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Magic Carpet on Celebrity Edge


IN MY VIEW: Spaciousness is key for Celebrity Edge


Celebrity Edge is “95.5% complete”, we were told,


and excitement levels among travel agents and the press were high as we boarded the vessel in Saint-Nazaire, writes Harry Kemble. Although it’s not yet finished,


Celebrity’s Claire Stirrup (left), Lisa Lutoff-Perlo (in hat) and Jo Rzymowska (second right) with agents


Agents tip Celebrity Edge to be a ‘game changer’


UK agents have hailed Celebrity Edge as “a total revolution” in comparison to other Celebrity Cruises ships and “a game changer” for the industry.


Speaking on the ship’s moving


venue, the Magic Carpet, agents said younger passengers would be encouraged to sail on Celebrity’s Edge-class product – which


includes Edge as well as sister ship Celebrity Apex, which will sail out of the UK in 2020. Anthony Blackmore, managing director and owner of Cruise365


“It is the attention to detail, like those staterooms, which is taking Celebrity that little bit further”


in County Durham, said: “Celebrity Edge is a total revolution of the


Celebrity product – the whole concept is going to help Celebrity lower its average age.” He said passengers in their 30s and 40s would be attracted by the design, dining and pool deck area. Anna Perrott, Travelbag’s head


of cruise, called Edge “a game changer”, highlighting the new-to- fleet Infinite Veranda staterooms, decorated by designer Kelly Hoppen. She said: “It is the attention to


detail, like those [Infinite Veranda] staterooms, which is taking Celebrity that little bit further.” Brian Wright, of Stewart Travel


Anthony Blackmore


Group, said he felt Edge’s public areas were bigger than most other ships’ and that the yet- to-be-completed vessel made


Celebrity an attractive cruise line. “Celebrity is big for us already,” he said, adding: “All the ducks are lined up!” Robbie White, head of cruise


at Touchdown/Travel Industry Services, said he had been “blown away” by Celebrity Edge. “You can see how much


attention to detail has gone into this project, and the hard work has paid off,” he said. “I love how the Magic Carpet has a different function on multiple decks.” Richard Fain, Royal Caribbean Cruises’ chairman and chief executive, said Britons had been very receptive of Celebrity Edge, the first ship in its class, after it went on sale nearly a year ago. Explaining the decision to bring


Edge’s sister ship Apex to the UK, Fain told Travel Weekly: “We think this [Edge-class] product is so perfectly designed to meet the high expectations of the British public that Apex will have no trouble at all. We have never had a situation where the market is so receptive, and we have a product that suits that market so well.”


experienced cruisers can see this is no ordinary ship. Richard Fain, chairman and chief executive of Royal Caribbean Cruises, highlighted the spaciousness on Edge and this was immediately clear as we boarded the ship. In the three-storey Eden


restaurant, there is a 7,000sq ft glass wall. The line claims it has more outward-facing glass than any other room at sea. Of Edge’s 1,467 cabins, more than 60% are Infinite Verandas, which are new to the line. The stateroom’s bifold doors give passengers a feeling of spaciousness. Celebrity is so determined


to make Edge spacious that it has added features to the side of the ship, such as the Magic Carpet, a 13-storey-high cantilevered ‘floating’ platform that took my breath away.


Harry Kemble tours Celebrity Edge


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