Disney Wonder's Inaugural Call at San Francisco

Disney Wonder sailed under San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge this morning (April 29, 2011) as it arrived in the city for its first call there. Disney Wonder is in San Francisco for a two-day stay as part of a repositioning cruise that will base the ship in Vancouver for the summer for its 7-night Alaska program.

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Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 17

In today's video from Grand Princess' drydock in Freeport, Martyn gives us a look at the updating going on with the ship's lifeboats, takes us around back for a view of the work going on under the ship, and talks with the man in charge of the 50 square miles of carpeting being laid on the ship.



There are more photos of other work going on around the ship in Princess' photo journal, which is updated daily.

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Royal Wedding the Cunard Way

Just about every line is providing television coverage of the Royal Wedding on Friday. Many are also providing some kind of themed celebration, but none of them match the level which Cunard passengers will experience. This video will give you an idea of what Cunard's passengers can expect and what preparations have gone into it.

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 16

In today's video from the Grand Princess dry dock features Martyn interviews the artist who is repairing damage to murals throughout the ship, and the production manager in the theater about the new equipment going in there.



This isn't all the work that was done today aboard Grand Princess. Each day Princess updates their photo journal with more photos of other projects which are underway aboard the ship.

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Carnival Takes Delivery of 100th Ship in the Fleet

Carnival Corp took delivery today of Carnival Magic at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy, bringing their fleet to 100 cruise ships in 10 brands. To mark the occasion, they released this composite photo of their first ship in 1972, the 27,250-ton Mardi Gras, sailing alongside the 130,000-ton Carnival Magic. Mardi Gras carried 906 passengers, double occupancy, while Carnival Magic carries 3,690. Mardi Gras was 650 feet long with a 86.5-foot beam, and Carnival Magic is 1004 feet long with a 158-foot beam. Mardi Gras left the Carnival fleet in 1993. Carnival Magic will enter service on May 1.
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