Celebrity Solstice
Celebrity Cruises’ new Celebrity Solstice will sail year-round in the Caribbean in 2010.
“The extraordinary response from our guests to Celebrity Solstice has created a corresponding demand for the ship to sail year-round in the Caribbean, and we’re thrilled to meet that demand,” said Celebrity President and CEO Dan Hanrahan.
The Solstice will sail alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale in summer months and seven-night Eastern Caribbean itineraries from the same port in the winter.
This deployment marks the first time since 2004 that Celebrity has offered a year-round seven-night sailing in the Caribbean.
Celebrity Solstice will be one of two Celebrity vessels sailing continuously in the region; Celebrity Century, as previously announced, will operate four- and five-night sailings from the Port of Miami.
The shift of Solstice to the Caribbean year-round led to a corresponding transition in Celebrity’s European itinerary lineup for 2010-11.
The new Celebrity Equinox will offer the 10- and 11-night Mediterranean sailings from Rome, previously planned for Celebrity Solstice.
The 12-night voyages previously announced for Celebrity Equinox between Barcelona and Venice in 2010 have been discontinued.
The European sailings previously announced for Celebrity Eclipse — which debuts in 2010 — and Celebrity Constellation remain unchanged.
Celebrity representatives are contacting guests with bookings affected by the European deployment transition with Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Equinox in 2010-11.
Six Celebrity ships — in addition to the Celebrity Solstice — will sail in the Caribbean on a seasonal basis in 2010-11, for a total of 155 sailings with visits to 43 ports.
Celebrity Constellation will operate 14-night Exotic Southern Caribbean cruises roundtrip on Saturdays from Fort Lauderdale.
Celebrity Eclipse, the third in the Solstice Class making its debut in April 2010, will present alternating seven-night Eastern and Western Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Miami.
Celebrity Equinox, the second Solstice-class ship launching this July, will offer 10- and 11-night Ultimate Caribbean cruises roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale.
Celebrity Mercury will present a second season of nine-night Bahamas and 12-night Eastern Caribbean sailings departing Mondays and Saturdays from Baltimore from October 2010 through February 2011, followed by 10- and 11-night Western and Eastern Caribbean cruises departing Mondays and Fridays from Charleston from March through April 2011.
Celebrity Millennium will reprise 10- and 11-night Southern Caribbean cruises from San Juan on Mondays and Fridays from October 11, 2010 through April 8, 2011.
Celebrity Summit will continue seven-night Southern Caribbean cruises roundtrip from San Juan on Saturdays.
Bookings open May 6 for the new year-round Caribbean cruises on Solstice, as well the seasonal Caribbean itinerary lineup.
