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The cruise ship longer than the Eiffel Tower

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The 'Icon of the Seas' is essentially a floating apocalyptic city state weighing a quarter-of-a-million tons. By stretching 1,198 feet long, it thoroughly dwarfs most famous global landmarks, ensuring that its 7,600 screaming passengers on vacation have enough water slides and synthetic buffets to effectively ignore the surrounding ocean.

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