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World’s biggest cruise ship about to set sail

Source: Royal Caribbean

The world’s largest cruise ship is about to set sail.

Royal Caribbean’s latest vessel, named ‘Icon of the Seas’, embarks on its first journey on 27 January 2024.

It will overtake ‘Wonder of the Seas’, another Royal Caribbean liner that

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