Celebrity Solstice is the lead ship of the Solstice-class of cruise ships operated by Celebrity Cruises. (We learn from Wikipedia).Built by Meyer Werft in Papenburg, Germany, she was floated out on August 10, 2008, and christened by ocean scientist Professor Sharon L. Smith at a ceremony in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA, on November 14, 2008. The first post-Panamax vessel in the Celebrity fleet, she features innovative interior design and onboard amenities, including an ocean-going live grass lawn, a glassblowing studio, and a 12 deck-high atrium. 121,878 tonnes, 314.86 metres long, 36.88 metres wide, 8.23 metres draft, 2,850 passengers, 1,500 crew, 24 knots. Here she is visiting Auckland (again, she's been a few times before).
The passengers were a friendly lot - waving to us ferry commuters on the Kea.
Couldn't see anywhere how high the ship's top cabins are above the water.But you can see here - beside the ship - Princes Wharf, and its top floor, top shelf apartments. Residens there might be staying inside. Maybe just as well Ovation of the Seas (150,000 tonnes, longer and higher) can't berth here.
I think Greg McKeown is right about many Port things. He reckons that rather than build a dolphin off the end of Queens Wharf, better to remove the rump of Marsden Wharf and allow very large cruise ships to berth alongside Bledisloe Wharf.
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