

The AC in cabins wont run if windows are open and deep within the ship’s engineering areas, improvements have been made to the ship’s waste-purification and emissions purification systems, which make the ship more efficient and environmentally friendly.

At the fitness center, cups for water are paper, rather than plastic.Įnergy saving is another focus. Royal Caribbean and Celebrity Cruises by default has joined other major cruise lines in cutting down on single-use plastics and this is most apparent aboard Edge, where drinking straws are paper, and water-for-purchase is served in glass or aluminum bottles. RELATED: Celebrity Cruises has been cruising roundtrip in the Arabian Gulf for three years

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Instead, there are ramp designs that combine the pool deck and sun decks and the multi-level restaurant and entertainment complex Eden.Įvery new cruise ship in recent years, and every modern cruise ship refurbishment has an environmentally-friendly focus, but aboard Celebrity Edge its been taken one step further, largely as a result of parent company Royal Caribbean’s commitment to sustainability. There’s no open main dining room, no photo gallery, and few exterior staircases.
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The Grand Plaza, which features an enormous LED chandelier that puts on a series of light shows at night, for example, is magnificent, but not unique aboard the ship. Her exterior styling is unique in the industry, and this is carried over wonderfully into her interior architecture and décor. While not part of the fitness centre, Celebrity Edge’s jogging track is also worth a mention, because it spans two decks and therefore features a steep incline and a gentle, meandering decline.Ĭelebrity Cruises is perhaps one of the most interesting cruise ships in recent years from a design perspective. The classes offered include RYDE and bungee. In the free-to-use gym, there’s TechnoGym equipment and a wide variety of classes like on all modern cruise ships, but Edge also offers Peloton bikes for use by those who are staying in suites or who have existing Peloton accounts (everyone else can purchase a pass). All passengers staying in suites and AquaClass cabins get unlimited usage of the spa, while everyone else can do so with a daily or cruise-long pass. The colour palette matches that of the rest of the ship, with soothing greys interspersed with splashes of black and white and artistic tile work. RELATED: Refit review: Navigator of the Seas This platform the size of a tennis court sits on the starboard side of the ship and moves vertically up and down like an elevator, serving a different purpose based on its position. This is the most talked about feature of the new ship, so it makes sense as a starting point. With 29 restaurants, cafes and bars, several lounges (including one that moves vertically up and down the side of the ship) and a plethora of cabins (from single-occupancy balcony staterooms to the two 1,892-square-foot Iconic Suites), Celebrity Edge was a fantastic finish to the spate of cruise ship launches in 2018.ĭuring a series of 3-night roundtrip cruises out of Fort Lauderdale intended to give journalists, bloggers and travel agents a feel for the new ship, six key features of Celebrity Edge became apparent as her standout attributes: RELATED: Next Edge-class cruise ship Celebrity Apex to homeport in UKĬelebrity Cruises’ first new ship in six years is finally in service, setting new cruise standards and ushering in a new era in on-board experiences in the same way that the line’s Solstice class did back in 2008 (Celebrity Solstice was launched in 2008, but the sixth ship in the class, Celebrity Reflection, was launched in 2012). RELATED: Celebrity opens dedicated cruise terminal in Port Everglades There is much to love about Celebrity Edge, the newest cruise ship of 2018 and the first new launch for Celebrity Cruises in more than half a decade, but she’s not perfect.
