Here’s a First Look Inside the Icon of the Seas, the World’s Biggest Cruise Ship

The five deck glass dome on the ship is called the Pearl and it allows more sunlight onto the vessel.

Royal Caribbeanís Icon of the Seas, the world's largest cruise ship heads to the dock early Wednesday morning during its first arrival into PortMiami on Jan. 10, 2024. (Pedro Portal/El Nuevo Herald/TNS

By Vinod Sreeharsha From Miami Herald

MIAMI—The first thing passengers entering the Icon of the Seas and its central walkway the Royal Promenade notice is a gigantic orb structure. Called the Pearl, it is a five-deck tall glass surface supported by steel and lined on the inside with more than 3,000 tiles.