Tuesday, May 3, 2011

Adonia's Godmother Shirley Bassey Understands

Few ladies who agree to be godmothers these days understand the singular honor the cruise line has extended them. They can make it a unique experience that few will have, but so many just come do what's required, pick up their check, and be on their way. It seems that few these days even bother to sail on their ship.

Dame Shirley Bassey will be the godmother of P&O's newest ship, Adonia, and christen the ship in Southampton on May 21 (2011). She gets it, as you can see in this video.

Monday, May 2, 2011

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 21

It's only a couple of days until Grand Princess leaves the drydock in the Bahamas, and today Martyn shows us some of the nearly-completed projects. Will everything be ready in time?



Princess' photo journal is updated every day with additional photos of other projects nearing completion aboard Grand Princess.

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Sunday, May 1, 2011

Video of Grand Princess Drydock - Day 20

There are only four days to go until passengers embark on Grand Princess. In today's video from the drydock, Martyn looks around the new piazza and how all the new venues surrounding it are coming together.



There's more to see. Princess updates their photo journal every day with additional photos of other projects underway aboard Grand Princess.

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Why They Christen Ships in Venice

Carnival Magic arrived in Venice for the first time yesterday morning (April 30, 2011). It made for a stunning sight entering the city's Grand Canal as shown in the photos on the CND website.

Weekly Video Cruise News Summary April 30, 2011



This week's news from the cruise industry presented by Cruise News Daily includes items about Royal Caribbean's winter 2012-2013 winter schedule and the trends in it, including a surprising one for Miami. It also includes an item about Carnival reaching the milestone of 100 ships in the fleet - and dropping back to 99. Our feature story is Royal Caribbean's explanation of why they aren't worried about their 11-ship European deployment. We also have items about Port Everglades, Juneau and Gibraltar.

Links we mentioned can be found at http://www.CruiseNewsDaily.com