A broken section of a water slide on Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas injured a passenger on Thursday, according to the cruise line.
“Our team provided medical care to an adult guest when acrylic glass broke off a water slide as the guest passed through the slide,” according to a Royal Caribbean Group spokesperson. “The guest is being treated for his injuries. The water slide is closed for the remainder of the sailing pending an investigation.”
The vessel that became the world’s largest cruise ship when it debuted in 2024 sails seven-night Caribbean itineraries out of Miami. A sister ship named Star of the Seas , which features the same six-slide water park is set to debut this month out of Port Canaveral.
Part of the Category 6 water park, the slide in question is called the Frig