Celebrity Millennium Alaskan pass-by

Outside Juneau port in Alaska, I’m standing on the balcony of my cabin on the ship Celebrity Solstice. I’ve got a warm drink in my hand, and as I enjoy the view, here comes another Celebrity ship – the Millennium, serenely passing by. Good thing I have my Canon 80D at the ready to capture some video of this passing of two ships in the cloudy Alaskan afternoon.

I wave at the Millenium passengers and they wave back. There’s always some cheerful camaraderie between passengers cruise ships as they gracefully glide past one other. It reminds me of when I was a child, and people who drove Volkswagen Beetles always honked and waved at each other as they passed one another on the road.

The Celebrity Millennium was built in France, in 2000, making her the oldest operating ship in Celebrity's fleet. She weighs almost 91,000 tons and measures over 950 feet in length and 105 feet in width. Millennium has 14 decks, a can cruise at a top speed of 28 mph (24 knots). Capacity: 2,138 passengers and almost 1,000 crew.

This video was shot in 2014, and in 2019 the Millennium had a massive multi-million-dollar refurbishment, so she is now sporting the enhanced features of Celebrity's Edge-class ships.