CELEBRITY River Cruises will welcome 10 additional ships to its fleet, which will double in size to 20 by 2031, as it opens its 2028 season for booking.
The new season, which will be Celebrity’s second on the rivers, features an 80% increase in European destinations compared to the cruise line’s inaugural 2027 deployment, with more than 160 sailings to over 50 destinations across the continent.
Guests can sail the Rhine to the vineyards of Alsace, follow the Danube to Budapest’s centuries-old market halls, and visit other highlights, including the Czech Republic and Vienna.
Itineraries will take guests to 24 new ports, including journeys into the wild beauty of the Lower Danube with a Celebrity-first overnight land stay in Bucharest, tulip-season sailings, and Christmas market cruises.
The announcement of the new order of ships also marks the start of construction for the cruise line’s first river vessel, which will be named Celebrity Compass.
She will launch next year alongside Celebrity Seeker, and will be followed by Celebrity Wanderer (pictured), Celebrity Roamer, and Celebrity Boundless, which will join the fleet in 2028.
“Guest demand for Celebrity River Cruises has exceeded our expectations, and expanding the fleet allows us to bring this highly anticipated experience to even more travellers,” said Jason Liberty, chairman and CEO of Celebrity’s parent company, Royal Caribbean Group.
“With Celebrity’s expansion into river, we’re strengthening our connected vacation ecosystem, offering more choice, more access, and more reasons for guests to stay with us – turning the vacation of a lifetime into a lifetime of vacations.” MS
