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2018/19 Deployment Stories at a Glance 2018/19 DEPLOYMENT STORIES AT A GLANCE: AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALAND • NEW TO BRAND new ports of call: –Apia, Samoa –Vavau, Tonga –Nuku’alofa, Tonga • Continue our 8- to 13-Nights South Pacific sailings round-trip from Auckland with new ports of call • 16-Nights Southern Coast of Australia and New Zealand cruises are back! –From Auckland to Freemantle and back • 10-Nights Great Barrier Reef sailings [offers opportunity to snorkel or dive the GBR] • Two Hawaii sailings 10- and 12-Nights repos • Shore Excursions to come *Itineraries subject to change without notice. ©2016 Celebrity Cruises Inc. Ships’ registry: Malta and Ecuador. 16054362 • 12/2016 2018-2019 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENT Ship Itinerary Sail Dates Ports Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Papeete, Tahiti, French Polynesia; Bora Bora, 18 Night Tahitian Treasures 2018: Oct 1 French Polynesia; Moorea, French Polynesia; Auckland, New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Noumea, New Caledonia; Mystery Island, Vanuatu; Isle Of Pines, New 9 Night South Pacific 2018: Oct 20 Caledonia; Lifou, Loyalty Islands; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Newcastle, Australia; Airlie Beach, Queensland, Australia; Cairns (Yorkey’S 10 Night Great Barrier Reef 2018: Oct 29 Knob), Australia; Willis Island (Cruising), Australia; Brisbane, Australia; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound; 12 Night New Zealand 2018: Nov 8 Dusky Sound; Dunedin, New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand (Overnight); Napier, New Zealand; Picton, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; 12 Night New Zealand 2018: Nov 20 Dunedin, New Zealand; Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound; Dunedin, Celebrity Solstice® 11 Night New Zealand 2018: Dec 2 New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Napier, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Picton, New 10 Night New Zealand 2018: Dec 13 Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Dunedin, New Zealand; Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound, Dusky 12 Night New Zealand Holiday 2018: Dec 23 Sound, Dunedin, New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Picton, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound, Dusky 13 Night New Zealand 2019: Jan 4 Sound, Dunedin, New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Napier, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand *Itineraries subject to change without notice. ©2016 Celebrity Cruises Inc. Ships’ registry: Malta and Ecuador. 16054362 • 12/2016 2018-2019 AUSTRALIA/NEW ZEALAND DEPLOYMENT Ship Itinerary Sail Dates Ports Auckland, New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Napier, New Zealand; Wellington, 14 Night New Zealand 2019: Jan 17 New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Dunedin, New Zealand; Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound, New Zealand; Melbourne, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound, 12 Night New Zealand 2019: Jan 31 Dusky Sound, Dunedin, New Zealand; Akaroa, New Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Napier, New Zealand; Picton, New 16 Night New Zealand & Australia 2019: Feb 12 Zealand; Wellington, New Zealand; Sydney, Australia; Hobart, Tasmania; Adelaide, Australia; Port Lincoln, Australia; Perth (Fremantle), Australia Perth (Fremantle), Australia; Albany, Australia; Adelaide, Australia; Melbourne, Australia; 16 Night Australia & New Zealand 2019: Feb 28 Sydney, Australia; Milford Sound, New Zealand; Doubtful Sound, Dusky Sound, Dunedin, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand Auckland, New Zealand; Tauranga,New Zealand (Overnight); Wellington, New Zealand; Celebrity Solstice® 14 Night New Zealand 2019: Mar 29 Akaroa, New Zealand; Dunedin, New Zealand; Dusky Sound, Doubtful Sound, Milford Sound, New Zealand; Hobart, Tasmania; Melbourne, Australia; Sydney, Australia Sydney, Australia; Bay Of Islands, New Zealand; Auckland, New Zealand; Papeete, Tahiti, 19 Night Tahitian Treasures 2019: Apr 12 French Polynesia; Moorea, French Polynesia; Bora Bora, French Polynesia; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii; Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii; Kailua Kona, Hawaii; Lahaina, Maui, Hawaii (Overnight); Hilo, 10 Night Hawaii 2019: Apr 30 Hawaii; Vancouver, British Columbia *Itineraries subject to change without notice. ©2016 Celebrity Cruises Inc. Ships’ registry: Malta and Ecuador. 16054362 • 12/2016.
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