It also has The Retreat, an all- inclusive experience for suite passengers. One of the winning features can be seen on the pool deck in the form of two giant hot tubs designed like martini glasses.Ĭelebrity Apex, the second ship in the Edge class, has the same number of rooms and similar offerings. Though designed to woo cruise virgins, Celebrity Edge has also won over many experienced cruisers including those with a passion for sleek interior design. The ship’s elegant and spacious Grand Plaza On it, you will find an open-air lounge, bar and seats – so that you can get to stay on for a drink and people-watch instead of getting into a tender – which is what many Edge guests do on a balmy evening. The Magic Carpet can move up and down the side of the ship and function as a tender or a dining patio. Guests get on the Magic Carpet, a cantilevered deck the size of a tennis court. Traditional tendering: the awkward experience where you have to board a small boat to get to a port – has been taken up a few notches on Edge class ships. To achieve this end without compromising on safety, Celebrity Cruises employs state-of-the-art 3D technology in design and engineering.ĭoing away with traditional balconies and portholes is not all that Celebrity Cruises has done with the Edge class. As balconies help distribute the weight of a boat, bringing them indoors would require boat builders to redesign her support system so that the vessel is still seaworthy.
With the balcony thus redefined, staterooms in Edge class ships are 23 per cent larger. You can now hear waves lapping against the ship and smell sea brine without stepping out of your cabin.
Your seafaring experience has been brought right into your room. Your entire living space is now an infinite veranda. Instead of a full-length window, all that now stands between your cabin and the vast ocean is a waist-high glass railing.
CELEBRITY EDGE ICONIC SUITE WINDOWS
With a push of a button, the floor-to-ceiling windows of the staterooms in an Edge-class ship could retract like a garage door. With this freeing up of space, staterooms are expanded right up to the ship’s edge. Celebrity Beyond’s 1,892 sq ft Iconic Suite with a 689 sq ft balcony It also frees up space around the ship, which Celebrity Cruises uses to create an unprecedented experience. This opens up the sides, allowing maximum light to reach the insides of the ship. However, in an Edge class ship, the spine is moved to the centre of the ship. The exoskeleton of a ship is placed on the outside and seals the frame of the ship. Mega cruise liners are usually held together by a solid hull. In order to bring Edge to life, Celebrity Cruises revolutionised traditional shipbuilding methods. With her birth, parent company Celebrity Cruises turned a new chapter in epic sea travel. The Edge class: Surpassing standardsĬelebrity Edge, the first of the Edge class ships, was launched in 2018. Together with the length of the new boat and the breadth of experiences Beyond offers, these tastemakers and experts’ roles have been extended as well. The dream team of celebrity architects and designers who worked on the first two ships in the Edge class has been re-engaged to work on her. On Beyond, outdoor spaces are expanded and new ones added. At 327m long and boasting 179 more suites and staterooms than her siblings, Celebrity Beyond is the latest ship to join Celebrity Cruises’ Edge class.īeyond is the third ship to launch in the fleet, after Celebrity Edge and Celebrity Apex.
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