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Disney Wonder Review Photo from A Reader

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December 24, 2008

Here’s another guest post with some pictures of the Disney Wonder at Port Canaveral.

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Another View of the Disney Cruise Ship

Disney Wonder has 10 decks and is a total length of 964 feet. Width is 106 feet at the widest and weight is a gross tonnage of 83,000 lbs. Accommodates 2,400 passengers including 945 cast and crew.

The Disney Cruise Ship Wonder performs a varied selection of cruise lengths throughout the year including:

  • 2-Night Weekend Getaway Cruise

  • 3-Night Bahamian Cruise
  • 4-Night Bahamian Cruise
  • 5-Night Bahamian Cruise
  • 5-Night Vancouver to Los Angeles Cruise
  • 6-Night Los Angeles to Vancouver Cruise
  • 7-Night Alaskan Cruise
  • 7-Night Mexican Riviera Cruise
  • 8-Night Mexican Riviera Holiday Cruise
  • 10-Night Mexican Riviera Cruise
  • 15-Night Panama Canal Westbound Cruise

Fun Fact: Tinkerbell is the Godmother of the Disney Wonder.

Family friendly, spa and gym, lots to do for kids and teens.

Submitted by Ed @ Blogging Aboard Black Diamond

This post was submitted by Edward Radonic.

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Rhapsody of the Seas – Royal Caribbean Cruise Ship in Vancouver

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September 22, 2008

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!

Click here for more information on Rhapsody of the Seas and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Sun Princess in Vancouver On World Tour

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August 14, 2008

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!

Click here for more information on Sun Princess and to check out upcoming sailings.
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Holland America Statendam Docked For Alaska

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June 23, 2008

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


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Have you been on the Statendam or another Holland America cruise? Leave a comment and let us know what you think.

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

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Diamond Princess In Vancouver At Canada Place

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June 21, 2008

Princess Cruises’ Diamond Princess is in Vancouver about to leave for Alaska.
 Diamond Princess Cruise Ship In Vancouver by 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.

Click here for more information on the Diamond Princess and to check out upcoming sailings. Princess Cruise Line

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Tahitian Princess Back From Alaska

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June 12, 2008

I was at Canada Place shooting a video about the Silver Shadow and decided to just do a quick one about this beautiful ship.

It’s not too long because I had already covered a lot last time I shot the Tahitian Princess in Vancouver.
 Tahitian Princess Back in Vancouver From Alaska Uploaded by dockedcruise

Have you been on the Tahitian Princess or any other Princess Cruise trip? Leave a comment and let us know how it was.

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

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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.
Princess Cruise Line

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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.

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“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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