Celebrity to build a new cruise ship

The construction of a new Edge Class cruise ship has begun. It will be built in France at a shipyard in Saint-Nazaire.Celebrity Cruises also announced that the ship’s name will be Celebrity Edge. The ship has been known as the Edge Class during the concept phase and now that name will continue as the first in its class. once completed the ship will be 117,000 gross tons and carry around 2,900 guests. The cruise line is yet to reveal the ship’s design, we can expect further details in 2017.The cruise line also revealed Celebrity Beyond as the sister ship of Celebrity Edge. The second ship in the class will be identical and help expand Celebrity Cruises even further. Celebrity Edge will be delivered in fall 2018 and the Celebrity Beyond in 2020. Another two ships in the same class will be delivered in 2021 and 2022.Laurent Castaing, general manager of STX France, said: “Everyone involved in Edge has embraced the challenge of making this new class of ships dramatic and special, and we take great pride in helping Celebrity Cruises take such a remarkable step forward in ship design.”It will be Celebrity’s first new ship class since the debut of Celebrity Solstice in 2008. There are five Solstice-class ships (Solstice, Equinox, Eclipse, Silhouette and Reflection).This is good news from the up and coming Cruise line which is part of Royal Caribbean and it’s the 5* standard at affordable prices that attracts most people. Personally I really like Celebrity as they have large ships but their service, cuisine and atmosphere are second to none as well as the fact that they do cater for families as well as adults which gives them the edge over Holland America for instance or Oceania which are just mainly for adults rather than families. I am really looking forward for these ships, what do you think?celebrity.png


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