Talking with the Cruise Director and Restaurant Manager of Celebrity Equinox and the Designer of the Carnival Ships

Last week, I wrote about all of Celebrity Equinox’s physical attributes. However, a ship is only the platform for the cruise experience. What the crew does with that platform makes or breaks the guests’ cruise experience. Accordingly, this week I wanted to highlight two interviews in which the crew talks about what they are doing with Celebrity Equinox.

In the first interview, Cruise Director Gary Walker talks about the lifestyle and the entertainment onboard Equinox. My interview with Mr. Walker is at: http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Equinox-art-Walker.html

The second interview is with Restaurant Manager Fatih Korkmaz in which he describes the various dining options on the Equinox. This interview appears at http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Equinox-art-Korkmaz.html

Switching from Celebrity Cruises to Carnival Cruise Lines, guests on the Carnival ships are familiar with their unique interior designs. They are not like what one would typically encounter in a hotel. Rather, they are bold, imaginative and creative.

The man responsible for these designs is architect Joe Farcus. I asked him about the thinking behind these designs, his influences and what he seeks to achieve with his designs. I found his answers thoughtful and interesting. My interview with Mr. Farcus is at http://www.beyondships.com/Carnival-art-Farcus.html

Joe Farcus Talks About the New Carnival Dream

Later this month, Carnival Dream will enter service. At 130,000 gross tons, she will be the largest ship yet built for Carnival Cruise Lines. She utilizes an underlying design that Carnival first introduced with Carnival Destiny and has been developing with each mega-cruise ship (100,000 plus tons) that it has introduced over the course of the last decade. This has been a very successful and popular design and thus passengers can be assured of finding on Carnival Dream the features that they have enjoyed on earlier Carnival ships.

Yet, Carnival Dream is not just a bigger version of past Carnival ships. Amongst the features being introduced on this ship is a wrap-around outdoor promenade with hot tubs cantilevered over the side. Linking this area to the indoor public spaces will be a new plaza that will be part entertainment venue, part dining area, and part lounge.

Of course, no two Carnival ships are the same. Carnival’s architect Joe Farcus ensures that each ship has its own interior design, each reflecting a different central idea. These creative designs help to give each Carnival ship its own identity and enhance the guests’ vacation experience by both challenging them intellectually and dazzling them visually.

Consequently, who better to talk about what Carnival is trying to achieve with Carnival Dream than Mr. Farcus? My interview with Mr. Farcus appears at: http://www.beyondships.com/CarnivalDream-art-Farcus.html