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Asia

What Can We Learn from the Tragic End of an Odyssey?

What was sold as the “never-ending cruise” certainly ended in dramatic fashion–with residents told they had just a few hours to pack up and leave their homes at sea.The Villa Vie Odyssey, a residential cruise [...]
Africa

Viking Plots a Journey Worthy of Pharoahs

Viking has opened bookings for a new 19-day Grand Nile Journey itinerary exploring ancient Egypt in unprecedented depth. The explorations in 2028 feature four hotel nights in Egypt’s capital and 14-night sailings between Cairo and [...]
Cruise Lines

Explora Rounding out its Family at a Half Dozen

Explora Journeys keeps innovating as its completes its planned fleet of six ships. The luxury cruise brand of MSC Group marked milestones in the building of the final ships in its fleet at a shipyard [...]
Cruise Lines

The More the Merroir in Dining on Seabourn

Seabourn is expanding its gourmet range with the launch of Earth & Ocean, a culinary philosophy to shape menus to the local “terroir and merroir ” of places its ships visit. What started with a series [...]
Cruise Lines

Norwegian Rings a Bella to Top its Prima Class

Norwegian Cruise Line has opened bookings for its sixth and final Prima-class ship, Norwegian Bella, due to debut with weeklong roundtrips from Barcelona in May, 2028.At 1,129 feet and accommodating 3,921 passengers double occupancy she’ll [...]

Royal Caribbean’s Biggest Ever Named in Techno Champagne Style

by Wallace Immen in News Comments Off on Royal Caribbean’s Biggest Ever Named in Techno Champagne Style

When you’re celebrating the world’s biggest cruise ship, nothing small will do. The time-honored tradition of having a Godmother break a bottle of Champagne against the bow to bless the ship went bigger than magnum [...]

Silversea Overcomes Setbacks and Lockdowns to Ready Silver Origin

May 19, 2020 Comments Off

Despite high water and a global lockdown, Silversea Cruises is ready to take delivery of its new expedition ship Silver Origin from Dutch shipyard De Hoop. The shipyard imposed rigid safety procedures, reduced its workforce, […]

New Ship Orders Signal Rising Cruise Optimism

February 14, 2024 1

In a signal that cruising has finally recovered, Carnival Corp. has inked its first order for a new ship since before the pandemic. The fourth Excel-Class ship for Carnival Cruise Line will be built at […]

Beyond the Big 3 Ports on Mexico’s Pacific Riviera

October 19, 2022 1

Call it midnight blue, even at mid-day. Somehow the water on the Pacific coast of Mexico seems to come in darker hues than on Mexico’s more familiar Caribbean Gulf coasts. And as we head into […]

AmaMagna: Twice as Much to Love on a Romantic Danube River Cruise

September 2, 2019 Comments Off

It’s a remarkable feat as the captain eases AmaMagna gently and precisely into a lock on the Danube. There doesn’t seem to be more than a couple inches of clearance on either side of this […]

Royal Caribbean Investing Big to Amp Up Features Across its Entire Fleet

March 18, 2018 Comments Off

Amp it up. Royal Caribbean knows how important it is to add “wow” features on its new ships. And many of the features they’ve added to their newest ships are so popular, they’re going to […]