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Discovering Luxury Cruising’s Best-Kept Secret

August 11, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on Discovering Luxury Cruising’s Best-Kept Secret

In a fantastic daily choreography, teams of skillful deck hands climb rope ladders to do tightrope walks along spars and unfurl sails by hand. We’re suddenly sailing in stillness, beneath dozens of huge white sails […]

Cruise Lines

A Classic Hotel with an Ultimate View in Venice

July 29, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A Classic Hotel with an Ultimate View in Venice

What to gondoliers do in their time off? I had a unique chance to glimpse behind the scenes of the daily lives of those ultra-fit boat jockeys from my quintessential room with a view in […]

Alaska

More Ports Charging Daily Fees for Cruise Visitors

June 24, 2025 Wallace Immen Comments Off on More Ports Charging Daily Fees for Cruise Visitors

Add Greece to a growing list of destinations charging fees for cruisers to visit on a day in port. Mykonos and Santorini are charging 20 euros per passenger for the summer season from July 1 […]

Cruise Lines

A Dock in Venice for Sea Cloud Spirit

October 24, 2024 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A Dock in Venice for Sea Cloud Spirit

The sailing yacht Sea Cloud Sprit is one of the few small cruise ships still entitled to dock in the Grand Lagoon Canal of Venice. To celebrate, the new  full-rigged ship built from a century […]

Abercrombie & Kent

Will Greece Finally Rein In Growing Cruise Herds?

July 1, 2024 Wallace Immen 1

Let’s add it up: As Crystal Symphony with 600 aboard sailed into Mykonos harbor, she’s joined by Odyssey of the Seas carrying about 4,100 and Celestyal Journey, with another 1,260. Several tourist ferries are also […]

Abercrombie & Kent

A&K Going Further with Worldwide Cruising Choices

June 3, 2024 Wallace Immen Comments Off on A&K Going Further with Worldwide Cruising Choices

With a new adventure yacht and a world focus, Abercrombie & Kent has announced its broadest range of cruise choices and experiences. The 2025 Luxury Expedition Cruise portfolio includes 24 cruises across seven continents and […]

Azamara Cruises

No, Barcelona Hasn’t Banned Cruise Ships

October 25, 2023 Wallace Immen 1

Barcelona closes port to cruise ships: Many of the headlines on social media have been breathless. But let’s take a deeper breath. While, yes, the city pier called Muelle Barcelona Norte and another small commercial […]

Gondola traffic jam in Venice
Carnival Cruise Line

Has Venice Become Too Popular and Crowded For Its Own Good?

August 22, 2013 Wallace Immen 1

The breathtaking beauty of Venice is both a blessing and its curse. No other place on Earth  has matched the feat of keeping its shape since the high Renaissance. It’s evaded not only urban renewal […]

Serenity waterfall and pool on a quiet day
Carnival Cruise Line

What Works– and What Could Work Better–on the Sparkling New Carnival Sunshine

August 14, 2013 Wallace Immen 2

There’s so much to see on the newly rebuilt Carnival Sunshine and there’s been so little time to actually see it. On my cruise from Barcelona around the Mediterranean to Venice, it’s been a port […]

Crystal Cruises

From Crystal Serenity: A Route Less Travelled in Venice

October 6, 2011 Wallace Immen Comments Off on From Crystal Serenity: A Route Less Travelled in Venice

The problem with being a tourist in Venice these days is that there are a lot of other tourists in Venice these days. Crossing the lagoon-side bridge that parallels the Bridge of Sighs by day […]

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