Princess to offer an expanded Panama Canal experience
By Jackie Roseboom The Panama Canal has been delighting cruisers for nearly a century. This man-made masterpiece is composed of 51 passageways between the Caribbean and Pacific Oceans, saving travelers more than 7,000 transit miles around the South American continent. Princess Cruises has been going there for years on short trips in and...
Cruise Guide: Cruising offers a unique way to visit the West Coast
By Matt Roseboom I’ve taken a couple of trips to California, both times enjoying the mountains on one side and the ocean on the other as I drove down California’s coastline. But there’s another, more relaxing way to visit the West Coast. You guessed it, cruising the coast....
Princess adding new Leonard Maltin movie club and channel
Princess Cruises is teaming with celebrated film critic and historian Leonard Maltin to bring passengers another new way to experience movies onboard – an exclusive Leonard Maltin Movie Club. Debuting fleetwide, the new club gives passengers the opportunity to join fellow film buffs to discuss specially selected motion pictures...
Princess offering new itineraries and ports for Europe in 2010
The iconic wonders of the ancient world, the continent’s bustling cities and the majestic beauty found along dramatic coastlines will be showcased with Princess Cruises’ just-announced 2010 Europe program....
Ruby Princess review, photos and video now available
We’ve just updated our Ship Reviews section with a review, photo gallery and video for Princess Cruises’ Ruby Princess. The photo gallery includes more than 90 high quality pictures. The video includes a brief tour of the galley to watch the head pastry chef decorate a wedding and anniversary cake, a look at a dance …...
Follow us on the Ruby Princess this week
We’re onboard the Ruby Princess through Saturday and you can follow our updates on our Twitter page. Twitter is a service which lets users post short messages with links to photos. But you don’t need to sign up to check out our updates. Just visit twitter.com/cruiseguide to see what we’ve been up to and click …...
New online options from Princess highlight romance
Love is “exciting and new” at Princess Cruises in celebration of Valentine’s Day, as the line announced the christeners of Ruby Princess, Trista and Ryan Sutter, will join its Department of Romance as its newest experts, and that a new online community for all Princess Cruises romantics has debuted on Facebook....
Cruise Guide: Princess unveils heady Alaska shore excursions
By Mike Coleman A Princess Cruise may be the ultimate way to enjoy Alaska up-close and personal in 2007. Passengers will be treated to 170 tour options and 21 new excursions, including a host of novel private land programs. If exploring Juneau in a chauffeur-driven Hummer, soaring over Misty Fjords National Monument in a private...
Cruise Guide: Princess helps couples tie-the-knot at sea
By Michael Coleman Tying the knot at sea is as old as cruising itself. Gentle ocean breezes and picture-perfect sunsets put many a couple in the mood to say “I Do.” Whether sailing off the coast of an idyllic Tahitian island, cruising the Amazon or exchanging vows in the sun-drenched Caribbean, what’s not to like...