Celebrity Century
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| Name: | 1995 - 2006: Century 2006 - present: Celebrity Century |
| Operator: | Celebrity Cruises |
| Port of registry: |  Malta |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany |
| In service: | 1995-present |
| Identification: | IMO number: 9072446 |
| Status: | In Active Service as of 2011 |
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| Class and type: | Century class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 71,545 gross tons |
| Length: | 815 ft (248 m) |
| Beam: | 105 ft (32 m) |
| Draft: | 25 ft (7.6 m) |
| Decks: | 12 |
| Speed: | 21.5 knots (39.8 km/h) |
| Capacity: | 1,808 passengers |
| Crew: | 843 |
The Celebrity Century, formerly named Century, is the lead ship of the Century-class of cruise ships for Celebrity Cruises, and the co-flagship of the Celebrity fleet, along with Millennium-class ship Celebrity Constellation, and the newest class of ship the Soltice Celebrity Solstice. Other ships belonging to the Century Class are the Mein Schiff 1 (formerly Celebrity Galaxy) and the Mein Schiff 2 (formerly Celebrity Mercury).
[edit] History
Century was launched in 1995 and went into a 5 week drydock in April 2006 whilst undergoing complete refurbishment. Designed to incorporate a variety of Celebrity's Millennium-Class attributes, the revitalization of Century is the line's most extensive refurbishment to-date, and the largest cruise ship modification completed by Fincantieri's Palermo, Italy, shipyard.
A total of 314 new verandas have been added to the ship, along with 14 new suites, ten new staterooms ranging from inside to veranda categories, a new specialty restaurant, an expanded spa, and a series of features and amenities that typify the line's Millennium-class fleet.
The new Murano specialty restaurant in the center of the ship has chandeliers handcrafted of Murano glass, named for the island of Murano near Venice, Italy, where glass-blowing has been a fine art and tradition since the 13th century.
Century has the first "ice bar" concept at sea within its Martini Bar featuring a liquid wall that freezes to form a sparkling crystalline appearance, and a bar counter that freezes into ice-cold stone, while a solid block of ice will display bottles of liquor behind the bar.
[edit] Featured on TV
At the time the brand new Century (known then before Celebrity was added to the name) was featured on the popular hit TV-show The Nanny. The episode was debuted as "Ship of Fran's". Public areas that were featured in the episode were: Crystal Room nightclub, Hemisphere Lounge, Grand Foyer, Fortunes Casino and on-deck pool area. Many officers and staff were giving speaking roles including the then captain of the ship Iakavos Korres.
[edit] External links
- Official ship website
- Celebrity Cruises website
- Elegant Nights - Century microsite
- Official Celebrity Century UK site
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