Celebrity Xpedition
basic statistics

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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