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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Marc Shoffman

I went behind the scenes to see the new Celebrity River Cruises ships – here is what guests can expect

Marc Shoffman visited the shipyard where the first Celebrity River Cruises ship is being built - (Marc Shoffman)

Deep in the Zwijnenburg Shipyard in Rotterdam, a large faceless steel structure stands before me – and it takes a lot of imagination to believe that in just over a year this will be the first of Celebrity Cruises’ river cruise ships.

Even before launching, Celebrity River Cruises has already been making waves in the river cruise market, having sold out its first year of sailings within five hours without a ship even touching the water.

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