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. She was renamed in May 2007 to add the "Celebrity" prefix, joining her three sister ships: ''Celebrity Infinity'', '' Celebrity Summit'', and ''

Celebrity Millennium GTS ''Celebrity Millennium'' (formerly ''Millennium'') is a cruise ship operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is the lead ship of her namesake class, whose ships are powered by gas turbines. Delivered in 2000, she is the oldest operating ship in C ...

.'' She was built at the Chantiers de l'Atlantique shipyard in St. Nazaire,

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. The ship is powered by a COGES power plant of gas turbines and a steam turbine providing up to 60 megawatts for the electric systems and two 19 MW

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/ Alstom ''MerMaid''

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s for propulsion. In 2007, an additional diesel engine was fitted as a fuel-saving measure. The ship can run on any combination of the gas turbines or diesel. In port, she generates electrical power from the diesel. During the summer period the ship sails to the

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, repositioning to the Caribbean in the winter months. ''Celebrity Constellation'' was scheduled to complete an extensive renovation in May 2020. However, as a result of the business impact from the Covid-19 pandemic, these plans are delayed until a future unannounced date. Another rumor that ''Celebrity Constellation'' and sister ship ''

Celebrity Infinity GTS ''Celebrity Infinity'' (formerly ''Infinity'') is a operated by Celebrity Cruises, a subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. She measures and long, and holds a capacity of 2,170 passengers across 12 decks. After Royal Caribbean signed a let ...

'' are to be sold or leased to Spanish cruise line, Pulmantur, has been denied by Celebrity Cruises. In mid-2021, ''Celebrity Constellation'' received a multi-million dollar refit.

Routes

''Celebrity Constellation'' has operated in the

and Adriatic during the summer seasons and in the

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during the rest of the calendar year. In October 2020, she repositioned to

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to operate Caribbean and

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voyages, marking Celebrity's return to Tampa after a 13-year absence.

Footnotes

External links

Official website
{{Celebrity Ships Constellation Ships built by Chantiers de l'Atlantique 2001 ships