VIDEO – Nieuw Amsterdam Review: Accommodations
Enjoy our Nieuw Amsterdam Review and Tour series. In this video, we explore the verandah stateroom accommodations onboard the Holland America Line ship. Mobile Users – Please use this link to view video: http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XtZPPItgo_c What is your opinion of the accommodations onboard the Nieuw Amsterdam? Please feel free to share your thoughts in the “Leave a Reply”…
Cruise Preview: Viking Heimdal & Viking Forseti, Christening 2014
Ever since I first stepped onboard the Viking Odin in 2012, I’ve been hooked on river cruising, especially Viking River Cruises. As much as I will always love ocean cruising – including Viking’s own entry into this market – I’m also forever a fan of river cruising. Come March 18, 2014, in Avignon, France, there will…
VIDEO PODCAST – Disney Fantasy Review: Activities
Entering just its second week, iTunes already considers the Popular Cruising Video Podcast New & Noteworthy under the Places & Travel category. The podcast continues by revisiting our popular Disney Fantasy activities review video featuring the Disney Cruise Line ship. Please feel free to join in the fun by subscribing to it at the link below… To access the show on iTunes, click…
Carnival Legend Completes Its Redesign
Following a multi-million dollar refurbishment, the Carnival Legend from Carnival Cruise Lines has reentered service with a number of new Fun Ship 2.0 features. Besides the exciting additions, listed according to the cruise line below, the two-week dry dock process in Freeport, The Bahamas also introduced upgraded swimming pools and gym equipment, plus new carpeting,…
VIDEO PODCAST – New iTunes Launch and Introduction
We’re excited to launch and introduce our new weekly video podcast – the Popular Cruising Video Podcast – and the posting of three starter episodes on iTunes. Watch as we illustrate cruise reviews, cruise ship and cruise line profiles, industry interviews, itineraries, news and more visually via video every week. Get a lot of information…
Nieuw Amsterdam Review – Holland America Line
Nieuw Amsterdam Holland America Line At a Glance By the Numbers Lifestyle: Premium Tonnage: 86,700 Launched: July 2010 Passengers: 2,106 Crew: 929 Passenger Space Ratio: 41.1 Take a Bow (What to Like) Pain in the Aft (What to Dislike) Best Dining in Premium Category Tamarind Restaurant and Silk Den Dancing with the Stars: At Sea…
New Carnival Vista Begins Construction
Carnival Cruise Lines announced today the initial construction of the new Carnival Vista, indicating that the new cruise ship’s first steel was cut (as seen in the header image above) for the vessel at the Fincantieri shipyard in Monfalcone, Italy earlier this week. Few details about the ship have yet been revealed besides its size and capacity….
Norwegian Escape to Offer Wide Variety of Accommodations
Norwegian Cruise Line today revealed the wide variety of accommodations that will be available onboard the upcoming Norwegian Escape. Following the successful Norwegian Breakaway and Norwegian Getaway, the Norwegian Escape will be a larger sister ship with all the same features of her predecessors and more. With an additional upper deck of staterooms, The Haven…
Shipbuilding Partners: Royal Caribbean and Meyer Werft
Celebrating the upcoming launch of the new Quantum of the Seas this November, Royal Caribbean International just released a great video highlighting the line’s shipbuilding partnership with Meyer Werft. It’s exciting to see the collaborative process at the shipyard featured. Check out the video below… One such cruise industry innovation that the partnership will realize is…
An AzAmazing Evening and Entertainment
When first we sailed on the Azamara Quest from Azamara Club Cruises, the line was not yet offering its signature AzAmazing Evenings. Now every sailing, save for transatlantic ones, features one of these complimentary nighttime shore excursions (as seen in the header image above) that highlights the very twilight benefits of Azamara’s late night and…
