🚢 Why Thousands of Icon of the Seas Crew Members Live Below Deck
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Beneath the pools, restaurants and record-breaking waterpark of Icon of the Seas — the world’s largest cruise ship — thousands of Royal Caribbean crew live and work below deck to keep this floating city alive 24 hours a day. In this video we count down the 12 hidden departments passengers never see: the officers on the bridge, the engineers deep in the machinery spaces, the crew who make the ship’s own fresh water, the sanitation and waste teams, the 425 chefs across 23 galleys, housekeeping, laundry, the onboard hospital, and the AquaDome show crew. This is what really happens behind the scenes on the biggest cruise ship ever built — the invisible workforce and unbroken human watch that stop Icon of the Seas from becoming a wreck. If you’ve ever wondered how a ship carrying 7,600 people actually runs, this is the below-deck world Royal Caribbean doesn’t put in the brochure.
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