I will say Celebrity Solstice is the biggest and in my opinion the best Cruising ship that comes to Australia, having been on other cruise ships in the region, nothing compares to this vessel.
Firstly boarding in Auckland was relatively easy, the staff did a great job it was only soured by people who cannot follow proper instructions and be in readiness for embarkation. However as mentioned Celebrity staff and crew were well organised and I must admit very informative to any questions.
Aqua Class was the way we went and this is an excellent choice I would recommend it to anybody, we had cabin 1610 and our friends had 1608, we linked the two balconies together by having the cabin attendants remove the divider, this made our huge verandah even bigger, our cabins while far from being spacious were well designed and good to just relax in when required, the flat screen Apple programmed Samsung flat screen tellies were great, some good free viewing and also the information on them as far as accounts went was fantastic, however I feel the cruising information could be a little more informative like depth of the sea and a couple more cameras for different views around the ship would be a good touch.