Celeb Cruises’ 3,260-guest Celeb Past was voted Finest Total Cruise Ship within the 2024 Cruise Hive Awards. Third within the cruise line’s well-liked Edge class, Celeb Past, which entered service in 2022, acquired extra votes than some other cruise ship!
Celeb Past sails Caribbean voyages year-round, and is understood for design distinctions that embody an expanded sundeck in The Retreat space and the Magic Carpet eating and lounge house. The venue sits on a cantilevered, floating platform that reaches 13 tales above sea stage.
The ship affords six stateroom and 13 suite classes, together with 32 eating and drink venues, together with Le Voyage, created by Michelin-starred chef Daniel Boulud, High-quality Reduce Steakhouse, Le Grand Bistro, Rooftop Backyard Grill, and Eden Restaurant, to call a couple of.
Whereas Celeb Past has swimming pools and sports activities areas, and supervised packages for kids, it caters largely to an grownup crowd and lacks the fun rides, race tracks, ice skating rinks and different kid-focused parts discovered on another ships.
The 140,600-gross ton Celeb Past sailed her maiden voyage in April 2022 and was christened in Fort Lauderdale by Olympic gymnast Simone Biles in November 2022.
The ship is predicated in Fort Lauderdale and sails 10- and 11-night Caribbean and Panama Canal cruises via Might 2025, when her house port switches to Miami and he or she begins a collection of 7-night Caribbean voyages.
On the helm of Celeb Past is Captain Kate McCue, who in 2015 grew to become the primary American lady to function captain of a significant cruise ship. On the time, she was assigned to Celeb Summit, then transferred to Celeb Past as the brand new ship’s first captain.
The Cruise Hive Awards have been first launched again in 2014 and have been ongoing ever since, with a few identify adjustments.
Voting for this 12 months opened in mid-October 2024, with seven award classes. All voting was by Cruise Hive readers and the ultimate day of the awards was Sunday, December 22, 2024. Within the Finest Total Cruise Ship class, readers have been capable of write within the identify of their favourite ship.
Icon of the Seas, Rotterdam Additionally Win Finest Ship Awards
Cruise Hive voters selected Royal Caribbean’s Icon of the Seas because the second Finest Total Cruise Ship, and Holland America Line’s Rotterdam because the third.
Notable for its dimension because the world’s largest cruise ship, Icon of the Seas is a 248,663-gross ton ship with a capability for 7,600 visitors. Crusing year-round from Miami, the ship options eight themed neighborhoods, Thrill Island, Surfside, Chill Island, The Hideaway, The Royal Promenade, Central Park, The Suite Neighborhood, and AquaDome.
The celebrated AquaDome is taken into account one of the crucial spectacular areas on the ship. Its glass dome, the most important ever created for a cruise ship, is a multi-use house for eating and leisure. Additionally it is house to the AquaTheater, the place visitors can see dive exhibits and different aquatics.
Within the No. 3 spot, Holland America Line’s Rotterdam is Pinnacle-class ship that launched in 2020. The ship is the latest within the fleet and accommodates 2,668 visitors.
Rotterdam had a royal welcome at her christening, which was held in Rotterdam, Netherlands in Might 2022, as Her Royal Highness Princess Margriet of the Netherlands served as godmother.
The ship is predicated in Fort Lauderdale via mid-April 2025, crusing 7- to 21-day Caribbean and Panama Canal voyages. In April she repositions to Amsterdam and begins a collection of British Isles, Iceland, Baltic, and Scandinavia cruises.
In 2023, Royal Caribbean’s Surprise of the Seas got here out on prime because the Finest Overal Cruise Ship.
