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Wait for it—Cruise Ships Getting Ordered 10 Years in Advance

Talk about ordering ahead. Two upscale cruise lines have just inked contracts for new ships not due to arrive for more than a decade. It’s the kind of optimism that comes from seeing record-breaking sales [...]
Alaska

Why a 15-year Alaskan Dream Ended So Suddenly

A small, niche cruise line sailing in Southeast Alaska has called it quits. “Effective immediately, Alaskan Dream Cruises has ceased business operations and will no longer be operating future sailings,” the cruise line announced on [...]
Alaska

Explora’s Largest Ship Yet Becomes Its Own Destination

Explora Journeys calls Explora III a destination in her own right. And she’s launching ahead of schedule in July, 2026 with a naming ceremony in Barcelona Aug. 1. Longer and with expanded public space compared [...]
Austria

Celebrity Plans to Flood Europe with River Cruises

Make that 20! Celebrity River Cruises has announced a commitment for 10 more new ships that will expand its European river cruise fleet to 20 vessels by 2031. All this while construction of the first [...]
Cruise Lines

Designing New Worlds— Like Home, Only Better

If you were creating a spaceship to explore distant planets, you’d want it to be designed by people who build cruise ships. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create as unique, welcoming environments. In [...]

Revealed: Star Clippers’ Newest Is the World’s Biggest Sailing Ship

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The rumors are true! Star Clippers is building the world’s largest sailing ship. And she’s a whopper. Flying Clipper will be the biggest and the most ambitious of the Clipper fleet to date, carrying 300 guests, [...]

What’s the wi-fi on Norwegian?

October 5, 2018 Comments Off

What’s the wi-fi? It’s one of the main concerns for millennials who account for about a quarter of all passengers of Norwegian Cruise Line. Tech-savvy guests are the company’s fastest growing segment. The new Cruise […]

Sel de Mer restaurant on Holland America

Dining Your Way! Savor the Newest and Tastiest Restaurants at Sea

December 14, 2016 Comments Off

What are you in the mood for tonight? Perhaps a steakhouse with a French bistro flair, or a pick a catch of the day and have it prepared your way? Or perhaps a sushi place with […]

6 Signs That You May Really be a Windstar Person

April 13, 2022 1

The contrast in cruise styles is clear as Star Legend arrives in port on the island of Madeira on a gorgeous spring day. Our small ship can dock along the convenient yacht jetty near the […]

Ponant Greens its Fleet Early

January 24, 2019 Comments Off

Luxury expedition line Ponant has eliminated the use of heavy fuel oil as of January, 2019, and replaced it with Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil across its entire fleet – nearly a year before required […]

Capping the Top 10 Cuisine Awards, Silversea Takes Best in Show Trophy

December 23, 2015 Comments Off

Drum roll please. When we recently announced the choices for The Cruisington Times Top 10 Cuisine Experiences at Sea, there were conspicuously only nine selections on the roster. That’s because we had a tie for restaurants […]