Celebrity Solstice is a Solstice class cruise ship owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is the largest cruise ship built in Germany.NWZonline.de Luxusliner Spezial, retrieved 2008-09-29
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Celebrity Solstice is a Solstice class cruise ship owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is the largest cruise ship built in Germany.NWZonline.de Luxusliner Spezial, retrieved 2008-09-29
Celebrity Solstice is the first ship in the Solstice class, her sister ships being Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, and two as-of-yet unnamed ships. The sisters will enter service in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively.
Service history
Celebrity Solstice left the Meyer Werft on 28 September 2008, and arrived in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida, on 3 November 2008. Subsequently she embarked on a series of short preview cruises for travel agents and dignitaries. On 14 November she was officially named by the ocean scientist Sharon L. Smith in a ceremony at Port Everglades. Celebrity Solstice began commercial service on 23 November 2008.
Exterior design
Externally, Celebrity Solstice looks very different from previous Celebrity Cruises ships. In original exterior renderings, the hull was shown as all-white with powder blue funnels and blue glass upper decks. In a more recent update, the light blue color had been changed to Celebrity's normal dark blue color and the hull was shown having a resemblance to the current fleet's livery, with the promenade deck painted dark blue. Similarly, the large dark blue funnel with a white X that had been the trademark of Celebrity thus far has been replaced by two thin funnels, and it was planned to have the X logo of the company visible in the glass balcony railings on the ship's "hump" (The area of superstructure which extends outward farther than the rest of the balconies). Throughout her fitting out, sea trials, and launch, it was noted that the glass X, unless seen from certain angles, was not visible. Shortly after, the X was refinished to be darker, but still can be hard to see. An afterthought during the sea trials saw the addition of a white X onto the forward funnel, thus bringing Solstice more closely related to her fleetmates.
Amenities
Other onboard amenities will include a large theater, multiple restaurant dining options, The Patio on the Lawn, numerous bars and clubs, Solstice Deck, youth facilities, Online@Celebrity, and many other common and unique features. Some new innovations that have been revealed include glass-blowing classes/demonstrations as well as The Lawn Club, a live grass lawn between the ship's funnels on the upper deck.
Ports of call
- Fort Lauderdale, Florida
- Port Everglades, Florida
- Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal
