco de la Icon Class #RoyalCaribbean #IconClass #Cruceros @RoyalCaribbean 📌 Más detalles abcmundial.com/2026/01/21/mu…