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Wait for it—Cruise Ships Getting Ordered 10 Years in Advance

Talk about ordering ahead. Two upscale cruise lines have just inked contracts for new ships not due to arrive for more than a decade. It’s the kind of optimism that comes from seeing record-breaking sales [...]
Alaska

Why a 15-year Alaskan Dream Ended So Suddenly

A small, niche cruise line sailing in Southeast Alaska has called it quits. “Effective immediately, Alaskan Dream Cruises has ceased business operations and will no longer be operating future sailings,” the cruise line announced on [...]
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 [...]

L’Hotel: The Ultra-Romantic Paris Apartment of Your Wildest Dreams

by Wallace Immen in Cruises Comments Off on L’Hotel: The Ultra-Romantic Paris Apartment of Your Wildest Dreams

Everything in moderation, even moderation. Oscar Wilde said it first, and it’s still true at an opulent jewel box of a hotel tucked away on a quiet side street on Paris’ Left Bank. In a city that [...]

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 […]

2 Ships Charting a New Era of Stylish Galapagos Islands Exploration

April 29, 2019 Comments Off

They’re small and rugged adventurers, purpose-built to protect the delicate ecology of Ecuador’s unique Galapagos Islands. And with the elegance and service of their parent lines, they’re about to open a new chapter of luxury […]

Celestyal Journey Makes Auspicious Debut

September 5, 2023 Comments Off

A new name in cruising, Celestyal Journey has set sail following a multi-million dollar refurbishment. Celestyal Cruises says the name of the ship embodies the sense of wanderlust adventure and exploration of its customers. The […]

About Time: Celebrity Apex Finally Making a Debut

March 25, 2021 Comments Off

Celebrity Apex was delivered a year ago, but it’s been idled ever since because of the pandemic lockdown. Now Celebrity Cruises will inaugurate the ship that’s a sister to Celebrity Edge on a return to […]

News

Cruise Lines Looking to Pioneer Fuel Cells as Green Power Source

October 3, 2017 Comments Off

Going green is taking many forms, and cruise lines are now working on harnessing a fuel that’s lighter than air. Hydrogen fuel cells are in the long-term thinking of both Royal Caribbean Cruise Line and […]