Celebrity Eclipse handed over to her new owners

On April 16, 2010, Celebrity Cruises took possession of the now completed Celebrity Eclipse in a ceremony at the Meyer Werft shipyard in Hamburg, Germany.  She is the third in the five ship Solstice Class and the tenth ship in the Celebrity fleet.  The naming ceremony will take place on April 24th and she will officially enter service on April 26th.

The official press release can be found here.

Celebrity Eclipse Floated Out

Celebrity Cruises third ship in it's Solstice Class, the Celebrity Eclipse, was floated out of the covered drydock at Meyer Werft's Papenburg shipyard.  She will be moored at the fitting out dock where work on her interior will be completed.  From there she will also make her sea trials and final testing before delivery to her new owners.  She will officially enter service on April 26 with some European/Mediterranean cruises before heading to  Miami for her schedule of Caribbean cruises starting in November.