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| Allure of the Seas |
By Marjie Lambert, The Miami Herald (MCT)
10:32 a.m. EST, December 31, 2012
MIAMI - The Celebrity Reflection that arrived at PortMiami last month had changed so much from the original ship in its class that it was two feet wider in order to balance the weight of an additional deck and other new features.
Carnival Breeze, which also arrived last month, is only the third ship in the Dream class, but its public spaces are very different since they incorporate features from Carnival's new Fun Ship 2.0 program, launched after the first two Dream-class ships were built.
Both are the last ships in their class.
Of 2012's three new ships, only the Oceania Riviera is not significantly different from the first ship in its class. Frank Del Rio, chairman and CEO of Prestige Cruise Holdings, Oceania's parent company, says he'll use the same design to build the next Oceania ship, although that will be at least two years off.
In the world of cruise ships, the end of this year marks a graduation of sorts. Most major U.S.-based lines have wrapped up one ship design and are moving on to a new one.
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