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Cunard Beautifies a Queen for a World Tour

Cunard’s Queen Victoria has a refreshed look after a three-week refurbishment at a shipyard in Rotterdam. The experience begins as soon as moment you step on board, as the triple-height Grand Lobby has been refreshed [...]
Cruise Lines

Halfway to a Dream Fleet, Explora’s Ambitions Keep Growing

With three luxury ocean ships sailing and three more soon to come, Explora Journeys is looking beyond the horizons to even more experiences on the oceans and on Europe’s rivers. It’s a magical moment, Chris [...]
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 [...]

Art Afloat: Riviera’s Collection Invites Thought and Conversation

by Wallace Immen in Cruise Lines Comments Off on Art Afloat: Riviera’s Collection Invites Thought and Conversation

Just going for a walk around the decks of Oceania’s Riviera is like taking a stroll through salons of an art museum. On every wall and in every corridor there are paintings, sculptures and art glass [...]

Carnival Amping up Mardi Gras Fun

January 25, 2019 Comments Off

Carnival Cruise Line has revealed six unique zones in its new 20-deck Mardi Gras, launching in 2020. In addition to all the features found on other Carnival ships, there will be only-on Mardi Gras attractions, including: […]

Disney Expecting Cruise Twins

March 3, 2016 Comments Off

Disney Cruise Line plans to expand its fleet to six, with two new ships. Each of the still-unnamed ships will have about 1,250 staterooms and be slightly bigger than the newest ships Disney Dream and […]

National Geographic to Guide Celestyal Guests

May 5, 2024 Comments Off

Celestyal has launched a series of National Geographic Day Tours, available on cruises in Greece and Croatia. The one-day and half-day tours are led by National Geographic-trained guides and are built on the storytelling, special […]

9 Ways Portland Stays Weird While Being the West Coast’s Sanest City

July 16, 2015 1

Keep Portland Weird. It’s a slogan that pops up on walls, bumper stickers and menus around Oregon’s mecca of mellowness. Before a recent cruise by Un-Cruise Adventures up the Columbia River, I had the chance to […]

What’s the wi-fi on Norwegian?

October 5, 2018 Comments Off

What’s the wi-fi? It’s one of the main concerns for millennials who account for about a quarter of all passengers of Norwegian Cruise Line. Tech-savvy guests are the company’s fastest growing segment. The new Cruise […]