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 was operated on cruises out of Civitavecchia/Rome - various ports throughout the Mediterranean, and from San Juan/Puerto Rico - Caribbean. Galaxy was transferred to the German TUI Cruises in 2009 to be operated under the name Mein Schiff.

Mercury mainly cruises out of Vancouver - Alaska 7 nights and Baltimore & Charlston - Bahamas & Caribbean.

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