Our last two cruises have been in Edge Villa’s, one the Edge and the other on Beyond. Now we are spoiled to do anything less. I blame Celebrity for this. They surely knew this would happen when these suites were originally designed. Carelessness or wreckless abandon? I don’t know, but I highly recommend you try one.
I will grant that they are too expensive much of the time, but you can catch bargains here and there. Well below $20,000 for two if you look for bargains. When you have an Edge Villa, your suite will be a huge part of the experience. We spent a ton of time inside our room. We aren’t in that group who cruises six times a year, so maybe once a year splurging. We love everything about them.
The open two story concept makes it feel bigger than it is. The lower level is on a hallway that includes a Backdoor into the Retreat Lounge making it very handy to peek inside and see what goodies are out or to grab a cocktail, although, the full alcohol bottles they placed in the room with mixers make that largely unnecessary. The upstairs exit was slightly different on each ship. On the Beyond, we had a small sitting area that was fully covered from the elements. We did actually sit there several times. Luminae was on that deck meaning we exited from the bedroom level when dining there. However, since unlimited speciality dining is included in that suite level, we did tend to eat dinner at those. We did send a bag of laundry and some dry cleaning out, it was returned within 24 hours and looked amazing all at no charge.
We utilized the balcony daily and spent a fair amount of time in our little pool/hot-tub. The balcony was what I consider 100% private. So if you wanted to get naked or giggy, I suppose you could.
Two full bathrooms, plenty of storage, comfortable furniture, great AV equipment, full glorious two story tall windows, considerate Butler service, daily in-suite snacks and probably much I have forgotten about make these a must do if you can swing it. My next trip is on an older ship, so we will see how the Royal Suites stack up.
I’m telling you….figure out a way to do this at least once in your lifetime.