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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 [...]
Cruise Lines

Every Space Tells a Story: Designing a Floating World

Think of cruise ships as planets. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create into unique environments. Read the first part of this exclusive story here. In this second part of an interview with Wallace [...]
Caribbean

Oceania Reveals More of Sonata, Its Ship of the Future

Oceania Cruises is pulling back the curtain and opening bookings on Oceania Sonata, the first in a new class of ship it calls a New Era of Luxury at Sea. Set to debut in 2027, [...]

Going to the Dogs on an Alaska Helicopter Tour

by Wallace Immen in Holland America Line 1

It’s probably easier to get high in Juneau than anywhere in the world. Holland America’s Volendam docked in Alaska’s capital right next to the entrance of a cable car that in minutes can whisk visitors [...]

8 Luxury Regent Seven Seas Ideas to Hijack for Your Bathroom

June 3, 2024 1

By LISA STEPHENS Sliding into the tub and looking around at the extensive detailing of the bathroom in an elegant suite on Regent’s Seven Seas Explorer reveals a host of exclusive and steal-able design tips […]

As Shutdowns End, Shipyards Resume Building the Next Cruise Generation

April 27, 2020 Comments Off

Yes, there will be a renaissance in cruise ships when this is all over. Two of the biggest shipyards in Europe that were forced to close due to the coronavirus emergency are taking early steps […]

It’s Always 5 O’clock on the Margaritaville Paradise

December 11, 2021 Comments Off

Yep, it’s going to be a party ship. Jimmy Buffett’s laid-back lifestyle songs are the inspiration for the Margaritaville Paradise. The relaunch in April will follow a multi-million dollar renovation of the 658-cabin ship formerly […]

American Cruise Lines Building a Dozen New Ships

January 18, 2022 Comments Off

American Cruise Lines has an ambitious plan to build 12 identical sister ships to sail on U.S. coasts, lakes and rivers. “Project Blue started as a design challenge to create a boat small enough for […]

Celebrity’s Tasty Treats for Suites

January 20, 2015 Comments Off

Celebrity Cruises has revealed details of an exclusive restaurant for it top-level Suite Class guests—those booking Sky Suite and higher accomodations. The new Luminae dining room is part of a package of services for suite […]