paulh84 Posted March 11, 2021 #2 Posted March 11, 2021 The original plan was for 5 Edge class ships. The smaller Apex and Edge, then Beyond+ being slightly larger at 66ft longer with ~200 more cabins. The order for Beyond and the ship after that one were placed in 2016. Order #5 was placed in early 2019. I haven't seen anything recent about the order status of ships 4 and 5 which are tagged as M34 and N34. https://chantiers-atlantique.com/en/ships/passenger-ships/celebrity-edge-celebrity-apex-l34-et-m34/ At the end of 2020 Royal's financial summary says this... As of December 31, 2020, we have two ships on order with an aggregate capacity of approximately 6,500 berths. These ships consist of two Edge-class ships, including Celebrity Beyond and a fourth ship in the class, which are expected to be delivered in the second quarter of 2022 and in the fourth quarter of 2023, respectively. In addition, as of December 31, 2020, we have an agreement in place with Chantiers de l’Atlantique to build an additional Edge-class ship with capacity of approximately 3,250 berths, estimated for delivery in 2025, which is contingent upon completion of certain conditions precedent and financing.
ipeeinthepool Posted March 11, 2021 #4 Posted March 11, 2021 Terrible news, more E-class ships are the last thing we need. 7
Rare ReneeFLL Posted March 11, 2021 #6 Posted March 11, 2021 2 hours ago, ipeeinthepool said: Terrible news, more E-class ships are the last thing we need. I also agree. 4
deliver42 Posted March 11, 2021 #7 Posted March 11, 2021 I haven't been on the E Class yet, but adding 200 cabins which means 1200 more people D.O. is scary 1
bama4cruisin Posted March 11, 2021 #8 Posted March 11, 2021 2 minutes ago, deliver42 said: I haven't been on the E Class yet, but adding 200 cabins which means 1200 more people D.O. is scary Confused here. . . 200 additional cabins means 1200 more people??? That would be 6 occupants per cabin. 400 - 500 more likely 1
marieps Posted March 12, 2021 #9 Posted March 12, 2021 It had been a struggle to find places to spend my FCC while avoiding Edge and Apex. I managed it, but it appears evident the E class trend and other factors will push our future loyalties to Oceania and other lines of similar taste. 2
REEtired Posted March 12, 2021 #10 Posted March 12, 2021 2 hours ago, ReneeFLL said: I also agree. 4 hours ago, ipeeinthepool said: Terrible news, more E-class ships are the last thing we need. absolutely agree! S class is fantastic. If it ain’t broke why fix it! 3
Rare NMTraveller Posted March 12, 2021 #11 Posted March 12, 2021 38 minutes ago, marieps said: It had been a struggle to find places to spend my FCC while avoiding Edge and Apex. I managed it, but it appears evident the E class trend and other factors will push our future loyalties to Oceania and other lines of similar taste. Yep. Eclass is part of the reason for me sailing on other lines. It helped me recognize that I like smaller ships. 2
WonderMan3 Posted March 12, 2021 #12 Posted March 12, 2021 An older thread had already mentioned that Celebrity had registered the following names for potential future ship names: LUXE, OPUS, ELEGANCE, PINNACLE 1
paulh84 Posted March 12, 2021 #13 Posted March 12, 2021 8 hours ago, WonderMan3 said: An older thread had already mentioned that Celebrity had registered the following names for potential future ship names: LUXE, OPUS, ELEGANCE, PINNACLE My guess for Edge #4 would be ASCENT from the current registrations. It flows with the rest of the E series. Opus and Pinnacle are used for other things then Luxe and Elegance are kind of silly ship names.
ChucktownSteve Posted March 12, 2021 #14 Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) They should name it Ultimate Luxury in keeping with their marketing slogan. That way you could say you're Ultimate Luxury sailing on Celebrity. Edited March 12, 2021 by ChucktownSteve
WesternBroncoCruiser Posted March 12, 2021 #15 Posted March 12, 2021 The Lightyear should come next, because we have already been "To Infinity and Beyond"! 2
TeeRick Posted March 12, 2021 #16 Posted March 12, 2021 On 3/11/2021 at 8:23 AM, cruisestitch said: Is there another ship? Name? Maybe a sister ship called "Above". Can you imagine it? "Hey there are the two new E-Class ships Above and Beyond". 1
Rare NMTraveller Posted March 12, 2021 #17 Posted March 12, 2021 (edited) Titanic 2? Edited March 12, 2021 by NMTraveller
Rare mac_tlc Posted March 12, 2021 #18 Posted March 12, 2021 Well, I’ll jump in the Shark-invested-hate-the-E-class water and say we thoroughly enjoyed the Edge and are looking forward to Apex in January They haven’t gotten rid of the S class, which we also like, so there is a ship for everyone —— as it should be. I hope the bars on my shark cage are strong enough..........😜😜. mac_tlc 5 3
WonderMan3 Posted March 13, 2021 #19 Posted March 13, 2021 11 hours ago, paulh84 said: My guess for Edge #4 would be ASCENT from the current registrations. It flows with the rest of the E series. Opus and Pinnacle are used for other things then Luxe and Elegance are kind of silly ship names. Any less silly than Edge or Apex??? I actually think LUXE fits very well with the four letter ship names, of course Beyond disrupted that. Ascent was not a registered name when this discussion came up before here a year or so back so Celebrity must have added it since then which makes me think that it would have the edge (no pun intended) on being a future ship name.
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted March 13, 2021 #20 Posted March 13, 2021 Maybe the Opus trademark filing was a typo. Once they realize Kelly Hoppen's real value, they should use the name Oops! 1 1
REEtired Posted March 13, 2021 #21 Posted March 13, 2021 Silly question maybe. But any consideration of not so many infinite “balcony “ cabins! Asking for a friend. 1
Rare Host Jazzbeau Posted March 13, 2021 #22 Posted March 13, 2021 43 minutes ago, REEtired said: Silly question maybe. But any consideration of not so many infinite “balcony “ cabins! Asking for a friend. Nope. The powers that be are so sure Edge was perfect that they are still going to inflict its 'features' on the rest of the fleet. They are even considering retrieving ships from the breakers to revolutionize!!! 🤣 1 1
LGW59 Posted March 13, 2021 #23 Posted March 13, 2021 8 minutes ago, Host Jazzbeau said: Nope. The powers that be are so sure Edge was perfect that they are still going to inflict its 'features' on the rest of the fleet. They are even considering retrieving ships from the breakers to revolutionize!!! 🤣 Yes they are, and APEX is waiting, most of her cabins are filling up, Beyond and whatever will as well. I for one love it, will only sail on E-class or Kelly refurbed ships gong forward.
Rare NMTraveller Posted March 13, 2021 #24 Posted March 13, 2021 2 hours ago, LGW59 said: . I for one love it, will only sail on E-class or Kelly refurbed ships gong forward. Yes. Definitely a gong show.
finchy1950 Posted March 13, 2021 #25 Posted March 13, 2021 What comes after Beyond? Back of Beyond! 1 1
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