Passenger describes ‘dystopian’ scene on world’s biggest cruise ship after man ‘jumped’ overboard

A passenger described the “dystopian” scene on the world’s largest cruise ship after a man went overboard Sunday and died — including the premature celebration tha🐟t broke out when passe♓ngers heard he was pulled from the water.

Zachary No🎐rmandin, 31, told The Post that some 300 passengers eating dinner on Royal Caribbean’s new Icon of the Seas cheered when the captain informed the ship that the missing ဣtraveler was found.

“Everyone in the dining room clapped and we’re like ‘yeah,’” the Connecticut resident said. “We assumed that the guy was fine.”

But it emerged that the passenger — who has not been identified — was dead, a༺nd the 1,200-foot cruise ship continued on its voy🐟age.

Normandin sa✃id he heard from several o♔ther passengers that the man jumped from the ship, though the Coast Guard only said he fell overboard.

The result was an almost surreal atmosphere as most travelers continu✃ed to party as if no♛thing had happened.

“I don’t think everyone knows about the guy dying. I think it’s kind of purposely silenced,” Normandin said🍷, adding he doesn’t think Royal Caribbean wants💫 to scare anyone.

The Icon of the Seas, which can carry up to 7,000 passengers and 2,000 crew members, was on the first day of a seven-day voyage around the Gulf of Mexico when the tragedy occurred. It’s not due back in Miami until June 1.

It༒ has made two ports of call, including in Honduras and Costa Maya, Mexico.

The Coast Guard told The Post Monday night the cruise ship deploye𝓰d rescue boats, located the♊ man and brought him back on board.

“He was pronounced deceaseꦗd,” the 🔴Coast Guard said.

Normandin, a mꦬarried father of one, said the Icon of the Seas’ captain initially revealed a man had gone over the side of the ship and the vessel was forced to turn around in hopes of finding the missing traveler.

“I thought we were going straight back to Miami, I thought that was it. But no, everything just kept on going,” said Normandin, who posted part of the rescue mission on

Normandin said he’s surprised how many passengers🌠 went about their business during the search and in the afte🦩rmath even as news spread that the passenger had died.

“I think people were just tryingꦐ not to think about it, maybe, I don’t know,” 🔜he said.

“It just🐼 seemed like more people would have been like ‘Oh my gosh, what’s going on,’ but no, people were just going about their day. It’s just ki෴nd of dystopian.”

Week-long voyages on🌱 the mega-ship generall𒅌y cost around $1,500 to $2,000.

Royal Caribbean hasn’t said much about the✤ incident, citing the need to give the grieving family privacy.

“Prayers to the 𝔍family, I just hope they get throu💙gh this,” Normandin said. “I just wish I knew who they were so I could reach out to them and hug them or something.”