Icon of
the Seas – Destination Elevators
On
Icon of the Seas, Royal Caribbean has installed an entirely new elevator
system. Instead of simply
pushing
a button and waiting for the elevator to show up, the new system allows
passengers to input
the
floor they need into a touchpad that then shows them, by letter, which elevator
they should wait
in
front of. It might take a minute or two for the elevator to arrive. Once it
does, it will have room for
you and,
in many cases, the elevator will go directly to your chosen floor. At worst,
the elevator will
make
a stop or two which are shown on screens inside so passengers know exactly what
their trip will
look
like. There are 10 elevators forward (AB-CDE-FGH-IJ) and 12 elevators aft (ABC-DEF-GHI-JKL)
for a
total
of 22 elevators. There are 8 touchpads at each elevator section, 4 in middle
and 4 on the wall for
each
section. Passengers reviews of the smart elevators are
highly positive calling them a “game-changer”.