So in all they are making an effort to make the ship a proper Celebrity vessel and I am sure as time goes on staterooms etc will also get a more contempory feel and the ships will loose a little of their Edewardian decor.

I also find the decor of Celebrity ships very much to my taste. Much more so than the somewhat overdone Edwardian decor or the current R-Class ships. I have a feeling I will prefer the changes (both in design and decor) that Celebrity is making to the ships.

Celebrity has put together a very nice powerpoint presentation of the new JOURNEY and QUEST and I like what I see. There is also a nice image on the first page showing the ship in Celebrity livery. I think it looks good. I wish I had a way of copying the image but I don't think I can.

I have no doubt these ships will be very popular in the Celebrity fleet. I just hope they make upgrades to the pool area like Oceania did. Certainly Celebrity is spending a lot more than Princess did, which basically did nothing except add Princess mailboxes outside each cabin and make over the observation lounge.

It's quite interesting how three rather different cruise lines are using the exact same hardware in their fleets. It has to make you wonder about brand differentiation and how different cruise lines really are.

I don’t suppose the masses spend much time Libraries shore-side, so they are unlikely to need one onboard a ship either. Hence those ships that still have Libraries tend to have rather small ones. As Pam said lending books does not generate income.

The Queens are an exception. I think the QM2 has the biggest Library at sea? Both the QE2 and QM2 also have excellent bookshops too, which of course does generate income.

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The libraries on these ships are lovely. More of a sanctuary.. and the very last room one should touch I feel. I would have thought as they stood they would be very appealing to Celeb's passengers. However a library is not revenue generating.. sobeit.

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The entire ship appears to be a sanctuary, and frankly the library looks very much like most other rooms on the ship. They all have the same type of decor. I'm sure there are plenty of other areas where solitude can be found. As Malcolm stated, I don't think large libraries are all that necessary in this day and age (except for a very small segment of the population). I'm actually surprised the Voyager Class ships of Royal Caribbean have such large libraries (two levels).

To be honest I never understood the placement of the library on the R-Class ships. Never made sense to me.

I recommend saving it to your desktop and then opening it from there. It doesn't seem to work otherwise.

Ernie

QUEST and JOURNEY Powerpoint

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It is clear they are going to name the new ships "Celebrity...." including the name on the hull, I hope they will rename all the ships the same way albeit I think their names are so distinctive anyway that the branding of them isn't really nessersary.

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Great presentation, I very much like the new look cabins and am sure the overall decor etc will look better than the current, the new Michaels Club will I think be a huge improvement. The only thing I am not keen on is the external paint job, too much X and too much blue, would look much better with the white stripes on the blue and much more distinctive, hopefully they will change this. I do hope the revamp the pool. With the crew to pax ratio these ships should deliver a really good cruise product.

It is clear they are going to name the new ships "Celebrity...." including the name on the hull, I hope they will rename all the ships the same way albeit I think their names are so distinctive anyway that the branding of them isn't really nessersary.

Itineraries look fab, will have to organise and try one of these asap.

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Mike - although the stateroom photo is actually a suite on the Century, I imagine they will do a very good job in refurbishing those areas.

As for the pool deck, unless something changed very recently, they won't be refurbishing the pool deck with teak.

I am not sure about 'popcorn' & 'candy' re the movie package; somewhat lowers the 'upscale' <their word> impression they are stating.

Why is the word 'Carnaval' stated in the itineraries <for Rio>? It really comes over as a very poor spelling error, rather than the Portuguese word. I expect all passengers will just think they have made an error?

For those concerned that the library was being turned into the bar, that is not the case ... exactly. Everything will remain the same except a piano will be added. At night you can listen to music and have a cocktail (brought to you from an adjacent bar). During the day the library will be business as usual. I think it makes a nice use of the space. Also, no smoking will be allowed.

Ernie

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Will there be a like report of Zenith's refit, she is rather tired out too it seems.

It says 'cigar' smoking is not permitted, not 'no smoking'.

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Originally posted by PamM: Will there be a like report of Zenith's refit, she is rather tired out too it seems.

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Big difference in age between the two ships. I would imagine ZENITH would be tired out. CELEBRITY JOURNEY is not that old of a ship to begin with and I'm surprised how much wear has been detected.

I doubt you will see a report on ZENITH's refit. Most readers of Cruise Critic are North American's and they have little interest in Pullmantur or even know what it is.