''Celebrity Equinox'' is a built by

Meyer Werft Meyer Werft is one of the major German shipyards, headquartered in Papenburg at the river Ems. Founded in 1795 and starting with small wooden vessels, today Meyer Werft is a builder of luxury passenger ships. 700 ships of different types have be ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...

. ''Celebrity Equinox'' is the second of the five ''Solstice''-class vessels, owned and operated by

Celebrity Cruises Celebrity Cruises is a cruise line headquartered in Miami, Florida and a wholly owned subsidiary of Royal Caribbean Group. Celebrity Cruises was founded in 1988 by the Greece-based Chandris Group, and merged with Royal Caribbean Cruise Line in 19 ...

. She is a sister ship of , , , and the . ''Celebrity Equinox'' entered commercial service for Celebrity Cruises on July 31, 2009. 0 Venise, Celebrity Equinox - Bacino di San Marco

0 Venise, Celebrity Equinox - Bacino di San Marco

Kate McCue Kate McCue (born January 6, 1978) is an American cruise ship captain. She is currently employed by Celebrity Cruises and is the captain of the '' Celebrity Beyond''. When she became the commanding officer of ''Celebrity Summit'' in 2015, it ...

was

captain Captain is a title, an appellative for the commanding officer of a military unit; the supreme leader of a navy ship, merchant ship, aeroplane, spacecraft, or other vessel; or the commander of a port, fire or police department, election precinct, e ...

of the ''Celebrity Equinox'' until August 2019, and the first American woman to be captain of a "mega" cruise ship.

Facilities

The vessel includes a theater and a lawn made up of real grass between the ship's

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where

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can be played. ''Celebrity Equinox'' was refitted in May 2019.

Itineraries

Currently the ''Celebrity Equinox'' sails to the

Caribbean The Caribbean (, ) ( es, El Caribe; french: la Caraïbe; ht, Karayib; nl, De Caraïben) is a region of the Americas that consists of the Caribbean Sea, its islands (some surrounded by the Caribbean Sea and some bordering both the Caribbean Se ...

and the

Bahamas The Bahamas (), officially the Commonwealth of The Bahamas, is an island country within the Lucayan Archipelago of the West Indies in the Atlantic Ocean, North Atlantic. It takes up 97% of the Lucayan Archipelago's land area and is home to ...

year-round from its homeport at

Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale () is a coastal city located in the U.S. state of Florida, north of Miami along the Atlantic Ocean. It is the county seat of and largest city in Broward County with a population of 182,760 at the 2020 census, making it the tenth ...

Post Covid comeback

''Celebriy Equinox'' sailed from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean on July 25, 2021 ending a year long halt in cruising.

References

External links

Official websiteMeyer Werft Website
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Equinox A solar equinox is a moment in time when the Sun crosses the Earth's equator, which is to say, appears directly above the equator, rather than north or south of the equator. On the day of the equinox, the Sun appears to rise "due east" and se ...

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