New Ships For Celebrity

Great news for all us Celebrity fans out there, they have just announced 2 new ships, The Company expects delivery of the first ship in fall 2018, with the second vessel delivered in the early part of 2020.

There are several interesting points in this announcement. First, that these ships are not following Royal Caribbean’s mania for size – indeed, at 117,000 tons they’re actually a smidgen smaller than the Solstice class, which ranged from 121,000 tons (the first three of the class) to about 125,000 tons (the last two). Passenger numbers are about the same, perhaps 100 more, but we don’t know yet if that figure of 2,900 guests is lower-berths only or full capacity. Secondly, these are the first new ships for Celebrity not built by Jos. Meyer at Papenburg – you have to go back to the Millennium class of more than ten years ago to find the last order not at Meyer Werft. (Indeed, the ships before that, the Century class, were built at Meyer’s.)

I can’t wait for more news to come out and will of course keep you updated.