SeaLogs

Getting inside cruise vacations we bring you in-depth reports by actually sailing on the ships you ask about.
Here are some of our most recent events and sailings along with posts written while there or at sea

Royal Princess Yard Visit

We were in Venice, Italy at the Malfalcone ship yard where new Royal Princess is currently being constructed for an update and tour of the new generation Princess Cruises ship, the first of two being built right now.

Royal Princess marks the first new build for the cruise line since 2008′s Ruby Princess, the last of Princess Cruises popular grand class ships. They built nine of those and already have a sister ship to Royal Princess in the works too.

Royal Princess will be a careful evolution of the Princess product with a ship laid out in typical Princess patterns. Focusing on their mantra to let passengers “escape completely” Princess Cruises has designed a ship totally around that concept. It’s a success formula that has made Princess popular over the years and keeps travelers coming back for more.

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More about Princess Cruises and Royal Princess

Viking River Cruises Launch

We went back to Amsterdam for the launch of ten Viking River Cruise longships. In 2012, we were in Amsterdam as Viking christened four ships in one day. During this event, they more than doubled that effort and we were there, tweeting, posting photos via Pinterest and Facebook along the way and more.

We blew up Twitter with live posts from the event, including:

Certainly no shortage of balloons at the @VikingRiver #VikingLongships naming ceremony in #Amsterdam: ow.ly/i/1IOVy
The red carpet is rolled out and ready to go for the launch of 10 @VikingRiver #cruise #VikingLongships ow.ly/i/1INMd
VIP’s make their way inside Amsterdam #cruise terminal for @VikingRiver #VikingLongship naming ceremony ow.ly/i/1IQ0K
The launch of 10 @VikingRiver #cruise #VikingLongships was delayed, will start at the top of the hour. #redcarpet ow.ly/i/1IPtT

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More about the Viking River Cruise experience

Cruise Shipping Miami

We made our annual trek to Miami to explore all the latest and greatest ideas and innovations coming for cruise vacations from the industry’s premier trade show. On hand were all the movers, shakers and decision makers who drive the the major cruise lines you sail on every week.

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Carnival Breeze Naming Ceremony
Carnival Cruise Lines

Carnival Cruise Line‘s newest ship, Carnival Breeze is in Miami now after an inaugural Mediterranean season where she will sail six- and eight-day itineraries year-round. We were on hand this weekend for the ship’s naming ceremony, a big part of rolling out a new ship for any cruise line that marks the end of the construction process as the ship enters service. It was a visit back to see a ship we were dazzled by last summer and one that should fit in nicely at its Miami home.

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Celebrity Reflection
Celebrity Cruises

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Disney Dream
Disney Cruise Line

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Grandeur of the Seas
Royal Caribbean International

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Oosterdam
Holland America Line

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Holland America Line‘s Oosterdam in Alaska, 7-days round-trip Seattle- follow our journey in real time via this HipGeo Travel Journal that records our every move-