Book your customers a cruise on the exciting new Celebrity Edge – launching in December 2018 – and you could be offering them a taste of paradise in the ship’s multi-purpose Eden venue.

Celebrity Cruises revealed details of the vast triple-deck theatre-cum-restaurant-cum-greenhouse at a glamorous event at Brooklyn Botanic Gardens in New York last night.

They claim Eden will be the ship’s most exciting feature – surpassing the Magic Carpet announced in March – but anyone who has seen Two70 on the Quantum class ships of sister company Royal Caribbean will already be familiar with the concept.

Situated on Decks 4, 5 and 6 at the aft end of the ship, the room’s spiral design is inspired by the Fibonacci Sequence It is surrounded by more than 7,000 square feet of glass and contains a 300-foot ramp giving passengers panoramic views to the sea and clear insight into what’s happening in-board.

Richard Fain, chairman and CEO of Celebrity’s parent company, Royal Caribbean International is the inspirational mastermind who brings innovation to all his ships. He says Eden is “a unique advance in cruise ship design, an experience that is multi-faceted and innovative.”

Harking back to the Magic Carpet, he added: “Connectivity to the ocean is one of the most exciting hallmarks of Edge class, and with more glass than any other room at sea, Eden embodies that outward-facing concept.”

Celebrity collaborated with three innovative partners on the design. Scott Butler of Wilson Butler Architects and internationally renowned designer Patricia Urquiola – who has never designed a venue at sea before worked on the structure, together with Variety Worldwide, creators of a the New York dinner-theatre experience Queen of the Night. The result is said to be “an individualised, ever-evolving theatrical journey that puts guests at the epicentre of the performance.”

Lisa Lutoff-Perlo, President and CEO of Celebrity Cruises, added “The entire space is magical throughout morning, afternoon, and evening when our guests will experience Eve at Eden, an experience produced by the visionary Variety Worldwide and our very own Cornelius Gallagher. They have all created something magical and magnificent.”

By morning, Eden is somewhere to escape for a coffee and a croissant, looking out on the world outside. In the afternoons it becomes more playful, with seminars and tastings to satisfy passengers’ appetite for cocktails and culinary experiences.

Early evening brings Eve at Eden, a sinful fusion of performance art and at dinner, the Eden Restaurant promises a choreographed series of delicious temptations to surprise and delight.

David Ley, director of Queen of the Night creators Variety Worldwide, said Eden would “break many of the rules” expected of traditional cruise ship entertainment.

The $1 billion Celebrity Edge will carry almost 3,000 passengers on week-long cruises from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean. The start of construction was marked at a shipyard in France last week by the placing of an 875-ton block in dry-dock. The maiden voyage is scheduled for December 16, 2018.