Last days on Celebrity Solstice

We had a rather quiet day on our next to the last day at sea. It was the last formal night and as we were outrunning the cyclone storm it was cloudy with periods of rain and some wind. We went to hear the naturalist talk on marsupials. I thought they had originated in Australia, but found out differently. The show last night was similar to a Circus de Sol Celebrity Solstice version on December 21st for summer solstice. We have not been able to see The Southern Cross star formation in the night sky.

We woke to a beautiful sunny day without a cloud in the sky. The waves were calm and many people were out and about. The pool was the busiest of the cruise. This cruise had many cooking demonstrations, but today they are having a Star Chef Cooking Competition. The competition was between the head sous chef and the Cruise Director with assistants and judges. It was a fun interaction.
Bill is going to a program about the workings of the ship and a Science Cafe with the Naturalist hosting the science discussion. The women are going to the staff talent show. We have glass blowing studio on board that uses electric furnaces that were built especially for this and two other Celebrity ships and in partnership with Corning Museum of Glass in New York.

The cruise ship is one of the monster cruise ships with 3200 guests and about 1250 staff. It is 127,000 tons. They have many casual seating areas both inside and outside and a good size real grass area on the top deck.The buffet has many stations with huge food selections. On this cruise we are on a select dining, but eat at the same time each with the same waiter and assistant. Our waiter is from Honduras and our assistant is from the Philippines. There are also several specialty food restaurants as well.


- Marilyn
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