Meyer to Build Fifth Solstice for Celebrity

Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany says it has a “pre-contract” from Celebrity Cruises (Miami), a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, for a fifth 122,000-gross-ton Solstice Class.

Delivery of the fifth ship is scheduled for fall 2012. The first ship of this class, the Celebrity Solstice, will be delivered this fall. The other ships will follow at one-year intervals each.

The Solstice ships will have a length overall of 315 meters and a breadth of 36.8 meters. They will accommodate 2,850 passengers in 1,425 cabins. More than 90 percent of all cabins are outside cabins, 90 percent of which have their own balconies.