Solstice number four ordered

The Miami-based cruise company Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd., has placed a contract for a fourth large cruise ship with Meyer Werft in Papenburg. After ordering the first ship of the Solstice class back in summer 2005, and number two and three in February and July 2006, a contract for building of the fourth unit in the series has now been signed.

This latest newbuilding is scheduled for delivery in the autumn of 2011. The first unit of this class, Solstice, will be completed in the autumn of 2008 with the following ships in the years 2009, 2010 und 2011. All four sister ships will have a length overall of 315 m, a width of 36.8 m, and a tonnage of 122,000 gt. They will be able to accommodate 2,850 passengers in 1,425 cabins of which more than 90 % will be outside cabins, 90 % of which will have their own balconies. The vessels will be equipped with a 67,000 kW diesel electric power plant driving a podded propulsion system.