This was a repositioning cruise that left Ft. Lauderdale on April 19th and ended in Rome, Italy on May 4, 2009 on the Celebrity Solstice. This was our third cruise on Celebrity, most of our dozen cruises have been on Princess and NCL ships. We found the Solstice to be modern and clean and,certainly, in its physical appearance, a very nicely arranged ship with the public rooms very attractive. However, the cruise overall was disappointing; after a few days at sea, it really became quite boring. There were a lack of activities on the days at sea, and considering that the cruise began with five straight days at sea, this lead to boredom as far as we were concerned. There was a lack of interesting lectures and most of the ship's activities at sea consisted of bingo and trivia games. Movies were shown at inconvenient times and speakers, too few in number and variety, were scheduled also at inconvenient times and in rooms that were frequently too small and noisy.The food selection for dinner was also disappointing. Unless you went to the scheduled dining room dinners, there was really little alternative dining available. The specialty restaurants, three in number, was all tried by us for dinner,and they were very good, but at forty and fifty dollars a couple for dinner, could not be a daily alternative. The dinner buffet was sorely lacking in selection; having the same food every evening. It should be noted that distinguished from the breakfast and lunch buffets, the dinner buffet was reduced in both the selection and amount of food available. The Ocean View Buffet room was only partly utilized for dinner, with about half of the food stations being completely empty.We think that the problem with Celebrity, in general, is that their cruises are meant for people who like schedules and little flexibility. We are sure that many of the passengers who like traditional scheduled dinners, with few alternative dining choices available, were very happy with the dining on the Celebrity Solstice. Likewise, people who like their bingo and trivia games were probably also happy with the ship's daily activity schedule. However, for people like ourselves, who prefer a more flexible, independent cruise, this ship was lacking in choices,specifically the variety of food and activities.