Celebrity Cruises Sails Toward New Century

Celebrity Cruises has made a giant leap toward transforming a century into a millennium in just five weeks. The line has signed with Fincantieri in Palermo, Italy, to handle the significant revitalization of its 77,713-ton Century cruise ship in 2006.

The approximately $55-million makeover designed to incorporate on Century a variety of Celebrity´s most popular Millennium-class attributes marks the line´s most extensive refurbishment to-date, and the first time the company has worked directly with Fincantieri.

The Century project will be the largest cruise ship modification to-date for the Palermo yard.

Century will emerge on June 2, 2006, from a five-week dry dock period at Fincantieri with 314 new verandas, 14 new suites, 10 new staterooms ranging from inside to veranda category, an expanded number of Concierge Class category staterooms, a new specialty restaurant, and a series of features and amenities that typify the line´s acclaimed Millennium-class fleet.