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| The Grand Epernay Restaurant is
Celebrity Solstice's main dining room and one of the ship's largest
rooms. Celebrity wanted a distinctive restaurant, so they chose
preeminent restaurant and hotel designer Adam Tihany to design the
facility. Tihany designed such other celebrated designs as Per Se, Jean
Georges, Le Cirque, The Sea Grill and Osteria del Circo in New York;
Aureole, Bouchon and Seablue in Las Vegas; and Monte’s and the chic
Mandarin Bar at the Mandarin Oriental Hyde Park in London. Tihany said
he wanted the sweeping two-story dining to be a combination of Old
Hollywood and contemporary design. One of the room's focal points is the
dramatic two-story glass wine tower (shown at right). This was Tihany's
first design for a cruise ship. Imagine what he will turn out once he
learns how to do it. |
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| Good food and beverage is always
close at hand aboard a Celebrity ship - even amid the Galleria
Boutiques. Galleria Tastings brings together unique foods, special
drinks, sparkling jewelry and fashion. Passengers will be able to sample a variety
of one-of-a-kind foods and beverages to combine satisfaction for their
palates with a feast for their eyes as they watch the area's periodic
fashion shows. |
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| A signature feature of Celebrity
ships is the Martini Bar,. and Celebrity Solstice will be no different.
Solstice's (which will eventually have stools and tables) will feature a
frosted bar where passengers can enjoy more than a hundred varieties of
vodkas from around the world and an extensive menu of martinis, from the
classics to the latest creations. |
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| Solstice's Martini Bar will have
a new twist, however, called Crush. Its table in an alcove adjacent to
the Martini Bar will have an ice-filled center (as opposed to the trash
filling it here) where guests can participate in caviar and vodka
tastings, or even host a private event. |
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| The Lawn Club is the
Solstice-class ships' trademark feature. Yes, it's real grass, a
half acre of it, and it comes complete with its own groundskeeper. The
Lawn Club will play host to passengers' bocce ball and croquet games,
putting practice and even a picnic or two. The 22,927 square feet of
grass is the result of a major study by a team of landscape architects
and irrigation specialists along with turf and soil scientists at the
University of Florida to find just exactly the right type of grass and
how to grow it. It needs to withstand the winds, sun, shade and
temperature variations it will experience as the ship spends its winters
in the Caribbean and summers in the Mediterranean. It also has to
withstand the foot traffic it will receive as all passengers will want
to say they were on Solstice's grass. It even has its own irrigation
system. Like everything else on the ship, the weight of the grass and
soil and even the water they absorb from the atmosphere and from
irrigation had to be counterbalanced with weight on the lower decks.
Nothing is simple. |
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