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Scenic Teams Up with Master Canadian Chefs

Canadian culinary stars Chefs Lynn Crawford and Lora Kirk are teaming up with Scenic Luxury Cruises & Tours for a culinary journey along Portugal’s Douro River. A Chef’s Culinary Adventure of Delightful Douro, sails round [...]
Asia

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Very Long Voyage

Oceania Cruises is stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]
Celebrity Beyond

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Think Cruising isn’t Sustainable? Carnival Begs to Differ

Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner. The world’s biggest cruise company, [...]
Caribbean

Sugar Beach: MSC’s Sweet New Caribbean Destination

There’s a new name on the cruise map for MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys in the Caribbean. Catalina Sugar Beach is the newest private island destination off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic.Set to [...]

5 Factors to Weigh in the Battle of the New Caribbean Behemoths

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Two heavyweight contenders are going head-to-head for the title of the biggest, latest, more-of- everything cruise ship in the Caribbean. They come from familiar families, but these newcomers boast they pack more punch than any that [...]

Divers from Star Flyer Drop In on a Fishy Orgy in Costa Rica

February 23, 2013 Comments Off

It’s party time along the coast of Costa Rica. Beneath the waves, the action is as hot and heavy as it can get at Spring Break time above water on the beaches of Cancun or […]

Exclusive Gene Simmons Interview: Why KISS Has Its Own Navy

July 30, 2015 Comments Off

The KISS Navy is due to form again for a KISS Kruse 2023. It’s part of a growing industry trend in music-based theme cruises. There are more than a dozen jazz, country, soul, rock and […]

Royal Caribbean Reveals Adults-Only Hideaway

September 20, 2023 Comments Off

Royal Caribbean International revealed details of Hideaway Beach – its private adults-only beachfront escape zone at Perfect Day at CocoCay in The Bahamas. Opening in January, it’s timed to debut with the arrival of the […]

Two polar bears cuddling together in a snowy landscape, one resting its head on the other's shoulder.

Atlas Flipping the Globe for 2028 Arctic Cruises

May 6, 2026 Comments Off

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 […]

Petrovaradin fortress in Novi Sad, Serbia

Tours from AmaSonata Give the Lowdown on the Lower Danube

July 6, 2016 Comments Off

There must have been a sale on the letters B and V when they were naming cities along the lower Danube. The itinerary for our journey from Budapest toward the Black Sea has us visiting […]