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Cruises Get Caught as the Gulf Conflict Spreads

With the Middle East conflict spreading at an epidemic rate, cruise lines are scrambling to avoid disruption and planning far ahead to steer clear of an epic storm. Some were caught in the crosshairs. Three [...]
Celebrity Cruises

Classic Celebrity Takes the Stage With a New Look

Celebrity Cruises is showcasing the bow to stern upgrades of its four Solstice Series ships in a $250-million modernization program. Guests on Celebrity Solstice will find eight new experiences, including four completely new public spaces, and many [...]
Asia

Confessions of an Enchanted Cruise Time Traveller

What if every other day was 25 hours long? What if you could make an entire day vanish–or jump from one year to the next and back again? And what if you could fly home [...]
Cruises

How a Cadet Rose to Captain on Star Clippers

Eleven years after joining Star Clippers as a deck cadet, 36-year-old Vadim Novikov has become the youngest commanding officer in the sail cruise company’s history. As captain of Star Flyer, Novikov will oversee ship operations [...]
Asia

New Luxury Atlas Yacht will Sport Sails

Atlas Ocean Cruises has revealed it’s building a new luxury expedition sailing yacht with sails and an eco-friendly hybrid propulsion system that can run almost silently. Atlas Adventurer will be purpose-built for global exploration, seamlessly [...]

Silver Spirit Visits Sinai: A Desert Far Beyond Expectations

by Wallace Immen in Africa 2

Until we can once again cruise to exotic lands, we can dream. Here’s a story that was first posted in The Cruisington Times in 2011. Mount Sinai is timeless and many of the scenes on [...]

Is a U.S. Cruise Line’s Demise an Early Warning?

August 26, 2020 Comments Off

Their Great Lakes cruises included Chicago to New York with stops in places like Wyandotte and Cleveland. The fleet’s three river-cruise sized ships offered few balcony cabins and a BYO bar program, even though the […]

Crystal’s Offering Even More of the World in 2028

May 16, 2025 Comments Off

Crystal Cruises is planning its longest-ever world cruise ever–spanning 39 countries with 84 destinations in 150 days. Titled Treasures of the Tides, the journey features first-time calls in Huahine, French Polynesia; multiple inaugural ports in […]

Royal Caribbean Investing Big to Amp Up Features Across its Entire Fleet

March 18, 2018 Comments Off

Amp it up. Royal Caribbean knows how important it is to add “wow” features on its new ships. And many of the features they’ve added to their newest ships are so popular, they’re going to […]

It’s Always Blossom Time on a Ramble around Tokyo’s Imperial Gardens

May 21, 2019 Comments Off

Tokyo can be daunting, with its forests of high rises and streets filled with seemingly endless processions of business men and women dressed in co-ordinated dark suits and immaculate white shirts. Modern Tokyo has taken […]

Azamara Offers Modern Day Cure for Greek Island Fever on Visit to Ancient Kos

July 14, 2013 Comments Off

Limp in, leap out was the theory of health care in ancient Greece. Hospitals were kind of tough-love health spas where you stayed until you got better. But a lot of it depended on how […]