Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 15

In today's video blog from the dry dock at Freeport, Martyn takes us behind-the-scenes again to talk with the project manager, Steve Storey, the man responsible for the entire operation from the beginning of planning 15 months ago to the moment the ship will leave the dry dock.



Princess updates their photo journal daily with more photos of the work that has gone on that day aboard Grand Princess.

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Cardboard Winner

Don’t you wish you had thought of this? Carrie Duwelius of Naperville, Illinois turned a big piece of cardboard into a free ticket for four on a Carnival cruise.

Actually, there was a step in between. First she made the big piece of cardboard into a rather flat Carnival cruise ship. Then that won the cruise for her on the yet-to-be-delivered Carnival Magic.

Duweilius was the winner of Carnival’s Build a Ship out of Everyday Items contest. As you may remember, you could use anything to represent the ship. The more creative, the better. Photos were submitted to Carnival, and finalists were chosen and voted on by visitors to the website. Entries came in every variety of materials from piles of laundry to mattresses to aluminum cans to the winning cardboard.

Of course everybody was a winner, because Carnival donated $1 for every entry to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital, and they also donated $1 every time anyone cast a vote for a finalist.

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 14

In today's update from the Grand Bahama Shipyard, Martyn takes us around Grand Princess to see how various venues are shaping up.



There's more to see. Princess also keeps a photo journal with more photos of more work that has gone on that day aboard Grand Princess.

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Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 13

In today's visit to Grand Princess in the dry dock at Freeport, Martyn again takes us to a behind-the-scenes function of the logistics team which is responsible for tracking everything coming to the ship for the work that will be done, and having it aboard when it's required. They also are responsible for removing all the material to be disposed of.



Each day Princess updates their photo journal with new photos of additional projects underway aboard Grand Princess.

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Weekly Cruise News Summary April 23, 2011

This week's news from the cruise industry included items about a fire on a cruise ship off the Mexican coast, Port Canaveral expansion, a passenger overboard, Royal Caribbean's Navigator of the Seas, Princess Cruises, Silverseas Cruises and the drydock for Princess Cruises' Grand Princess. Links mentioned are available at http://www.cruisenewsdaily.com