Celebrity Millennium Cruise Ship Profile Celebrity Cruise Lines launched the 1950 passenger Millennium, in July of 2000. At 91000 tons, the ship was the largest at the time ever built in France. It was the first of four state-of-the-art ships that the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire France, built for Celebrity. The Millennium was christened by its Godmother, Robyn Roux, wife of Celebrity's renowned chef, Michel Roux. She broke the traditional bottle of champagne on the hull of the 0 million ship, and a bi-winged stunt plane flew loops over the ship. Scottish pipers played and fireworks blasted overhead. It was quite an event! The Millennium cruise ship has many intriguing and innovative features. For example, Millennium has glass elevators that allow passengers panoramic ocean views while traveling from deck to deck. (Wouldn't want to miss a single beautiful view!) Millenniumfeatures the cruise industry's first music library, "Notes", offering thousands of selections of digital recordings and individual listening stations. For those of us computer buffs who can't go a week without checking our email, the ship includes an Internet cafe called Online@CelebrityCruises, with 18 individual stations for guests. If you are willing to pay for a suite, you will find your own personal Internet access, with flat screen PCs and printers. One advantage of building a new ship is the ability to improve and expand on popular features from other ships. Going along ...
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