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Celebrity Silhouette the next Celebrity Solstice Class Ship

Celebrity Cruises has announced the name for their next Celebrity Solstice class ship due in service in 2011; the name Celebrity Silhouette. The Celebrity Silhouette will be the fourth of five planned Celebrity Solstice ships, the others being Solstice herself, Celebrity Equinox and Celebrity Eclipse which will enter service in April 2010 offering cruises from Southampton.

The Celebrity Solstice class of ships are 122,000 tons and carry 2,850 guests in 1425 cabins, 90% of which are outside cabins, 85% with Balconies. It is envisaged that the Celebrity Silhouette will have all the facilities that the earlier Solstice class ships have and what the regular passengers expect.

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Southampton’s Celebrity Eclipse

New from Celebrity Cruises is that Celebrity Eclipse is set to offer cruises from Southampton when she enters service in 2010. This will be the first time that a Celebrity Cruises ship has home ported from Southampton.

Celebrity are investing a lot in Europe this year with Celebrity Century, Celebrity Summit, Celebrity Constellation and Celebrity Solstice being joined by Celebrity Equinox during the year, to offer cruises throughout Europe and the Mediterranean.

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Celebrity Eclipse Celebrity Solstice

We have update some web pages today, mainly from Celebrity Cruises, these include Celebrity Eclipse and Celebrity Solstice text. More will be added later as we try and complete all the cruise line pages.

The the detail is basic on these pages, we will aim to fill in the gaps over the next few weeks.

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Celebrity Eclipse Southampton Home

Celebrity Cruises has announced that Celebrity Eclipse, the third ship in the Celebrity Solstice Class, will be based in Southampton in the UK in 2010. She will be celebrating her launch in the port before setting sail for summer cruises to the Mediterranean and Northern Europe.

Celebrity Cruises expect Celebrity Eclipse to help boost their already extensive European presence. The ground-breaking ship has a capacity of 2,850 passengers who can enjoy, amongst other things, 10 varied restaurants, an area of lawn with real grass and live glass blowing demonstrations as part of the extensive onboard facilities.

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Delivery Of Celebrity Solstice

Celebrity Cruises’ Celebrity Solstice was delivered at a ceremony in Emshaven, Netherlands ready to embark on its transatlantic voyage on 25th October 2008. Her arrival in Fort Lauderdale is expected to be around the 3rd November 2008.

Once she has arrived in Fort Lauderdale on 3rd November 2008 she will act as a platform for Celebrity Cruises’ global sales meeting as well as two-night preview cruises for travel agents.

A formal naming ceremony will take place on 14th November 2008 ready to embark on her inaugural cruise to the Eastern Caribbean on 23rd November 2008.

From spring 2009 Celebrity Solstice will embark on 10 and 11 night Mediterranean sailings from Rome.

For the full press release see The Cruise News.

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First Sailing For Solstice

Celebrity Solstice has set sail for the first time from Papenburg, Germany. She is the largest ship ever built by the longtime shipbuilder carrying a total of 2,850 guests.

The ship offers a fantastic service with top dining options as well as a lawn club, glassblowing, a state of the art theatre and a great range of accommodation.

After being berthed in the Netherlands between September 29th 2008 and October 24th 2008 Celebrity Solstice will embark on a transatlantic voyage before arriving in Fort Lauderdale in November.

The formal naming ceremony will take place on 14th November 2008 and her maiden season will begin on the 23rd of that month.

For the full press release see The Cruise News.