A Celebrity Catches some Sun
Celebrity Equinox saw daylight for the first time Saturday, June 6th, during her official "docking out" from Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany. The 1,425-guest ship is the second in Celebrity's widely heralded Solstice Class fleet.
Celebrity Equinox will sail from Papenburg down the River Ems June 19th or 20th, depending on the winds and tides, and following various provisioning activities, sea trials and inspections, will host a series of invitation-only special events for press, travel agents and consumers from Southampton, England, from July 23rd until entering service July 31st. Celebrity Equinox will present a series of “Ancient Empires” and other European itineraries from Southampton and Rome this summer, followed by 10- and 11-night “Ultimate Caribbean” cruises from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., beginning in November.
The next Solstice class ship scheduled for delivery as part of the five ship order is the Celebrity Eclipse due out in 2010 with the yet unnamed fourth ship scheduled for 2011 and a fifth ship in 2012.