Celebrity Mercury to leave the fleet

[cruznation]

The lovely, but dated, Mercury will be joining the old Galaxy in Germany next year and will be renamed the Mein Schiff 2.

Story here at the Celebrity site.

[1shipshape]

Heard that many people really enjoyed the Mercury. Hopefully will have a great ship to replace it.

[DebbieandJerry]

We had two separate sailings on the Mercury and really loved both. But it is an older ship so I can understand "spend more money on upgrades" "or not". I guess the "or not" won out.

[1shipshape]

I'm wondering if they have named a replacement. I know Mercury has done extensive Alaska bookings for years.

[1shipshape]

I'm wondering if they have named a replacement. I know Mercury has done extensive Alaska bookings for years.

[cruznation]

I know they have put Century into Baltimore to cover the winter season. I haven't heard about Alaska. The trend is for bigger ships, but if they want to cover the "drive to" ports like Baltimore, Norfolk, and Charleston they will need some mid-size ships like Carnivals Spirit class or Royal's Vision class.