Celebrity Solstice

[Mad Aussie]

The record for the longest ship to enter the Newcastle harbour here stood since July 1986 and belonged to a bulk carrier. Early this month that long held fell to this cruise ship... the Celebrity Solstice.
She's a big dingy... here's her stats:-
Occupancy: 2850 passengers, 1500 crew
Tonnage: 122000
Length: 1041 ft (317m)
Beam: 121 ft (37m)
Draught: 27 ft (8m)
Cruise Speed: 24 kts

At sunrise she made her way into port




16 decks


Then they needed to spin her on a dime

[Runmonty]

That is huge. Shot 3 & 4 show its size well, but I think my favourite is # 2.The superstructure almost looks too much for the vessel size

[Iguanasan]

Wow! That's a huge freakin' ship. 1 Kilometre long supporting 2850 occupants. Nice set, MA. That second shot is my fav with the sun shining through one of the deck windows.

[Mad Aussie]

Wow! That's a huge freakin' ship. 1 Kilometre long supporting 2850 occupants. Nice set, MA. That second shot is my fav with the sun shining through one of the deck windows.

1041 feet... not metres Iggy. It's almost a 3rd of a kilometre long.

Thanks guys.

[Marko]

very cool set - shot 2 for me please.

[Mad Aussie]

Thanks Marko

[Hillbillygirl]

WOW, now that is a huge ship.
Really likin' #2 with the sun placement, and the shadow/light play on the rest of the image. Well done MA.

[Mad Aussie]

WOW, now that is a huge ship.
Really likin' #2 with the sun placement, and the shadow/light play on the rest of the image. Well done MA.

Thanks HBG

[asnow]

WOW, now that is a huge ship.
Really likin' #2 with the sun placement, and the shadow/light play on the rest of the image. Well done MA.

Ditto. Also like that 3rd one that really shows the size of that ship.

[Mad Aussie]

Ditto. Also like that 3rd one that really shows the size of that ship.