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7 Things You Must Know Now About Celebrity Ascent

Has Celebrity Cruises evolved to the point where the ship can be the destination? We’re about to find out on a cruise aboard the Celebrity Ascent, which offers a range of daily activities for every [...]
Cruise Lines

Transcend Aims to Be the Go-To for Group Cruises

A sleek, dark blue ship with interiors by luxury yacht firm Tillberg Design of Sweden is about to start sailing on Europe’s rivers. Gorgeous, but you can’t just book a single cabin, you have to [...]
Atlas Ocean Voyages

Atlas Flipping the Globe for 2028 Arctic Cruises

Atlas Ocean Voyages, a line more identified with South Polar exploration, is setting sights North for a highly anticipated 2028 Arctic Season, featuring 13 newly curated journeys ranging from seven to 17 nights. Sailing aboard [...]
Canada

It’s Shaping Up as a Great Lakes Future

Cruisers choosing to stay close to home, repeat guests and smoother sailing have cruise lines planning a long future in the Great Lakes.Viking has just announced its 2028–2029 expedition voyages that include Great Lakes cruises [...]
Cruise Lines

MSC Gets Racier with Grand Prix Viewings

Leave it to MSC Cruises to create the ultimate pop-up event. It built a replica of its MSC Yacht Club “ship within a ship” to provide race fans a taste of the line’s seagoing hospitality.At [...]

Northwest Passage: an Ultimate Experience on Ship and Shore

by Wallace Immen in Canada 1

Everything moves more slowly in Arctic. The seasons are condensed in Canada’s far north as nature takes advantage of a few fleeting months of light and hibernates in the long dark months. There’s a timelessness [...]

Carnival Celebration Pays Homage to Miami

March 23, 2022 1

A Miami-themed vibe pays homage to Carnival Cruise Line‘s roots on its newest ship Carnival Celebration. A zone named 820 Biscayne, the address of Carnival’s original headquarters, will have vibrant colors and Instagrammable features like […]

California Port Discourages Visits by Cruise Ships

February 22, 2023 1

Hoping to persuade cruise lines decide to anchor elsewhere, the city council in Monterey, California has voted to take away city services for handling passengers arriving at the city’s dock. In a report to the […]

A Sneak Peek at Lindblad’s Endurance: a Ship Built to Explore Anywhere

October 2, 2018 Comments Off

Lindblad Expeditions radical new ship has got a unique hull design that will give guests a wraparound view of previously inaccessible areas of the world. That’s the promise Sven Lindblad, the company’s CEO and president […]

Antarctica is a Wedding Destination for the First Time

February 22, 2022 Comments Off

For the first time, betrothed couples were legally joined in matrimony on the seventh continent. On Feb. 18, Atlas Ocean Voyages performed the first official wedding on Antarctica. Bride Courtnie Dodson and Groom Brody Vermillion […]

The Next River Cruise Frontier: North Vietnam

May 7, 2025 Comments Off

Pandaw Cruises is building a new ship to expand its roster of ten-day river expeditions through North Vietnam’s Red River and Halong Bay region. Pandaw says it is seeing increasing interest in the Red River […]