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Asia

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Long Voyage

Oceania Cruises lis stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]
Celebrity Beyond

Mystery Solved! Why Captain McCue Jumped Ship

Capt. Kate McCue is resigning from her role as captain at Four Seasons Yachts and intends to spend more time with her family. She shared the decision in an Instagram video in which she says [...]
Carnival Cruise Line

Think Cruising isn’t Sustainable? Carnival Begs to Differ

Carnival Corporation is defending the sustainability of cruising, saying not only has it met targets for cutting emissions early, it is raising its eco-friendly goals and will achieve them sooner. The world’s biggest cruise company, [...]
Caribbean

Sugar Beach: MSC’s Sweet New Caribbean Destination

There’s a new name on the cruise map for MSC Cruises and Explora Journeys in the Caribbean. Catalina Sugar Beach is the newest private island destination off the coast of La Romana, Dominican Republic.Set to [...]
AmaWaterways

Low Water Turns River Cruises Into Adventures

Soaring temperatures and drought that’s led to record low river levels in Europe are forcing cruise lines to adapt, with what some guests are calling “magical mystery cruises.”As a heat wave continues, an extended drought [...]

Oceania Wants You to Settle in for a Long Voyage

by Wallace Immen in Asia 0

Oceania Cruises lis stretching the definition of cruises to remarkable lengths. A new menu of options includes cruises that range from 31-day explorations to 180-day circumnavigations.Oceania’s fleet will be calling at more than 600 destinations [...]

Viking’s Out to Conquer Oceans

April 19, 2017 Comments Off

Viking Ocean Cruises has signed an agreement with Italy’s Fincantieri shipyard to build two more ships, with an option for two more. The first two ships are expected to enter service in 2021 and 2022 […]

Scenic Eclipse II Expands Luxury Exploration Choices

April 17, 2023 Comments Off

Scenic Eclipse II has launched its debut season with a cruise from Lisbon. The addition of the 114-suite ship to the fleet doubles Scenic’s capacity in the luxury exploration cruise market. The yacht is a […]

5 Innovations that Help Anthem of the Seas Hit New High Notes

November 12, 2015 1

In search of a night cap after dinner on Anthem of the Seas, we heard some irresistible Latin rhythms coming from a little hole in the wall we’d missed noticing before. The place they call […]

UnCruise Adventures Rescues its Alaska Season

May 3, 2021 Comments Off

UnCruise Adventures has found a workaround to save the Alaska adventures of dozens of guests whose cruises were facing cancellation due to pandemic protocols in Seattle and Vancouver. The company created an alternative itinerary out […]

AmaLea: 7 Factors that Make an AmaWaterways Ship Feel like Home

July 16, 2018 Comments Off

The AmaWaterways experience begins the moment you arrive. Friendly crew members of AmaLea greet us at the dock to make sure we don’t even have to roll our own carry-ons aboard. We’re escorted through a […]