Celebrity Equinox

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Celebrity Equinox at San Juan, Puerto Rico in 2019
History
NameCelebrity Equinox
Owner2008 onwards: Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
Operator Celebrity Cruises
Port of registry Valletta, Civil Ensign of Malta.svg  Malta
Builder Meyer Werft, Papenburg, Germany [1]
CostUS$750 million
Yard number676
Laid down6 August 2008 [2]
Launched6 June 2009 [3]
Sponsored by Nina Barough
Completed2009
Maiden voyageJuly 31, 2009
In service2009–present
Identification
StatusActive Service
General characteristics [4]
Class and type Solstice-class cruise ship
Tonnage
  • 121,878  GT
  • 82,363  NT
  • 9,500  DWT
Length317.2 m (1,040 ft 8 in)
Beam36.9 m (121 ft 1 in)
Draft8.3 m (27 ft 3 in)
Depth11.3 m (37 ft 1 in)
Decks19 decks
Installed power
Propulsion Diesel-electric; two ABB Azipod units
Speed24 knots (44 km/h; 28 mph)
Capacity2,850 passengers
Crewapprox. 1,250

Celebrity Equinox is a Solstice-class cruise ship built by Meyer Werft in Germany. Celebrity Equinox is the second of the five Solstice-class vessels, owned and operated by Celebrity Cruises. She is a sister ship of Celebrity Solstice, Celebrity Eclipse, Celebrity Silhouette, and the Celebrity Reflection. Construction officially started in September 2007. [5] Celebrity Equinox left the shipyard in June 2009 and entered commercial service for Celebrity Cruises on July 31, 2009. [6] [7]

Contents

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Celebrity Equinox sailing in the Bacino di San Marco off the island of San Giorgio Maggiore

Kate McCue was captain of the Celebrity Equinox until August 2019, and the first American woman to be captain of a "mega" cruise ship. [8]

Facilities

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Lawn Club on the top deck

The vessel includes a theater and a lawn made up of real grass between the ship's funnels where croquet can be played. [9]

Celebrity Equinox was refitted in May 2019. [10]

Itineraries

Currently the Celebrity Equinox sails to the Caribbean [11] and the Bahamas [12] year-round from its homeport at Fort Lauderdale, Florida. [13]

Post Covid comeback

Celebriy Equinox sailed from Fort Lauderdale to the Caribbean on July 25, 2021 ending a year long halt in cruising. [14] [15] [16] [17]

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