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 […]
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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 […]
Canada
Chicago in Focus in New Victory Cruise Tour
As the only cruise line to dock at downtown Chicago’s Navy Pier, Victory Cruise Lines is introducing a new, fully guided Navy Pier Culinary and History Collection for 2026. This walking and culinary experience explores […]
Cruise Lines
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 […]
Cruise Lines
Every Space Tells a Story: Designing a Floating World
Think of cruise ships as planets. They’re self-sufficient floating worlds that imaginative designers create into unique environments. Read the first part of this exclusive story here. In this second part of an interview with Wallace […]