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More Signs That the Future is Bullish for Cruises

If you’re still unsure whether the cruise industry is on track to set new records, look no further than the latest announcement from Norwegian Cruise Line Holdings. They named a new team to lead a [...]
Celebrity Cruises

Sleuths are Finally Ranking Cruise Cuisine

Forbes Travel Guide, a global rating system for luxury hotels, restaurants, spas, and ocean cruises is expanding its ratings to cruise restaurants. Considered a cruise industry first, the 2025 ship ratings and restaurant accolades will [...]
Croatia

Sailing on a Sea Cloud Just Got Easier

Sea Cloud Cruises is offering up to 65 per cent off voyages that include new Venice roundtrips on its newest ship Sea Cloud Spirit that feature overnight stay docked within steps of historic St. Marks [...]
Cruise Lines

Make it Fast: MSC Sponsors Formula 1 Races

MSC Cruises is gearing up to be the title sponsor of three Formula 1 World Championship Grands Prix in 2025. The cruise line’s name will be in the titles of the Austrian Grand Prix in [...]
Celebrity Cruises

Is Bigger Better? We’re About to Find Out

Some of the biggest ships ever built are beckoning in 2025 as cruising attracts record bookings. Many new arrivals are sisters of ships that were already the largest ever when they made their debuts. Even [...]

Avalon Waterways Charts Debut in Portugal

by Wallace Immen in Avalon Waterways Comments Off on Avalon Waterways Charts Debut in Portugal

Avalon Waterways will launch its first-ever sailings on Portugal’s Douro River with a new Suite Ship – the Avalon Alegria – in 2024. “We’ve been waiting for the perfect opportunity to add Portugal to our [...]

Bartender Daniel Zanoga is a showman on Carnival Sunshine

Carnival Sunshine’s Wizard of Mixology Teaches a Hands-on Course in Bar Alchemy

August 6, 2013 1

Looking to get more out of a drink than just a buzz? My friends, on Carnival Sunshine you’ll get not only a lift but a show and a lesson in wizardry at the Alchemy Bar. You’re about […]

Doing the Baja in Classic Style

November 13, 2014 Comments Off

A classic yacht is doing a unique series of 10-day cruises in Baja, Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. The 86-foot eight-guest adventure yacht, Westward was built in 1924 and has been completely restored, but still uses […]

Kraken Attack: Art Reef Makes Waves in the British Virgin Islands

May 18, 2017 Comments Off

Aye lads, it’s Captain Sparrow’s orders to dive in and find the Kraken. When you get to the bottom you’ll have a chance to explore a ship wreck in the clutch of the huge creature with […]

Windstar Adding New ships, New Itins to its Fleet

September 4, 2024 Comments Off

Windstar Cruises is expanding its fleet with two all-suite motor yachts, Star Seeker and Star Explorer. The first of the two ships, Star Seeker is due in December, 2025. Star Explorer will join in December, […]

A Tight Squeeze as Seabourn Sojourn Seeks Out Trolls in Norway

July 16, 2012 Comments Off

It seemed like a mission impossible. Trollfjord is a passage so narrow you can’t even see it between the mountains that surround it until you’re right alongside it. How could our long, wide ship make […]