{"id":2078,"date":"2019-01-24T12:53:37","date_gmt":"2019-01-24T17:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spintheglobe.net\/dir\/?p=2078"},"modified":"2020-01-19T17:47:02","modified_gmt":"2020-01-19T22:47:02","slug":"wheelchair-accessible-celebrity-edge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spintheglobe.net\/dir\/2019\/01\/24\/wheelchair-accessible-celebrity-edge\/","title":{"rendered":"On the (Wheelchair Accessible) EDGE: Why This Isn’t Your Grandparents’ Celebrity Cruise Ship"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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I got the first hint that the brand new Celebrity Edge wasn’t going to be the typical cruise ship the second I rolled on board. I felt like I had just entered the lobby of a W Hotel filled with famous and important people I hadn’t seen on TV yet. Subtle dance club music was playing at a volume loud enough to energize you, but low enough where you could converse normally. There was glass and metal and sleek wood and modernity everywhere. The wheelchair accessibility was superb; better than any cruise ship I’ve been on. But nowhere was the telltale sign of stereotypical Celebrity cruises with seniors dominating the population. This ship definitely belonged to a different crowd.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In early December, I had the incredible opportunity to sail on a 2-night sneak preview cruise to “nowhere” for the Celebrity Edge. There were several of these preview sailings for promotional purposes, but this one was special. It was the naming, or christening, cruise, and it would be filled with celebrities and top Royal Caribbean corporate brass, as that’s Celebrity’s parent corporation. It was a nonstop celebration filled with shows, ceremonies, free booze, incredible food, ship tours and demonstrations, and new friends and connections. I could speak endlessly about my 48-hour experience, but in this review I’ll focus on the Celebrity Edge’s wheelchair accessibility, and what your experience as a passenger in a wheelchair will be like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n