Celebrity Solstice

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Name: Celebrity Solstice
Operator: Celebrity Cruises
Port of Registry: Flag of the Bahamas Bahamas
Builder: Meyer Werft
Cost: $750 million (USD)
Completed: December, 2008 (planned)
Status: Under Construction
General characteristics
Tonnage: 118,000 gross tons[1]
Length: 1,033 ft (315 m)
Beam: 121 ft (37 m)
Draft: 27 ft (8 m)
Decks: 19
Speed: 24 kn (44 km/h/28 mph)
Capacity: 2,850 passengers

The Celebrity Solstice is a cruise ship for Celebrity Cruises that will enter service in 2008. She will have four sister ships, Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, and two as-of-yet unnamed ships. The sisters will enter service in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012, respectively [2]. After completion she will be the largest cruise ship built in Germany.[citation needed]

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[edit] Exterior design

Externally the Celebrity Solstice will look 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.[3] In a more recent update, the light blue color has been changed to Celebrity's normal dark blue color and the hull is showing a resemblance to the current fleet's livery.[citation needed] Similarly, the large dark blue funnel with a white X that has been the trademark of Celebrity thus far will be replaced by two thin funnels, with the X logo of the company visible in the glass balcony railings at an aft portion of the ship.[3]

[edit] Amenities

Solstice and her sisters will offer over seven different stateroom categories, including the new AquaClass.

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.[4]

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