Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Royal Caribbean Executives Discuss their New Falmouth Jamaica Port

Although there's still a lot of work to be done, Royal Caribbean's new Falmouth port in Jamaica is now open. In this video, Royal Caribbean executives discuss the new port and why it's beneficial to passengers. The execs in the video also give potential passengers an overview of what's available nearby in Falmouth and easily accessible elsewhere in Jamaica from the port.

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 8

Even though there are no passengers aboard Grand Princess while it is in drydock, the crew and the construction workers are aboard, and they still need to eat. Today Martyn shows us the culinary operation that is still in full operation during the drydock.



The construction hasn't stopped. You can see some of the work going on today on Princess' photo journal.

Previous day's video

Cunard's Commodore Warner Docks QM2 for Last Time

Cunard's retiring Commodore, Bernard Warner, ended his career this morning when Queen Mary 2 arrived at Southampton. He is shown at left docking the ship for the last time, and a film crew was on hand to document the event.

A new commodore has not yet been appointed, but like Elvis, Commodore Warner has left the vessel.







Update: April 26, 2011

This week Cunard president Peter Shanks added this video tribute Commodore Warner's career to his blog.

Monday, April 18, 2011

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 7

In today's video from Grand Princess in the drydock, Martyn takes us on a whirlwind tour to update us on the work that has been going on in several areas where it has been a few days since we looked in. Included in the tour are the atrium/piazza and the new venues surrounding it, the Crown Grill, the casino, as well as the new seaview suites.



You can get a more detailed view of each day's work in Princess' photo journal.

Previous day's video

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 6

In today's video, Martyn takes us to Grand Princess' spa and Youth Center to see the work being done there during the vessel's time in the shipyard.



Each day Princess takes you farther behind the scenes in their photo journal with more detailed views of the day's work.

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