Post image for Brilliance Of The Seas Completes Rennovation, Heads To The Baltics

Royal Caribbean‘s Brilliance of the Seas recently finished a $30 million drydock adding five new dining concepts, an aerial entertainment experience and technology advancements.  It would be easy to dismiss this as just another older ship going in for an extreme remodeling, granting it years more life as a relevant

Post image for A Review Of Sorts: The Beverly Hilton Hotel

About all I knew about Beverly Hills was what I learned from television, having never actually been there before.   I knew there were ‘swimming pools, movie stars’ as the theme song for the Beverly Hillbillies goes.  I knew that the place was crammed full of entitled and good looking high

Post image for Viking Goes To Sea- Photo Gallery

Viking River Cruises and their ongoing, thoughtful plan to fulfill a need in the world of ocean cruising took a bold step forward this week.  In a Hollywood-premiere sort of way at the Beverly Hilton Hotel, the landscape of Viking’s ocean effort took on a great deal more shape. Before

Post image for The Viking Age Of Ocean Cruising Begins

Like a major Hollywood event, the grand ballroom of the Beverly Hilton hotel was packed for the much-anticipated announcement from Viking River Cruises.  Travel agents, VIP guests and members of the press showed up from around the world to get details on what Viking had in store for the world

Post image for Princess Opens Close-To-Home 2014-15 Season For Booking

Princess Cruises has opened its popular Americas program for booking sailings in 2014-15.  These are the sailings which include   the Caribbean, Panama Canal, Canada & New England and West Coast cruises.  Savvy cruise travelers anxiously wait for this to happen every year, book quickly, and take advantage of some of

Post image for Video:  Ultimate Royal Princess Preview

Princess Cruises is pretty darn proud of how new Royal Princess is turning out, and with good reason.  Debuting in June the new generation ship is a the ultimate in Princess’ Escape Completely hardware and will no doubt turn a lot of heads when she pulls into ports around the

Post image for Vikings Come To America Tonight, Intrepid Adventures Anticipated

Up until now, we knew very little about Viking Ocean Cruises, sister company of Viking River Cruises, the world’s leading river cruise line. Tonight we find out more, live in Beverly Hills,  as the future of Viking River Cruises comes into focus.  Perhaps a bit like ancient Vikings became a

Post image for New Princess Ship Debut Shaping Up Royally

Princess Cruises is putting the finishing touches on new Royal Princess for her June debut. The first of a new generation of cruise ships, Royal Princess will arrive at the Ocean Terminal in Southampton on Friday, June 7 and will depart on her maiden voyage on June 16.   But first,