What floats your boat when it comes to building the perfect cruise ship? It’s a question guaranteed to provoke myriad answers. Whether your loves are luxurious floatingresorts packed to the funnels with pickleball courts and mini golf, seafaring amusement parks or intimate boutique havens, there are common factors that determine which ships sink or swim in the popularity stakes.
However, Celebrity Cruises has opted to take the plunge and let its customers (and anyone else who wants to sign up) decide the look and feel of its next ship, Celebrity Xcel, now under construction at a shipyard in France and debuting in November.
