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The Celebrity Solstice at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2008, the day before it transited down the River Ems for its final fittings and sea trials.

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A First Look at the Celebrity Solstice

The Celebrity Solstice at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2008, the day before it transited down the River Ems for its final fittings and sea trials.

The Celebrity Solstice at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Papenburg, Germany, on Sept. 27, 2008, the day before it transited down the River Ems for its final fittings and sea trials.

Workers put the final touches on the shipbefore it left the shipyard to make its way down the Ems River for final outfitting and to complete its sea trails.

(L-R) Bernard Meyer, managing director of Meyer Werft; Harri Kulovaara, EVP maritime, RCCL; Richard Fain, CEO of RCCL; and Dan Hanrahan, Celebrity president and CEO, aboard the Solstice.

Richard Fain, CEO of RCCL, in one of his favorite rooms on the ships: the lounge in the spa.

The lido deck buffet restaurant Oceanview will incorporate individual serving islands to display food rather than the traditional buffet lines.

Captains Yannis Berdos, Panagiotis Skylogiannis and Dimitris Kafetzis. Skylogiannis will helm the Solstice while the others will man the Equinox.

The Tuscan Grill Italian Steakhouse.

The adults-only Solarium has a lap pool, a waterfall and lounge chairs with thick cushions to help absorb sound.

The main dining room on the Solstice, the Grand Epernay.

The Lawn Club, the much ballyhooed area on the top deck of the Solstice, will have a putting green and bocce court, all on real, growing grass.

The standard balcony cabins on the Solstice are larger than on Celebrity's other ships, and have enhanced storage features such as higher beds to put suitcases underneath.

The cabin bathrooms are larger than on other Celebrity ships, and have an abundance of storage drawers and shelves. The showers are also larger and have a bar for leg-shaving.

The next ship in the Solstice class, the Equinox, is under construction now at Meyer Werft.