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Celebrity Xpedition
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Average islands visited
10
Typical cruise
Time: 8 days (7 nights)
Length: 1,000 kilometers (700 miles)
Cruising speed
31 km per hour (20 miles per hour)
Ship length
90 meters (296 feet)
Width
13 meters (43 feet)
Displacement
2842 tons
Decks
6
Cabins
46
Passengers
92
Crew
66
Passenger-per-crew ratio
1.4
Celebrity Xpedition
history
The ship was built in 2001 in Germany as a cruise ship for the German Tour Company. It was christened "Sun Bay".
Celebrity Cruises purchased the ship, and did major renovating and refurbishing, and renamed the vessel the "Xpedition". It was put in service in the Galapagos Islands in 2004.
Celebrity Cruises
It is one of the world's prestige cruise lines and has ten cruise ships. The line is part of the Royal Caribbean Cruises family of cruise lines, which includes Azamara and Royal Caribbean International.
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