Celebrity Silhouette
| Career | |
|---|---|
| Name: | Celebrity Silhouette |
| Owner: | Celebrity Cruises |
| Builder: | Meyer Werft, Papenburg |
| Cost: | $750 Million |
| Launched: | July 23rd, 2011[1] |
| Status: | Under Construction[2] |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Solstice-class cruise ship |
| Tonnage: | 122,000 gross tons |
| Length: | 315 metres (1,033 ft) (length overall) |
| Beam: | 36.8 metres (121 ft) |
| Capacity: | 2,850 passengers |
Celebrity Silhouette is a Solstice-class cruise ship, currently under construction for Celebrity Cruises. To be built by Meyer Werft of Germany, Celebrity Silhouette will be launched during 2011. As of March 10th, 2010 the first piece of steel has been cut.[3]
Design and construction
The fourth of five ships in the Solstice class, Celebrity Silhouette is being constructed by Meyer Werft at their shipyard in Papenburg, Germany.[4][5] Celebrity Silhouette is to be built to the same design as the preceding three ships: as of the end of 2009, there were no plans to modify or improve the design during construction.[6] The completed ship will be 349.3 metres (1,146 ft) in length overall, with a beam of 36.9 metres (121 ft), and a tonnage value of 122,400 gross tons.[7] Like the preceding ships, Celebrity Silhouette will carry 2,886 passengers.[4] 90% of the staterooms have outside views, and 85% have verandas.[4]
The vessel's name was publicly announced on 21 December 2009.[6] The ship is set to be launched in 2011.[6]
Facilities
Facilities aboard Celebrity Silhouette will include:
- The Lawn Club, a country club-like activity centre on the uppermost deck, with a half-acre of grass.[4]
- A glassblowing show and studio developed by the Corning Museum of Glass.[4]
- The second iLounge; a combination internet cafe and Apple Store.[5]
Itineraries
Celebrity Silhouette sets sail for the first time in July 2011, she will offer a unique maiden voyage from Hamburg to Rome and a special nine-night Mediterranean voyage. Then, she will offer a series of 12- and 13-night Holy Land sailings roundtrip out of Rome. Celebrity Equinox also will sail from Rome, offering 10- and 11-night roundtrip Mediterranean cruises.
As the fourth ship in Celebrity’s award-winning Solstice-class, the Silhouette will depart on her inaugural sailing July 23, 2011 with a 7-night cruise that will include Italy, Germany and Spain. Then, from August to mid-October 2011, she’ll continue with a series of unique 9 to 13-night Mediterranean and Holy Land cruises round trip from Italy which, depending on the sailing date selected and the length of the itinerary, will include several ports in Italy as well as Greece, Croatia, Egypt, Greece, Turkey, Jerusalem and / or Israel.[8]
Celebrity Silhouette will sail from Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey, offering cruisers throughout the Northeast easy driving access to a vacation on the newest ship in the line's award-winning fleet. After Celebrity Silhouette makes her debut in Europe, she will be homeported in Cape Liberty (Bayonne), New Jersey during the winter of 2011-12, with a series of 12-night Caribbean voyages.[9]
References
- ↑ http://www.coolcruisenews.com/?p=523
- ↑ http://cruisediva.blogspot.com/2010/03/celebrity-silhouette-takes-shape.html
- ↑ http://cruisediva.blogspot.com/2010/03/celebrity-silhouette-takes-shape.html
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 "Celebrity Cruises names fourth Solstice-class ship Celebrity Silhouette". Cruise Industry News. 21 December 2009. http://www.cruiseindustrynews.com/cruise-news/3517-122109-celebrity-cruises-names-fourth-solstice-class-ship-celebrity-silhouette.html. Retrieved 17 February 2010.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 . Travel Daily News. 22 February 2010. http://www.traveldailynews.com/pages/show_page/35703-Celebrity-Cruises-introduces-'Celebrity-iLounge'-. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Silverstein, Erica. "Happy Winter Solstice: Celebrity Names next ship in class". Cruise Critic. http://www.cruisecritic.com/news/news.cfm?ID=3606. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ "Meyerwerft Website: Celebrity Cruises". Meyer Werft. http://www.meyerwerft.de/page.asp?lang=e&main=1&subs=0&did=1401. Retrieved 22 February 2010.
- ↑ http://www.coolcruisenews.com/?p=523
- ↑ http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/new-ships-in-the-old-world--celebrity-cruises-solstice-class-ships-to-summer-in-europe-90254192.html
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