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Crystal for Kids? This New Ship Expands Options

A luxurious new cruise ship is adding attractions for the next generations of cruisers. New youth and teen centers, a shallow pool and new family spaces are part of Crystal Cruises’ additions to the new [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Carnival’s Planning to Ace its New Destiny

With an unprecedented number of outside suites and more than four acres of glass, Carnival’s new Ace Class ships are designed to redefine the guest experience. And the first of the mega-ships that will carry [...]
Caribbean

Celebrity’s at it Again, Polishing Up its Reflection

Celebrity Cruises is adding 13 new spaces in a sweeping modernization of its popular Celebrity Reflection.As the second Solstice Series ship to be made new again, the transformation arriving in March, 2027, introduces 13 new [...]
Cruise Lines

Emerald Gets Ready for an Invasion of Normandy

Emerald Cruises & Tours celebrated the ceremonial launch of Emerald Lumi, a ship designed specifically to cruise the Seine River and sail right into the heart of Paris. The new ship measures just 110 meters [...]
Caribbean

Why You’ll Want to Play on Seven Seas Prestige

The shuffleboard is “supercharged” and the Pickleball and Padel courts are competition grade. There’s an 18-hole golf putting course,an enclave for sunrise and sunset yoga, a full-size pool and all-day relaxation zones. For its first [...]

Ponant Greens its Fleet Early

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Ponant Greens its Fleet Early

Luxury expedition line Ponant has eliminated the use of heavy fuel oil as of January, 2019, and replaced it with Low Sulphur Marine Gas Oil across its entire fleet – nearly a year before required [...]

Blurry Memories of Carnival Liberty’s Sailaway Party

January 19, 2012 Comments Off

By WALLACE IMMEN The party hearties had already been bellying up to the Red Frog Rum Bar and its twin, the BlueIguana Tequila Bar on deck for a while by the time I joined them […]

Victory’s Splash Launches Great Lakes Cruising

April 28, 2025 Comments Off

While Champagne’s traditional, it was premium Canadian whisky anointing the Great Lakes cruise ship Victory 1. In a christening ceremony at the Port of Toronto, Godmother Emily Coleman broke a bottle across the bow of […]

Around the Hoorn on a Visit by Avalon Vista

May 11, 2012 Comments Off

Extreme caution is in order when you walk the sidewalks of Hoorn, our first stop in Holland on the inaugural cruise of Avalon Waterways‘ new river cruise ship Avalon Vista. Many of the city’s streets are […]

Into Hells and Back on an Un-Cruise Jet Boat Adventure in Idaho

November 6, 2014 Comments Off

The water appears to boil as swirling whitecaps rise up over jagged rocks that lurk barely below the surface. “Hang on! I’m going to be doing some really fast turns,” cautions the pilot of our […]

Expedition Ships Coming from Viking

January 17, 2020 Comments Off

Viking Cruises announced they will be joining expedition cruise market, with two planned ships designed for the Great Lakes along with polar cruising. Torstein Hagen, Chairman of Viking Cruises calls the concept “the thinking person’s” […]