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The MS Independence of the Seas is Freedom class ship from Royal Caribbean International which started service in April 2008.
Right now it is based in Southampton UK, but the pictures in this post were taken in Oslo Norway where it had some preview sailings.
During the summer the Independence mostly sails from Southampton to the Mediterranean, but during the winter I guess they figured out that no one wants to sail from the UK in the cold so the ship is based in Fort Lauderdale doing the usual Caribbean routes.
The Independence of the Seas is a huge ship at 160,000 tonnes and 1112 feet in length. It has a passenger capacity of 3,634.
It has the some cool features like an ice skating rink, a boxing ring, and a very popular H20 Zone water park.
Here are some more pics from the Independence in Oslo, Norway.
The Carnival Victory is one of the Destiny Class ships that starts with a 9 story atrium right when you enter.
It was launched in 2000 in New York.
You can see it here, along with the Carnival Glory, in St. Maarten.
The Carnival Victory is 893 feet in length and weighs 101,509 tonnes. It holds 2,758 passengers and has 1,379 staterooms, 480 of them with private balconies.
The ship has its various bars and restaurants themed after the oceans and seas of the world, so you might be eating in the Caribbean Lounce or the Atlantic Dining Room or hitting the Indian Library.
The 24 hour pizza is also a hit.
The Victory will be sailing out of San Juan, Puerto Rico and doing 7 day cruises around the Southern Caribbean in late 2008/2009.
Carnival ships are called the “Fun Ships” and here is a video that I think shows that.
Have you been on the Carnival Victory or any other Carnival cruise ship? Leave a comment and let us know how it was!
I was recently in Maui staying near Lahaina on the West coast of the island. (It was my first trip to Hawaii and was great by the way).
Moored off-shore during my stay were quite a few cruise ships. I wasn’t able to get a good video of them, but here is the Golden Princess anyways (note I couldn’t actually find any pics of it in Lahaina itself so these are from all over).
The Golden Princess is one of the Grand Class of ships for Princess cruiselines. It entered service in 2001 and was Christened by Dr. Quinn herself, Jane Seymour.
It mostly operates on the Mexican Riviera and the West coast of the US and Canada. This particular trip that I saw was from Los Angeles to Hawaii.
At 109,000 gross tonnes and 951 feet in length, its a pretty large ship. It holds 2,600 passengers and 1,100 crew. It has 17 decks.
The Golden Princess has 3 pools, both indoor and outdoor. One good feature, both for teens and non-teens is that there is a teen-only sun deck.
The Celebrity Solstice left the Meyer Werft dockyard in Papenburg Germany this week. It travelled down the river Ems backwards, which is what is going on in this shot.
The Solstice is massive: it is 1,033 feet long and 122,000 (!) tonnes. It has a capacity of 2,850 passengers.
When it undocked from Papenburg, there were apparently 100,000 onlookers as it travelled down the river.
One standout of the Solstice is it has a “Lawn Club” which, like the name implies, is a live lawn up on the top deck. If you’ve ever wanted to have a picnic or play Bocce while on a cruise ship, and really who hasn’t, the Lawn Club is there.
A grey Vancouver day and the Royal Caribbean’s Rhapsody of the Seas is at Canada Place getting ready to head off to Alaska.
The Rhapsody’s maiden voyage was in 1997. Most of the time it sails out of ports along the Gulf Coast to the Western Caribbean, but like many other ships it hits Alaska in the summer.
It’s 915 feet in length and weighs 78,491 tonnes. It holds 765 crew and 2,435 passengers.
Rhapsody of the Seas has a retractable canopy and an indoor/outdoor pool with a sliding roof.
It also has a cool rock climbing wall that you can see at the end of the video.
If you’ve been on the Rhapsody of the Seas or any other Royal Caribbean cruise, leave a comment and let us know how you liked it.
Update: Over on Youtube, jazzamcc pointed out that I made a mistake. Rhapsody of the Seas now sails out of Australia & New Zealand from October – April. Thanks a lot!
Here is the Princess Cruises Sun Princess ship waiting to head to Alaska here in Vancouver. However, this is not a normal Vancouver – Alaska cruise.
The Sun Princess is the sister of the Dawn Princess and the Sea Princess. It was built in 1995.
The most critical fact you need to know is that it was the setting for the 1998 TV show Love Boat: The Next Wave starring the incomperable Robert Urich.
At 77,000 tonnes and 857 feet it is not the largest Princess ship (anymore).
The Sun Princess is permanently based in Australia, sailing out of Sydney in the winter and Melbourne in the summer.
You might ask what an Australian based ship is doing in Vancouver?
It’s in the middle of a 75 night “Grand Pacific World Cruise”. Among other stops, it goes from Sydney to Hawaii, to San Francisco, then Victoria and Vancouver, then up to Alaska, then over to Japan, China, Vietnam, down to Singapore, and then finally back to Sydney.
Have you been on a cruise that long? I can’t imagine it personally. Leave a comment with what you think about that, or if you have been on the Sun Princess or any other Princess ship.
As a bonus, here is the theme to Love Boat: The Next Wave. Quality Television!
Here is the Holland American Statendam in Vancouver docked at Canada Place. Holland America Statendam At Vancouver Going To Alaska by dockedcruise The Statendam was built in 1993 and the current one is actually the 5th Holland America ship to be named the Statendam.
It’s 720 feet long and 55,451 gross tonnes. In the winter it does somewhat unique trips like Australia and New Zealand, but in the summer you know where it goes – Alaska! (Where else?).
It holds 1258 pasengers and 557 crew, and is known for its art collection. It has a “Van Gogh Theatre” and a 26′ high sculpture.
Looks like Google Maps likes the Statendam too, as it caught it docked in Lyttleton New Zealand
Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess is in Vancouver about to leave for Alaska. Diamond Princess Cruise Ship In Vancouverby dockedcruiseThe Diamond Princess is one of the biggest Princess cruise ships. At 951 feet in length and 115,875 gross tonnes it’s a monster.
It holds 2674 passengers and 1238 crew.
The Diamond Princess mostly goes around the Mexican Riviera in the winter, but goes to Alaska in the summer.
It was built in Japan and is the sister ship to the Sapphire Princess.
The Diamond is a good ship for multi-generational family trips because it has almost 10,000 square feet of space dedicated to kids and teens.
If you’ve been on the Diamond Princess or any other Princess Cruise ships, leave a comment and let us know about it.
One thing that ship’s captains do to entertain themselves while docked in port is have horn battles with other docked ships. Here are the Costa Magica and Costa Concordia going at it in Barcelona.
Costa is an Italian cruise line that is (I believe) owned by Carnival.
Have you ever been in a “horn battle” with two ships? What was it like?
