Celebrity Edge

It’s Downright Gorgeous: There are plenty of ships at sea that try to emulate the kind of high-style, high-impact decor you’ll see in chic, modern hotels. None are doing it as well as this ship does. Balancing contemporary, residential-style furnishings with eye-popping accents (a glittery ceiling insert, walls covered in curved emerald green tile, an enormous crown of lights above the martini bar, and a sculpture-filled rooftop garden), the wow factor here is high.

You’ll Get More of What Was Already Great: Successful elements of other Celebrity ships have been transferred here and ratcheted up for maximum impact. The spa now sprawls across two decks. Private spaces for suite passengers are more spacious and elegant than ever. There’s art around every corner. And then there’s that Martini Bar. You’ll find it on other Celebrity ships, but here, it’s been radically expanded to serve as the ship’s central gathering space, called the Grand Plaza. With talented bartenders showing off their best bottle-flipping (and drink mixing) moves and an occasional light show courtesy of the bar’s LED chandelier, this buzzy space almost feels like martini-making theater. 

It’s All About the Food: From the Indian food station at the Oceanview Cafe buffet (the seating area has floor-to-ceiling windows) to the towers of crab legs and lobster tails at the Raw on 5 specialty seafood restaurant, much attention has been paid here to the quality of the food. The complimentary main dining restaurants — split into four venues and covering Italian, Mediterranean, new American, and French cuisines — offer plenty of variety and quality, while specialty restaurants, like the rest of the ship, aim to dazzle. In one, Le Petit Chef, you can watch a tabletop projection of your meal being “prepared” by an animated cast of characters.