Celebrity Cruises has unveiled an extended season for 2016/17 which will see Celebrity Solstice operating from Australia into the Easter long weekend and through the 2017 Term 1 school holidays.
The line has announced the season six months ahead of plan to allow cruisers maximum time to arrange their cruise holiday.
Bookings for the season are now open, with 18 departures on sale, taking in 35 ports in 10 countries on voyages of between 7-18 nts.
Embarkations will take place primarily in Sydney, but are also available from Honolulu, Auckland and Singapore.
Highlights for the season will include maiden calls at Picton in New Zealand, a new 12-night sailing to Queensland, maiden overnight calls in Tauranga and Cairns and a visit to Napier to coincide with the Art Deco Festival taking place at the same time.