January 16 - around the ship

Saturday 16 January

A day at sea can be as busy or lazy as you make it. Ian went off walking the deck and to a space lecture on the Mars landing and I decided I would journalise the ship in pictures.

So here we have Celebrity Solstice:

Promoting the specialty restaurants

Lots of lovely art around the ship on the stair wells

Looking down towards the card room. Our cabin was close by

One of many comfortable lounge areas

The stairway up from Guest Services

 

Upper deck areas - walking track

Solarium

Entrance from outside deck to buffet

Inside entrance

Breakfast cleared away .....

But still plenty on offer for late comers

All concentrated at one servery

Outside the buffet is the bar

Upstairs is another bar, both aft

On either side returning to the bow there is the lawn club

Help yourself to towels and blankets

Petanque and other games can be played on this living lawn

Returning to the walking track deck

You never know who you will see!

Looking down on the pool deck

And around again .....

Forward and up is the Solstice Deck

A lovely quiet space

Maintenance is in constant progress

Looking down on the helipad

Back on the starboard side

And returning to the walking track

Inside to the Sky Lounge where we would have drinks every evening

 

A comfortable space

Plenty of directional signage at liftwells

Including a diagram of the ship and details of what's on which deck

On two levels the theatre doubles as an activity venue during the day as well as entertainment in the evening

The coffee shop on board is very comfortable

On the port side is Bistro on Five (easy to remember it is on Deck 5!)

For a $10 cover charge you can have anything on the menu. We had a very good lunch there when we boarded. Not as crowded as the buffet

Then there are the many bars - here you can learn the art of making cocktails

You can learn all about wine .....

in a comfortable venue

Perhaps you love your drinks ice cold. The Martini Bar is the answer with its frozen bar to put your drink on

A small but favourite bar on the Guest Services level

The specialty restaurants are secreted away at the stern of the ship

A fairytale entrance

I should not forget the main dining room

And the restaurant for exclusive use by those booked in Aqua class

The casino is very big

Shops are on two levels

High end brands upstairs

A self serve photos kiosk for those ship board memories taken by ship's photographers

Lots of tempting items are located near the lifts

As on most ships, Shore Excursions and Guest Services are located on the same deck across from one another

As it was Jen's birthday, we celebrated with a meal at Chef's Table

I chose a main of lobster tail which was cooked tableside

Absolutely delicious

Ian had the salmon

For dessert, couldn't pass up the crepes

Delish

After a busy day we are happy to retire to our comfortable stateroom

 So that's a comprehensive tour of this beautiful ship which I can recommend