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Abercrombie & Kent

New Ship to Explore Peru’s Amazon in Style

A new riverboat described as a floating boutique hotel will start exploring the Amazon in 2025 as Abercrombie & Kent’s first South American ship. Featuring 10 double cabins and two single cabins, the as-yet unnamed [...]
Alaska

Holland America Puts Spotlight on Alaska Glaciers

Holland America Line is debuting Glacier Days on its Alaska cruises with expanded We Love Alaska on-board experiences. HAL’s six ships doing cruises from Vancouver and Seattle are featuring more cultural enrichment and culinary and [...]
Australia

Penguins or Wallabies? A Dilemma on an Aussie Island

Decisions, decisions. On a visit to Australia’s Philip Island on a Seabourn Cruises voyage down under, two evening shore excursions were both listed as must-sees.One tour promised us an unforgettable avian airshow as thousands of [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Windstar Adding Two New High-tech Ships to its Fleet

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 currently being constructed in the WestSEA shipyard in Portugal and [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

New Optimism, New Ships as Cruises Celebrate a Rebound

Big ship orders and a buoyant future for cruising were the buzz at Seatrade Cruise Global, the cruise industry’s biggest confab of the year, held in the second week of April in Miami. Record levels [...]

Will Ships Sailing Full Scuttle Cruise Deals?

by Wallace Immen in Carnival Cruise Line 1

Cruise lines are riding the crest of an enormous wave. Could it wash away your options for a cruise getaway? Carnival Corp. reports that almost two-thirds of the capacity of its fleets for 2024 is [...]

Port Canaveral Now the Busiest in the World

February 28, 2023 1

Move over Miami, Port Canaveral has climbed to number one as the world’s busiest cruise port for the first time ever, New figures from the Florida Ports Council rank the port 45 miles from Orlando […]

Designers of Carnival’s Mardi Gras Listen to What Guests Want

March 15, 2019 Comments Off

Luxury hotels and innovative architectural trends are inspirations for the design of accommodations on Carnival Cruise Lines‘ newest ship, Mardi Gras, set to debut in the summer of 2020. The ergonomically friendly staterooms were developed in […]

5 Must-Sees in Rome that Most Visitors Never Get to See

August 25, 2016 Comments Off

All roads may lead to Rome, but it’s still an hour’s drive away from Civitavecchia, where cruise ships have to dock. That means with travel time, a day on our own excursion to Rome from […]

Celebrity Beyond Propels Shows to New Heights

March 16, 2022 1

Celebrity Cruises has raised the curtain and brings down the house with new live shows and interactive experiences on Celebrity Beyond. A team of creators who have collaborated on major productions from Las Vegas and […]

5 Unique Charms of Life on Sea Cloud’s Mega-Yacht

January 17, 2024 2

On St. Bart’s in season, the theme is if you’ve got it flaunt it! The French Caribbean harbor is packed with imposing yachts that are the toys of people constantly looking for ways to one-up […]