Celebrity Solstice
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Celebrity Solstice
The Celebrity Solstice is a Celebrity Cruises ship focused on premium onboard accommodations, dining, and services. It includes suite-level options such as The Retreat, AquaClass, Concierge Class, and Veranda cabins. Dining highlights include specialty restaurants such as Le Petit Chef and Tuscan Grille, as well as Blu for healthy cuisine, along with Café Al Bacio and Martini Bar. Onboard amenities include a casino, spa and wellness center, fitness facility, adults-only solarium, pool, cinema, Broadway-style shows, nightclub, duty-free shops, Starlink WiFi, and organized shore excursions. This ship is well suited for travelers seeking a classic Solstice-class Celebrity Cruises experience combining comfort, relaxation, entertainment, wellness, and diverse dining options on a large contemporary vessel.
Itineraries of the Celebrity Solstice
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decks plans
Deck - 16
The Retreat Sundeck
Deck - 15
Sunset Park Cafe, Sunset Park, Sunset Bar, Cabins
Deck - 14
Sky Observation Lounge, Camp at Sea, Jogging Track, Mast Grill, Mast Bar, Oceanview Café, Oceanview Bar
Deck - 13
Deck - 12
Spa Veranda, Motion Studio, The Fitness Center, Persian Garden, Salon, Spa Café, Solarium, Bains, Piscines, Bar, Wet-Zone, Cabins
Deck - 11
Cabins, The Library, Relaxation Lounge
Deck - 10
Cabins, The Library
Deck - 9
Cabins
Deck - 8
Cabins
Deck - 7
Cabins
Deck - 6
Cabins
Deck - 5
Théâtre, Art Gallery, Galleria Boutiques, Captain's Club & Concierge Desk, World Class Bar, Sushi on Five, Cafe Albacio, Future Cruise, Ensemble Lounge, Murano, The Retreat Lounge
Deck - 4
Boulevard Lounge, Boulevard Bar, The Parlor, Shops On The Boulevard, Photo Gallery & Celebrity iLounge, The Casino, Grand Epernyat Restaurant (Upper level)
Deck - 3
Théâtre, Cabines, Grand Foyer, Passport Bar, Shore Excursions, Grand Epernyat Restaurant (lower level).
Deck - 2
Medical Facilities
Deck - 1
Ship's attributes
Services And Amenities
- Elevators
- Self-service laundry room
- Casino
- Jacuzzi
- Pool
- Beauty salon
- Spa & body care
Specific needs
- Wheelchair accessible staterooms
Technical specifications
- Classe: Solstice Class
- Tonnage: 121878
- Speed: 24.0 knots
- Passengers: 2852
- Decks: 16
- Length: 317 m
- Width: 37 m
History
- 2008: Année de construction
Frequently Asked Questions
The Solstice measures 121,878 gross tons, 317 m long by 37 m wide, with 14 guest-accessible decks numbered 2 to 16 and no deck 13. She has carried 1,479 cabins since March 2026, up from 1,425. Meyer Werft delivered her at Papenburg and she entered service on 23 November 2008. She is the founding ship of the Solstice class and gave the other four their family name.
Nobody knows for certain, and that is a problem. Celebrity still publishes 2,852 at double occupancy and 3,148 with every berth filled, both calculated when the ship had 1,425 cabins. With 54 more cabins, double occupancy necessarily passes 2,950 and maximum capacity climbs beyond 3,250. Until Celebrity republishes the numbers, treat the ship as busier than advertised, particularly at the Oceanview Café buffet and in the solarium.
The 2026 refit opened a real gap between three ships that used to be identical. The Solstice gained Sunset Park, Trattoria Rossa, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Boulevard Lounge and The Parlor, and lost the real-grass Lawn Club, Tuscan Grille, Qsine, Quasar and Celebrity Central. Her deck 16 is now the suite-only Retreat Sundeck, while the same deck on Equinox and Eclipse stays open to everyone. Her main dining room is Grand Epernay, the Equinox has Silhouette and the Eclipse has Moonlight Sonata.
She has been running Alaska from Vancouver since 3 May 2026, seven-night round trips taking in Hubbard Glacier, Juneau, Ketchikan, Skagway and Icy Strait Point. On 13 September 2026 she leaves Canada Place on the Grand Voyage: 110 nights, 58 destinations, 15 countries, arriving in Hong Kong on 31 December. Celebrity sells it as nine segments of 7 to 18 nights, with overnights in Phuket, Ha Long Bay and Auckland. It is the first partial world cruise the line has offered on this scale.
From May to August 2027 she returns to Alaska, but open-jaw between Vancouver and Seward rather than round trip. That means a multi-city ticket: fly into Vancouver, five and a half hours nonstop from Montreal, then home from Anchorage, three hours by road or rail from Seward. There is no nonstop between Montreal and Anchorage, so plan a connection through Vancouver, Seattle or Toronto and a full travel day home. The following winter she heads back to Asia for a second season covering 49 destinations in seven countries.
For Alaska, take a veranda on the starboard side northbound and port southbound, or the reverse, and favour decks 7 to 9 amidships to limit motion in the Gulf of Alaska. AquaClass cabins open the door to the Blu restaurant and the Persian Garden, which earns its supplement on a seven-night sailing. Retreat suites include Luminae, the Retreat Lounge and the deck 16 Retreat Sundeck, now closed to everyone else. The four categories created in 2026, among them the Panoramic Infinite Veranda Suite and the Deluxe Panoramic Ocean View, are the only genuinely new cabins on board.
Paying venues: Murano for French cooking, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Trattoria Rossa and Sushi on Five. Included venues: Grand Epernay as the main dining room, Oceanview Café, Mast Grill, Spa Café and the new Sunset Park Café, plus Blu for AquaClass and Luminae for suites. Bars run from Martini Bar & Crush to World Class Bar, Cellar Masters, the aft Sunset Bar, Café al Bacio and the Sky Observation Lounge. The 2026 additions are the 125-seat Boulevard Lounge with duelling pianos and karaoke, The Parlor with its arcade machines, and two new shows, Smoke and Ivories and Rockumentary.
The refit gave a great deal to the suites and little to standard cabins, which received carpet, furniture and USB outlets rather than a rebuild. Deck 16, long the best spot on the ship at sunset, is now reserved for suite guests. The deck 15 walking track and the sports court are gone, as are the teen club and the glassblowing studio. The Lawn Club's real grass has been replaced by synthetic turf, which upsets returning guests, and shows frequently start after 10:30 p.m.
The base fare, Simply Sail, covers the cabin, meals at Grand Epernay, the Oceanview Café, the Mast Grill and the Sunset Park Café, the shows, the pools and the fitness centre. The All Included fare adds the Classic drinks package and Basic Wi-Fi. Murano, Fine Cut Steakhouse, Trattoria Rossa and Sushi on Five carry a supplement either way, as do shore excursions, the spa and overnight room service. Blu and Luminae are included but restricted to AquaClass cabins and Retreat suites respectively.
Daily service charges are added automatically to your onboard account and vary by cabin category, higher in a suite than in an inside cabin. The All Included fare covers gratuities on drinks, not the daily service charge. You can prepay at booking, which we recommend on Alaska sailings where the exchange rate works against you. Adjusting the charge on board is done at guest services, but it comes straight out of the pockets of your cabin attendant and the Grand Epernay team.
The Classic package covers beer, wine by the glass, standard spirits, frozen drinks, bottled water, sodas, Café al Bacio coffees and teas. The Premium package unlocks the World Class Bar cocktails, the better pours at Cellar Masters and the more elaborate martinis at Martini Bar & Crush. On a seven-night Alaska run with four sea days, regular bar users come out ahead; on an itinerary with a port every day, far fewer do. Count the sea days on your specific itinerary first, since that is the only calculation that matters.
Basic Wi-Fi, included with the All Included fare, handles web browsing, email and text messaging. The Premium tier, needed for video calls or streaming, costs extra. In Alaska the signal degrades in narrow fjords and near Hubbard Glacier, where the walls block it outright. On the Grand Voyage to Asia, expect gaps in the middle of the South Pacific, where satellite coverage is thinnest along the whole route.
Less than before, and that deserves saying plainly. Camp at Sea still takes ages 3 to 12 in three groups, Shipmates, Cadets and Captains, but the spaces have been consolidated into a single room. The dedicated teen club was removed and the deck 15 sports court disappeared into Sunset Park. There is no nursery on board, children must be toilet trained and at least 3 to be left at Camp at Sea, and infants must be 6 months old on the first day of the cruise.
Points accrue by cabin category and number of nights, so a Retreat suite on the Grand Voyage earns far more than an inside cabin on a seven-night Alaska run. Tiers run from Preview to Zenith, and on 11 June 2026 Celebrity added two higher levels, Double Zenith at 6,000 points and Triple Zenith at 9,000. From 1,500 points, Premium Wi-Fi minutes double and the specialty dining discount applies at Murano and Fine Cut Steakhouse. Status is reciprocal with Royal Caribbean, which helps guests who alternate between the two lines.
Alaska's Inside Passage is sheltered by islands and usually calm; the Gulf of Alaska, between Seward and Hubbard, is considerably less so. On the Grand Voyage, the South Pacific and Tasman Sea crossings are the roughest legs. A cabin on decks 7 to 9 amidships moves noticeably less than a forward veranda on deck 12. The Solstice stabilisers do good work for a 121,878-ton ship, but no stabiliser cancels an open-ocean swell.
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