5 Best Destinations You Can Visit on a Celebrity Cruise Ship

Like many of the seven big lines that make up the majority of cruises taken by North Americans, Celebrity Cruises offers a wide range of itineraries. At some point during the year, you can find celebrity ships in almost every corner of the world.

Still, the line’s largest presence is in the Caribbean, Europe and Alaska.In a typical summer, seven of its 12 main vessels are dispatched to Europe and another three to Alaska. . This leaves only two ships that celebrities usually assign to voyages to Bermuda and the Caribbean.

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During the winter, Line moves most of these ships to the Caribbean Sea, but also sends some to Asia, Australia and South America.

Ten of the line’s 12 flagship vessels will sail in the Caribbean this coming winter, with one each to Australia and South America. Line has canceled the normal deployment of one vessel to Asia due to ongoing COVID-19-related travel restrictions in the region.

Celebrity is also a major player in Galapagos voyages, using three additional very small vessels based in destinations throughout the year.

Overall, celebrity ships typically sail to nearly 80 countries in a year, going to all seven continents. They visit her over 300 ports and cruise destinations. These are numerous, but not as large as those found in Celebrity’s biggest competitors.

Line itineraries include everything from two-night sampler cruises to the Bahamas to 18-night voyages to Hawaii and the South Pacific. However, Celebrities aren’t known for the long multi-month voyages and round-the-world voyages that characterize Princess and Holland America’s schedules.

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Europe

Some of the celebrity’s most exciting itineraries are in Europe, where Rhine is a key player.It typically deploys more than half of its 12 large ships to the continent from spring to fall, and travels across Europe for more than half the year. Focus as much as possible.

The range of itineraries offered by Celebrity in Europe is extensive, with various routes set up in both the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

In the Mediterranean, the line offers everything from 6- to 14-night voyages that offer the chance to see iconic destinations such as Barcelona. Italy Rome, Florence and Venice. and Dubrovnik, Croatia on one of her cruises.

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Alternatively, you can sign up for a Mediterranean cruise that focuses on the Greek islands. Some Eastern Mediterranean cruises offered by Celebrity include port calls in Israel and Turkey.

In Northern Europe, celebrities take us to famous Baltic cities such as Stockholm. Tallinn, Estonia. Helsinki; and St. Petersburg, Russia on one of his voyages (note that the call of the Rhine in St. Petersburg is currently on hold because of the war in Ukraine). There are also itineraries through the fjords of Iceland, Ireland, England and Norway.

Among the longest voyages celebrities offer in Europe is a rare 14-night ‘Iceland and Ireland’ trip that stops at St. Peter Port in the Channel Islands. Cork and Waterford, Ireland. Glasgow, Scotland. UK, Liverpool. Akureyri and Reykjavik, Iceland. and Belfast in Northern Ireland.

In Northern Europe, Celebrity ships mainly sail from Southampton and Amsterdam in the UK.

In the Mediterranean, the line’s hub is Barcelona. Civitavecchia (Roman port) and Venice, Italy. and Piraeus (the port of Athens).

The route also offers departures from Lisbon, Portugal.

Caribbean and Bahamas

Come winter, celebrities focus on voyages to the Caribbean and Bahamas. The line typically deploys only one of her ships in the Caribbean and Bahamas during the summer, but moves nearly all of its ships to the region during the winter.

For example, next winter, 10 out of 12 large ships will sail to the Caribbean and Bahamas. This includes the 3,260-passenger Celebrity Beyond, the 2,910-passenger Celebrity Apex, and her three newest and largest ships, the 2,918-passenger. celebrity edge.

Celebrity offers a wide range of itineraries to the Caribbean and Bahamas from three major Florida ports. Port of Miami and Port of Tampa.

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If you’re looking for something shorter, we’ve got you covered in the form of quick 4- or 5-night trips to ports in the Bahamas, Mexico and Belize. However, it also offers his seven-night voyages to ports in the Caribbean and Bahamas, and numerous extended trips in the region, ranging from ten to fourteen nights.

At the heart of Rhine’s Caribbean and Bahamas program is a diverse collection of 6- to 9-night voyages, which fall into three broad categories.

• Voyage in the Eastern Caribbean Sea.
• Voyage in the Western Caribbean Sea.
• Voyage in the Southern Caribbean Sea.

A typical seven-night celebrity voyage to the Eastern Caribbean includes a stop in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands. San Juan of Puerto Rico. Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic. and Nassau in the Bahamas.

A typical 7-night celebrity sail in the Western Caribbean may include a stop in Key West, Florida. Cozumel, Mexico; Georgetown, Grand Cayman; and Falmouth, Jamaica.

Southern Caribbean itineraries on this route are often nine nights and visit Southern Caribbean destinations such as Aruba and Curacao, as well as several northern destinations such as Grand Cayman and The Bahamas.

Alaska

Celebrities aren’t the biggest players in Alaska cruises.The giants of cruises to Alaska are Princess Cruises and Holland America, the sister companies that control most of the market.

Still, Celebrity typically sends three of its 12 large ships to Alaska each summer, making it an important operator in the region.

Alaska’s cruise season is short, lasting approximately May through September. In 2022, Celebrity plans to bring three of these her ships to the Alaskan market.

• Celebrity eclipse: The 2,850-passenger ship will make a seven-night round trip from Vancouver, British Columbia to Alaska. Visit Juneau, Ketchikan, and Icy Strait Point, Alaska. Also visit Hubbard Glacier for glacier viewing. On some voyages, the Alaskan town of Sitka replaces a port call at Icy Strait Point.
• Celebrity Solstice: The 2,850-passenger vessel makes a seven-night round trip from Seattle to Alaska. Call the Alaskan towns of Skagway, Juneau, and Ketchikan. and Victoria, British Columbia. Also for glacial viewing Endicott She visits the Arm and Dawes Glaciers.
• Celebrity Millennium: The 2,218-passenger vessel will make a one-way voyage to Alaska between Vancouver, British Columbia and Seward, Alaska. Alaska’s Ketchikan, Juneau, Skagway and Icy Strait include calls at her point. Also visit Hubbard Glacier for glacier viewing.

The beauty of the Celebrity Millennium one-way voyage is that it can be combined with a celebrity-hosted Alaskan land tour lasting 3 to 6 days to create a 10 to 13 night “cruise tour”.

The land tour portion of such trips visit famous locations in the Alaskan interior, such as Denali National Park and the town of Fairbanks.

Galapagos

Celebrity is one of the largest operators of cruises around the Galapagos, a wildlife-filled archipelago in the Pacific made famous by Charles Darwin.

Few major cruise companies offer cruises around the Galapagos because local regulations limit the number and size of vessels that operate at their destination. However, in recent years, Celebrity has entered the market with first her one, then her two, and now her three very small ships going to destinations full-time.

The first thing to know about these three ships is that the cruise experience they offer is very different from what you’ll experience on any of Celebrity’s other ships. Just because you love cruising with celebrities in Europe and the Caribbean doesn’t automatically make you love sailing along the Galapagos Line.

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First of all, the Galapagos 3 ships are considerably smaller than Celebrity’s conventional ships. These ships can only accommodate her between 16 and 100 passengers, whereas she usually carries 2,000 to 3,000 passengers on the big celebrity ships. This is in line with local rules that cruise ships cannot carry more than 100 passengers on her.

Due to their smaller size, these three Galapagos ships are far less equipped than the larger Celebrity ships.

But cruising in the Galapagos is more than just an experience on board. See the incredible wildlife that inspired Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection.

As such, all three of Celebrity’s Galapagos ships are expedition cruise ships, equipped with landing craft to explore remote areas and sailing with professional guides.

A voyage on three ships (too small to really be called ships), to see our destination’s famous land iguanas, turtles, blue-footed boobies and Darwin’s finches, with the help of these guides (all in the Galapagos National Park). Revolves around landing daily with a certified naturalist).

The recently built 100-passenger Celebrity Flora is one of the Galapagos’ newest and most luxurious vessels. It boasts two penthouse suites that span the full width of the ship. Each one is her 1,300 square feet. All other accommodations are also suites.

Bermuda

Celebrity has a long history of offering voyages to Bermuda, with at least one Bermuda ship sailing from Cape Liberty, New Jersey (one of the ports in the New York City area) each year.

In both 2022 and 2023, the line is scheduled for the Celebrity Summit carrying 2,158 passengers and will sail from Cape Liberty to Bermuda on 7-, 9-, and 10-night voyages to destination. increase.

The minimum 7-night Bermuda cruise includes only one long port stop in Bermuda. During these trips, Celebrity Summit spends the majority of his three days at the destination, with the remaining seven days spent on long open-water sailings to and from the islands.

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Longer 9- and 10-night Bermuda voyages of celebrities call in Charleston, South Carolina and sometimes Newport, Rhode Island. This is a unique differentiator from Bermuda cruises offered by other lines.

All celebrity trips to Bermuda take place in May, June and July.

Conclusion

Celebrity offers a wide range of itineraries in cruise destinations around the world, from the Caribbean to Asia. However, you’ll find the most selection of celebrity itineraries in the Caribbean, Europe, and Alaska. Its particular focus on Galapagos voyages sets it apart from other big routes.

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