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Caribbean

How Much Fun Can a Carnival Beach Handle?

The numbers are staggering. Carnival’s private Caribbean port Celebration Key can now dock four mega-ships a day and see over 13,000 guests a day hitting the beaches and attractions. Only open for a year, Carnival’s [...]
Celebrity Ascent

Celebrity Cheers Big Wins in Wine Awards

Celebrity Cruises has scored a massive 25 honors at the 2026 Wine Spectator Awards. The haul backs up the cruise line’s claim to the most awarded wine program at sea, bringing its impressive total to [...]
Cruises

Where’s the Hooghly? You’re About to Find Out

Think you’ve seen it all? Leave it to Scenic Group to keep expanding the definition of exotic cruising.Their latest boutique ship, Scenic Aura, will be exploring a river that flows through India’s West Bengal along [...]
Cruise Lines

Why is This Cruise Ship Under Arrest?

A cruise ship with a complicated history, Gemini is reported to have been arrested in Greece due to unpaid debts the owner owes to a Turkish financial institution.The ongoing dispute has meant the 34-year old [...]
Celebrity Ascent

Discovering Celebrity’s Hidden Foodie Paradises

I’ve got a dinner date in Eden and an evening of grand dining in a four-star rated restaurant. And they’re both on a cruise ship. Le Voyage on Celebrity Ascent rates four stars among restaurants [...]

Windstar’s New Star Pride: A Yacht Elegantly Transformed

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines Comments Off on Windstar’s New Star Pride: A Yacht Elegantly Transformed

I’ve sailed in the past aboard the ship now named Star Pride and always relished the experience of being aboard what I’d like to dream of being my own personal yacht. With a party-sized capacity of just over [...]

MSC Welcomes New Flagship MSC Seascape

December 8, 2022 Comments Off

The fast-growing MSC Cruises fleet officially welcomed its new flagship MSC Seascape in a glittering ceremony in New York. The ship will use Manhattan Cruise Terminal as home port for cruises beginning in April 2023. […]

Can you make Perfect Badder? Royal’s Going to Try

May 20, 2025 Comments Off

Bigger, badder, bolder. Those are the lofty goals Royal Caribbean wants to hit with its massive new destination for its cruises to Mexico. Perfect Day Mexico in Costa Maya will be Royal Caribbean’s largest private […]

Women Take Charge on Celebrity Edge

November 19, 2019 Comments Off

A mere 2 per cent of ship’s officers are women, but not at Celebrity Cruises. The line that made history hiring the first female American captain, Kate McCue is about to have its first ship […]

Myanmar Voyage on AmaPura is a Journey into the Gilded Past

March 2, 2021 2

We’ve had some remarkable and magical experiences in Myanmar during several past cruises on the Irrawaddy River. Sadly, the recent coup in the country and crackdown on dissent has erased it from the cruise map […]

9 Ways Portland Stays Weird While Being the West Coast’s Sanest City

July 16, 2015 1

Keep Portland Weird. It’s a slogan that pops up on walls, bumper stickers and menus around Oregon’s mecca of mellowness. Before a recent cruise by Un-Cruise Adventures up the Columbia River, I had the chance to […]