My First Impressions: Walking on to the Solstice was an exciting experience for me. Having followed its construction and first sailings on Cruise Critic, I felt I already knew the ship well. The Solstice does have the feel of Celebrity. I spent the first 30 minutes racing around the ship and it was then that I realized Solstice was even more stunning in its splendor, more inviting than I had imagined. Embarkation:

The embarkation from being dropped off by a friend to standing on the ship took 9 minutes—I timed it. It could not have been better organized.

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