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Galaxy was the first of two cruise ships in this class built for Celebrity Cruises. Her sister ship Mercury entered service in 1997. These two ships followed Celebrity’s 70,606-ton Century that entered service in 1995.

This class of cruise ship has 10 passenger decks, 4 pools, 9 bars, casino, fitness center, 937 seat theatre, 639 out side cabins of which 220 have verandas, 296 inside cabins, can carry 1,870 passengers and a crew of 909.

Galaxy is operated on 10&11 night cruises out of Civitavecchia/Rome - various ports throughout the Mediterranean, and 10 & 11 nights from San Juan/Puerto Rico - Caribbean

Mercury cruises out of Vancouver - Alaska 7 nights, Seattle - Pacific Northwest 3& 4 nights, and from San Diego - Mexico 7 & 11 nights. 14 night Australia Cruises depart Auckland/ New Zealand and Sydney/Australia.

Websites US: www.celebritycruises.com. UK: www.celebritycruises.co.uk.