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Silver Shadow Cruise Ship Going to Alaska

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June 12, 2008

The SilverSea Silver Shadow (coolest name for a cruise ship I know of!) was docked at Canada Place in Vancouver today.

It’s heading off to Alaska on a 9 day trip, hitting Victoria on the way back, and then returning to Vancouver.

The Silver Shadow is one of the bigger SilverSea ships, but as far as the usual ships that hit Vancouver go, is on the small side.

It’s 610 feet long and 28,258 tonnes.

It only holds 382 passengers and 295 crew, which gives it a very high “passenger space ratio” of 74.

The Silver Shadow was launched in 2000.

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Coral Princess Going Through Panama Canal

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June 9, 2008

The Coral Princess is back at Canada Place after a 2 week trip to Alaska.

Rather than showing another video of the Coral Princess in Vancouver, here is a cool timelapse video of the cruise ship going through the Miraflores locks at the Panama Canal.

Have you been on the Coral Princess or another Princess Cruise? Let us know in the comments how it was.

Click here for more information on the Coral Princess and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Spirit of Oceanus in Japan

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June 5, 2008

The Spirit of Oceanus is a Cruise West ship that was docked in Vancouver today. Since it was raining too hard, I didn’t grab a video, so here are a few pics from Flickr of the Spirit of Oceanus in Japan.

ship
“ship” by samchillian

SPIRIT OF OCEANUS DOCKED AT HAGI
“SPIRIT OF OCEANUS DOCKED AT HAGI” by Bilvance

Have you been on the Spirit of Oceanus? How was it?

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Carnival Spirit & Holland America Ryndam Picture

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June 4, 2008

Thanks to the Flickr feed with anything tagged “vancouver”, I came across this picture that ttcopley took from the Helijet that shows the Carnival Spirit and the Holland America Ryndam docked.

Tall things

I wonder if you zoomed in close enough you could see me making the Carnival Spirit and Holland America Ryndam videos from this morning.

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Holland America Ryndam – Back From Alaska

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June 4, 2008

Back On May 28 I posted a video of the Holland America Ryndam in Vancouver. It was heading to Alaska for a week long cruise, and today it’s back. I took a quick video this morning.


For more details on the Ryndam, see my original video.

Click here for more information on the MS Ryndam and to check out upcoming sailings. Holland America Cruise Line

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Carnival Spirit In Vancouver

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June 4, 2008

Here’s the Carnival Spirit docked at Canada Place, about to leave for Alaska.


Carnival went all out with the Spirit. It has themed public areas like Art Deco, Chinese, Gothic, etc.

It has a wedding chapel and while it is in Canadian waters, the captain can beform weddings (including same-sex ones of course).

80% of the 1062 staterooms are outside, and 750 have private balconies.

The Carnival Spirit is 960 feet long and weighs 88,500 tonnes. With that size, it’s got 16 lounges and bars and a 2 level gym that has an ocean view from every piece of equipment. Not bad!

Leave a comment if you’ve been on the Carnival Spirit or any other Carnival cruise.

Click here for more information on the Carnival Spirit and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Cunard Queen Victoria Cruise Ship in Sydney

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June 3, 2008

Just in case you are bored of the Vancouver cruise ships, here is the Queen Victoria docked in Sydney.

Not sure what they are saying exactly, but I dig the music.

The Cunard Queen Victoria travels all over the world, from the Mediterranean to Northern Europe to the Carribean.

The Queen Victoria is 964.5 feet long and 90,000 tonnes. It has 990 staterooms and has room for 2,000 passengers.

The cruise ship is going for elegance, so it has the Royal Court Theatre with private boxes, and a two-storey library.

Of course, with all this luxury comes the “Camilla curse”. Camilla Parker-Bowles, the Duchess of Cornwall, failed to smash the bottle of bubbly in the naming ceremony, and in its maiden voyage 78 passengers came down with the norovirus bug.

Coincidence? You decide. If you’ve been on the Queen V or any other Cunard ship, let us know how you liked it in the comments.

Click here for more information on the Queen Victoria and to check out upcoming sailings.

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Island Princess – Vancouver @ Canada Place to Alaska

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June 2, 2008

Today the Island Princess is in Vancouver docked at Canada Place. It spends most of the year in Central America, but in the summer it hits the Alaska route.


The Island Princess cost $330 million to build and is the sister ship of the Coral Princess. In this video I said it about 50x, but its a big one (at least for the ones that come to Vancouver).

It’s got the usual luxuries that you would expect in a $330m ship like a swim-against-current pool and onboard golf.

The Island Princess is 964 feet long, 91,627 tonnes and holds 1970 passengers & 900 crew.

This actually is not the first ship in the Princess fleet called the Island Princess. There used to be another one, but it has now been renamed Discovery.

Have you been on the Island Princess or any other Princess Cruise? Let us know in the comments how it was!

Click here for more information on the Island Princess and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Holland America Veendam – Vancouver Docked Going To Alaska

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May 30, 2008

Here is the Veendam, a Holland America vessel.

At least spec-wise and from the outside, it is pretty similar to the Ryndam.


The Veendam is 720 feet in length and weighs 55,759 tonnes. It holds 1258 passengers and 557 crew.

For some reason that I don’t quite understand, the Veendam was dedicated by Debbie Reynolds. Maybe the CEO of Holland America is a Branson fan?

Have you been on the Veendam or another Holland America cruise? What did you think? Let us know in the comments.

Click here for more information on the MS Veendam and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Tahitian Princess Cruise Ship – Vancouver Heading To Alaska

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May 29, 2008

The Tahitian Princess is called a “small ship” by Princess Cruises, and it certainly is compared to the big ones like the Coral Princess.

Here it is at Canada Place in downtown Vancouver waiting to head up to Alaska.

It’s a little on the windy side but a storm was a-brewin’.

The Tahitian Princess spends most of its time in the French Polynesian Islands (no surprise from the name) but in summer it hits the Alaska route. Here’s some stats:

  • 30,277 tonnes
  • 593 ft 10 in
  • 826 passengers capacity

Apparently in 2009 it is going to be renamed the “Ocean Princess” which makes sense I suppose.

Have you been on the Tahitian Princess? Did it seem “small” or were you happy with it?

Click here for more information on the Tahitian Princess and to check out upcoming sailings.
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