In December 2022 my hubby Lee and I decided to have an adventure in honor of his December 1st birthday. So on December 2nd we boarded the Celebrity Edge in Ft. Lauderdale Florida. We were booked on the 10 night Ultimate Southern Caribbean cruise. We had heard so much about the new series of ships we were excited to be on The Edge. This was only our second cruise on Celebrity, the first being on the Millennium. The Edge is the first in the newest class of Celebrity ships. The Edge was launched in January of 2018, with 15 decks that holds 2,918 passengers. You may have heard of the first Captain of the Edge. Her name is Kate McCue, fondly called Captain Kate. She moved on to the Celebrity Beyond last year, so our Captain was Tasos Kafetzis. Captain Tasos was very funny. He would make his announcements with humor, even on those days when the waves were hitting 20 feet! Even though the ship is 5 years old, to me she still looked shiny and new. The Edge is a very different style than the other Celebrity ships. It is very modern with a lot of silver, gray, black with touches of yellow and lots of greenery. There are roof top bars, green spaces, lots of art through out the ship. We took the art tour of the ship and found it very interesting. The ship has a very contemporary feel. I found the ship very pretty with plenty of places to hang out, listen to music, listen to a talk about an upcoming port or cruise and see the entertainment. The casino is also of good size. Although this can be a family cruise ship, it seems to be geared towards adults.
Our accommodations. On this cruise, we decided to be in a Sky Suite. The Sky Suite is the smallest of the suites, but still offers most of the benefits of the larger suites. We had a butler, room attendant, pre paid gratuities, access to the Retreat lounge, Luminae restaurant, and the suite only pool with pool bar/restaurant. If you wanted to have specialty dining, there is an extra charge. Our bed was converted to a king, looking out onto our balcony. We had two nice sitting chairs and a small table. It was nice to sit outside during cruise days and enjoy looking out over the ocean. There is a window that looks out from the double sink in the bathroom across the room to an ocean view. There were sliding doors to close this view off and have some privacy while using the bathroom facilities. There is a nice size shower in the Sky Suite. We found lots of storage for all of our needs. My one complaint, is there was only access to charging things on one side of the bed.
Dinning! The food on the Edge is top notch. We found ourselves just going to Luminia and looking back, I wish we had branched out more and tried more of the specialty dining options. The specialty restaurant’s were the Eden for dinner, La Petite Chef, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Le Grand Bistro, Raw on 5, Dinner on the Edge (on the Magic Carpet top deck) and Roof Top Garden. We did have dinner at the Eden and it was lovely. We also paid for the Chef’s Dinner with wine pairing by Danial Bouard. We have done this dinner before and we highly recommend doing this at least once. I would also like to recommend the La Petite Chef experience. We did not do this only because Lee wasn’t fond of the menu, but it is a show not to be missed. Of course there is always the pool bars, Ocean View Buffet and four main complimentary restaurants, Normandie, Tuscan, Cyprus and Cosmopolitan.
The entertainment was really very good. I am always reluctant to see some of the entertainment on a ship. At the end of the day, there is usually a book calling my name. I decided that I wanted to experience the entertainment this time. We didn’t go every night, but we did see some really good shows! We also spent and lost, money in the casino, and played Deal or No Deal twice.
The ports! We had five ports on this cruise. St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Lucia, St. George, Grenada, and St Maarten. They are all beautiful places to visit. Having been to a lot of Caribbean islands, they do have the same story. My favorite island was St. Maarten. Half Dutch owned half French owned. Each side is very different, and both representative of their heritage. Since we were in the West Indies, the spice islands, I came away with packets of spices, vanilla, honey, hot cocoa and rum!
The people! Everyone we met on the cruise was friendly and helpful. One of the things about traveling is meeting new people. I want to give a shout out to our new friends. When we met Kimmie & John we found out that they live about 20 min. from our house. We really enjoyed spending time and have met up recently for dinner. This will be a lasting friendship. Also a shout out to Robin & Lee. We have so much in common it’s scary! Truly Kindred Spirits. We hope to catch up in the Big Apple later this year!
We did enjoy our time on the Edge, so much so, that we booked three future cruises. In July of 2024, we will be on the Apex for a 12 night Norwegian Fjords & Arctic Circle and in March of 2025, we’ll be back on the Edge for back to back cruises the first a 9 night Australian Wine Cruise March 3-12 and then 13 night New Zealand Cruise March 12-25. If you can, come join us!
I hope that you can follow along and maybe meet up along the way! Take Care, Kim
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