Canadian whisky is the bottle of choice for Godmother Emily Elizabeth Foerster Coleman to break on the bow of Victory 1 to inaugurate Great Lakes cruises from Toronto to Chicago--Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Is this the droid you're looking for? The handsome waiter at the Americana Grill on Sun Princess runs on batteries--Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Chef with incredible skill at the skillet and a killer sense of humor gets ready to rumble at the Umai Teppanyaki on Sun Princess--video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

On Sun Princess, the wait staff has nifty robotic assistant-- video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

It's stay standing or get soaked in a traditional water fight in the southern France port of Sète--Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Everything is just so fresh and colorful you'll wish you could shop every day at the outdoor market in Siracusa, Sicily. Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

The restaurant staff takes a bow on Celebrity Ascent--video by Wallace Immen

When he's not juggling drink orders, barman at Celebrity Ascent's Martini Bar plays with the tools of the trade--Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Kite surfer glides along the sapphire blue water of Long Bay in Tortola, BVI--Video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Nerves of steel, skills of acrobats. Crew tie up sails on mast of the world's biggest sailing cruise ship--video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

Teamwork is essential as crew set the sails on the new Sea Cloud Spirit--one of world's largest sailing cruise ships--video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times.

Sail crew climb onto the masts to set sails on Sea Cloud Spirit in the Caribbean

Sea Cloud Spirit under sail en route to St. Barts in the Caribbean

Homely but it works. American Queen Voyages' expedition ship Ocean Victory sports a radical snub nose that splits waves rather than riding up and down on them. Here's how smoothly the ship rides.

After a beautiful day in Livorno with tours to Florence, Oceania's world cruiser Insignia bids an air horn greeting to her bigger sister Riviera. Video by Wallace Immen for The Cruisington Times

Dancers had to be sealed in a tank of water that may contain alligators and spun around to create the mesmerizing choreography of Royal Caribbean's Oceanides, coming soon to Ovation of the Seas and fleet mates. Nick Weir, senior vice president of entertainment introduces what he says was a breathtaking production to create. This first-look was presented during Ovation's christening sailing.

Godmother Reshma Saujani and her son send world's largest bottle of Champagne crashing into the hull of the new Celebrity Apex Nov. 2, 2021--video by Wallace Immen, The Cruisington Times

In an exhibition in Lyon, France, honoring the Lumiere brothers who pioneered moving pictures, a mesmerizing loop filmed in 1895 shows the high fashion and high tech of the day. Video by Wallace Immen for The Cruisington Times

In the annual Festival of Lights in Lyon, the facade of Saint-Jean Cathedral becomes the canvas for a dramatic sound and light show. The whole Gothic structure seems to decompose and reassemble in tune to the music. The show called Unisson, one of 70 in the festival is by Helen Eastwood and Laurent Brun. Video by Wallace Immen for The Cruisington Times

The ancient Roman ampitheater on Lyon's Fourviere hill becomes the stage for a dramatic light show about magical horses that escape from the night sky and come alive during the city's annual December festival of lights. The dazzling spectacle called Balaha was designed by Damien Fontaine. Video by Wallace Immen for The Cruisington Times