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Canada

Is This The Golden Moment for Great Lakes Cruises?

Victory Cruise Line is seeing a spike in new bookings for its Great Lakes cruises and owner John Waggoner knows why.“I hear it every day: There’s a stalemate in Middle East and the airlines are [...]
Destinations

Oceania Crafting a Ship Dedicated to Long Voyages

Oceania Cruises will re-launch a ship as its dedicated world cruiser after a renovation designed to make it feel like a “home at sea.” Oceania Aurelia will be the new name of Nautica, a ship [...]
Cruises

Wind Star Reborn After 40 Years Under Sail

The yacht that started it all has a fresh new look. When Windstar Cruises 148-guest Wind Star debuted 40 years ago, she helped pioneer a new kind of cruising, with automated sails, an intimate scale, [...]
Cruise Lines

Holland America Investing in Sweeping Fleet Upgrades

Building on record performance, Holland America Line plans a $500-million investment to reimagine six ships. Holland America Evolution is the most ambitious guest experience update in the company’s 153-year history, to deliver a comprehensive bow-to-stern [...]
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Master Cuisine Showcasing on Oceania’s Newest Ship

In a landmark collaboraton, Oceania Cruises has revealed details of La Table par Maîtres Cuisiniers de France to debut aboard the brand’s next-generation ship, Oceania Sonata, coming in 2027..La Table is the first and only [...]

Silver Nova Will Revolutionize Cruise Ship Design

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines Comments Off on Silver Nova Will Revolutionize Cruise Ship Design

A revolutionary asymmetrical design—a first for the cruise line—will help Silver Nova offer guests an unprecedented openness to destinations, Silversea Cruises promised as it took delivery of its 12th ship in the Netherlands.The 728-passenger ship [...]

How Oceania Cruises is about to Make Tahiti Hotter

June 26, 2024 1

Oceania Cruises is making the 2025 season in the South Pacific its most expansive yet. Two ships, Nautica and Regatta are plotting unique itineraries in fascinating corners of Tahiti during the winter and summer seasons. […]

A Warm Welcome and a Spectacular Start to Seabourn’s Norway Exploration

July 8, 2012 Comments Off

The sea sparkles like a gem-studded tapestry. Jagged mountains are capped by impressive blankets of snow. The inner passage up the west coast of Norway is as consistently incredible as any landscape on earth. To […]

Cruising is Finally Back to Full Strength

June 13, 2022 1

It’s a time for celebrations as cruise line fleets have finally returned to full strength after more than two years of having some ships laid up due to pandemic restrictions. Holland America Line celebrated the […]

The Life Aquatic: Diving in to Celebrity’s Aqua Class

August 3, 2023 1

There’s no badge, no secret code, but being in Aqua Class makes you a member of a select club on a Celebrity cruise. It’s billed as an option offering healthy dining and perks at the […]

Victory’s Splash Launches Great Lakes Cruising

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

While Champagne’s traditional, it was premium Canadian whisky anointing the Great Lakes cruise ship Victory 1. In a christening ceremony at the Port of Toronto, Godmother Emily Coleman broke a bottle across the bow of […]