Thanks for posting that, Jason! Now the rumors regarding new itineraries will certainly start flying!

If anyone is travelling to Germany, you can actually go visit the shipyards. From the shipbuilder's Web site:
"Last year, more than 255,000 tourists came to Meyer Werft shipyard to see on site how state-of-the-art shipbuilding works in the Emsland. Tourists are particularly captivated by the huge luxury cruise liners and the complex production line at the shipyard. Major attractions are also the undocking, the final outfitting and above all the Ems transfers of the cruise ships.

"A visitors centre was built to accommodate people´s demand to visit one of the world´s most modern yards. This visitors centre provides a detailed insight into the production process at the yard and the glamour of a cruise by means of exhibits, videos, a mock-up cabin, etc.

"Meyer Werft runs this visitors centre in close collaboration with the Papenburg Tourist Centre."
Now DCL has to expand their back office operations as well... booking was CRAZY the day the West Coast and repo cruises opened and they will have more demand with four ships! All in all, I'm really excited and looking forward to a cruise on one of the bigger ships (personally, I'd love for them to have a cruise or two out of New York).