403 Celebrity Solstice Review + Cruise News | Celebrity Cruises
Cruise Radio
Doug Parker
4.8 • 609 Ratings
🗓️ 21 October 2016
⏱️ 38 minutes
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Summary
Paul just returned from an Alaskan cruise on Celebrity Solstice from Seattle, Washington. Not being a seasoned cruiser, he didn't know what to expect on the sailing. Paul leaves no stone unturned on this detailed review of his Alaskan cruise and what he experienced.
- Virgin Cruises details more information about their cruise line that is set to debut in 2020, what did we hear?
- Freeport, Bahamas remains closed because of Hurricane Matthew in early Oct., what is the status?
- Carnival Vista wins ship of the year - when she gets to the US, what kind of itineraries will she run?
- Saying goodbye to a legend in St. Maarten.
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| 0:17.4 | Hey, what's up? My name is Doug Parker. Thank you so much for checking out this episode of |
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| 0:53.7 | All right, on this show, Sherry Kennedy is standing by with Cruise News. Also, we'll get a review of Celebrity Solstice on a cruise to Alaska from Seattle. I love that ship. It was actually my very first celebrity ship. So we'll talk to Paul here in just a bit. But first, Sherry Kennedy with Cruise News. What's up, Sherry? Hey, Doug. |
| 1:11.3 | So Virgin Cruises, we first heard about them in June of 2015. |
| 1:15.9 | They had this big announcement to launch a cruise line in 2020. |
| 1:20.2 | And then they kind of went radio silent for a year and a half. |
| 1:22.9 | But they had a press conference a few days ago, and they revealed some information. |
| 1:28.3 | Would they tell us? |
| 1:29.9 | Well, Sir Richard jetted into Miami again on Tuesday with a big announcement that the |
| 1:35.2 | cruise line known as Virgin Cruises is now called Virgin Voyages. |
| 1:39.6 | So I guess they're going for the alliteration, and the deal was inked finally with an Italian shipyard to begin the ceremonious steel |
| 1:47.3 | cutting, which will take place early next year. |
| 1:50.6 | And then the traditional keel laying ceremony is scheduled for late 2017. |
| 1:56.8 | And like you mentioned, there are going to be three ships that will be entering service, the first in 2020. |
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