On Board: Stellar dining venues, lounges abound on Solstice
By Michael Coleman NAPLES, Italy — The food and beverage component aboard Celebrity Solstice, like the ship’s striking contemporary design, is a feast for the senses. Port calls to ancient locales, many featuring wine and food tours like those offered here, almost pale in comparison to the gastronomic journey found onboard....
On Board: Futuristic Solstice seduces guests
By Michael Coleman KUSADASI, Turkey — It should come as no surprise that a cruise ship with design elements ahead of its time also features stylish accommodations. The 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice arrived in this Aegean Sea port city today at the half-way point of a 10-night Mediterranean itinerary....
Onboard: Solstice wowing passengers in the Med
By Michael Coleman ATHENS, Greece — Passengers were greeted by many firsts this week as they boarded the 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice. The vessel sports a half-acre-sized lawn complete with real grass on the top deck. Between games of bocce ball and croquet, even putting competitions, couples have also been enjoying picnics —...
Follow us this week on the Celebrity Solstice in the Mediterranean
The 2,850-passenger Celebrity Solstice has just begun its inaugural summer season in the Mediterranean. Italy, the Greek Isles and Turkey await passengers and Cruise News Weekly Editor Michael Coleman will be onboard – this week – profiling the ship’s European debut. We’ll update her progress on this space as the week...
Cruise Guide: New cruise ships poised for debut
By Michael Coleman The cruise industrys top players will be positioning five of their latest ships in Fort Lauderdale this winter. The amenity-laden and technologically-advanced passenger vessels ever constructed, at a combined cost of some four billion dollars, will each offer roundtrip Caribbean voyages from Port Everglades. Heres...
Cruise Guide: Solstice to unveil greener side
By Michael Coleman A new luxury cruise ship poised to enter service in November will feature lots of green . . . grass that is. In yet another cruise industry first, where lines outdo one another in the wow factor department with each new vessel launched, Celebrity Cruises will introduce a half-acre-sized lawn on the …...
Cruise Guide: Celebrities sightings . . . at sea
By Michael Coleman Celebrated broadcasters, award-winning journalists, filmmakers and one of the nations most-respected business entrepreneurs will be sharing their insights with guests aboard select cruise ships in 2008. In April, Gwen Ifill, host of Washington Week, PBS’ acclaimed political program, will lead a panel of respected...
Cruise Guide: Hot glass show to debut aboard Celebrity Solstice
By Mike Coleman The wow factor aboard cruise ships just got a little more crowded. Just when we think weve seen it all aboard todays modern vessels bowling alleys, surf parks, rock climbing walls and skating rinks along comes yet another unique enrichment option: Celebrity Cruises will collaborate with the renowned Corning Museum of...
Cruise Guide: O’Donnell to christen Norwegian Pearl
By Michael Coleman Emmy Award winner Rosie O’Donnell will serve as godmother to Norwegian Cruise Line’s (NCL) newest vessel – Norwegian Pearl – during christening ceremonies in Miami next month. The 93,500-ton ship will be the ninth new vessel in six years for NCL. Among the onboard innovations is a cruise...