From South America to Alaska in Two Minutes

Knowing our readers' penchant for time lapse video, we thought they would enjoy this one by one of our favorite YouTube posters. This video is shot from the bridge during a repositioning cruise from Buenos Aries to Alaska and back to Vancouver. It's very cleverly shot and edited. Enjoy!

Princess Reveals Sports & Fitness Facilities in Video about New Royal Princess

In this month's video about the new Royal Princess, the line reveals the extensive sports and fitness facilities which will be available aboard the ship when it debuts in less than a year - June 2013.



For those who may not be into the fitness aspect, we have a bonus video that deals with what will be another popular facility aboard Royal Princess, Sabatini's Italian restaurant. In this video, Peter Tobler, VP of Food & Beverage describes the new dishes that will become instant hits aboard Royal Princess.

Paul Gauguin Releases First Images of Tere Moana Refurbished Interior

Paul Gauguin Cruises' new Tere Moana's will debut in the Caribbean at the end of December 2012. The line has now released the first images of the refurbished staterooms.

The line says the staterooms will be "chic and stylish with Polynesian touches," even though the ship will be operating in Europe and the Caribbean. The small ship will carry just 90 passengers, double occupancy, in casual luxury. Shown below are the window staterooms and one of the eight balcony staterooms.

Hanrahan Resigns from Celebrity Cruises

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd said Dan Hanrahan has resigned as the President and CEO of the Celebrity brand effective at the end of the month.

This morning the line said that after 13 years with the company Hanrahan was leaving "to take an exciting new opportunity." This afternoon, Regis Corp announced he would join their company as President and CEO on August 6 and also become a member of the board of directors on that date. The Minneapolis-based company operates under a number of brands (including Supercuts, Sassoon Salon, Regis Salons, MasterCuts, SmartStyle, Cost Cutters, Cool Cuts 4 Kids and Hair Club for Men and Women) with more than 12,700 worldwide locations of beauty salons, hair restoration centers and cosmetology education.

RCCL did not immediately name a successor.

updated July 11, 2011 - 11:30pm

Miami Heat Cheered on Around the World aboard Carnival Cruise Lines

With Carnival Cruise Line being Miami based, there are always a lot of people from South Florida aboard Carnival ships wherever they go in the world. That includes the new Carnival Breeze, which is on its second cruise, and last night it was in the Adriatic heading toward Venice for a call today (June 22, 2012). Meanwhile last night in Miami, the Heat was battling the Oklahoma City Thunder for the NBA championship in what was to be the final game of the series.

Time and distance though were no obstacles for Heat fans, including the ones currently sailing aboard Carnival Breeze. Because of the time difference, the 9pm Miami tipoff meant it would be 3am aboard Carnival Breeze, and there were fans ready to watch the game live on Carnival Breeze's giant poolside screen. (We assume there were also some less hardy fans who watched from the privacy of their staterooms.) They saw the Heat win the title just after 6am this morning with a glorious Venetian sunrise as a backdrop.

They can be seen here watching the post-game celebration about 6:30 this morning, with Carnival Chairman Micky Arison - and Miami Heat owner - being interviewed along with Heat Coach Erik Spoelstra (right) as part of the ABC/ESPN coverage broadcast live to the ship.