In the days of the great ocean liners, new ships were as eagerly awaited for their interior design as they were for their technological innovations. Celebrity Solstice revives this tradition. Her interior design is nothing short of spectacular. Not in the Las Vegas or shock and awe meaning of the term but rather in the sense that everywhere one looks one is impressed by what one sees.
The overall design is contemporary. In fact, it reminded me of the most recent Manhattan hotels. Lighting is used to great effect to create mood and visual beauty. For the most part, the lines of the rooms are clean and unbroken, punctuated occasionally with an elegant chandelier or a multi-story vista. There is a $6 million art collection spread unobtrusively around the ship. It is the overall effect that is intriguing, not any particular piece.
Solstice is also technologically interesting. Her 2 Azipods combined with a hydrodynamic hull can drive her at more than 25 knots through the water. That is not bad for a cruise ship, especially one of 122,000 gross tons.
My profile of Celebrity Solstice is at http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Solstice-Profile.html and the photo tour and commentary begins at http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Solstice-Tour-1.html.
In the near future, I will be supplementing the Solstice section of the site with interviews with Solstice’s Hotel Director Simon Weir and with Cruise Director Dru Pavlov. For the moment, however, I have included some thoughts from them in the Solstice Photo Tour and Commentary.
The overall design is contemporary. In fact, it reminded me of the most recent Manhattan hotels. Lighting is used to great effect to create mood and visual beauty. For the most part, the lines of the rooms are clean and unbroken, punctuated occasionally with an elegant chandelier or a multi-story vista. There is a $6 million art collection spread unobtrusively around the ship. It is the overall effect that is intriguing, not any particular piece.
Solstice is also technologically interesting. Her 2 Azipods combined with a hydrodynamic hull can drive her at more than 25 knots through the water. That is not bad for a cruise ship, especially one of 122,000 gross tons.
My profile of Celebrity Solstice is at http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Solstice-Profile.html and the photo tour and commentary begins at http://www.beyondships.com/Celebrity-Solstice-Tour-1.html.
In the near future, I will be supplementing the Solstice section of the site with interviews with Solstice’s Hotel Director Simon Weir and with Cruise Director Dru Pavlov. For the moment, however, I have included some thoughts from them in the Solstice Photo Tour and Commentary.
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