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Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2007 02:49 pm | 1st Post |
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Summer Solstice Sheds New Light on Celebrity Solstice(SM)
MIAMI, June 18 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Celebrity Cruises is beaming about the approach of summer solstice. The term for the longest day and shortest night of the year, summer solstice traditionally marks the beginning of summer in the Northern Hemisphere, but at Celebrity Cruises, it also marks the opening of bookings for Celebrity Solstice(SM), the top-rated premium cruise line's first new ship since 2002.
Bookings for Celebrity Solstice will open exclusively for members of Celebrity's loyalty program, "Captain's Club," on June 21, the date of this year's summer solstice. Beginning July 5, all other cruise enthusiasts are welcome to book a Celebrity Solstice vacation.
"We are thrilled with the early interest and enthusiasm we're receiving from our guests and travel partners about Celebrity Solstice," said Celebrity's President Dan Hanrahan. "As a special gesture of appreciation to our loyal Captain's Club members, we're pleased to offer them the first opportunity to set sail in the ship's inaugural season."
Celebrity Solstice will offer the extraordinary service and dining experience the brand is known for providing, along with a variety of compelling new features that will be revealed over time.
One of those features is the line's new AquaClass(SM) category of veranda accommodations expressly designed for spa enthusiasts. Guests booked in AquaClass will receive unlimited access to Celebrity Solstice's new AquaSpa relaxation room and the Persian Garden, an exotic aromatherapy and steam room, as well as exclusive, complimentary dining in Blu, an intimate, 130-seat specialty restaurant whose design is likely to be as inviting as the cuisine.
AquaClass will comprise 130 of the ship's 1,425 staterooms. A full 85 percent of all staterooms onboard Celebrity Solstice will have verandas, and all staterooms will be equipped with flat-screen TVs, smarter storage and closet space, spacious bathrooms, and plush European bedding. The ship will offer wireless Internet access throughout.
Following several weeks of inaugural activities, Celebrity Solstice will make its maiden voyage December 14, 2008, on a seven-night Eastern Caribbean cruise roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., visiting San Juan, Puerto Rico; Basseterre, St. Kitts; and Philipsburg, St. Maarten. The itinerary will be offered on Sundays through April 5, 2009, with an alternating itinerary calling on San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St. Maarten; Tortola, B.V.I.; and Labadee, Haiti, through April 12, 2009. Fares for veranda staterooms begin at $1,099 per person, based on double occupancy.
Celebrity Solstice will be the line's first in a class of four 2,850-guest vessels with an exceptional range of guest-inspired services and amenities. German shipbuilder Meyer Werft is building the 122,000-ton vessels. Meyer Werft also built the line's Century-class fleet: Celebrity Century, Celebrity Mercury, and Celebrity Galaxy.
Celebrity Cruises offers comfortably sophisticated, upscale cruise experiences with highly personalized service, exceptional dining, and extraordinary attention to detail. Celebrity sails in Alaska, California, the Caribbean, Europe, Galapagos Islands, Hawaii, Mexican Riviera, Panama Canal and South America, and will begin sailing in Australia and New Zealand in November. The line also offers unique land-tour vacations in Alaska, Canada, Europe and Australia through its cruisetour affiliate. Noted for "The World's Best Large Ships," as voted by the readers of Conde' Nast Traveler (February 2007 Cruise Poll), Celebrity's current fleet will be joined by Celebrity Solstice in 2008, Celebrity Equinox in 2009, Celebrity Eclipse in 2010, and a fourth Solstice-class ship in 2011. For more information, call your travel agent, dial 1-800-437-3111 or visit http://www.celebritycruises.com.
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Posted: Tue Jun 19th, 2007 05:21 pm | 2nd Post |
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| The prices don't look too bad and the interior shots are very nice. Hmmm, might have to give this one some consideration.
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Posted: Thu Jun 21st, 2007 03:15 am | 3rd Post |
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| The solarium looks awesome.
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| Doesn't it though? All that glass!
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 04:39 am | 5th Post |
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I just received my invite to book...who's with me!! This ship looks SWEEEEET! I've been itchin to get back on Celebrity.... 
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 01:22 pm | 6th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: I just received my invite to book...who's with me!! This ship looks SWEEEEET! I've been itchin to get back on Celebrity....
Love to do Celebrity again ... but 7 days is not enough 
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 01:24 pm | 7th Post |
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I am VERY interested in this!!!! I loved my one cruise on Celebrity and want to go on this one!
But 2009 is so far away!!!!!! 
1/09, here I come!!!!!! 
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 03:56 pm | 8th Post |
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Catnip wrote: I am VERY interested in this!!!! I loved my one cruise on Celebrity and want to go on this one!
But 2009 is so far away!!!!!!
1/09, here I come!!!!!!
Sorry FMOT's, no voting needed on this one... 1/11/09 lets book it!! If your a previous Celebrity cruiser you can book exclusively till 7/4, after that, all the rest of you riff raff can book and join us!  
Come on...this gives you all a year and a half to get ready....what could be better than a one month old ship!!!
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 04:20 pm | 9th Post |
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captN wrote: mrdawson wrote: I just received my invite to book...who's with me!! This ship looks SWEEEEET! I've been itchin to get back on Celebrity....
Love to do Celebrity again ... but 7 days is not enough
No problem Capt'n, book back to back 1/11 and 1/18, they are 2 different itenereries too!!
Round up yer pirates and get on this with us! I KNOW you LOVE those GIANT martinis on Celebrity!!!
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 04:38 pm | 10th Post |
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mrdawson wrote: captN wrote: mrdawson wrote: I just received my invite to book...who's with me!! This ship looks SWEEEEET! I've been itchin to get back on Celebrity....
Love to do Celebrity again ... but 7 days is not enough
No problem Capt'n, book back to back 1/11 and 1/18, they are 2 different itenereries too!!
Round up yer pirates and get on this with us! I KNOW you LOVE those GIANT martinis on Celebrity!!!
Oh yeah baby giant martini's .... still have my souviner shaker 
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Posted: Fri Jun 29th, 2007 06:46 pm | 11th Post |
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| Im booked!!!! Grabbed a concierge class aft balcony baby!!! Where the hell are the rest of ya??
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Posted: Sat Jun 30th, 2007 03:25 am | 12th Post |
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| This looks interesting! But I will have to discuss with the DH first!
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gurlwithbaggage wrote: This looks interesting! But I will have to discuss with the DH first!
WHAT????? who wears the pants in your house?...book it and tell him it was a birthday present so ya couln't tell him!!
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Posted: Sat Jun 30th, 2007 03:40 am | 14th Post |
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We will more than likely book this but I have to check out the deck plans first;
Denise, I talked to Eldred and he wants to go!!!
Come on!!!!!
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mrdawson wrote: gurlwithbaggage wrote: This looks interesting! But I will have to discuss with the DH first!
WHAT????? who wears the pants in your house?...book it and tell him it was a birthday present so ya couln't tell him!!
LMAO!!! I need to see if he wants to go on this one! If not, I'll have to con someone into going with me. I've never cruised in January!
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| January's a nice time to cruise (especially for those of us in New England). I might have to give this some thought, too.
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Posted: Sun Jul 1st, 2007 01:47 pm | 17th Post |
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Rich,
I need to talk to you about this one. We are out of town this week and only have access to slow-ass dial-up.
We would want a balcony cabin, but not an aft. I don't think I would want to only be able to see where I've been.
I prefer the port side, mid-ships. Does this ship have anything like the "hump" on RCCL?
Just a regualr cabin with a balcony will be fine with us.....doesn't have to be a suite.
Let me know what you think. We are past-passengers, so could book before July 4.
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Posted: Sun Jul 1st, 2007 03:07 pm | 18th Post |
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Solstice actually has two areas where the cabins are out further than other areas, like the Voyager class humps, but with more cabins in the area. The first is in the front, and go all the way back past the forward areas. The second is just aft from midship, but in this area all of the balcony cabins are connecting ones.
My thought would be to find something near the back of the front hump. Deck 7 looks to be category 2C. I'll give Captain's Club desk a call, get some pricing, and call your cell.
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