“Wheel of Fortune” fans are furious after the January 30 episode in which a contestant named Megan Carvale lost the game — but viewers claim she guessed the correct answer.

Upon attempting to answer the puzzle that read “P_N_ _RC_ _ D” under the category “Living Thing,” it sounded as if Megan said “pink orchid” and “something orchid” as she sounded out answers, though it isn’t clear what her answer was when trying to solve the puzzle.

In the clip, host Pat Sajak tells the contestant that “she might have been overthinking a type of orchid” before revealing the correct answer and the missing letters, which was “pink orchid.”

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Related: Vanna White Says Salary Reports ‘Blown Out of Proportion’

The internet was livid at Sajak and the show, claiming that Carvale had, in fact, guessed the correct answer which was “pink orchid” but that the mumbled pronunciation was the reason she didn’t walk away with the full prize of $40,000.

I’m sorry, did she NOT say Pink Orchid the first time? Or am I tripping #wheeloffortune pic.twitter.com/b30E4l0MqE

— Taylor (@TaylorStriegel) January 31, 2024

The woman got screwed on #WheelOfFortune bonus puzzle tonight, she totally said “PINK ORCHID” right at the start,

— Timmy E. (@TimmyMKE) January 31, 2024

Am I tripping or did she say pink orchid ….#wheeloffortune

— AB (@AngelBeeBrooks) January 31, 2024

There is no question, she absolutely said “pink orchid”. Please give this girl her winnings! @WheelofFortune @PatOnWheel @TheVannaWhite @MaggieSajak #wheel #wheeloffortune #justiceforpinkorchid Rooting for you, Megan! pic.twitter.com/muiRlMCMLy

— ashley june (@ashleeeeeejune) January 31, 2024

Honestly, it feels like this woman got robbed out of her bonus prize tonight on #WheelofFortune.
Can you guys help me get #PinkOrchid trending? That was the actual answer to the puzzle & a bunch of us legitimately heard her say that right when the clock started. ? https://t.co/Ekn38Bz63L

— ?ⓁⒶⓃⒺ? (@lanechanged) January 31, 2024

On an episode of Good Morning America on Thursday, however, Carvale set the record straight.

“You know, I wish I said ‘pink’ because I would have been $40,000 richer,” she told the outlet. “But I said ‘something.'”

Though she might have missed out on the major win, Carvale still walked away with $14,007.

“That word has already been haunting me, and now all of America believes that I said it, but I didn’t,” Carvale said.

Hopefully, Carvale doesn’t receive any pink orchids as a gesture anytime soon.

Related: Ryan Seacrest is the New Host of ‘Wheel of Fortune’

Sajak is set to be replaced by former “American Idol” host Ryan Seacrest next season. The show is currently airing its 41st season.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/internet-furious-over-scorned-wheel-of-fortune-contestant/469225

For some students, there’s nothing more daunting than math class.

So after a retired teacher realized she and 29 of her colleagues had a winning Powerball ticket, she knew there was a perfect place to keep the ticket safe — page 200 of an old math textbook.

Thirty educators at Rector A. Jones Middle School from Florence, Kentucky, purchased a winning $1 million Powerball ticket on Saturday, January 27, after playing the game together for eight years.

Related: Co-Workers Win $50,000 on Scratch-Off Ticket Gifted By Manager

When the group’s organizer, a retired teacher who is remaining anonymous, realized they had pooled the correct numbers, she promptly put the ticket in the book until the group was ready to go down to the Kentucky Lottery on Tuesday afternoon.

“No one looks in a math book,” she joked about hiding the ticket to the Kentucky Lottery. “I knew it would be safe there… I have checked this a thousand times.”

After taxes, each of the “Jones 30” — the nickname for the group which consists of school nurses, administrators, counselors, and teachers — took home $24,000 each.

“We all taught at the same school at one point or another,” one of the anonymous winners said. “Some have moved on or retired but we still continue to do it. We’ve remained buddies for all of these years.”

The ticket was purchased at a Kroger grocery store in Hebron, Kentucky, which will receive a $10,000 prize for selling the winning ticket.

Purchasing lottery tickets as a group and deciding to split the earnings is a bold strategy that has paid off for others looking to win big in the past.

Related: Virginia Woman Hits Jackpot in Second Lottery Win That Week

In December, a group of coworkers who were also from Kentucky won $50,000 in shared scratch-off tickets that their boss had purchased for them as a holiday present.

The employees split the earnings with their boss and each took home $1,750.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/teachers-win-1m-powerball-hide-ticket-in-math-textbook/469190

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A longtime JPMorgan executive who has kept a low public profile while cultivating a reputation as a successful trader with a talent for managing risk is emerging as a contender to succeed Jamie Dimon as chief executive.

Dimon, the longest-tenured Wall Street CEO, has not revealed plans to retire, though the financial industry has speculated on his succession planning and the people most likely to replace him for more than a decade.

Troy Rohrbaugh was named co-CEO of JPMorgan’s commercial and investment bank, known as the CIB, as part of an internal executive reshuffle JPMorgan announced last week. CIB is a sprawling group encompassing global investment banking, commercial banking, and other core businesses. Rohrbaugh will run the CIB together with Jennifer Piepszak, a longtime executive who industry insiders have for years floated as a possible Dimon successor.

Wall Street already knows Piepszak, who had most recently been co-chief executive of consumer and community banking and was the firm’s finance chief from 2019 until 2021. Analysts and investors are also very familiar with Marianne Lake, another long-tenured key executive who was elevated in the reorganization announced last week and is most frequently rumored to take over from Dimon when he eventually retires.

Rohrbaugh, 53, is lesser known to Wall Street than these colleagues. His new position through the internal shuffle has vaulted him more publicly and prominently into the most closely watched succession race on Wall Street.

Now, the industry will watch how Rohrbaugh will guide the CIB as JPMorgan performs above analysts’ expectations even in a slumped deal market. Business Insider has tracked Rohrbaugh’s trajectory from his college days to his most recent role as cohead of markets and securities services.

One industry recruiter noted that Rohrbaugh’s background as a risk manager could make him a powerful C-Suite contender.

Indeed, Dimon is known for boasting about JPMorgan’s “fortress balance sheet,” or its ability to protect against financial shocks while giving its employees the flexibility to test money-making ideas. “They take prolific risk and manage it well,” this person said.

‘Fortunes began to change’

Rohrbaugh arrived at JPMorgan in 2005, the year JPMorgan announced it would name Dimon, who had been president and chief operating officer, as CEO. Rohrbaugh joined the firm from Goldman Sachs, where he managed the foreign-exchange options business for North America.

His first post at JPMorgan was global head of forex derivatives. After years of troubles in JPMorgan’s forex business, “the bank’s fortunes began to change” after Rohrbaugh joined in 2005, Euromoney wrote in 2017. He had been a “source of stability not just for JPMorgan but also for the broader FX industry during its most turbulent years,” the publication wrote. The bank then became the first to introduce the ability to trade from a mobile device, the article said.

Rohrbaugh and longtime executive Eddie Wen, who had also joined JPMorgan from Goldman around the same time as Rohrbaugh, both had a hand in bringing quants and technologists “into the front office so that the business could take ownership of its system development rather than relying on a separate IT department,” Euromoney reported in 2017.

JPMorgan executive David Hudson told the publication that he returned to JPMorgan after working at Nomura in 2010 “to work for Troy.” He saw how the business had “matured after five years. It was clearly much more aggressive and capable, and there was a big focus on electronic distribution as well as on risk management.”

Though his profile is less familiar to outside observers, Rohrbaugh’s name is well-known across JPMorgan and in forex industry and advocacy groups. He had been chair of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s foreign-exchange committee and the chair of the Global Financial Markets Association’s foreign-exchange group. He’s also familiar with regulators, appearing on Securities and Exchange Commission Chair Gary Gensler’s calendar of meetings with other top JPMorgan executives in 2022 and 2023.

Rohrbaugh’s other stops at JPMorgan have been head of global markets and head of macro markets. Before he worked at Goldman, Rohrbaugh ran the Asian foreign exchange options business for the Canadian bank Banque Nationale and started his career trading options for CooperNeff at the Philadelphia Stock Exchange.

Rohrbaugh’s career spans the dot-com bust, the global financial crisis, and the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, that devastated so many on Wall Street who worked in lower Manhattan.

While Rohrbaugh was at Goldman, his firm was close to the World Trade Center, and he experienced loss during the attacks. According to the New York Daily News, he was one of the last people to speak with the Cantor Fitzgerald broker Tim Soulas, who was killed. Cantor lost 658 employees in the attacks that day.

Rohrbaugh before Wall Street

The Baltimore native’s earliest workplace experience, though, was not in a trading pit.

“I was 16, and I was a security guard at a condominium at the Seaside,” he said as part of a series of interviews JPMorgan published in 2015 about executives’ first jobs. “I worked in my father’s business for about 40 hours during the week, and then I worked another 36 to 38 hours from Friday night ‘til early Sunday morning.”

Rohrbaugh remains involved in his Maryland alma maters. He is on the board of trustees of Gilman School, an all-boys preparatory school that Rohrbaugh graduated from in 1988.

In 1992 he graduated from Johns Hopkins University, where he studied political science, played football, and is now a member of an advisory board there. In a video addressing the university’s football team last year, he said “pride and poise,” a slogan the football team uses, are two traits that helped him as a player and in his career.

He said that along with being prepared while under pressure, “you need to be calm and thoughtful and ready for when things aren’t working out.”

He was the president of the Alpha Delta Phi fraternity while attending Johns Hopkins, where his frat brothers embraced a special tradition of throwing dozens of shoes out the window and onto a tree outside the frat house east of the college campus, the Baltimore Sun reported in 1992.

Students would leave the house, forget something, and yell at their roommates about throwing their items out the window, Rohrbaugh explained to the paper. Once, that item was a pair of shoes, and it got tangled in the tree. “From then on, any time you wore out a pair of shoes, or your roommate had really smelly feet with a tendency to leave his shoes l

Return-to-office tensions

In the yearslong push and pull between what Wall Street firms’ management and wider workforces want with remote work during the pandemic, Rohrbaugh has been chronicled as a vocal supporter of in-person work. That rubbed some employees the wrong way earlier in the pandemic, according to reports.

He is one of many finance executives who spoke publicly about their desire to have more employees working in person rather than at home.

Bloomberg reported that in March 2020, while New York was in a state-mandated lockdown, a JPMorgan employee wrote in a note to colleagues about Rohrbaugh continuing to “want to push everyone to get back into the office,” which JPMorgan disputed at the time.

A senior JPMorgan executive who works with Rohrbaugh recalled that time during the pandemic. This person said on Wednesday that he had managed trading operations well during Covid and took “tremendous” precautions for staff.

Kaja Whitehouse and Alex Morrell contributed reporting.

ying around, they’d end up on the tree,” he said.

“You get a technique after you’ve been here,” Rohrbaugh said. “You can always tell a freshman or sophomore because he’ll miss the tree three or four times, and when he finally hits it, it won’t wrap around.”

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/who-is-succeeding-jpmorgans-jamie-dimon-see-frontrunners/469122

It’s the end of an era for Disney+ and Hulu password moochers, as Disney has announced it is going to begin cracking down on password-sharing among subscribers.

On Wednesday, Disney issued a letter to Hulu subscribers stating that it would begin “adding limitations” on “sharing your account outside of your household” starting March 14.

The company also quietly updated its Subscriber Agreement on January 25 to include information about account sharing.

Related: Disney Combining Hulu, Disney+ Streaming Platforms

“Unless otherwise permitted by your Service Tier, you may not share your subscription outside of your household,” the new policy states. “‘Household’ means the collection of devices associated with your primary personal residence that are used by the individuals who reside therein.”

If subscribers are found in violation of the rule, Hulu “may limit or terminate access” to the account.

Disney+ and ESPN+ have also updated their Subscriber Agreements to say the same, but there is no date on record of when the document was updated. Disney+ began banning users from password sharing outside of the same household in Canada last October.

Related: Disney+ Is Beginning to Crack Down on Password Sharing — in Canada

Disney took operational control and a majority stake in Hulu in 2019 when it acquired 21 Century Fox’s assets and began merging Hulu and Disney+ content in May 2023.

Disney gained full control of the streaming service in November 2023 when it bought out Comcast’s remaining 33% stake for an estimated $8.6 billion.

Disney CEO Bob Iger hinted that changes may come to Disney’s streaming service platforms during a Q3 2023 earnings call in August 2023 when the company announced price hikes for certain tiers of Disney+ and Hulu subscriptions.

“In calendar ’24, we’re going to get at this issue,” Iger said regarding subscribers and password sharing at the time. “We certainly have established this as a real priority. We actually think that there’s an opportunity here to help us grow our business.”

Streaming rival Netflix infamously barred password sharing outside of the same household in March 2023, much to the dismay of loyal subscribers.

The Walt Disney Co. was down just over 11.3% in a one-year period as of Thursday afternoon.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/hulu-disney-are-cracking-down-on-password-sharing-in-march/469136

As the world waits for Super Bowl LVIII to begin on February 11 in Las Vegas, fans will flock to bars, parties, or just the couch to watch the San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs play for the championship.

But two lucky fans will have a completely different experience: They’ll spend the night before the Super Bowl inside Allegiant Stadium for a once-in-a-lifetime sleepover experience.

Jametta Barden and her son, Chance Mack, of Atlanta, Georgia, were the winners of Courtyard by Marriot’s “The Ultimate Upgrade Contest,” which means that they’ll be posted up inside the stadium Saturday night before the big game and see the scene before anyone else.

“It’s just very surreal. I’m just thankful for this,” Barden told local outlet KTNV. “I’m looking forward to waking up and just being able to look out at the stadium. That’s going to be unreal.”

Mack is the founder of a nonprofit called Unforgettable Soles, which helps provide footwear to underprivileged communities around the Atlanta area, while Barden is known for volunteer work around her community.

To make the deal even sweeter, the suite was handed over to pair by a star from their favorite NFL team, Atlanta Falcons running back Bijan Robinson.

“I’ve always said Atlanta has the best stadium in the NFL, but [Allegiant] is really swanky,” Barden said. “This stadium is so Vegas.”

How Much Do Super Bowl Tickets Cost?

Though Barden and Mack won’t be able to stay for the main event, thousands of fans are forking over never-before-seen amounts of money to score a ticket.

According to new data from TickPick, the average price of Super Bowl LVIII tickets this week reached $9,800 — a 70% increase from last year’s matchup and the most expensive average on record for the NFL’s biggest game.

As of Thursday afternoon, the cheapest ticket on Ticketmaster was $6,500.

This will be the first time the Super Bowl is hosted at Allegiant Stadium, which officially opened in the summer of 2020.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/mother-son-to-sleep-in-stadium-ahead-of-super-bowl-lviii/469133

Credit card issuer Visa has been hit with a proposed class action lawsuit after consumers alleged that the company purposely marketed and sold gift cards susceptible to thievery and then refused to refund customers who were scammed.

A consumer named Ira Schuman filed the complaint on Tuesday in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York after claiming he lost $4,000 when bought eight $500 Visa Vanilla gift cards in 2022 and 2023 that were part of a “card draining” scam.

A “card draining” scam is when thieves remove the silver lining that covers the security code from the back of gift cards, record the security code, register the cards, and then put the card back on the shelf with another silver strip.

The complaint alleges that Visa knew that the gift cards were susceptible to this kind of theft and did not take appropriate security measures to prevent it from happening.

Related: Scammers Found a New Way to Steal Money From Your Gift Cards This Holiday Season — Here’s What to Look For

“When a consumer purchases a Vanilla card, he or she selects a card at a retailer, then presents it to a cashier who loads the consumer’s desired amount of funds onto the card,” the lawsuit explains. “Thieves, however, can monitor the balances of the Visa Vanilla cards they previously accessed on Vanillagiftcard.com. When funds are loaded onto Visa Vanilla cards, thieves make transactions with the cards until the funds are depleted before the consumer has had a chance to use them.”

The card information and balance can be accessed online by anyone with the 16-digit number on the front of the card, the expiration date, and the CVV number. Once a card has been depleted, it can not be reloaded.

“Visa Vanilla cards do not include a registration process that protects against fraudulent transactions. Typically, this ‘card draining’ occurs even before the card purchaser has an opportunity to use the card or give the card as a gift,” the lawsuit states. “Defendants are aware of this problem and have failed to make necessary improvements to the security features of Visa Vanilla cards to prevent the known and widespread fraudulent conduct.”

The lawsuit did not specify how much the class action is seeking in damages.

Visa did not immediately comment on the pending allegations.

How to Avoid Card ‘Draining’ Scams

In December 2023, Target warned customers against gift card scams, telling customers not to buy, sell, or check the balance on a gift card anywhere that is not on Target’s website.

Check the front and back of the card and look to see if the silver strip appears to have been manipulated.

“Do not purchase a gift card if it appears that the packaging has been altered or manipulated,” the retailer says. “If you have questions about a gift card, ask a Target team member for assistance.”

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/visa-sued-over-vanilla-gift-card-draining-scams/469091

There’s been another shakeup in retail leadership as the CEO of H&M Group, Helena Helmersson, abruptly stepped down after four years in the position.

“I am very proud of what we, together, have achieved during the last years when we have navigated through the pandemic and several geopolitical and macroeconomic challenges,” Helmersson said in a company statement. “However, it has been very demanding, at times, for me personally, and I now feel that it is time to leave the CEO role, which, of course, has not been an easy decision.”

Helmersson first joined H&M in 1997 as a business controller before working her way up to COO of the H&M Group in September 2018. She became CEO in January 2020.

Related: Want to Return Your Online Order? At H&M, It May Cost You

Helmersson will be immediately replaced by Daniel Erver, who most recently served as the managing director of the H&M brand. He has been with the company for 18 years.

Shares tumbled upwards of 12% upon the news after a weaker-than-expected earnings report for the fiscal year beginning on December 1, 2022 through November 30, 2023.

“For many consumers the year was marked by lower purchasing power because of high inflation and high interest rates,” Helmersson said in a company release. “The fourth quarter started with unusually hot weather in several of our important European markets. From mid-October, sales recovered as more normal autumn weather returned.”

Though up during fiscal 2023, sales in December 2023 through January 2024 (the company’s first fiscal quarter) saw a 4% drop from the same time the year prior — a bad sign during the crucial holiday shopping season.

At the same time last year, sales during that period saw a 5% increase.

H&M has faced increasing competition from other fast-fashion retailers, such as rival Zara and e-commerce behemoths like Shein. The brand was also at the center of controversy earlier this month for a back-to-school advertisement that featured children with the tagline “Make those heads turn” after allegations that it exploited children.

“We have removed this ad,” the company said in a statement at the time. “We are deeply sorry for the offense this has caused and will look into how we present campaigns going forward.”

As of Wednesday afternoon, H&M was up 16% year over year but still down 12% in a 24-hour period.

https://www.entrepreneur.com/business-news/hm-ceo-helena-helmersson-abruptly-steps-down/469084

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Introverts, look away: Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas, the world’s largest cruise ship, set sail on January 27, marking a new era in the mega-cruise-ship boom.

The start of Icon’s service has been a long time coming for the cruise brand and fans of massive ships. Royal Caribbean and Finland’s Meyer Turku shipyard began constructing the behemoth vessel in 2021. A year later, the cruise line saw its largest booking day as reservations opened for the Icon of the Seas in October 2022.

Since then, Michael Bayley, Royal Caribbean International’s president and CEO, has been touting the new ship as “the best-selling product in the history of our business.” And for good reason: From its colossal size to its 40+ restaurants and bars, Icon overshadows almost all of its predecessors.

I joined the ship’s complimentary, three-night preview sailing on January 20. Take a look at what it’s like on the $2 billion floating resort designed to accommodate up to 9,950 people (2,350 crew and 7,600 guests).

Let’s start with the classic fan favorite: the pools.

^{The Icon of the Seas has seven pools, including one that royal Caribbean says is the largest at sea. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Four of the ship’s seven swimming holes are located on Icon’s version of a traditional pool deck, Chill Island. It’s where travelers can float around a 5,800-square-foot pool and another smaller one with a swim-up bar.

But Chill Island isn’t Icon’s crème de la crème.

^{Thrill Island has outdoor activities like a surf simulator. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

With wild outdoor amenities like a water park, lounging by the pool fell low on my to-do list.

Instead, it’s Thrill Island – the go-to for all things, well, thrilling.

^{Crown’s Edge is not for travelers with a fear of heights. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

While there, guests can step into a harness to traverse one of the ship’s most adrenaline-pumping activities: Crown’s Edge. Expect to dangle 154 feet above the ocean when the floor unexpectedly drops from under your feet.

Not interested in spending a few milliseconds wondering if you’re about to plunge to your death?

^{This course puts a cheerfully nautical spin on mini-golf. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Icon of the Seas’ amenities also includes the more peaceful mini-golf course, sports court, rock climbing wall, and surf simulator, all located a few feet next to (and below) Crown’s Edge’s elevated course.

The neighboring six-slide water park is where guests will find the perfect mix of excitement and fun – without sweaty palms.

^{The water park has six slides, including what its operator is calling the tallest at sea. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

The over 17,000-square-foot mecca of screaming children (and adults) includes a 46-foot-tall drop slide and what Royal Caribbean says is the first family raft slide on a cruise ship.

The slides’ water was heated during my chilly day at sea.

^{Two of the water slides require at least two riders at a time. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

But learn from my mistake: You’ll probably guzzle your body weight in warm water if you attempt to scream during the drops.

If it’s not evident yet, the Icon of the Seas was designed to target families — so much so that an entire section of the ship is dedicated to children younger than six.

^{The Surfside neighborhood features an arcade, a water playground, and an all-day brunch spot where children eat for free. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Surfside, located about 10 decks below Thrill and Chill Island, is where younger travelers can romp around the water playground, spin around the eclectic carousel, and spend their parents’ money at the arcade.

A giant pink flamingo statue grounds this quaint neighborhood, while the unlimited soft serve and churro stands keep families with a sweet tooth coming back.

^{Amenities like the arcade are pay-to-play. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

The youngest sailors can also wind down with Surfside’s bedtime story readings.

Like me, travelers without youngsters may quickly learn to avoid these spaces.

^{Royal Caribbean says the Icon of the Seas is the first cruise ship to have a suspended infinity pool. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Fortunately, sections like Hideaway and its suspended infinity pool are kid-free. So is Cloud 17, another pool, and the night-time comedy show.

Central Park, a centerpiece on many of Royal Caribbean’s mega ships, isn’t adult-only.

^{Central Park is five decks tall and has four walls lined with live plants. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

However, significantly fewer children frolic around this open-air destination than the rest of the ship.

This neighborhood has no loud activities, slides, or giant flamingos.

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Instead, it’s a quiet and contemplative space embellished with over 30,550 live plants, luxury stores, restaurants, and bars.

Central Park also has a live jazz club.

^{Lou’s Jazz ‘n Blues is one of several live music venues. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

But compared to the rest of the ship’s entertainment line-up, Lou’s Jazz ‘n Blues likely isn’t among the most coveted show venues.

Good luck snagging a seat at the AquaTheater for a showing of the popular “Aqua Action!”

^{Entertainment on the Icon of the Seas includes a nighttime show at its water-based theater. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

This display of divers, nine-foot-tall robotic arms, synchronized swimmers, and skateboarders replaces the typical (ahem, cringe) cruise song-and-dance show.

No ice skaters are in this performance, though — they’re busy with the ship’s other ice skating show.

But if you’re partial to a marvelous musical moment, the primary (dry) theater also does a savory rendition of “The Wizard of Oz.”

^{“The Wizard of Oz” is accompanied by a 16-piece live orchestra. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Keep your expectations within reason: Toto is half puppeteer, half puppet-dog. Both are equally expressive.

After a full day of activities and shows, hungry guests have 21 restaurants at their disposal.

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However, only about half of Icon of the Seas’ restaurants are complimentary. This includes the buffet, Central Park’s café, and the five-venue food hall.

Be prepared to pull out your wallet for sushi, lobster, steak, and rabbit.

^{Specialty meals include raw oysters, lobster tails, and sashimi. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

The most expensive dining venue, Empire Supper Club, costs over $200 per person. Fortunately, you can drink the pain of this price away: A cocktail pairing is included.

Icon offers plenty of other booze and cruise opportunities with 20 on-board bars.

^{The Central Park neighborhood is home to a small Champagne bar, Bubbles. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

Almost every section of the ship presents opportunities to drink.

At night, the Royal Promenade and its strip of seven watering holes — including karaoke and dueling piano bars — also becomes a do-it-yourself bar crawl.

AquaTheater’s neighboring Rye and Bean adds a tea and coffee-powered flair to cocktails, while Surfside’s Lemon Post flexes a lemonade stand-inspired drink menu.

^{One of the Lime and Coconut bars now includes a frozen cocktail menu. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

If you choose to booze it up, the 1,198-foot-long, 250,800-gross-ton giant cruise ship likely won’t be the cause of your seasick (hangover) symptoms — I, the self-proclaimed Queen of Motion Sickness, barely felt it move during my three-night sailing.

I frequently retreated to my stateroom to take a break from the overwhelming ship.

^{My ocean-view balcony cabin had 50 square feet of private outdoor space. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

But ironically, even thinking about the number of cabins can feel overbearing. Icon’s 2,805 floating hotel rooms comprise 28 cabin categories, including several new for Royal Caribbean.

But even the cheapest windowless interior cabin can be costly.

^{The Pearl has about 3,600 moving tiles. Brittany Chang/Business Insider via BI}

During its first year in service, the giant vessel will operate year-round seven-night sailings from Miami to the Caribbean, Mexico, and Royal Caribbean’s private island Perfect Day at CocoCay.

Icon’s least expensive 2024 sailing currently starts at almost $2,590 per person.

At about $370 per person per day, sailing on Royal Caribbean’s new product costs as much as some premium cruise lines.

^{The Icon of the Seas is now operating year-round seven-night cruises from Miami. Brittany Chang/Business Insider}

But let’s not forget this price also includes admission to a water park, nightly shows, half of the dining options, and the exhaustion that will inevitably come with being overwhelmed by the giant floating resort.

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McDonald’s will gladly Super Size any order, but one family’s accidental mistake using a delivery app resulted in an order of epic-sized proportions — including 200 McNuggets.

In a video that’s been viewed over 11 million times, a TikToker named Jessica Vaccaro shared what happened when her husband accidentally hit the 20x multiplier on an order of 10-piece nuggets while using DoorDash.

@lynn_j_goat The #viral #chickennugget video. Follow me on IG jisikalilgoat #fyp #mcdonalds #accident my husband used doordash and hit the x20 on the 10-piece nuggets! ?? we are at 434k on IG follow for follow! @McDonald’s #laughing #hysterical ♬ original sound – Jessica

“Please tell me that’s it. Is that it,” she asks her mother in the clip, who begins unpacking the boxes while in hysterics. “Where is the food we ordered? Oh, my God, we did not order 185 chicken nuggets, I think we ordered more.”

Vaccaro’s husband, Chris Mullane, told TODAY that the order ended up being four or five burgers and fries, plus the 200 nuggets in total.

“My attention to detail in regards to things like that wasn’t huge,” he told the outlet. “Pay attention to the details. And maybe let your wife order.”

The incident originally took place in 2017, but the Long Beach, California, couple posted the footage this month.

Viewers were in stitches over the antics.

“I would still eat that in one sitting,” one person joked.

“Lord, I’ve seen what you’ve done for other people, and I want that for me,” another said.

In a follow-up video, Vaccaro said the only indication that something was awry was when their DoorDash delivery driver texted them that the order was taking longer because they were making everything fresh.

@lynn_j_goat #chickennugget story time ???♀️ go bills! #billsmafia #fatgoatrecords @FAT GOAT RECORDS @FAT GOAT PLUGINS™ ♬ original sound – Jessica

“I’m like, ‘Is this a prank’,” she told viewers. “After we realized that Chris messed up the order, we just lost it. We were fortunate enough that that amount [of money spent] didn’t matter.”

The couple said they donated the extra food.

Safe to say, everyone ended up Lovin’ It.

DoorDash did not immediately respond to Entrepreneur’s request comment.

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The “year of the American renter” is off to a strong start — unless you’re a landlord.

A new report from online rental platform Zumper found that in January, the going rate for a one-bedroom apartment in the US was $1,496, and $1,847 for a two-bedroom setup. Those two figures changed little from last month.

Rent is slightly below the record levels set in September but remains higher than last January. Median year-over-year rent growth rates this month were 0.3% for one-bedroom apartments and 1.4% for apartments with two bedrooms, according to Zumper. One-bedroom rent rose by less than 1% for the fifth-straight month after rising for 12 consecutive months starting in October 2021.

Rent growth in the US is far from its pandemic peak, according to the January rent report from @Zumper. pic.twitter.com/3QhWPCyaUp

— James Faris (@JamesFaris_) January 25, 2024

Apartment prices have been driven down by surging supply, Zumper noted. New units are going up rapidly across regions following years in which demand for rental units far outpaced supply.

“2023 was a record year for new supply across the country, and the multifamily industry will add even more inventory in 2024,” Zumper’s researchers wrote in their January rent report. “This jump in supply is good news for renters looking for a deal.”

A more competitive rental market isn’t just driving down prices. Many renters are now enjoying perks that would’ve been unheard of during the pandemic, including waived security deposits and a free month of rent, Zumper found. That trend can continue as interest rates slide, which will likely bring homebuyers back from the sidelines.

“Renters have more leverage right now than anytime in recent memory,” said Anthemos Georgiades, the CEO of Zumper, in a statement for the report. “Now is the time to renegotiate existing leases or score a deal on a new apartment.”

27 cities where apartments are getting much more affordable

Exactly half of the top 100 rental markets in the US saw median apartment prices fall from 2023, according to Zumper. However, those declines varied widely by region and were more significant in the Sun Belt than in the Midwest.

Below are 27 metropolitan areas where the going rental rate for a one-bedroom apartment is at least 5% lower than it was last January, according to Zumper. Along with each city are its year-over-year and month-over-month rent changes, average rent price, and national rent ranking among the largest 100 US real estate markets.

1. Scottsdale, Arizona

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Year-over-year rent change: -17.7%

Month-over-month rent change: -3.5%

Average rent: $1,670

National rent ranking: 24

Source: Zumper

2. Irving, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -16.1%

Month-over-month rent change: -0.8%

Average rent: $1,250

National rent ranking: 61

Source: Zumper

3. Winston Salem, North Carolina

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Year-over-year rent change: -14.6%

Month-over-month rent change: -1.1%

Average rent: $880

National rent ranking: 92

Source: Zumper

4. Greensboro, North Carolina

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Year-over-year rent change: -13.9%

Month-over-month rent change: 5.3%

Average rent: $990

National rent ranking: 82

Source: Zumper

5. Boise, Idaho

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Year-over-year rent change: -12.8%

Month-over-month rent change: 3.2%

Average rent: $1,290

National rent ranking: 55

Source: Zumper

6. Augusta, Georgia

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Year-over-year rent change: -12.5%

Month-over-month rent change: -1.2%

Average rent: $840

National rent ranking: 95

Source: Zumper

7. Buffalo, New York

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Year-over-year rent change: -10.7%

Month-over-month rent change: 5.9%

Average rent: $1,080

National rent ranking: 74

Source: Zumper

8. Austin, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -10.2%

Month-over-month rent change: 0%

Average rent: $1,490

National rent ranking: 35

Source: Zumper

9. Asheville, North Carolina

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Year-over-year rent change: -8.4%

Month-over-month rent change: -2.1%

Average rent: $1,420

National rent ranking: 41

Source: Zumper

10. Arlington, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -8.3%

Month-over-month rent change: 1.9%

Average rent: $1,100

National rent ranking: 70

Source: Zumper

11. St. Louis, Missouri

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Year-over-year rent change: -8.3%

Month-over-month rent change: 3.5%

Average rent: $880

National rent ranking: 92

Source: Zumper

12. Memphis, Tennessee

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Year-over-year rent change: -8.2%

Month-over-month rent change: 2.3%

Average rent: $900

National rent ranking: 90

Source: Zumper

13. Providence, Rhode Island

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Year-over-year rent change: -8%

Month-over-month rent change: -5.9%

Average rent: $1,600

National rent ranking: 25

Source: Zumper

14. Glendale, Arizona

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Year-over-year rent change: -7.7%

Month-over-month rent change: -5.5%

Average rent: $1,200

National rent ranking: 65

Source: Zumper

15. Colorado Springs, Colorado

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Year-over-year rent change: -7.6%

Month-over-month rent change: 0%

Average rent: $1,100

National rent ranking: 70

Source: Zumper

16. Wichita, Kansas

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Year-over-year rent change: -7.2%

Month-over-month rent change: -1.5%

Average rent: $640

National rent ranking: 100

Source: Zumper

17. Houston, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -6.9%

Month-over-month rent change: -1.6%

Average rent: $1,220

National rent ranking: 63

Source: Zumper

18. Oakland, California

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Year-over-year rent change: -6.8%

Month-over-month rent change: -1.4%

Average rent: $2,050

National rent ranking: 13

Source: Zumper

19. Dallas, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -6.8%

Month-over-month rent change: -2.2%

Average rent: $1,360

National rent ranking: 46

Source: Zumper

20. San Antonio, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -6.1%

Month-over-month rent change: 0.9%

Average rent: $1,080

National rent ranking: 74

Source: Zumper

21. Orlando, Florida

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Year-over-year rent change: -6%

Month-over-month rent change: 0.60%

Average rent: $1,580

National rent ranking: 26

Source: Zumper

22. Lincoln, Nebraska

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Year-over-year rent change: -6%

Month-over-month rent change: 1.3%

Average rent: $790

National rent ranking: 97

Source: Zumper

23. El Paso, Texas

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Year-over-year rent change: -5.8%

Month-over-month rent change: -5.8%

Average rent: $810

National rent ranking: 96

Source: Zumper

24. Bakersfield, California

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Year-over-year rent change: -5.4%

Month-over-month rent change: -0.9%

Average rent: $1,050

National rent ranking: 78

Source: Zumper

25. Jacksonville, Florida

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Year-over-year rent change: -5.3%

Month-over-month rent change: 0.8%

Average rent: $1,260

National rent ranking: 59

Source: Zumper

26. New Orleans, Louisiana

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Year-over-year rent change: -5.1%

Month-over-month rent change: 0%

Average rent: $1,500

National rent ranking: 31

Source: Zumper

27. Albuquerque, New Mexico

^{Albuquerque, New Mexico. Sean Pavone/Shutterstock via BI}

Year-over-year rent change: -5%

Month-over-month rent change: 3.3%

Average rent: $950

National rent ranking: 85

Source: Zumper

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