After she was ordered with German shipbuilder Meyer Werft in July 2006, she saw her keel laid in February 2007 and she was formally delivered in April 2010.

[11] In response to the 2010 shutdown of UK airspace due to the eruption of Iceland's Eyjafjallajökull volcano, the newly completed Celebrity Eclipse returned 2,000 British tourists stranded in Spain as "an act of goodwill" by the owners, sailing from Southampton to Bilbao on 21 April and returning on 23 April.

[12] On 20 May 2011 a 31-year-old crew member was lost overboard 12 kilometres (6+1⁄2 nautical miles) north of Cherbourg, France; despite an extensive search the man's body was not recovered.

[13] In October 2012 Channel 4 TV aired a Dispatches undercover documentary that exposed poor working conditions and exploitation of workers on Celebrity Eclipse.

[15] Passengers and crew had tested positive despite Celebrity's original public denials of any cases on board.