Icon of the Seas - Guesstimania Reveal - Puzzles and Other Games Forum

The Icon of the Seas is the largest cruise ship in history.

How big is it?

Let's guess:

1. Number of decks?
2. Gross tonnage?
3. Length in metres?
4. Top speed in knots?
5. Maximum passenger capacity?
6. Number of crew working the ship?
7. Number of water slides on board?
8. Cost in USD?

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03-03-2024 , 09:56 AM

xander biscuits

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Don't get me wrong, it looks big, but not really world biggest.

Doesn't help that the paint job on the side isn't even the same colour throughout.

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03-03-2024 , 10:00 AM

xander biscuits

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1. Number of decks?

Assuming that each deck has to be at least 6 feet tall then someone here guessed a number of decks that would make the ship taller than the Empire State Building.

Player	Guess	Score
aaronk56	20	11
eyebooger	15	10
housenuts	14	9
filthyvermin	28	8
Doctor Zeus	30	7
Booker Wolfbox	35	5
lukethefluke	35	5
Eric	40	4
D1iabol1cal	56	3
Neil S	65	2
pwnsall	220	1
ACTUAL	20

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03-03-2024 , 10:05 AM

xander biscuits

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2. Gross tonnage?

About a quarter of a million tonnes is a lot I guess, I don't really have a frame of reference for weights that large.

Player	Guess	Score
filthyvermin	250000	11
Eric	260000	10
aaronk56	264495	9
Booker Wolfbox	350000	8
housenuts	88000	7
pwnsall	50000	6
eyebooger	40000	5
lukethefluke	15000	4
Doctor Zeus	500000	3
D1iabol1cal	1000000	2
Neil S	2000000	1
ACTUAL	248663

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03-03-2024 , 10:05 AM

xander biscuits

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kid stuff

reveal is on pause

back later

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03-03-2024 , 10:27 AM

housenuts

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Here here

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03-03-2024 , 10:56 AM

Doctor Zeus

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

2. Gross tonnage?

About a quarter of a million tonnes is a lot I guess, I don't really have a frame of reference for weights that large.

Player	Guess	Score
filthyvermin	250000	11
Eric	260000	10
aaronk56	264495	9
Booker Wolfbox	350000	8
housenuts	88000	7
pwnsall	50000	6
eyebooger	40000	5
lukethefluke	15000	4
Doctor Zeus	500000	3
D1iabol1cal	1000000	2
Neil S	2000000	1
ACTUAL	248663

I honestly had no idea.

Is a car like 3-6 tonnes?

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03-03-2024 , 11:35 AM

Booker Wolfbox

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Originally Posted by Doctor Zeus

I honestly had no idea.

If I had a dollar for every time I said that while compiling my entry, I'd have enough for dinner. With drinks. Before embarking.

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03-03-2024 , 12:16 PM

filthyvermin

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Originally Posted by xander biscuits

2. Gross tonnage?

About a quarter of a million tonnes is a lot I guess, I don't really have a frame of reference for weights that large.

Player	Guess	Score
filthyvermin	250000	11
Eric	260000	10
aaronk56	264495	9
Booker Wolfbox	350000	8
housenuts	88000	7
pwnsall	50000	6
eyebooger	40000	5
lukethefluke	15000	4
Doctor Zeus	500000	3
D1iabol1cal	1000000	2
Neil S	2000000	1
ACTUAL	248663

holy ****ing hell!! I was making a very wild guess lol.. wow

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03-03-2024 , 12:18 PM

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filthyvermin

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like I thought it could be anywhere from like 10k to 10 million lol

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03-03-2024 , 12:19 PM

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filthyvermin

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instead of icon of the seas, they should name it "whale killer" or "planet killer"

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03-03-2024 , 02:55 PM

#12

xander biscuits

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Back for a bit

After 2 questions:

Player	Score
aaronk56	20
filthyvermin	19
housenuts	16
eyebooger	15
Eric	14
Booker Wolfbox	13
Doctor Zeus	10
lukethefluke	9
pwnsall	7
D1iabol1cal	5
Neil S	3

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03-03-2024 , 03:00 PM

#13

xander biscuits

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3. Length in metres?

For reference the Titanic was 269m and this boat is about 3 and a half football pitches long

Player	Guess	Score
Booker Wolfbox	350	11
aaronk56	330	9
pwnsall	400	9
lukethefluke	320	8
filthyvermin	300	7
Neil S	500	5
D1iabol1cal	500	5
Eric	550	4
housenuts	137	3
eyebooger	650	2
Doctor Zeus	1000	1
ACTUAL	365	0

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03-03-2024 , 03:03 PM

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4. Top speed in knots?

Is a knot like a mph on water? I'd not be guessing a big number for this one. Big ship gonna be slow.

Player	Guess	Score
aaronk56	28	11
lukethefluke	15	10
Doctor Zeus	30	9
filthyvermin	33	8
Booker Wolfbox	35	7
housenuts	37	6
eyebooger	50	5
Eric	60	4
pwnsall	68	3
Neil S	100	2
D1iabol1cal	120	1
ACTUAL	22	0

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03-03-2024 , 03:05 PM

#15

xander biscuits

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I just did an online converter and D1iab's guess works out to be 138mph

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03-03-2024 , 03:05 PM

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filthyvermin

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lol.. the ones I have an actual idea of their range, I get wrong, and the one I'm wildly guessing I get right

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03-03-2024 , 03:06 PM

#17

xander biscuits

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At the halfway point:

Player	Score
aaronk56	40
filthyvermin	34
Booker Wolfbox	31
lukethefluke	27
housenuts	25
Eric	22
eyebooger	22
Doctor Zeus	20
pwnsall	19
D1iabol1cal	11
Neil S	10

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03-03-2024 , 03:06 PM

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I like imagining a ship with all the biggest guesses, so it's taller than the empire state building, and 1000 meters longs, and goes 140 mph

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03-03-2024 , 03:13 PM

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xander biscuits

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5. Maximum passenger capacity?

I think I'd be way off with this one. Probably going for 20,000 and concerned if my answer was too low. 4 people per cabin. 5000 cabins seems reasonable.

Then I look up the largest hotels in the world and 5000 cabins would put it 6th in the world and my answer would be ridiculous.

Player	Guess	Score
aaronk56	7300	11
filthyvermin	8000	9
lukethefluke	8000	9
housenuts	6900	8
Neil S	10000	7
Eric	4200	6
Booker Wolfbox	3500	5
Doctor Zeus	20000	3
pwnsall	20000	3
eyebooger	31000	2
D1iabol1cal	50000	1
ACTUAL	7600	0

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03-03-2024 , 03:14 PM

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xander biscuits

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Originally Posted by filthyvermin

I like imagining a ship with all the biggest guesses, so it's taller than the empire state building, and 1000 meters longs, and goes 140 mph

we should totally make a list of the HMS Guesstimania stats once we're done.

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03-03-2024 , 03:20 PM

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xander biscuits

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6. Number of crew working the ship?

So in reality there are roughly 3 guests per crew member. Let's compare to the previous answers and look up some extreme suggestions:

D1iab - 100 guests per crew member
Doctor Zeus - 2 guests per crew member

I know which theoretical ship I'd rather be on

Player	Guess	Score
aaronk56	2400	11
lukethefluke	2600	10
pwnsall	2000	9
filthyvermin	3500	8
Booker Wolfbox	1350	7
housenuts	1325	6
eyebooger	1200	5
Eric	650	4
Neil S	500	2
D1iabol1cal	500	2
Doctor Zeus	10000	1
ACTUAL	2350	0

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03-03-2024 , 03:22 PM

#22

xander biscuits

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75% of the way done

Player	Score
aaronk56	62
filthyvermin	51
lukethefluke	46
Booker Wolfbox	43
housenuts	39
Eric	32
pwnsall	31
eyebooger	29
Doctor Zeus	24
Neil S	19
D1iabol1cal	14

I'm starting to get the feeling that D1iab isn't an expert on cruise ships

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03-03-2024 , 03:23 PM

#23

xander biscuits

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Gonna take another little break here.

I know there are only 2 questions left, but these games are more effort to run.

Gonna put the kids to bed, have some food and then aim to knock out the rest of this before bed.

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03-03-2024 , 03:30 PM

#24

housenuts

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Quote:

Originally Posted by xander biscuits

6. Number of crew working the ship?

So in reality there are roughly 3 guests per crew member. Let's compare to the previous answers and look up some extreme suggestions

I guesstimated 5 guest per crew. would've been nearly spot on if i guessed 3 per.

6900 / 3 = 2300

failed on my divisor guesstimate to guesstimate the answer based on my other guesstimated answer.