Celebrity Solstice

About us Celebrity Solstice

Celebrity Solstice introduced the Solstice class in 2008, built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg. Its original real-grass upper-deck design helped establish the series, but the present ship should be judged after its completed 2026 transformation. The renewed vessel departed Singapore on 2 March 2026. This is a completed change, unlike the later programme announced for Reflection in March 2027. IMO 9362530 identifies the ship across those different stages of its life.

Sunset Park now defines the aft outdoor gathering area, with space for activities, music and time overlooking the sea. Sunset Park Cafe adds casual food, and the expanded Sunset Bar serves the surrounding deck. An original Lawn Club description alone therefore does not explain the current arrangement. Private cabanas and open gathering spaces serve different purposes; consider how much reserved seating matters for your own time outdoors.

Dining additions include Trattoria Rossa and Fine Cut Steakhouse. The former focuses on Italian cooking, while the latter brings a steakhouse concept already associated with the Edge series onto this older hull. They do not turn Solstice into an Edge-class vessel. Compare the menu and booking conditions for the actual sailing before assuming that a named restaurant is included in every fare or remains available without a reservation.

Boulevard Lounge offers a smaller performance and social setting, with Boulevard Bar alongside. The Parlor provides games such as billiards, darts and board games, plus a place to watch sport. These spaces give a different evening rhythm from a main-theatre production. The revised suite experience includes a redesigned Retreat Lounge and new Retreat Sundeck, while AquaClass expansion and Blu remain tied to the relevant accommodation benefits.

The operator's March completion release reports 1479 rooms after adding accommodation; its current corporate charter page lists 1480. That unresolved discrepancy is recorded rather than choosing a total silently. Passenger figures also differ after the work, so neither double occupancy nor maximum guests is asserted without reconciliation. Current operator and technical records support 121878 gross tons, and builder dimensions are 317.2 metres overall by 36.8 metres moulded breadth. Cruising speed, guest decks and historical crew counts are not relabelled as verified maximum speed, total decks or current staffing.

Specifications

A dash means no independently verified value is available. Guest counts at double occupancy and maximum capacity are different measures. GT measures enclosed volume, not weight.

Highlights

• Sunset Park
• Trattoria Rossa
• Boulevard Lounge
• The Parlor

Other ships in the same recorded class

Shared class does not guarantee identical cabins, venues or deck layouts.

Sources

• Celebrity — current renewed vessel — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  Global occupancy2852 conflicts regional2958; neither automatic current double nor maximum.

• Meyer Werft — lead vessel — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  Original lawn and1426rooms historical after2026 change;317.2/36.8 moulded matches technical317.19/36.79 rounding.

• VesselFinder — individual particulars — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  Technical dimensions, not AIS319/48 extent.

• Celebrity — completed transformation 3March2026 — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  Actually departed2March2026;1479rooms conflicts current corporate1480. Fleet programme250million not asserted individualshipcost.

• Celebrity — current refurbishment explanation — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  CompletedMarch2026; SunsetPark/current venues vs original lawn; ReflectionMarch2027 remains future.

• Celebrity — current charter profile — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  Maiden23Nov2008/EnhancedMarch2026;1480room count conflicts1479 completionrelease, leftnull.

• Celebrity Japan — updated regional vessel facts — Accessed Oct 27, 2026

  2958occupancy versus global2852 unresolved after2026; no two-times-cabin calculation.