Celebrity continues its distinctive tradition of paying tribute to grand, historic ocean liners with the new Summit, which entered service in October, 2001.
The specialty restaurant on Summit - the third
of four ships in Celebrity's Millennium-class fleet - features original
panelling and various artifacts from the Normandie, considered
the foremost ocean liner of the 1930s.
Normandie was the industry's first 1,000ft liner, the first
French Line vessel to win the coveted Blue Riband, the North Atlantic's
prize for speed, and the first to take the chic "arts decoratifs" - now
known as art deco - design style to sea.
On Summit, the 134-guest specialty restaurant - aptly
named "The Normandie" - recalls the art deco design of the original
Normandie's scheme, with a dining venue divided by a circular
colonnade displaying two sets of four large, gold-lacquered
panels from the stylish smoking room on the original Normandie. Celebrity
obtained the panels at auction at Christie's.
The restaurant provides guests with an elegant, alternative dining experience created by Celebrity's longtime culinary consultant, Master Chef Michel Roux.
The $350-million Summit, built at Chantiers de l'Atlantique in St Nazaire, France, where the original Normandie was built, presented the industry's largest luxury suites and a wealth of ocean views - 80 per cent of the staterooms have an ocean view, and 74 per cent of those will have verandas.
Summit pays homage to Normandie
