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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 [...]
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 [...]

Want to See it all? Check Out the Ultimate World Cruise

by Wallace Immen in Asia Comments Off on Want to See it all? Check Out the Ultimate World Cruise

The Ultimate World Cruise is one for the record books. Royal Caribbean has just announced a journey that will be nine months long and visit 65 countries and all seven continents. The big cruise that’s [...]

All Aboard: Utopia of the Seas Includes a Dining Car

February 12, 2024 Comments Off

“You’ve never been on a cruise ship like this,” Royal Caribbean promises about the coming Utopia of the Seas. Well, you have, if you’ve cruised on any of the five sister ships in the Oasis […]

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 […]

First of Oceania’s New Class of Ships Floats Out

February 28, 2022 Comments Off

For the first time in a decade, Oceania Cruises floated out a new ship. Oceania Vista is the first of a planned new class of 1,200-passenger Allura ships. The ship is being built by Fincantieri’s […]

Don’t Miss Saigon: You’ll Probably Never See Her Like This Again

August 5, 2015 Comments Off

The war for South Vietnam is officially over, but it’s not quite clear who eventually won. Although Saigon is now named for Ho Chi Minh and revolutionary banners and slogans are everywhere, the locals still […]

AmaWaterways

New Ships of 2024 Boast More of Everything

December 26, 2023 1

Cruise lines are reporting record bookings and that has them expanding their fleets with ever-larger ships. There’s a bumper crop arriving in 2024, each of which seems to offer more features than ever before. Two […]