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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 [...]

Reykjavik: Unique Cultural Experience or Tourist Trap?

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines 1

You can visit the world’s biggest penis collection, dance until dawn and take a quick jaunt to an active volcano and a steaming Blue Lagoon.What‘s not to love about Iceland’s capital city with its clean, [...]

Aiming for a Love Boat Record

August 7, 2019 Comments Off

Cue The Love Boat theme song! Princess Cruises will attempt to host the largest renewal of vows ceremony at sea in hopes of setting a world record onboard a Valentine’s Day cruise in 2020. Gavin […]

Kraken Attack: Art Reef Makes Waves in the British Virgin Islands

May 18, 2017 Comments Off

Aye lads, it’s Captain Sparrow’s orders to dive in and find the Kraken. When you get to the bottom you’ll have a chance to explore a ship wreck in the clutch of the huge creature with […]

AmaWaterways Expands Gluten-free Cruise Program

May 7, 2024 Comments Off

Luxury river cruise line AmaWaterways is expanding its partnership with Celiac Cruise, an exclusive provider of gluten-free cruise vacations. Living with celiac disease or gluten sensitivity poses significant challenges. Individuals affected by the autoimmune disorder […]

A Uniquely Regal Home Away from Home in the Posh Center of London

September 26, 2018 Comments Off

It may not be quite as vast as that place in Kensington Gardens across the street—you know, the one where Harry and Meghan and those other royals live. But after a weekend at The Milestone […]

5 Italian Lessons: Learning to Do Like the Romans on a Roman Holiday

May 10, 2017 Comments Off

My life as a Roman didn’t get off the smoothest start. A big guy whose name tag said he’s Francesco held up a huge knife and looked perplexed as I tried to tell him what […]