Ship's decor: No Glamor or Wow-factor on the Solstice.

Maybe I was expecting too much after having sailed on the beautiful Celebrity Constellation. I love sailing. This was my 10th. cruise; We have sailed previously on Celebrity, HAL, Princess, Royal Caribbean, NCL and Carnival. We boarded the Solstice on its second sailing and I couldn't wait for our cruise to begin. But once on board I couldn't help notice the absence of color in the ship's decor.

The person who designed the decor of the Solstice must design commercial buildings for a living. The decor is very masculine, plain and bland and full of cold chrome and clear glass. Color was purposely removed from this ship.The atrium area was unimpressive and unnecessarily dark; and instead of a soaring view upwards in the atrium area (as on other super ships) the Solstice had an obstructed view with a tree hanging over your head. Black and white prints were hung in the stairwells instead of the beautiful colored artwork I have come to expect. In the middle of the week on the Solstice they put up Christmas decorations- finally some joyous color on board. Read more