We hadn't been on a cruise to Amalfi Coast or the Greek Isles and the Edge was certainly a draw. I had read the review before leaving but was determined to form my own opinion. While the ship is beautiful and innovative in many ways we missed some of the old standby design elements.

There is no way to walk the promenade and enjoy the sea. You can catch a glimpse of it occasionally between lifeboats but that's it. You can not walk all the way around the ship. The only place to do this is upper deck walking track which is nice but terribly busy with runners and standers and very windy, always. You can't get that, "by the sea" feel because you are so high above it. We missed the bar at the front of the ship. We were in New Zealand on another Celebrity cruise and enjoyed the beautiful dance floor & bar that was huge and filled with curved windows around the entire horizon. There is nothing like that on the Edge. The front of the ship is for "suites" or better and the rest of the ship's guests are in the back with no access to the view out the front other than on their TV. The pool area is beautiful. However, access to things like bars, hot tubs, food is poorly planned. In order to go from the pool to a hot tub, you have to go up a floor, either by stairs or by a long ramp, it isn't close. There is only one very small bar that is always overworked with a long line. There are plenty of chairs around the pool. We never had a time when we couldn't find a chair. The sanctuary pool area was nice but too warm most days. Saw very few people using the Cabanas (there is an extra charge for these).

The Sunset bar on the back of the ship is nice but small as well. Very limited space and there were many times (usually every evening at sunset) when there was no place for people to sit. The area at the rooftop garden is nice but usually empty. There didn't seem to be much happening there. Nothing except the occasional saxophone soloist or a movie. The Sunset bar is around the corner so it was just not used much. Read more