| Celebrity Millennium completes revamp

In time for its positioning
voyages via Sydney in
November, Celebrity Cruises’
Millennium has been ‘Solsticised’.
AFTER a three-week renovation in Miami,
the 12-year-old, 91,000-tonne Celebrity
Millennium has new interiors, more bars and
restaurants, additional balcony cabins and spainspired
AquaClass suites.
Millennium is the fourth and final Millennium
Class ship to undergo the line’s US$140-million
program to retrofit older vessels with the best
features of Celebrity’s newer Solstice Class.
Claimed as “the major enhancement” is the
introduction of Celebrity’s AquaClass category
of staterooms, which offer balconies, exclusive
and complimentary access to the Blu specialty
restaurant, complimentary access to the Persian
Garden and relaxation room in the AquaSpa,
and in-room amenities such as bathrobes,
slippers, toiletries, bottled water and teas.
Other new dining venues include Qsine,
which presents its menu on an iPad, the Bistro
on Five creperie, and Café al Bacio and, for
those with a sweet tooth, the Gelateria.
New drinking holes include the ice-topped
Martini Bar and Cellarmasters wine bar, as well
as the addition of 50 boutique beers to
Michael’s Club.
Among other upgrades are the Celebrity
iLounge, the “eXhale” bedding program, and
an expanded collection of original art.
Millennium will return to Australia in Nov, for
the first time since 2009, on its way to Asia for
Celebrity’s inaugural Asian season.
Two one-way positioning cruises are
available on the transformed ship: a 19-night
Trans-Pacific sailing departing on 02 Nov 2012
from Honolulu to Sydney, with fares from
$2,205 ppts (including gratuities); and a 17-
night Australia and Asia cruise departing 22
Nov 2012 from Sydney to Singapore, priced
from $1,785 ppts.
Celebrity will for the first time ever operate
two vessels in Australasian waters in 2012-13,
with Millennium joined by Solstice.
“These ships continue to raise the bar for
cruising down under with their elegant and
modern design and innovative amenities,” said
Royal Caribbean’s Adam Armstrong.