June 6, 2008 - Celebrity Solstice is kicking off her inaugural season three weeks ahead of schedule.
Three additional sailings have been added, including the rearrangement of her maiden voyage.
The 122,000-ton Solstice will now enter service with a Thanksgiving cruise on November 23, three weeks prior to its previously announced date of December 14, followed by two additional seven-night Caribbean cruises.
Each new seven-night cruise - November 23 and 30 and December 7 - will offer the same itinerary, departing roundtrip from Fort Lauderdale with visits to San Juan, Puerto Rico; Philipsburg, St Maarten; and Basseterre, St Kitts.
Guests booked on the original maiden voyage on December 14 have been given until June 12 to switch to the new maiden voyage if they wish to.
Solstice is the first in a class of four 2,850-passenger vessels with an exceptional range of guest-inspired services and facilities.
Guests on every sailing will experience a series of brand-defining, first-in-the-industry features, including a half-acre Lawn Club with real grass, a glassblowing show and studio developed with The Corning Museum of Glass.
They will also experience unrivalled dining venues offering trendsetting cuisine and design, and widely varied entertainment, including new theatre productions in partnership with Poet Theatricals.
The vessel will also have staterooms 15 per cent larger than those on previous Celebrity ships, 90 per cent of which will be outside, and 85 per cent of all staterooms will have verandas.
A nine-night fly/cruise on Celebrity Solstice starts from £1,021 per person (based on two sharing an inside cabin) which includes return flights from the UK, transfers, seven-night cruise departing from Fort Lauderdale (Florida) and calling at San Juan (Puerto Rico), Basseterre (St Kitts), Philipsburg (St Maarten) before returning to Fort Lauderdale; meals and entertainment onboard and all relevant fees and taxes.
For a virtual preview of several of the venues on Celebrity Solstice, visit www.cruisecelebritysolstice.com
