Celebrity Edge : What's Good and Bad About This Cruise Ship? 

I spent a week on the Mediterranean on the Edge. It was marvelous. Some people are so negative and picky about the smallest things that nothing will please them. This is an excellent cruise ship. Highly recommended!

This new ship is absolutely stunning. I love the look of the new hull, as it really stands out from the shape of the traditional hull that’s so common among cruise ships. It’s about time that someone thought OUTSDE THE BOX by reinventing the ship itself. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS!!!

I'm currently binge watching all of your videos because I miss cruising. Thank you for all the non bias helpful information.

I thought the magic carpet was going to be a gimmick but it was actually pretty great. My biggest complaint is that you can’t watch the front of the ship from the top deck unless you’re in retreat class, which to me, is a big deal - and will keep me off Apex class

Thanks so much Gary. Celebrity is also our favourite cruise line and now in fact the only cruise line for us.

We have been on The Edge and it is amazing. Cruise ship lines need to up their game. Celebrity has gone above. Love love love this ship. 🚢❤️🚢❤️🚢❤️

also we just got back from an alaska trip on the volendam with HAL, we had a great time and your tips were super useful :)

Gary, always enjoy your videos. Having travelled on Celebrity before and two cruises on the Edge I would say you have pretty much nailed this one. Two comments. The Eden experience is a blast, a great experience. One thing that really impressed me is their innovative cross infection controls. Hand washing facilities outside restaurants and automatic doors on the public rest rooms. For those who have a love of theatre and or appreciate technology I would highly recommend a tour back stage of the theatre. Great review.

Great informative video.... After watching another bloggers cruise on the Edge,it was nice to get a differ perspective. The retreat deck looks amazing. So does the magic carpet but I wouldn’t want it going up and down past my cabin!

Me and my family have gone on the edge in 2020 and and we loved everything about the edge there is nothing I can’t say nothing bad about celebrity edge I would go back anytime

Highly Informative video! Thank you for sharing!

Thanks for the review Gary. Celebrity is my favorite line and you gave us some good information about Edge.

Loved this video, a great summary of Celebrity Edge

Thanks Mr. Gary. I am sailing on the Edge in January. We went on the Equinox last year and we were fortunate enough to experience a Celebrity suite. We are very excited to go on board to experience the Edge although the Celebrity Suite for 7 days was a hefty price. We opted for a sky suite.

Another excellent video - thanks Gary!

great video and content. we loved our time on the edge and can't wait to go on her again!

There are some major changes here. Especially the overall decor. Pretty smart for Celebrity to do this. This will keep the interest of seasoned cruisers. You know the type, seen it all, done it all. Now there's something new.

Great video, thanks for your work.

This is a great video - very well done and gives lots of great information. Thank you!

Really great video, thanks. me and my gf are going on the edge next year and we can't wait!

Gary's vids always have such specifically helpful info. Much-appreciated.

All very valid points , balanced - as always ! We LOVED The Edge, sophisticated and stylish. Ideal ship for the Caribbean, hope to book again for 2020, maybe we will try another Edge-Class ship.....

You neglected two HUGE things that us old-line Celebrity cruisers (20+ cruises) HATE! No small lounges and no forward facing space open to all. Both of those mean I will never sail on an Edge glass ship. That and the incorrectly named Infinite Verandah. It’s an outside cabin with a window that opens.

Helpful! This looks like a class of ship I’d really like! 👍🏼💖💗👍🏼

I did the Caribbean tour on the Celebrity Reflection and it was great. Looking forward to cruising on an Edge class ship.

Excellent review. Thanks, Gary!

Thank you for your review Gary. Celebrity is my favorite line for dining 😃 however Disney was close and I really enjoyed going to the different restaurants with the same staff and guests. It's always fun to make new friends however that may be more difficult with the edge class dining arrangement.

Thanks for sharing this video. It has been so informative!!

Celebrity is my favorite cruise line, and I sailed on the Edge two years ago. After several sailings on the Solstice class ships I was disappointed. I do love the "look and feel" of the ship, but the general layout is very confusing and disorienting compared to the Solstice class. Shops and restaurants seemed randomly scattered about the ship, and some of the hallways had dead ends. The biggest disappointment though was the in cabin sofas. I had a mini suite, and the sofas are no longer long enough to lay down on, to nap or read. The only place you can lay down in your cabin is in your bed. I did love Eden!

Just booked our first Edge class ship for next year, a rebook of our FCC…was the Edge now on the Beyond as we liked the itinerary. Just so excited to have a cruise to look forward to! @Gary would love a tour and your take of the Beyond when it comes comes around if in your plans?

Your review was very helpful. Much appreciated!

Great information thank you

So well filmed ! Great job

Very good points - thanks for creating and sharing~

Gary, another great video! Love your presentation style and professionalism. The Edge looks great and we hope to sail on her soon. My wife and I are booked on Celebrity Summit in May 2020 and can't wait!

I've been in many cruises on several lines. Celebrity Edge is very good.

I went on the Edge through the Mediterranean and it was great! I tried all the restaurants to include the specialty ones and the food was amazing! Eden had the best dessert😋.

I am excited because they are offering single staterooms for those of us who like to sail solo.

Well done, as usual, Gary. Looks like a great ship.

Thanks Gary! I have only been on the Equinox and it has been my favorite so far of many lines l have been including Princess and RCL. This ship looks amazing ..cant wait to try her out.

Great information and video quality!

I’ve just booked the Edge in July round the Med - thanks for the video Gary - as ever clear & precise I look forward to sailing on her and comparing notes with you ! I’m not sure about the balcony concept but I’ll soon see :))) Only thing I miss tbh is the formal nights - it was so nice (in my opinion) dressing up in black tie & the ladies in ball gowns - shame it’s gone :(((

Great video Gary. Just off the Edge in April. Agree with the “edgy” feel. Didn’t care for the IV (Infinite Véranda) but loved using the app on my iPhone for lowering the shades and turning off the lights in the room. Having four restaurants instead of one or two MDRs was great. And as you said, it felt like a semi specialty dining experience. Next up for us is the Celebrity Silhouette and next year the Infinity. Suites for us and love Luminae!

My wife and I have been on 40+ cruises with Celebrity and the Edge is on our “not again list”.

loved the video, thx Gary

I just did the Norwegian Bliss last month. Edge or the Apex are next on my list!

Great video indicating pros and cons about the new class. When I have looked at prices in the Edge they are much higher than the other ships. Might have to pass on this class for a while.

I thoroughly enjoyed my Apex cruise. I was in a suite and loved everything that came with that. The four dining rooms were nice. People can choose a table, if they wish, and have the same group and waiter throughout their cruise. We enjoyed so many. Luminae, Blu, and all 4 MDR's. Our Eden dinner was the finest dining experience I've ever enjoyed aboard a ship. Even the walking track is unique, in that it goes between two levels and meanders a bit. One thing to mention. The suites all have standard verandas, not the infinite variety. We enjoyed ours, but our daughter, travelling solo, enjoyed her Infinite Veranda.

Thanks (again). We sail on her in the Med this year, and feel like this gives us somewhat of a leg up. First time on Celebrity, so we won’t. Price the “departures” that you spoke of

I didn't hear any mention of the Ensemble Lounge on the Solstice class disappearing. I'm not that interested in the restaurants. This is similar to an NCL freestyle ship now but NCL at least still includes some lounges. If you're a couple that likes to dance in various lounges on ships, or just likes the lounge life aboard ships, this isn't the class of ship for you.

Nice video. This was much more helpful than the celebrity website. The website do a great job of explaining the dining experience.

This ship is beautiful! Stunning.

We just got off this ship and it's one of the most stunning we've been on, however Celebrity has totally abandoned the concept. They seem unable to attract a younger cruiser and instead are finding more 65 years and older onboard so they've scrapped the concept and running it like a Holland America cruise with Elvis music, Buddy Holly Tribute bands, and even music on board from the 40's and 50's. It's a massive miss for one of cruising's more respected brands and the result is like watching your grandpa trying to be cool and failing miserably.

Another happy subscriber here! My cousins hated Edge but loved Equinox and Reflection. If you want a big dining room, go to the older ships (which are being refurbished). I like the idea of going to a different "main" dining room every night. It's variety, and like a land-based vacation, you get to try different cuisines while on holiday. :-) Oh, and ONLY EDGE has Solo Cabins that are Outside/Infinite Veranda classes, unlike any previous Celebrity Ship.

Your videos that give an overview of various cruise lines are so well done, balanced, and very helpful. Thank you.

Thanks for the video. Can you tell me if they have a coffee bar like on the solstice ships?

Le Petit Chef dining is the most unique dining at sea!

Oh man! I’d love to try this one someday... looks really cool and awesome! very edgy and modern and it looks like posh and classier and the crowd is more civilized.

I just came off the Celebrity Equinox (after the refit) and I loved it. I don't know if I'm going to like this new ship.

Excellent video

Magic Carpet: nice name for the eyesore. At first, I thought it would be an ugly contraption. However, it seems that it has been incorporated well into the function of the ship.

If I want to go to Vegas, I will go to Vegas. Give me a conservative ship with true, old fashioned class.

We were on the Apex last December and the Magic Carpet was not used for tendering. Enjoyed the ship but I think we prefer Solstice class.

Fantastic video. We’ll be on the Edge in 3 weeks. This got me excited!

First cruise ever was on Celebrity Infinity (Millennium class ship in 2010). Older ship but very nice, very fitting to the style of cruising I would want to do in the future. I don't know if I could get onboard (pun intended) on the Celebrity Edge class ships. Some features are nice and some would grate on me. The infinite balconies seem nice as a concept but don't really appeal to me. Mixed thoughts on the dining experience as my wife does not like the typical main dining experience with tons on people and a dozen people sitting at your table every night. Great review and summary though. Very honest and unbiased!

I'm not finding this ship class to my taste. I loved the Zenith, Horizon, Galaxy especially, Century, Mercury. I didn't love the Constellation for a particular reason. I think I like the Solstice class of ships. The problem I have with this ship is I don't see lounges. I love ship lounges. I like dance floors and intimate spaces with varying types of music to enjoy. There were lots of lounges on the Horizon and Century class ships. There was one less on the Millennium class Constellation and I really missed it (the aft lounge). While the Solstice class doesn't have the aft lounge, at least the Martini bar area is nice and there were other intimate spaces to enjoy. The Edge looks almost like a free-style NCL multi-dining ship but without NCL's lounges. If they'd put in more lounges then it would have more appeal. But I guess Celebrity built the ship around the dining experience vs. the socializing in lounges experience.

Would love to try a suite once, but hubby and I don’t have anyone else to go with. I also wonder if having a suite would spoil future cruises without one.

Love the Solstice class ships, and have sailed on all of them. This video has confirmed my feeling that Edge has no appeal to me at all, especially at the current ridiculous prices.

The ship is the cruise. Are ports now marginally incremental in the cruising experience?

Went on a 21 night cruise on the Edge and loved most of it......great service, great food ( free stuff anyway ), but even though we are 60yr olds, we felt it was geared more for older people. The entertainment was more 60's rather than 80's or 90's. As we were in port nearly every day it didn't matter too much. Eden we feel is a bit of a flop.....rarely many people there, entertainment is weird and chairs are very comfortable but not practicable, very hard to get back out of.

These massive Cruise ships just overwhelm any Caribbean port they dock in. It is INSANE on shore

Hey Gary, great video!!! We are going to Alaska next year but can’t decide on a two bedrooms or something bigger. We have 3 people. What do you suggest ? Thanks!!!

No dining room ..You can keep it...No real balconies..Ships today are all decor and bullshit less variety and quality and service and more alternative restaurants that have simple small portions of food which I hateI.It’s all about saving money having a large main dining room means they have to offer a big variety or choice and a varied menu each night.This new idea of no dining room makes it easy for them to predict what people eat and they get a small choice.I never had more than three corses on any ship I’ve traveled on,I like to know it’s available..I don’t mind a couple of alternative restaurants for a change but like my table and choice in a proper ship’s dining room.

Thank you Gary. In reference to the eight things that are unique to RC, we are new to cruising and or son bought us a balcony on Allure if The Seas in September, ‘21 on deck 14. In your opinion, do you think Allure will actually sail then?

Hi Gary , thanks for the video really informative. We are regular Celebrity cruisers but yet to try this new class , as prices seem high in comparison to Solstice class. Do you think it is worth the extra ?

We just cruised with her last week. Fantastic ship, looks amazing, feels very modern. We're used to Royal Carribean, so it was really different. Few things we noticed. This is very much a sit down, eat, drink and listen to music ship. Which can be a good thing, but it was lacking a bit of activities for us. The shops are just stupid. We only visited them once, and did not buy anything. Let's be honest, how many people can afford to spend $10k+ on a watch in todays economy on top of an already expensive cruise? So changing the shops to market to the top 1% just feels a bit weird. We did not spend any money on board, normally we always do. A new tie, a bracelet, an affordable watch,... It just wasn't available. Magic carpet is only good for tenders. It was on the pool deck every day, with a seperate bar. Felt a bit 'meh' about it. The spa is fantastic. Spend a couple of hours there everyday. Great choice of saunas, steam room and the heated beds that look out to the front of the ship might just be my favorite of the whole ship. Dinning is great, but as you said in the video, not having a fixed table, with different staff everyday is different. Normally we'd have a lot of fun at dinner with a fun waiter, they know if they make your evenings great, they'll most likely get a tip at the end of the cruise. Now it felt a bit more distant. Doing their job but nothing more. Might be good for some, I didn't like it. And lastly, avoid the sunset verandas on deck 12. We were right under the outside seating area of the ocean view cafe. It is sooooo noisy. The sound of moving chairs will keep you up at night when they are cleaning, and will wake you up in the moring. We changed rooms to deck 8 after the first night and it was sooo much better. We were in a suite, but didn't really used the retreat since we were travelling with people without access. It looked nice, but was certainly busy. The solarium was a much more relaxing environement.

Beautiful ship !!!

Just looked at the prices,good god,I’d need to win the lottery

Very Interested in a celebrity cruise do they have many sailings from uk. As we aren't keen on fly cruises

2:18 that guy on left really likes his job😅

What about the Infinity Balconies especially in a windy sea day, do your things get blown around your cabin?

Any cruise is a good cruise, looks fantastic 👍 We're sailing on Enchanted Princess next year🛳

Traveled on the celebrity edge summer 2019 with family. I'd say they have an even mix of younger - middle-aged cruisers pertaining to the wealthier side with lots of those whom I had met or my parents had met being early retirees just travelling the world. Rooms were smaller than thought to be however they made good use of space and didn't feel claustrophobic at all. Enjoyed lounging out on the infinite veranda and am an actual fan of the design. I would say that although with quite a large a large selection at their MDR, it was quite lackluster in taste and didn't appeal much at all. My family and I ended up going to the specialty restaurants almost every night (The seafood/sushi restaurants sashimi and tower combos were amazing) or going to Blu which I actually found quite tasteful as well. Main highlights of the ship would be the spa areas with the vast amount of treatments along with varying sauna type rooms in the back, the nightlife on board was usually quite alive with many joining in on silent disco or going to the nightclub. They also hold quite a few different events with the luxury brands on board for those able to afford it. Drinks were quite bland with a lot of the bartenders seemingly still going through training and making drinks very weak. Would not recommend whatsoever to anyone with smaller children or anyone below the age of 18. They won't be able to enjoy 90% of what the cruise has to offer on their own or even with parental signed permission/consent

Those infinity balconies are horrible for air conditioning.

I wonder if there are people who prefer the Reflection over the Edge? Or the Constellation (quite old but is it still good?) over the Beyond? I’m just trying to determine whether the newer ships are worth the extra $$.

Is the Ocean View Cafe still open during the day so one can sit inside, drink coffee (or whatever), play cards or read?

I hope they get the air conditioning right. I was on Celebrity Equinox and the buffet restaurant had cold air blasting away. We quickly found that dining just outside the restaurant at the back more comfortable.

It’s a stunning vessel! It’s definitely not fit for people who are cruise on Carnival cruises. Celebrity cruise lines is more upscale.

I'm trying to decide on a Celebrity cruise vs another on RCL. The comments about the decline of service and dining is very concerning. I had a great time on RCL because of the staff and the food was pretty good as well.

Did a 10 night south Caribbean cruise Feb 3. Wrote to head office when we got home…no acknowledgment, no comment on my letter. I would like to caution physically limited persons to triple check before signing on for excursions…the bus ride trips on the islands may not require physical effort but getting from ship to bus was almost impossible. It is not Celebrity’s first time at these ports. They need to print an accurate description of what to expect on excursions.

The infinity balcony is a no for me. I like being able to actually go out and sit on my balcony and lounge in the sun.

It would be nice if they add a specialty dining of vegan fare.

Now in 2021 the celebrity beyond comes!!!

We thought the specialty restaurant (le petit?) was very expensive considering the menu so we cancelled prior to going there because of that. $55 pey r person. Also very disappointed that no mass on Sunday or ANY sort of non denominational service was offered.

Has anyone taken Celebrity Edge or Soltice to the Hawaiian Islands from British Columbia in Canada? My wife and i are thinking of booking for a trip in September 2024. Thank you.

your negatives are very minor. The ship looks amazing and i'm cruising on it next sunday, i can't wait.

Everything is good, except you cannot go to the front of the ship ( very disappointed) if you are not in high class cabin.

Edge class are nice ships but the price point is absurd.

Can you do a video on the age of the cruise ships for safety travel purposes?

I prefer a smaller dining room and less crowded and less noise