The most luxurious superliner to call Australia home

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One of the world’s newest and most beautiful cruise ships will call

Sydney home with Celebrity Cruises’ announcing it is home

porting its top–of-the-range Celebrity Solstice superliner for the

Australian summer 2012-13 season.

The US$750 million, 122,000-ton superliner Celebrity Solstice was

launched less than three years ago as the first of five groundbreaking

Solstice Class vessels. She immediately set a new benchmark in luxury

and a stylish new approach to cruising. Australia is the first market in the

world outside of the Caribbean and Europe to have a Solstice Class ship

and Celebrity Solstice will be the biggest, newest and most luxurious cruise

ship ever to be based in the region. According to Gavin Smith managing

director, Celebrity Cruises Australia, the move signals the great strength of

the Australasian cruise market. Celebrity Solstice will turn Australian

cruising on its head, offering an unparalleled cruising experience for

Australian cruisers and introducing a modern style of cruising that they

would usually have had to travel overseas to experience, he said.

Australians will already get to enjoy the return of the Celebrity Cruises

brand in November 2011 with the deployment of the 1,800-guest

Celebrity Century, which will be the highest rated superliner to be based

here; and her subsequent replacement by the 2,850-guest Celebrity

Solstice in December 2012 will take the Celebrity Cruises experience to

even greater heights.

Celebrity Solstice will offer a range of 12- to 18-night cruises in Australia

and New Zealand sailing from Sydney,Auckland and Fremantle — including

a circumnavigation of Australia. Celebrity Solstice brings a number of

firsts to local cruising, including the Lawn Club, with one acre of freshly

manicured real grass on the upper decks; a glass-blowing studio; and 85 per

cent of her cabins have their own private balcony — the highest ratio of any

superliner in the world.

Celebrity Cruises offers a distinctly upmarket cruise experience where

service and cuisine are paramount. The emphasis is on the finer things in

life — like exceptional dining in multiple restaurants; fine wines in stylish

bars; and the decadent AquaSpa. The cruise line is frequently rated as the

best premium cruise line — and since its launch the Solstice Class has

received multiple awards and accolades the world over for a number of

firsts , ranging from environmental initiatives to innovations in its

approach to design and amenities.

Not just first class in style, service and amenities, Celebrity Solstice was

built with the environment in mind. She is the first ship to use solar energy

with more than 200 solar panels installed. The high-glazed glass of each

Solstice Class ship s windows reduces heat transfer and the energy

required for air-conditioning.

all these new cruise ship/lines coming to Australia great I think.

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[The_Big_M]

This press release/announcement came out a month or so back.

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This press release/announcement came out a month or so back.

why didnt you post it on here as alot people have not seen or read it at all.

[The_Big_M]

Because, unlike some, I don't create a new thread to repeat what has already been posted: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1379827

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Because, unlike some, I don't create a new thread to repeat what has already been posted: http://boards.cruisecritic.com/showthread.php?t=1379827

diferent articals with more about the ship then what cruise ship will be doing.. Love Thied.

 

 

 

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[The_Big_M]

Which could more appropriately be added to that thread then creating a new one covering the same ground.