Cruise Needs' Tweets of the Week

#SelfieSundays with Captain Tasos and the #CelebrityConstellation crew. pic.twitter.com/FXoFUUnVRS

— Celebrity Cruises (@CelebrityCruise) December 13, 2015

Nightly display of towel brilliance on @CarnivalCruise Sunshine. #cruisechat #cruise pic.twitter.com/H07DHIofmk

— Doug Parker (@CruiseRadio) December 12, 2015

Literally perfect. #cruiselife pic.twitter.com/svghS8gnZ6

— Katie Pearson (@kdpearson) December 18, 2015

@theRCLblog great day in Nassau! Capped off with some NFL at the aqua theater! pic.twitter.com/gQgOKQDfSD

— Ryan Aubin (@RyanAubin) December 13, 2015

Princess is making you sleepy

We love sleeping on a cruise. The rocking and the rumble are unique to cruising and never fail to put us to sleep. Princess is taking it one step further with their new bed designs. In the video above, the company's design team explains the innovations and what guests can expect.

Aside from the bed investment, this video is another example of Princess successfully using their YouTube videos in ways other cruise companies do not.

Cruise Needs' Instagrams of the Week

A Disney Cruise at Christmas is definitely on my bucket list. #disneynerd #disneycruise #itsallaboutthemousetravel #christmas #santa

A photo posted by Kenneth Reece (@yensid9111) on Dec 15, 2015 at 5:58pm PST

All these beautiful cruise ships overwhelm the senses 😍🌴 #RoyalCaribbeanCruise #CarnivalCruise #DisneyCruise #RCCL #CCL #DCL

A photo posted by 🎅🏼 Cruise Ships of 2015 🎄 (@cruiseships2015) on Dec 15, 2015 at 11:21am PST

No comment needed Pic credit-@cruise_4_dayz and the photographer of these awesome shots! @carnival @princesscruises @norwegiancruiseline @royalcaribbean @disneycruiseline #cruise #cruiseship #fun #bigship #cruise_for_life #disneycruiseline #disneycruise #norwegiancruiseline #cruiselikeanorwegian #princesscruises #carnivalcruiselines #carnival #carnivalcruise

A photo posted by Cruise Ships (@cruise_for_life) on Dec 14, 2015 at 2:50pm PST

Cruising offers the best vacation value to see the world in comfort and style! Get onboard! With #incruises #travel #cruise #cruises #cruising #transformationtuesday

A photo posted by INCRUISES (@incruises) on Dec 15, 2015 at 10:21am PST

The magnificent #NorwegianGetaway #FirstRespondersTravel #Cruise #norwegian #cruiselikeanorwegian #caribbean #miami #vacation #travel (📷 by @tomsroesser 👍🏻)

A photo posted by First Responders Travel (@firstresponderstravel) on Dec 15, 2015 at 3:13pm PST

Can Cruise.Me change cruise booking?

Have you ever booked a cruise online? Considering all the things we do with a few touches, booking a cruise is still a bit of a technical challenge. This is the problem Cruise.Me hopes to solve. After a long build up, the company finally rolled out its site and is receiving very positive feedback.

Cruise.Me put an emphasis on better content, mobile interfaces and a process that allows bookers to search in new parameters. If you want to search by price, you can do that too.

Even though they have built a great interface, Cruise.Me still has some marketing challenges ahead. The majority of cruise passengers have relationships with travel agents and are successfully booking cruises without Cruise.Me. What will drive them to switch to more self booking? How will the older demographic even find Cruise.Me? What is to stop the major cruise sellers -- the large agencies and the cruise companies themselves -- from copying Cruise.Me's interface and selling the cruises themselves?

Cruise.Me is not perfect but it is an important company for the industry. We need new innovations and new approaches. Hopefully Cruise.Me can drive that innovation.

Cruise Fever's Allure of the Seas Review

Cruise Fever always does a nice job with their reviews and this video of the Allure of the Seas is no exception. It captures all the unique points of Royal Caribbean's largest ship and points out some of the finer details. The video also mixes in plenty of still shots with the action video from an actual cruise. If you are researching a potential trip on the Allure, be sure to watch this video.

Cruise Needs' Tweets of the Week

Looks like the pilot boat is here! #CruiseLife #ShipLife #Pilot pic.twitter.com/mO8wKR6Bpy

— Mister Kabir (@Kabir_TV) December 5, 2015

A7: Every Christmas market should have plenty of these goodies ... #cruise #CruiseChat pic.twitter.com/eJfuDUHHm3

— Porthole Magazine (@PortholeCruise) December 8, 2015

We're delighted to have won 'Best Luxury #Cruise Line 2015’ at the 24th @ittn_ie #Awards. https://t.co/5wcf9Q7ae3 pic.twitter.com/W4EogchfRA

— Silversea (@Silversea) December 5, 2015

Though great overall, here are ways to improve a Disney cruise: https://t.co/634bt5qy5w #cruise @DisneyCruise #travel #travelblogger

— David A.F. Sweet (@davidafsweet) December 12, 2015

An awesome day in Trunk Bay, St. John. #CarnivalJourneys #cruise pic.twitter.com/ysaqouXsGg

— Doug Parker (@CruiseRadio) December 10, 2015

Good tips on drink packages

Cruises sell drink packages as a deal to customers. It takes one of the worries of cruising -- expensive alcohol tabs -- and makes it a known, controllable cost. But is it worth it? It depends on how much and what you plan to drink. Fran Golden has a helpful list of things to know regarding drink packages. Read her overview and remember to always know what your deal includes.