Cruise of the Day - Celebrity Eclipse

Celebrity Eclipse is a Solstice-class cruise ship, operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is the sister ship of Celebrity Solstice and Celebrity Equinox, which entered service in November 2008 and July 2009, respectively. A fourth ship in the class, Celebrity Silhouette, will enter service in Fall 2011. She is the third Solstice-class cruise ship. Celebrity Eclipse measures 122,000 gross tons and carries 2,852 passengers (double occupancy) plus crew.Summer 2010- Mediterranean and Northern Europe sailing from Southampton
Winter 2011- Caribbean sailing from Miami
Summer 2012- Mediterranean, Northern Europe and Iceland sailing from Southampton
Winter 2012- Caribbean sailing from Fort Lauderdale

Celebrity Solstice - Celebrity Cruises

Celebrity Solstice is a Solstice-class cruise ship owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. At the time she was launched, she held the record for the largest cruise ship ever built in Germany; however, her record was surpassed when the Disney Dream was launched in 2010.Celebrity Solstice is the first ship in the Solstice class, her sister ships being Celebrity Equinox, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Silhouette and Celebrity Reflection. Equinox and Eclipse entered service in 2009 and 2010, respectively. Silhouette is scheduled for launch in 2011, and Reflection is expected to sail beginning in 2012.Externally, Celebrity Solstice looks very different from previous Celebrity Cruises ships. In original exterior renderings, the hull was shown as all-white with powder blue funnels and blue glass upper decks.[9] In a more recent update, the light blue color had been changed to Celebrity's normal dark blue color and the hull was shown having a resemblance to the current fleet's livery, with the promenade deck painted dark blue. Similarly, the large dark blue funnel with a white X that had been the trademark of Celebrity thus far has been replaced by two thin funnels, and it was planned to have the X logo of the company visible in the glass balcony railings on the ship's "hump" (The area of superstructure which extends outward farther than the rest of the balconies). Throughout her fitting out, sea trials, and launch, it was noted that the glass X, unless seen from certain angles, was not visible. Shortly after, the X was refinished to be darker, but still can be hard to see. An afterthought during the sea trials saw the addition of a white X onto the forward funnel, thus bringing Solstice more closely related to her fleetmates.

Disney Dream - Disney Cruise Line

Disney Dream is the third cruise ship operated by Disney Cruise Line, part of The Walt Disney Company, which entered service in 2011. Disney Dream currently sails 3-, 4-, and 5-day itineraries to The Bahamas. The Captain of Disney Dream is Tom Forberg; her godmother is Jennifer Hudson.The Disney Dream is 40% larger than its two older fleet-mates, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder, with a design gross tonnage (GT) of 128,000 tons,[8] a length of 330 meters and a width of 37 meters. The Disney Dream carries 4,000 passengers and 1,458 crew. Activities aboard Disney Dream include: a 9 hole mini-golf course, a walking track, digital sports simulators, a full-sized basketball court that can be converted for use as a soccer pitch, volleyball court, or football/table tennis area. There are also two smaller sport courts and two hangouts for younger children.
The ship features the first water coaster at sea, called "The AquaDuck", a 765-foot long winding waterslide with a four-deck drop and a course that winds 13 feet over the edge of the ship and through the ship's forward funnel. The AquaDuck runs the width of the ship and the length between the funnels, almost the size of a U.S. football field.The Disney Dream has multiple dining venues, including 3 themed, main dining restaurants, 2 adult-only specialty restaurants, a buffet, and multiple bars, lounges, and quick service stations.
Every night of a Disney Dream cruise, guest use a different restaurant. This is called "rotational dining".
Animator's Palate, a main dining restaurant, is inspired by Disney animation. Enchanted Garden is the second main dining restaurant, inspired by the gardens of Versailles. Royal Palace is inspired by classic films like Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, Beauty and the Beast, and Cinderella.

Carnival Magic - Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival Magic is a Dream-class cruise ship, and is one of the latest of the Carnival Cruise Lines. The keel of Carnival Magic was laid on 12 January 2010. Unlike her predecessor Carnival Dream, which has 1,823 cabins, Magic has 1,845 staterooms. With the addition of 746 crew staterooms, Carnival Magic can carry over 5,400 persons. The ship was floated out from her drydock on 27 August 2010. She completed her sea trials between March 17 - March 20.According to Carnival's press release, the ship and her sisters, the Carnival Dream and the Carnival Breeze have the widest variety of activity, dining, and entertainment options of the entire fleet.The Carnival Magic is the largest ship ever constructed for Carnival, the largest ship ever built in Italy, and the second largest ship ever constructed for Carnival Corporation, second only to the Queen Mary 2 of Cunard.